Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

Signing Day No. 2 in the books

          Nearly 60 high school football players from Central Georgia signed letters of intent on Wednesday, including to Syracuse and Louisville. The only place you’ll find the nearly 60 is The Sports Report.
          Check out a look at the area/state colleges, who had differing levels of activity. Things were noteworthy at UGA and Tech.
          In The Latest Coverage.

Region tournaments take a breath

          Only two area GHSA regions played basketball Wednesday, so get those scores and the full region scoreboard and schedule for the whole week in one spot, The Sports Report.
 

Honor Roll

          Former FPD track standout Maggie Johnston of Samford is the Southern Conference field athlete of the week.
          The sophomore hit a career best in the shot with 13.59 meters last Sunday, good for fifth at a meet. ...
          Amanda Thompson, to the surprise of few, is the Southern Conference women's basketball player of the month.
          It's the second straight time for the Mercer senior, who  averaged 16.8 points and 12.8 rebounds, shooting 52 percent from the floor and 71 percent from the
line.
          She opened January with four straight double-doubles and finished the month with seven.
          Thompson is averaging 17 points and 12.9 rebounds. ....
          Georgia College's Bradley Cammack is the Peach Belt pitcher of the week. The senior threw five shutout innings against Paine, which hit .176 against him.
 

SCOREBOARD

College
Basketball
M-Alabama 89, Georgia 74

M-Clemson 65, Georgia Tech 42

M-CGTC 59, South Georgia State 57

G-Georgia Highlands 65, CGTC 59

          Former Bleckley County standout Jahnaria Brown was tough for CGTC to stop, with 14 points and 15 rebounds.

W-Georgia College 68, Georgia Southwestern 67

M-Georgia College 73, Georgia Southwestern 60

M-Georgia Southern 103, Louisiana-Lafayette 86

M-Jacksonville 82, Kennesaw State 73

M-Louisiana Monroe 82, Georgia State 76

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