Wednesday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; GHSA wrestling; Mercer, Georgia College: UGA finally beats UK, Tech rolls; social awareness/COVID, NFL, NBA, more

January 21, 2021 Central Georgia Sports Report

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