Friday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; state cheerleading, Henley; UGA-Tech hoops, Falcons; college FB/BKB/sports; NFL, NBA, MLB, NASCAR, 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.
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High School
Basketball
Girls
Howard 46, Southwest 15
Boys
ACE 60, Central Georgia Arts 40
Southwest 68, Howard 35
Evan Tharpe and Tray Searcy had 18 each to outscore the Huskies. Tyshun Oliver added a dozen, with 10 each from Selton Farrar and Daniel Bennett.
College
Basketball
M-Belmont 97, Kennesaw State 78
M-Tuskegee 90, Georgia College 77
Soccer
M-Pima CC 2, GMC 0, NJCAA Tournament
Volleyball
Furman 3, Mercer 1 (25-20, 25-27, 25-21, 25-16_
Lander 3, Georgia College 2, Peach Belt Tournament
Pro
SPHL
NBA
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Honor Roll
Alumni Update
Around/About Central Georgia
Bleckley County takes AA state cheerleading title
Four Central Georgia teams placed in the top five in their classes in the first day of the GHSA state cheerleading championships at the Macon Coliseum, topped by Class AA winner Bleckley County.
Region rival Dodge County finished fourth in AA.
Houston County was third in 6A, West Laurens was third in 4A, Mary Persons was third in AAA.
Class 5A and A go on Saturday, with Warner Robins and Veterans competing in Class 5A.
Henley puts together two solid rounds at Sea Island
Not far from where he used to live, Russell Henley is in the top 12 after two rounds of the RSM Classic at Sea Island.
He opened with a bogey-free 64, knocking down eight birdies, and followed with a 70, three bogeys topping two pars.
That left him at 134, eight under and five shots back of leader Talor Gooch.
Henley tees off at 10:31 a.m. on Saturday.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Latest demoralizing loss exposes Atlanta’s depth problems
Five things about Atlanta-New England
MBKB: Tech breaks 5-game losing streak to UGA
Baseball
College Football/South
College Football
Column: seasons like that make us want more in the playoffs
Fired: A Petrino is looking for a job
Corral likely done at Ol’ Miss
Moms offer protection for Florida’s QBs
College Basketball
No. 22 St. Bonaventure takes down Clemson
College Sports
Column: Aftershocks of Texas/Oklahoma to SEC hit smaller conferences
NFL
Bucs’ Brown accused of getting fake vax card
Chubb cleared to play
Newton to start against Washington
Browns’ DC takes criticism in stride
NBA/WNBA
Harden rallies Durant-less Nets
Poole rallies Curry-less Warriors
Celtics top Lakers in James’ return
Auto Racing
NASCAR to resume practice and qualifying in 2022
Baseball
Column: Will Ohtani get dreams with Angels?
Column: Harper has been worth every penny
Golf/Tennis
China ‘not aware’ of a Shuai issue
Sports and social/racial awareness
Sports and COVID-19
Around the nation/world