Thursday's Report: Scoreboard; FVSU/Black College HOF, Mercer, Georgia College; UGA, Tech, Falcons, Braves; Virginia, colleges, NFL, NBA, MLB, soccer, hockey
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Coming Thursday: The Sports Report’s predictions
Coming Friday: Maxwell predictions, and how Central Georgia teams stand in state rankings, and the area’s only every-game HS football scouting reports
Coming every day: The only place in Central Georgia with daily high school scores in flag football, basketball (and wrestling when scores are offered)
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High School
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G-Howard 58, Rutland 11
G-Lamar County 64, Upson-Lee 49
Shy Foster went wild with 36 points and 11 steals for the Trojans, Zhy Foster adding 13 points and seven rebounds, plus four assists, while Journi Harris had nine boards and four steals.
B-Rutland 64, Howard 56
G-Warner Robins 90, Houston County 19
B-52, Houston County 35
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Southwest 48, Mount de Sales 36
College
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W-Albany Tech 72, Central Georgia Tech 65
W-Georgia 89, Kennesaw State 47
W-Georgia College 72, Limestone 68
M-Georgia Southwestern 72, Fort Valley State 52
W-Georgia Tech 57, Auburn 51
W-Tampa 71, FVSU 44
Pro
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Coming Up
(Central Georgia, and of note)
Thursday
11 a.m., WBKB, Mercer at Wake Forest
5:30 p.m., WBKB Blue Mountain at Middle Georgia State
7:30 p.m., MBKB, Blue Mountain at Middle Georgia State
Friday
7 p.m., MBKB, Bucknell at Georgia
7:30 p.m., MBKB, Paine at FVSU
Saturday
Football
1 p.m., Mercer at Samford, ESPN3
2 p.m., Georgia State at James Madison, ESPN+
3 p.m., Kennesaw State at Eastern Kentucky , ESPN+
3:30 p.m., Georgia at Kentucky, CBS
5:30 p.m., Georgia Tech at North Carolina, ESPN2
6 p.m., Marshall at Georgia Southern, ESPN+
Basketball
12 p.m., W, William Carey at Middle Georgia State
1 p.m., M, Georgia College vs. Emmanuel, at Clayton State
1 p.m., W, Chattahoochee Valley CC at CGTC
2 p.m., M, William Carey at Middle Georgia State
2 p.m, M, Winthrop at Mercer
2 p.m., W, FVSU at Miles
3 p.m., M, Action Sports Academy at CGTC
4 p.m., W, Georgia College at Emmanuel
Sunday
1 p.m., Chicago at Atlanta, Fox
2 p.m.,WBKB, Georgia Southwestern at Mercer
2 p.m., WBKB, Georgia at Georgia Tech
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Honor Roll
Georgia College puts six on All-District academic team
SoCon student-athlete of the week: Mercer’s Annie Karle
Around/About Central Georgia
FVSU pair on Black College HOF finalist list
A pair of former Fort Valley State Wildcats are among finalists for the Black College Hall of Fame.
There are 25 finalists selected from more than 200 nominees.
Tyrone Poole, a defensive back from LaGange, and former head coach Doug Porter are the Wildcats on the list.
Poole started for four years and was FVSU’s first NFL Draft pick, going 22nds to Carolina in 1995. He had 17 interceptions in 42 games, and returned 70 punts for 13.3 yards per return, also setting the school mark in the 200, finishing second in the national finals.
He is director of player development at Clark Atlanta.
Porter was Poole’s head coach, leading FVSU from 1987-1996, also coaching at Mississippi Valley State and Howard, and serving as an assistant coach under legendary Eddie Robinson at Grambling.
The 93-year-old from Memphis has a career record of 155-110-5, with only five losing seasons in 26 as a head coach. He was SIAC Coach of the Year seven times, leading FVSU to a conference title in his second season, 1980.
The inductees will be announced on Dec. 8.
WBKB: Mercer up to 24th in mid-major poll
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Column: Smart’s recruiting obsession is the secret
And UGA O-line a Joe Moore Award semifinalist
Tar Heels taking QB-short Jackets seriously
Atlanta CB Terrell back at practice
Dual-threat QBs the way to go, ala Fields?
Celtics beat Hawks for eighth straight
One year of Grage enough for Lowndes
College Football
Kancey embracing Donald’s legacy at Pitt
Can Boston College pull off another upset, at Notre Dame?
College Football/Southeast
Virginia cancels game with Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina turns excitement into support for UVa
Cadillac getting comfy in driver’s seat
Tennessee keeps nose in title chase, South Carolina next
Running QBs in ACC sacrifice bodies for yards
Yearly senior day reminder: ‘Time flies’
Struggling Arkansas next for Ol’ Miss
No. 19 FSU on a roll with Louisiana on deck
College Basketball
M-No. 11 Texas routs No. 2 Gonzaga
W-No. 25 Utah puts up 124, beats No. 16 Oklahoma by 46
M-Could Louisville start 0-10?
W-LSU hits 100 for fourth straight game
College Sports
Column: NIL proves that nothing sells like sex (and other observations)
Baseball/MLB
Verland, Alcantara unanimous Cy Young winners
Longoria bids farewell to Giants fans
Column: Rose’s latest plea as insincere as the others
Pederson takes Giants’ qualifying offer
NFL/USFL/Football
Inside the wild and funky week for the Colts and Saturday
NFL, ESPN, Rams, Chargers sued over ACL tear
Mayfield feels urgency to perform well
At 33, Houston (UGA) still sacking away
Allen admits him pressing is a problem
Six feet of snow for Browns and Bills?
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
OKC’s Gilgeous-Alexander hits 42 and game-winner
Soccer
Everything you need to know about World Cup
Turner, on verge of tears, avoided huge injury
Tennis
Djokovic eases into semis in ATP Finals
Hockey
New Jersey fans chant apology to their criticized coach
Scoreboard