Thursday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Mayhem, Mercer, Mary Persons' Holden, Northside's Stuckey, Russell Henley; more UGA-Bama; Hawks, Falcons, UGA, Tech; college, pros, NASCAR, MLB

Thursday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Mayhem, Mercer, Mary Persons' Holden, Northside's Stuckey, Russell Henley; more UGA-Bama; Hawks, Falcons, UGA, Tech; college, pros, NASCAR, MLB

Thursday'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

Piedmont 60, John Milledge 50

Boys

Brentwood 78, Trinity Christian 76

John Milledge 84, Piedmont 57

College

Basketball

W-Georgia Tech 68, Florida State 64

M-Kennesaw State 77, FGCU 53

W-Mercer 66, UNC Greensboro 60

M-Mercer 97, VMI 91

M-South Alabama 74, Georgia State 65

M-South Georgia State 88, CGTC 62

          The Titans fell to 10-3 and 1-1.

W-Texas-Arlington 82, Georgia State 68

W-Texas State 78, Georgia Southern 74

Pro

SPHL

Macon 6, Birmingham 1

 

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Georgia 33, Alabama 18

Bennett’s father on the tough decision to come amid title, criticism

Former Dawgs heave out congrats

Smart, Dooley, Indianapolis, and history

Head referee explains The Fumble call

Is Georgia built like Alabama, or LSU?

Column: Dawgs on top, get used to it

Did Bennett battle through an injury?

Alumni Update

Holden (Mary Persons) on national watch list

Northside grad Stuckey headed to Notre Dame football staff

Around/About Central Georgia

Henley tied for second Sony Open in Honolulu

          Maconite Russell Henley was solid from 1 to 18 Thursday in the first round of the Sony Open in Hawaii.

          He’s in a tie for second with Jim Furyk as part of a field that includes seven players ranked among the top 20 in FedEx rankings. Henley enters at 42nd.

          It’s Henley first tournament since finishing tied for 22nd in the RSM Classic just before Thanksgiving.

          Furyk finished early with a 62 for the lead for awhile, but Kevin Na eked ahead late with a 61 for first after a round.

          Henley got off to a hot start, with birdies on three of the first five holes, then pars before two birdies to close the front nine. The birdied three of the final five holes on the back nine, getting through the first round bogey free.

Mayhem explode to bounce Birmingham

WBKB: Titus leads Mercer to road win

MBKB: Johnson goes off to lead Mercer over VMI

 

Around/About Georgia

Atlanta deals Reddish to Knicks

Falcons mailbag

Salary cap challenges remain big

Patterson’s cleats make his hopes known

Column: Falcons need to realize their weren’t as good as the record

Changes are coming in Athens

In uniform and on the sidelines

The fifth Bulldog entering the portal is …

Column: Host Indy was cold and expensive, but had dogs

UGA gymnastics postpones next two meets

WBKB: Georgia Tech closes strong against Florida State

 

College Football/South

Bama’s Williams, Evans enter draft

Napier gets RB from his last job

College Football

SEC’s chokehold will tighten if Rose Bowl sunsets, etc. become trivialized

Would Ohio State’s Day think about the NFL?

Receiver in portal for third time

Baseball

MLB talks resume, not much progress

Atlantic League ends trials with longer mound distance, robo umps

Baltimore moving left-field fence back

Ohtani talks superstardom, criticisms, in GQ story

Twins to retire Kaat’s jersey

College Basketball

M-Texas Tech topping top-10s with senior transfers

M-Maryland assistant suspended after prostitution arrest

W-South Carolina cruises past A&M

NFL

Fired: Houston cuts Culley loose

Super Bowl to stay in Inglewood

Brown: strip show may not have been necessary

Eagles get reigning champs

Chargers’ Staley stands by timeout that didn’t work out

Rested Bengals prep for Raiders

Patriots behind rookie Jones

Colts’ Irsay promises fans improvement

Column: With Kupp, like others, race feeds into perceptions

NBA/WNBA

Lillard out for six weeks or more

College Sports

Under Sankey, SEC gets bigger, badder, better

NIL impact: LSU player gives back scholarship

Auto Racing

Junior tried new car, prefers the booth

Golf/Tennis

Djokovic in Aussie Open draw

Around the nation/world

NFL scores/games

NBA scores/games

NHL scores/games

Men’s college basketball

Women’s college basketball