Wednesday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; GHSA wrestling; Mercer, Georgia College: UGA finally beats UK, Tech rolls; social awareness/COVID, NFL, NBA, more
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Scoreboard
High School
B-Bacon County 52, East Laurens 50
G-Dublin 45, Treutlen 23
The Irish improved to 14-2 overall and 8-0 in region.
B-Dublin 75, Treutlen 45
The Class A Public runner-up the past two years was hammered in its visit to Dublin.
G-East Laurens 53, Bacon County 30
G-GMC 54, Wilkinson County 24
G-Jones County 55, Stockbridge 34
B-Jones County 58, Stockbridge 45
Chaydon Stone and Otis Anderson each had 15 for the Greyhounds, Stone with four assists and Anders with five rebounds. Jaylen Sanford added 13 for Jones County.
G-Lamar County 47, Northeast 39
The Trojans rode 19 points from Tamya Blasingame and 14 from Shy Foster.
B-Wheeler County 51, Hawkinsville 48
B-Wilkinson County 88, GMC 58
College
W-Middle Georgia State 93, Brewton-Parker 80
Pro
NBA
Honor Roll
Georgia College’s Balzano earns preseason all-conference honor
Around/About Central Georgia
GHSA dual preliminaries feature 16 area teams
A chunk of Central Georgia teams will compete this weekend in the GHSA’s dual wrestling state preliminaries.
The top seed in each bracket is the host. Perry in 4A and Lamar County in AA are the lone Central Georgia teams that are top seeds and hosting a four-team event.
Class 6A: Northside (R1/4) vs. North Atlanta (R4/1).
Class 5A: Veterans (R1/4) vs. Ola (R4/1); Jones County (R4/3) vs. Wayne County (R1/2).
Class 4A: Perry (R4/1) vs. Dougherty (R1/4); West Laurens A(R4/2) vs. Cairo (R1/3); Baldwin (R4/3) vs. Bainbridge (R1/2).
Class AAA: Upson-Lee (R2/2) vs. Hephzibah (R3/3).
Class AA: Dodge County (R1/2) vs. Temple (R4/3)
East Laurens (R2/3) vs. Jasper County/Monticell0 (R3/2); Lamar County (R3/1) vs. Swainsboro (R2/4); Putnam County (R3/3) vs. Toombs County (R2/2); Southwest (R3/4) vs. Vidalia (R2/1).
Class A: Crawford County (R1/3) vs. Strong Rock Christian (R4/2); Dublin (R3/3) vs. Turner County (R2/2); Mount de Sales (R4/4) vs. Pacelli (R1/1).
The state team duals are Jan. 30 at high schools sites rather than the Macon Coliseum because of COVID-19 issues.
Career day for Ayers III paces Mercer to road romp
The Citadel was in a flurry of games, but …
Georgia College releases softball schedule
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Georgia fiiiiinally beats Kentucky, in final two seconds
Extraordinarily well-rested Tech sharp in hammering Clemson
Hawks pull off massive comeback, beat Detroit in OT
Obit: Tony Ingle won national titles at many levels, dies of COVID
UGA women ranked again, ready to stay there awhile
New UGA AD puts up $100K for need-based scholarship
Four Vols hit the transfer portal
Sports and racial/social awareness/Georgia
Sports and racial/social issues
How do coaches talk to/with players about political turmoil?
Sports and COVID 19/Georgia
Sports and COVID 19
Column: Games not the NBA priority amid tough times
NFL
Rivers retires after 17 seasons
Column: First woman to officiate Super Bowl a major moment
The mystery of Eric Bieniemy’s employment future
Packers aware of Rodgers’ legacy this weekend
What schools have a president and a Super Bowl-winning QB?
Henne latest understudy to step up big
Browns’ Wilson responds to Mahomes’ mom
Cleveland GM happy with Mayfield, but …
College Basketball
NBA
Irving finally back, Nets still lose in double OT
College Football
New Mexico teams can come home now
Sarah Fuller: From women’s soccer to college football to the inauguration
Harbaugh replenishes defensive staff
Around the nation/world
The story of Joe Biden, high school football star
Lasorda memorialized at Dodger Stadium service
Pac-12 commish Scott to step down this summer
Men’s college basketball scoreboard