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Wednesday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; FVSU legends Porter, Poole; Mercer, Ga. College, FVSU hoops; GHSA reclassification; UGA, Tech hoops, Braves, Falcons; SEC; nat'l colleges, NFL, MLB, NASCAR

Wednesday'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: GHSA’s latest tweaks for reclassification

Coming Thursday: The Sports Report’s predictions 

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High School
Basketball
G-Sumter County 45, Central 34
College
Basketball
W-Andrew College 72, CGTC 71
M-CGTC 109, Southern Basketball Academy 57
M-Florida A&M 76, FVSU 63
W-Georgia College 66, Edward Waters 48
M-Georgia 82, Memphis 79
M-Mercer 73, Kennesaw State 71
M-Morehead State 59, Georgia Southern 51

W-Purdue 53, Georgia Tech 52

W-Southern Miss 64, Georgia State 56

M-Wisconsin 70, Georgia Tech 66

Pro
NBA
Atlanta 114, Indiana 111

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MLB’s first work stoppage since 1995 is underway

Around/About Central Georgia

FVSU legends Porter & Poole finalists for Black College FB HOF

MBKB: FVSU falls at Florida A&M

WBKB: Georgia College gets redemption in home opener

MBKB: Mercer survives last-second shot at Kennesaw State

 

SEC Championship: Alabama vs. Georgia

Bennett gets another crack at the Tide

The challenge of defending QB Young

How are Saban and Belichick different?

Bama’s Young trusts the offensive line, even after Saturday

Telling Nick Saban no

Some LT questions for UGA with Anderson await

 

Around/About Georgia

MBKB: Georgia closes strong, knocks off No. 18 Memphis for Crean’s 400th

MBKB: Georgia Tech rally falls short against Wisconsin

Atlanta injury update

Young clutch at line in Hawks win

30 years later, the Falcons’ ‘Rudest Team’ has no regrets

Braves complete deals with Arcia, Heredia

 

College Football/South

Third downs key in ACC title game

Column: This Billy is Florida’s best hire since the last Billy (Donovan)

Column: Stoops isn’t going anywhere … big boys aren’t smart enough to hire him

 

College Football

Fickell: ‘There is no speculation’

Crazy numbers on flurry of coaching moves

Harbaugh donates bonus money to athletics department workers

Kelly: ‘I wanted to be with the best’

Quinn blasts Kelly for Notre Dame departure

Petras back at QB for Iowa

Oklahoma picking up the pieces after sudden change

Stats Watch: Poor Huskers, dandy Dawgs, more

Southern Cal tries to keep focus with new boss watching

Black College HOF releases finalists for Class of 2022

 

College Basketball

M- Auburn rolls past UCF

M-North Carolina hammers No. 24 Michigan

W-Princeton pulls off upset of No. 22 FGCU

M-No. 12 BYU knocked off by Utah Valley

M-Oklahoma surprises No. 14 Florida

M-Coastal Carolina handles South Carolina

 

NFL

Bucs’ Goodwin: rescue dogs, train them, provide veterans with service dogs

AFC has record 12 teams at .500 or better

 

NBA/WNBA

Celtics’ Freedom becomes citizen: ‘most unforgettable moment’

 

Baseball

Is MLB’s work stoppage just around the corner?

A reason for every team to be thankful

Rays, Kluber finalize 1-year, $8 mil deal

 

Auto Racing

Women’s tennis tour suspends China events

Crew chief Daniels rode intense drive to title

 

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NHL scores/games

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Women’s college basketball