Wednesday's Report: Scoreboard (HS, college 🏀); Hatcher takes SoCon honor, All-SoCon/Mercer; UGA, Tech, UGA/Tech, Falcons, United; Egg Bowl, CFP poll, World Cup, NFL, NBA, golf

Wednesday's Report: Scoreboard (HS, college 🏀); Hatcher takes SoCon honor, All-SoCon/Mercer; UGA, Tech, UGA/Tech, Falcons, United; Egg Bowl, CFP poll, World Cup, NFL, NBA, golf

Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

High school coaches: Please put first and last names in social media postings, along with post full scores and names/stats/records/info on Twitter and/or Facebook within 30 minutes of completion. Information/boxes/ pictures of both sides of the scorebook can be emailed to centralgasports@gmail.com.

 

High School

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Girls

Central 38, Veterans 34

          Taliah Grier and Jaz Johnson each had nine for the Chargers, while Tayelor Davis grabbed 12 boards.

Lamar County 70, Northgate 55

Northeast 58, Westside 36

Southwest 43, Wilkinson County 19

Tattnall 72, GMC 16

Taylor County 54, Stratford 39

          Laila Harvey’s 18 points led Stratford, which hosts Westfield on Tuesday.

Upson-Lee 64, Winder-Barrow 43

Westfield 54, SW Georgia STEM Charter 1

Boys

East Laurens 56, West Laurens 49

Lamar County 59, Northgate 57

Putnam County 68, Northside-Columbus 61

          Landon Bonner’s 19 led the War Eagles, new Georgia Southern signee Eren Banks chipping in 18.

 

Veterans 78, Central 66

          Williams Burroughs led the Warhawks with 22 points, Chandler Thomas chipping in 18 and Aaron Jones 11, among 11 Veterans players in the scoring column.

 

Westside 80, Northeast 58

          Daveon Henderson led the Seminoles with 20 points and 13 rebounds, plus six assists. Terrell Cordy Jr. adding 17 and Shannon Fountain 13 points, seven assists, and five steals. Jiquavious Marshall snagged 10 rebounds for Westside.

Wilkinson County 83, Southwest 53

College

Basketball

W-East Georgia State 89, Central Georgia Tech 66

W-Georgia College 67, Shorter 54

W-Georgia Southern 63, Bethune-Cookman 60

M-North Georgia 61, Fort Valley State 59

M-UAB 87, Georgia 73

 

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Honor Roll

Mount de Sales grad Hatcher unanimous SoCon COTY

          Washington County grad Jabari Brooks of Samford made the coaches and media second teams on the offensive line.

Southern Conference coaches team

Southern Conference media team

And Hatcher is a finalist for Eddie Robinson Award

 

Players of the Week

SSAC WBKB: Dodge County alum Wright at MGSU

 

Around/About Central Georgia

FB: Mercer puts 12 on All-SoCon teams

WBKB: Georgia College stays undefeated

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Little movement in latest CFP poll

Senior Day 2022=jigsaw puzzle

Georgia injury update

Key’s passion rubbing off on Jackets

‘Clean Old-Fashion Hate’ a dying rivalry?

Bowers, Darnell grading out as elite TEs

Smart: short-yardage game needs improvement

Tech’s White takes national defensive honor

UGA notebook

Atlanta united name president and CEO

Atlanta’s unsung heroes Sunday

Falcon roster moves

 

College Football/Southeast

Kiffin diplomatic in describing Egg Bowl

Stoops’ new deal brings new expectations

Bama backup CB suspended

College Football

Same ol’, same ol’ for top four in CFP rankings

Houston Christian’s only head coach resigns

Backup QB leads Ohio

Jury: NCAA not to blame in ex-Southern Cal player’s death

NFL/USFL

Revis among Pro FB HOF semifinalists

Focus on fundamentals pays off for New Orleans

Denver changes play-callers, doesn’t change results

Column: Jets’ Wilson has to act like a leader

Bleak outlook for Rams, with or without Stafford

A (predictable) interesting Q&A with Peyton Manning 

College Basketball

M-Las Vegas gets a Final Four

M-Paris era off to rough start at South Carolina 

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Simmons booed, less than expected, in Philly return, loss

Roundup 

College Sports

Ex-WVU AD returns to Alabama

Soccer

Saudi Arabia stuns Messi’s Argentina

Iran media blames loss on protests

Opener watched by 7.2 mil in US

Ronaldo leaving Man United immediately

Schedule/results

Golf

Player no-shows – after RSVPs – at major sponsor dinner hit LPGA

DeChambeau regrets bulking regimen 

High Schools

Ex-coach quit on sex-with-student charges, married student, wants restriction lifted

Scoreboards

NFL games/scores

College football scores/games

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games