Wednesday's Report: Scoreboard; Georgia College/UGA, Mercer golf; UGA, Falcons, Tech; MLB, college 🏈/Harsin, CFP poll, NFL, NBA, college 🏀
Tuesday'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
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Dodge County 31, Dooly County 0
Houston County 7, Perry 0
Howard 24, Southwest 0
Northeast 13, Baldwin 6
Treutlen 18, Washington County 13
Warner Robins 19, Peach County 6
The Demons improved to 5-0 behind a 16-for-18 night passing from Tasia Agee for 233 yards and two scores, also running for 78 yards and a TD. Warner Robins visits Houston County on Thursday.
Westside 14, Central 0
College
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W-Mercer Invitational, Mercer, final round
M-Daniel Island Classic, Mercer, final round
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Alumni Update
Bears dealing Smith still stings a day later
Players of the week
Around/About Central Georgia
MBKB: Georgia College hangs with Georgia
Transfer Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe had 15 points and nine rebounds in his unofficial debut to help Georgia to a 66-52 exhibition win over Georgia College Tuesday night in men’s college basketball exhibition action at Stegeman Coliseum
Kario Oquendo also had 15 points and KyeRon Lindsey 10. Christian Koneman paced the Bobcats with 22 points and nine rebounds for first-year head coach and Bobcat alum Ryan Aquino. Houston County alum Austin Sloan had five points, four rebounds and two assists in 20 minutes.
The Division II Bobcats stayed with the Bulldogs all night, tying it at 20 just after the under-eight timeout and staying within 33-27 at halftime. Georgia College owned a 16-10 advantage on the boards through the first half.
“I thought Georgia College was terrific,” first-year Georgia head coach Mike White said.”They brought some fans, they were lively, they played a really good game.
“I thought their coach did a really good job. We are fortunate to spread the lead late, could have gone either way there.”
Oquendo, who added 15 points, sparked a run to a 40-29 advantage with a 3, but Georgia College stepped it up on defense to get it within five eight minutes into the second half.
The Bobcats upped the pressure and pulled to within 49-47 on Koneman’s second-chance bucket with 9:01 left in the game. Then Georgia’s defense picked up the intensity and held the Bobcats to five points the rest of the way – including a drought of four minutes - ending on a 17-5 run.
Georgia College gets going on Nov. 11 at North Greenville in that team’s round-robin, facing Limestone a day later.
Georgia opens the season on Monday against Western Carolina.
Gerald Fitch era starts at Central Georgia Tech
After a few years as a grad assistant and full-time assistant, Westside grad Gerald Fitch is now in charge.
And only about five weeks after the announcement of his promotion, Fitch’s Central Georgia Tech men’s basketball team starts the season on Wednesday when it welcomes Southwest Tennessee Community College at 7:30 pm.
The Titans are at home again on Saturday at 3 p.m. against Franklin Prep.
Christopher Stone is the only major returnee from last year, when he averaged five points and three rebounds a game.
Bryson Wooten of Jones County transferred in from Edward Waters, and Jeremy Sams is a freshman from Veterans. Jovan Tucker spent last season at Mercer. The Titans have four freshmen and six sophomores.
Fitch returned to Macon after playing international basketball and completed his education, joining the Mercer staff and then CGTC.
Dubnik leads Mercer to Invitational win on birthday
Taylor’s ace highlights Mercer’s final round
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
UGA’s Smith done for the season
Smart breaks down first CFP rankings
Column: Hoops school can’t stop UT, bring on Georgia
The tie that binds UGA’s White and UT’s White
Column: UGA’s big investment in Smart money well spent
Swanson, Fried get Gold Gloves
Atlanta cuts loose Ridley to Jags in complex deal
Column: Falcons in first proof that anything’s possible in NFL
Notebook: London, Armstrong,cleaning up
Fading bowl hopes for Tech and Tech
Key wants attention to detail from Jackets
Burke County’s Parker has heart attack at game
Baseball/MLB/College
Harper, Phils tied WS mark with 5 HRs
McCullers first to give up that many, shrugs off inquiries
Baker, Thomson show old-school managers still have a place
Record 14 first-time Gold Glove winners
College Football/Southeast
Harsin ‘incredibly disappointed’, sends statement
Column: Harsin never had a shot
Harsin’s buyout tops Frost for highest this season
Can SEC stop Auburn from hiring Freeze?
As for Freeze, he has a big new deal
Column: The only two names that should be on the list
(Pre-firing) Column: New AD has to get it right, and Harsin isn’t it
Kiffin chats with refs and Aggies
Will he chat with his team about Auburn rumors?
Column: Cox departure from Florida good for all (and notes, observations)
South Carolina loses WR for season
College Football
The CFP rankings first four are …
Michigan State suspends four more
Nix profile rises with No. 8 Oregon
Football/NFL/USFL
Denver sends Chubb to Dolphins
Record 12 players dealt on dealing day
Rams season going backward, McVay not panicking … yet
Browns make statement instead of mistakes vs. Bengals
Detroit to recognize Sanders with statue
Bengals analyst, son of Mike Zimmer, dies at 38
Pickett orders team to ‘study more’ after loss
Column: Brady on list of 10 who should’ve stayed retired?
College Basketball
M-Creighton’s Scheierman tops list of impact transfers
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Nash out for Nets after poor start, controversy
Irving quiet for at least Tuesday
Auto Racing
NASCAR won’t outlaw Chastain move
Hockey
Eichel leads way in NHL for disk replacement surgeries
Soccer
US women’s coach names roster for 2 games vs. Germany
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