Sunday's Report: Scoreboard; Mount de Sales' Williams, Mary Persons' Williams, Mercer, Georgia College, FVSU; Falcons; NFL, colleges/Virginia/Kiffin, World Cup, NBA
Saturday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.
In Coverage: Peach State – and South and national – college football; revisit high school football
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High School
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Girls
Beach 53, Peach County 40
Langston Hughes 50, Baldwin 43
Veteran Madison Ruff topped Baldwin with 14 points and seven boards, Janaye Walker good for a 11-point/13-rebound double-double. Kassidy Neal almost joined her, missing by two points and a rebound.
Mary Persons 65, Spalding 32
Northeast 62, Evans 19
Taylor County 59, Upson-Lee 55
Boys
Dougherty 63, Southwest 61
Jones County 66, Westside 54
Daethan Harris and Jaden Stanley teamed for 45 points for the Greyhounds, Jaylen Sanford adding 15 points.
Houston County 42, Dublin 38
Putnam County 63, Hancock Central 62
Landon Bonner led Putnam County with 28 points, Eren Banks adding 18 as the War Eagles improved to 2-0.
Spalding 71, Mary Persons 46
Warner Robins 45, Baldwin 44
College
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M-Fort Valley State 80, Tuskegee 68
W-Georgia College 77, Emory & Henry 54
M-Georgia Southern 101, Oglethorpe 73
M-Georgia Tech 80, North Alabama 61
M-Santa Fe 85, Central Georgia Tech 74
W-Seton Hall 86, Georgia 80
W-Tuskegee 74, Fort Valley State 63
Pro
SPHL
Macon 4, Fayetteville 2
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Alumni Update
Mount de Sales’ Williams to hospital after leg injury
Mary Persons’ Williams returns another punt for TD
Around/about Central Georgia
MBKB: Craig leads Mercer in thriller
WBKB: Georgia College rolls to sixth straight win
MBKB: FVSU never trails, holds on
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
‘Big game for both teams’ in DC
MBKB: Curry’s 30 leads Georgia Southern
Football/NFL/USFL/CFL
Leftwich tuning out job criticism
Which middling NFL teams are going to get hot and make playoffs?
Julio Jones is coming around, as is Bucs’ offense
Brady backup now on the other side
Philly trying to keep near-perfect record going vs. Pack
Cousins relishes confidence of Vikings
College Football/Southeast
Virginia team traveling to all three funerals
Kiffin staying, ‘lot of work left to do’
(Pre-decision) The Lane Kiffin Coaching Tour: Chasing Lou Saban?
Column: Why Kiffin staying is believable’
Auburn veers to Freeze, who’s interested
College Football
Star RB: ’72 Southern Cal team was best ever
Soccer
Neymar shows ankle, plans Cup return
Donovan, Beasley voted into US HOF
College Basketball
Self: Tennessee is a Final Four team
M-Chattanooga tops Murray State
M-Clemson takes third in tournament
NBA/Basketball
James’ season-high 39 leads LA past Spurs
Auto Racing
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games
Men’s college basketball scores/games