Thursday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; West Laurens' Bay Bay Thomas dead, Ingram/Washington County, Dodge County, Warner Robins/Calhoun; Tech/UConn, UGA, Falcons; college FB/BKB, FB awards, NFL, more
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
In Coverage: Ingram out at Washington County after 16 years as head coach; a look at Calhoun and Warner Robins
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High School
Basketball
G-Gatewood 44, John Hancock 29
B-Gatewood 64, John Hancock 38
G-John Milledge 53, Piedmont 30
B-John Milledge 77, Piedmont 37
B-Nease 42, Dublin 31
Flag Football
Division II (5A-6A) state championship
Dodge County 6, Lithia Springs 0
College
Basketball
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West Laurens grad Bay Bay Thomas found dead at home
Former teammates, others stunned
Thomas officially retired in June: ‘No regrets’
And he did a retirement video: ‘I’m done, and I did well’
D stands for Dodge and D in championship win
Dodge County and Lithia Springs slugged it out for two halves, each frustrating the other’s offense.
Then came overtime, and it was more of the same, neither offense able to manage much of a real threat to score on a fairly bright afternoon at Center Parc Stadium in Atlanta.
Finally, in the third overtime, on third down, with three yards to go, Ileisha Mitchell had enough. Lined up to the left of quarterback Annie Jones, she took the handoff and went right, got just enough of a seal block from senior Trinity Brown, and scooted into the right corner of the end zone for the 3-yard touchdown run and the Division 2 (5A-6A) state flag football title in the second year of the sport.
Dodge County finished 15-1, Lithia Springs 15-4.
Last year, the Indians beat Eagles Landing 6-0 and St. Anne-Pacelli 6-0 before losing 14-6 to Greenbrier in the A-5A division. The GHSA added a 5A-6A division, and the Indians topped Locust Grove 19-0, Rockdale 24-0, Trinity Christian 14-6, and Riverwood 13-6.
Honor Roll
Georgia College’s Begamini on PBC All-Tournament team
Around/About Central Georgia
Mayhem reschedule ‘Peanuts Night’
Around/About Georgia
WBKB-Georgia Tech breaks massive UConn streak
Pollack defied skeptics, now in the Hall
UGA puts four on SEC All-Freshman team
Davis pulls off historic sweep of Outland, Bednarik
What’s fixable and not for the Bulldogs
It’s a big Sunday for the Falcons
Another Tech RB is leaving, for draft
Georgia Tech’s Heppler elected to state golf hall of fame
College Football/South
Florida’s hiring coup: LSU’s Raymond
Alabama’s Young is AP national POTY
Cristobal fires up Miami crowd
Grambling to hire Hue Jackson as head coach
Hired: Former Colorado coach MacIntyre at FIU
College Football
Michigan’s Hutchinson tops comeback semifinalists
College Basketball
M-Purdue’s first game as first-time No. 1? Pfffft
M-Washington-Gonzaga game canceled for COVID
NFL
Vikings nearly blow big lead against Steelers
Bridgewater: Dan Campbell’s speeches make you nuts
Packers’ Cobb out indefinitely
Parcells, Johnson don’t like reliance on analytics
Lions hold 22 out for flu outbreak
Will Urban start micromanaging in the NFL?
College Sports
Miami finishes busy week, adds Radakovich as AD
Louisville AD resigns after four rough years
Florida State hires booster prez as AD
High School Sports
California mom charged in kid-hitting-kid case
Sheriff charged with assault trying to break up fight
Around the nation/world
Arizona NHL team won’t be evicted