Monday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; TD Club honorees, Mercer & FVSU hoops; UGA/Bama, Tech, Falcons, Braves; college FB/BKB, NFL, MLB, more
Monday'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
G-Terrell 59, Fullington 21
College
Basketball
W-FVSU 72, Central State 61
M-FVSU 64, Central State 56
W-Mercer 66, Kennesaw State 49
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Macon TD Club taps Covenant duo
The Macon Touchdown Club honored players from Covenant as the latest players of the week.
The back of the week is senior running back/defensive back Jackson Freel, who had 35 carries for 247 yards, plus 54 yards on two kickoff returns. O defense, he had seven tackles and three assists in the Georgia Association of Private and Parochial Schools' Class AA 8-man 50-28 state title win over Johnson Ferry Christian Academy..
The lineman of the week is senior guard/defensive end Jacob Moore. He had eight pancake blocks for a offense that ran for 407 yards, and had four solos, an assist, a tackle for loss, and a fumble recovery in the win over Johnson Ferry.
Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB: Mercer strong in middle quarters to top Kennesaw State
WBKB: First quarter launches FVSU
MBKB: FVSU closes strong for win
SEC championship: Alabama vs. Georgia
How wide is the gap between UGA and Bama?
Will Anderson dreamed of Georgia, but …
And now, finally – likely -some stress for Bulldogs
Monday UGA update, including injuries
Unfamiliar territory for UGA 2021 like Alabama 2020: a tie in the fourth quarter (and SEC notes)
Around/About Georgia
Tech standout Gibbs in the transfer portal
Atlanta thankful for multiple threat Patterson
Patterson cleats paid tribute to Arbery
Braves pick up All-Star Yates for pen
Ozuna suspended 20 games under domestic violence policy
College Football/South
Bobo is unemployment-line bound from Auburn
Four Bama former 5-stars entering portal in November
Hired: Jacksonville State picks Rich Rodriguez
Column: Tennessee fans shouldn’t worry about losing Heupel … yet
College Football
Kelly moving from Golden Dome to Death Valley
Players get apologetic text from Kelly
Riley introduced, eager to start rebuild after stunning decision
Oklahoma’s Rattler in the transfer portal
As does former Cedar Grove standout Haselwood
Syracuse to keep head coach, cans OC after 2 years
Lashlee’s latest move, to SMU
Fired: Collins’ successor at Temple, was 12-20
NFL
Washington beats Seattle, wins third straight
Carolina’s McCaffery done for the year
Don’t look now, but Brady and Bill are winning, without each other
Kareem Hunt’s dad chimes in on Mayfield
Jags working on different things for Lawrence
Steelers look for answers after blowout
Garrett defends dapping Jackson after TD
Browns postseason hopes doomed by “can you believe … moments
College Basketball
M-Gonzaga gets past Tarleton State
M-Texas tries game in old, smaller gym with students and friends
NBA/WNBA
Amid cancer fight, ref Brown back to work
Woods’ 21-board night helps Rockets to third straight W
Jokic gets 24, Nuggets break six-game losing streak
College Sports
ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 launch mental health initiative
Baseball
Scherzer and deGrom together? And for HOW much?
Seattle finalizing deal with Cy Young winner Ray
Column: Big contracts flow with lockout coming
Auto Racing
Golf/Tennis
Obit: Lee Elder was the first Black player at the Masters
‘A trailblazer and a gentleman’
Around the nation/world