Tuesday's Report: Mary Persons' Williams; FVSU hoops, Mercer, Stratford/Macon TD Club; UGA/LSU/SEC, Falcons, Tech transfers; Auburn/Freeze, NFL, World Cup updates, college 🏈, NBA, more
Monday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Coming Tuesday: Monday Morning Quarterback
📰S📰C📰O📰R📰E📰B📰O📰A📰R📰D📰
High School
Basketball
Girls
Fullington 52, Windsor 24
Mount de Sales 53, Strong Rock 23
Warner Robins 58, Locust Grove 41
Boys
Gatewood 70, Peachtree Acad. 48
Strong Rock 50, Mount de Sales 36
Windsor 66, Fullington 36
College
🏀 🏀 🏀Basketball 🏀 🏀 🏀
W-Fort Valley State 57, Spring Hill 48
M-Fort Valley State 94, Spring Hill 85
Pro
NBA
📰C📰O📰V📰E📰R📰A📰G📰E📰
Alumni Update
Mary Persons grad Williams worked on celebration
Honor Roll/Players of the Week
Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB-Fourth quarter lifts FVSU on the road
MBKB-Offense on point for Wildcats in road W
WBKB-Mercer welcomes Alabama in ‘Merrie Christmas’ charity game
Eagle is final Macon TD Club player of the week
Stratford senior Shaun Wilmore is the Macon Touchdown Club’s final player of the week, after rushing 17 times for 161 yards and three touchdowns in the GIAA semifinal win over Tattnall. He also completed a pass for 31 yards, and had four tackles from his safety spot.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Georgia eyes end to SEC title drought
Column: Falcons need that one-score magic, better finishes
Tech’s Sims, McCollum enter portal
Hawks struggle at the end, lose
College Football/Southeast
Will give up social media control
Column: The facts and future with Freeze
Not exactly a ‘splash hire’ reaction
Williams full of emotion after Iron Bowl
Column-SEC’s two best aren’t playing for title
The month of Kiffin and Auburn
Football/NFL/USFL
Tampa Bay can’t close out in Cleveland
Harbaugh talks with Jackson about snippy tweet
Rams lose Donald to ankle sprain
Saints’ Allen wants focus on execution
Support, confidence has altered Tagovailoa’s career
Favre wants to be dismissed from welfare lawsuit
Soccer
Protest with rainbow flag runs onto field
US soccer’s misstep with Iran support: mistake Cup for bubble
College Football
Column: Rivalries in trouble amid changing landscape
Ohio State tries to move on … again
Fickell reaches out to new team
Nebraska pays premium for Rhule
After 7-2, UNLV seeks new coach
New portal window another challenge
Purdue preps for title game without starting QB
Michigan QB McNamara enters portal
Big Ten fines MSU, reprimands Michigan for tunnel melee
Stat watch: UT leads nation in yards, scoring
College Basketball
M-Houston No. 1 for first time since 1983
W-Little change in women’s poll top
NBA/Basketball/WNBA
Rookie’s buzzer-beater beats Lakers
Williamson powers short-handed Pelicans
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games
Men’s college basketball scores/games