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Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
In Coverage: The Sports Report’s predictions
Coming Thursday: High school football notebook, including standings/playoffs look
Friday: Maxwell predictions, and how Central Georgia teams stand in state rankings, and the area’s only every-game scouting reports
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High School
Flag football
Mount de Sales 13, St. Andrew’s 6
Piedmont 27, St. Andrew’s 6
Piedmont 31, Mount de Sales 14
Rutland 8, Howard 0
Ciara Passmore caught Adrianna Kaidan’s pass for the lone touchdown to improve the Hurricanes to 3-1.
Veterans 12, Northside 6
College
Basketball
Volleyball
Pro
NBA
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Honor Roll/All-Conference
WBKB: FVSU puts two on All-SIAC team, picked 6th in East
Coming Up
Saturday
12:30 p.m., Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech, Bally’s/ESPN3
1 p.m., Kennesaw State at UT-Martin, ESPN+
3 p.m., Georgia State at Southern Miss, ESPN+
3:30 p.m., Tennessee at Georgia, CBS
4 p.m., South Alabama at Georgia Southern, ESPN +
Sunday
1 p.m., San Diego at Atlanta, Fox
Around/About Central Georgia
Trinity Christian shares GIAA cross country championship
The Trinity Christian girls put five runners in the top 25 and tied Augusta Prep – which had the top two finishers – atop the GIAA Class AA girls cross country state meet results last week.
Nine schools and 68 runners competed in the class.
Maddie George, Laney Ray, Leah Yoder, Sadie Toler and Emileigh Collier made up a fifth of the top 25 for the Crusaders.
FPD took third in AAA girls with 127 points, behind St. Anne Pacelli (29) and Brookstone (64). Westfield was fifth, Stratford eighth, and John Milledge 12th, among 16 teams.
Stratford was second in AAA boys with 73 points, behind Deerfield-Windsor’s 59. Mount de Sales was fifth, Westfield seventh, and FPD ninth among 23 teams.
Trinity Christian finished fourth in AA boys, Central Fellowship 11th and Brentwood 12th in the 14-team field.
Top 10 individual finishes in each group:
Class AAA girls
None
Class AAA boys
3. Jude Burgess, Stratford, 17:34.93; 10. Wes Flournoy, Stratford, 18:13.81
Class AA girls
5. Abbie Forbus, Central Fellowship, 21:34.08; 9. Maddie George, Trinity Christian, 23:31.19; 10 Laney Ray, TCS, 23:31.42; 12. Leah Yoder, TCS, 23:58.62; 13. Sadie Toler, TCS, 24:03.86; 25. Emileigh Collier
Class AA boys
2. Nolan Lane, Trinity Christian, 16:52.16; 5. Jack Miller, TCS, 17:10.55
CGTC gets win in OT in Fitch debut
Central Georgia Tech’s defense clamped down in overtime to give the Titans a 73-66 win over Southwest Tennessee Community College in the season opener.
It was the first game as head coach for Westside grad Gerald Fitch, promoted in late September from his assistant spot.
STCC led by three in overtime after two minutes, scored first in overtime, Rafael Rubel tying it with 2:14 left on a free throw. Kasai Fontanez’ layup put CGTC in front for good 35 seconds later, and the Titans finished by holding the visitors scoreless the final 3:05.
Returnee Christopher Stone led CGTC with 20 points and eight rebounds, Rubel adding 13 and six, and Jones County grad Bryson Wooten 11 points off the bench.
Mercer’s Harper sets program all-purpose yards record
Bears back up to 11th in latest poll
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Ex-UGA assistant has UT’s D-line tough and physical
Smith has message for Bulldog teammates
How will Smart, Heupel handle the rankings?
Jones, Walker await opportunities
Tech’s Fusile a Burlsworth Trophy nominee
Ridley trade was in the works awhile
Jags confident in ‘due diligence’ before Ridley trade
Patterson back after missing four games
Murray’s career high leads Hawks past Knicks
Five Braves are Silver Slugger finalists
MBKB: UGA’s Roberts taking personal time
MBKB: Oquendo second-team All-SEC
College Football/Southeast
Now, Cadillac’s driving the Auburn bus
Stoops was ‘surprisingly freaking jacked up’
True or false: UT and UGA will both make the playoff
First-year transfer QBs struggle in ACC
Stoops learning the enduring challenge of Kentucky
Clemson ready for heavyweight battle with Notre Dame
College Basketball
It puts extra pressure on coaches in lower levels
Baseball/MLB
Houston stuns Philly with a combo no-hitter
Haskins’ wife buys beer for fans … again
Verlander makes nice with Phillies fans
His Game 5 start could check a big box
NFL/USFL/Football
Is Washington now on the selling block?
While being investigated for financial improprieties
Roquan Smith ready to contribute
Even Wilson’s contemporaries are ribbing him
GM: Watson to start vs. Houston after suspension
Stagnant O forces changes in Indianapolis
Former players find success as coaches
Obit: Longtime and successful exec John McVay, 91
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Irving to donate $500K to ‘fight hate’, minus actual apology
Auto Racing
Johnson returning to Cup racing as owner, part-time driver
NASCAR championship: breakdown, odds
Golf
LIV gets no world rankings, starting to show
Column: LIV gets through first season, hurdles ahead
Around the nation/world