Thursday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Braves trophy tour; Hawks, UGA, Tech, Falcons, Braves; NFL, college BKB, NBA, MLB, tennis, golf
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
Central Georgia Arts 33, St. George’s 30
Piedmont 70, Strong Rock 34
Windsor 42, Twiggs 24
Boys
Brentwood 85, John Hancock 41
Central Georgia Arts 81, St. George’s 62
Twiggs 66, Windsor 63
Soccer
G-Houston County 9, ACE 0 (Wednesday)
Madeline Richter, Whitley Anderson, Maike Austrup each had three goals for Houston County, along with Emily Grady, Mady Hughes, and Eryn Yarbrough.
B-Houston County 3, ACE 0 (Wednesday)
The Bears got goals from Padraig Littlefield, Manny Fernandez-Hernandez, and Thomas Bryant in the win over the defending Class A Public runner-up.
G-Bleckley County 8, Swainsboro 1
Aniston Dowdy was all over the place for the Royals with six goals. Harlie Corner and Kayla Kearse had a goal and assist each, with two assists from Mishayla Brown and one from Fatima El-Jeaid.
B-Bleckley County 9, Swainsboro 1
Charlie Williams had the hot foot, with five goals for Bleckley County, Clay Thompson with two. Joshua Morris and Trent Crosby had goals as well.
G-Perry 9, Warner Robins 0
The Panthers got two goals from Reaghan Reese, Maddy Horan, and Sadie Surber, and single goals from Isabella Molina, Fraser Knapek, and Arianna Marfell in the opener.
B-Perry 6, Warner Robins 0
Tommy DeMicco and Harrington Arnette had two goals each for Perry, with one each from David Houghtaling and Robby Trent.
College
Basketball
M-Georgia Southern 50, Louisiana-Monroe 45
W-Georgia State 72, South Alabama 66, OT
M-Georgia State 68, Louisiana 64
W-Georgia Tech 68, Boston College 49
M-Jacksonville State 70, Kennesaw State 64
Pro
SPHL
Roanoke 10, Macon 1
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Around/About Central Georgia
Braves World Series trophy to make a visit
The World Series trophy will leave its home in Atlanta for a regional tour starting in February.
It will visit six cities in Georgia and one in North Carolina to get started, as part of a 151-stop tour, the 151 years of Braves baseball.
The hardware is schedule for a trip to Macon on March 27 at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
The Braves are asking fans where else should the trophy visit here. More details are to come.
Around/About Georgia
Atlanta’s Young gets All-Star Game start
Is Collins on the trading block?
Crean shrugs off latest job security questions
Column: Believe or not, Crean deserves a little more time
Atlanta TE Smith retires after 11 years
Andruw Jones makes HOF progress
NFL
Roethlisberger makes it official with video
Stafford nearing Super Bowl dreams
Quinn says he’s staying put for 2022
Mahomes’ heartbeat went a little crazy, too
Patience with Taylor pays off for Cincinnati
College Basketball
Old newcomers making big impacts
M-Homecoming emotional for Hepburn, not for just hoops
W-Top-ranked South Carolina rolls another ranked team
W-Auburn knocks off No. 4 Vols
College Sports
Males leading the way, big, in NIL money
NBA/WNBA
James among All-Star Game starters, as is Wiggins
MLB/Baseball
Obit: Clines was part of first all-minority lineup
Advocacy group: MLB needs to improve minors’ housing more
Vaccines not going to be required for minor-leaguers
Golf/Tennis
Barty to face Collins, hopes to end Aussie drought
Ko takes first-round lead in LPGA
Around the nation/world