The Central Georgia Sports Report

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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-Mercer 60, Fairfield 58

M-Santa Fe 85, Central Georgia Tech 74

W-Seton Hall 86, Georgia 80

W-Tuskegee 74, Fort Valley State 63

M-VCU 64, Kennesaw State 61 

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

Mayhem finally win at home

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

Falcons-Commanders capsule

Things to watch

Falcons mailbag

MBKB: Curry’s 30 leads Georgia Southern

MBKB: Tech steady in home win

 

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

No tear in Von Miller’s knee

Revenge not on Titans’ agenda

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

Has Colorado offered Sanders?

College Football

Nebraska makes Rhule official

Star RB: ’72 Southern Cal team was best ever

Mascots go at it

Taggert fired … again

Soccer

France reaches knockout stage

Messi leads Argentina

Australia amped

Neymar shows ankle, plans Cup return

Viewer’s guide

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

Roundup

Auto Racing

NASCAR’s most popular voting

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games

College football scores/games

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games