Friday's Daily News 'n Notes: Traditional wrestling sections; region basketball; Honor Roll/Alum Update; Mayhem, Mercer, and more
Friday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Region basketball tournament headquarters
Friday night’s scores and the full results/schedule are posted.
Wrestling sectionals underway
Lamar County and Perry are the center of the universe for a load of wrestlers as hosts of GHSA wrestling sectionals this weekend.
Action started Friday at sites throughout the state, and resumes Saturday morning.
Most host sites have two sub-divisions of two classifications. Perry has a section for 4A and 7A, with 5A and 2A at Lamar County. Other sites have the other half of those classifications. There are seven classes for girls.
Friday’s schedule are for early rounds, consolation and wrestlebacks. Things get serious on Saturday around dinnertime in most places, except for Class 5A (Jones County, Veterans, Warner Robins), part of Class 3A (Central, Rutland, 2 p.m.), and Class A (Mount de Sales, Stratford, and Tattnall in the morning and Crawford County and GMC at 1:45 p.m.).
The top eight in 7A, 6A, 5A, and 4A qualify for the state tournament in Macon, with six in AAA, AA, and A.
The state tournament is at the Macon Coliseum Feb. 13-15. Cost is $14 per day, with a three-day pass for $34.
Coverage coming Saturday night and Sunday.
Honor Roll
Perry grad Gentry earns national honor
Around/About Central Georgia
Co-leader ETSU visits Mercer men
Mercer’s Gardner gets 350th, goes for 351
FVSU hosts Benedict on Heart Awareness Day
Momentum a goal for FVSU softball
Peach State College Basketball Report
Alabama next for inconsistent Bulldogs
Around/About Georgia
Fired Valdosta coach Rodemaker gets a chance to return? Board to re-vote
Hawks can’t get over the hump in Boston
Visitors to get fewer tickets at Sanford
About that final spot in the Braves rotation
Georgia softball off to a 2-0 start
SCOREBOARD
SCOREBOARD
High school coaches should send box scores and/or game information to centralgasports@gmail.com within 30 minutes of completion for expanded coverage. The more info provided, the more info to give people.
Scores are from Twitter, email, and MaxPreps.
High School
Basketball
Girls
Brentwood 61, Edmund Burke 45
Gatewood 45, Briarwood 33
Robert Toombs 50, Twiggs Acad. 13
St. George’s 39, Piedmont 35
SW Georgia 66, Windsor 34
Trinity Christian 45, Westfield 38
Boys
Gatewood 58, Briarwood 41
Piedmont 55, St. George’s 38
Robert Tombs 77, Twiggs Acad 66
SW Georgia 64, Windsor 58
Trinity Christian 86, Westefield 59
Soccer
G-Mary Persons 10, McDonough 0
B-Mary Persons 6, McDonough 2
G-Tattnall 4, Peach County 0
B-Tattnall 2, Peach County 2
College
Softball
Mercer 10, Wright State 2; Tennessee Tech 10, Mercer 7
Pro
SPHL
NBA