Central Georgia Sports ReportOctober 27, 2025Comment

Monday's Report: Macon Touchdown Club POTW, Helton, GIAA playoffs; Falcons, UGA; College football, NFL, NBA, World Series, NASCAR, golf, soccer, hockey

Central Georgia Sports ReportOctober 27, 2025Comment

Around/About Central Georgia

Players from Rutland, Windsor picked by Macon TD Club

Two players from Rutland and one from Windsor are the latest Macon Touchdown Club players of the week.

Back: Rutland quarterback Zamerian Johnson completed 9 of 12 passes for 135 yards and one touchdown and ran six times for 94 yards and a score in the Hurricanes’ 16-14 loss to Westside.

Back: Junior quarterback Heath Woodard of Windsor was 24 of 31 for 409 yards and six touchdowns, setting school records for completions and yards, and tying the school's single game record for touchdowns in the 51-35 victory over Heritage.

Lineman: Rutland linebacker Jaykaden Hill had 11 tackles, three for loss, and two breakups plus a forced fumble in the loss to Westside.

Georgia Southern’s Helton at Macon Touchdown Club

          Fourth-year Georgia Southern head coach Clay Helton is Monday night’s speaker at the Macon Touchdown Club.
            The club meets at the Methodist Home for Children and Youth, in the Rumford Center, at 304 Pierce Ave. It starts at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and the program to begin around 7. Admission for non-members is $30.
            It will be Helton’s fifth visit to the club since he was named as the Eagles’ head coach last November of 2021, almost two months after being dismissed at Southern Cal. He spoke about two weeks after being hired in Statesboro, in his first public appearance.
            The Eagles are 3-5 overall and 1-3 in the Sun Belt after Saturday’s 34-24 loss at Arkansas State. He is 23-24 at Georgia Southern, 69-48 in 10 seasons overall.

            Helton was head coach at Southern California for six seasons, and a game as interim in 2013 and the first two games of 2021.
            He has a background in the South, as a Gainesville, Fla. native who played at Auburn and Houston. He was at Duke, Houston, and Memphis from 1995-2009, working with running backs, wideouts, and quarterbacks.
            The Eagles have a slew of Central Georgians on the roster: WR Marcus Sanders Sr., Macon County, Jr.; DB Fabo Chaney, Upson-Lee, Fr.; DB Jaquari Brown, Houston County, Fr.; WR Carmelo Mays, Southwest, Fr.; DB Dorrian Smith, Peach County, Sr.; LS Gavin Kurpis, Houston County, Fr.; LB Brandon Alford, Mary Persons, So.; OL Chandler Strong, Houston County, Jr.; OL Caelan Williams, Trinity Christian, Gr.

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