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

M-Georgia 63, Kentucky 62

M-Georgia Tech 83, Clemson 65

M-Mercer 83, The Citadel 63

W-Middle Georgia State 93, Brewton-Parker 80

 

Pro

NBA

Atlanta 123, Detroit 115 OT

 

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

NHL busy with changes

More games are called

 

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

Lions hire Saints’ Campbell

Cleveland GM happy with Mayfield, but …

 

College Basketball

 

 

NBA

Irving finally back, Nets still lose in double OT

Emiid’s 42 leads 76ers

More games are called

 

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

Women’s college basketball scoreboard

NBA scores/games

NHL roundup/scoreboard

NFL Roundup/Scoreboard