Monday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Georgia College, Middle Georgia State honorees, Mayhem; UGA, Braves; NCAA Final Four/hoops, MLB, NBA, NFL, golf, tennis
Monday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Coming Tuesday: Two more local schools now have boys basketball openings
Players of the Week
Peach Belt softball: Georgia College’s Checo and Ledbetter
SSAC baseball: Middle Georgia State’s Martin
Around/About Central Georgia
Goalie Hussey leaves Mayhem for Federal league
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
FB: Beck making progress at Georgia
FB: UGA’s Dean earns national Arthur Ashe Jr. scholar honor
FB: Smart wants a Wyatt-like Carter
Column: Braves are built for big expectations
NCAA Tournaments
Men’s scores and boxes and schedules
Women’s scores and boxes and schedules
(Note: annoying video at the start)
Kansas 72, North Carolina 69
Huge second half, strong finish lead Kansas to title
Column: Self, Kansas turn potential choke to stunning recovery
Adjustment earns Self second title
Hobbled Bacot has double-double, but can’t finish
Column: UNC’s pedigree shouldn’t obscure tournament accomplishment
Winners & losers: Well, there’s Emmert …
Roy was just ‘doggone proud’
South Carolina 64, UConn 49
Staley aims for generational impact
Finale was most-bet women’s event in BetMGM history
Staley’s basketball success will be a small part of her legacy
Ready for a rematch between Auriemma and Staley?
Column: Staley strides onto mountaintop, might stay
Carolina stole Bueckers’ hometown thunder
Hootie ready for a celebration concert on campus
Boston picked up moves from co-Virgin Islands native Tim Duncan
More
K kept his composure as career came to an end
Bird & Taurasi do their version of Manningcast, to raves
College Basketball/South
M-Auburn’s Kessler declares for draft
College Basketball
Baseball/MLB/College
Nationals’ Soto gets new spot in order
Obit: Two-time batting champ Tommy Davis
NBA/WNBA
Kareem: LeBron should be embarrassed by some things
LeBron gets invite to Love’s wedding
NFL
Columbus soccer fans express displeasure with Browns/Watson
Golf/Tennis
Veteran LPGA player Kim unhappy with Augusta National
College Football/South
Around the nation/world