Wednesday's Report: Scoreboard; Tech/Key, UGA-LSU, Falcons; more Freeze/Auburn, college ๐ &๐, World Cup/USA wins, NBA, NFL
Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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High School
๐๐๐Basketball๐๐๐
Girls
ACE 41, Covenant 29
Brentwood 40, Pinewood Christian 23
Central 39, Baldwin 38
Taliah Grier led Central with 14 points while Alaya Grane added 12 for Central, beating 4A/No. 5 Baldwin.
Crawford County 43, Central Talbotton 33
Bailey Carreker topped the Eagles effort with 14 points, Ikaila Slaughter chipping in another 12.
Dodge County 50, Northside 47
Glenna Rae Whitley and Jada Baxter teamed for 29 points to lead Dodge County.
FPD 52, Trinity Christian 38
Kendall Emener led the way for the Vikings with 20 points and four rebounds.
Gatewood 53, GMC 9
Houston County 48, Wilkinson County 7
John Milledge 59, Central Georgia Arts 22
Mary Persons 55, Howard 26
Rutland 30, Pike County 29
Stratford 41, Westfield 31
Laila Harvey topped Stratford with 14 points. Stratford visits Glenwood next Tuesday.
Twiggs County 29, Dooly County 27
Union Grove 36, Jones County 31
Veterans 63, Northeast 54
West Laurens 37, Dublin 35
Boys
Baldwin 70, Central 48
Briarwood 59, John Hancock 24
Covenant 65, ACE 49
Crawford County 71, Central Talbotton 58
Dublin 62, West Laurens 58
Furlow 47, Twiggs 40
GMC 54, Gatewood 45
Jones County 70, Union Grove 68
Jaden Stanley dropped 20 points for the Greyhounds, who got 17 from Jaylen Sanford and 13 each from Daethan Harris and Kaden Douglas.
Northside 68, Dodge County 54
Heavan Carson put up 19 for the Indians, with 11 from MyโSean Williams.
Rutland 68, Pike County 43
Stratford 75, Westfield 45
Khalil Green had 19 to lead Stratford, Jarvis Smith adding 14 with 12 each from Landon Gates and Josh Jackson.
Trinity Christian 78, FPD 36
Veterans 71, Northeast 60
Williams Burroughs led the Warhawks with 24 points, Chandler Thomas adding 15 and Aaron Jones 14.
Warner Robins 42, Locust Grove 32
Wilkinson County 69, Houston County 52
Windsor 61, Tiftarea 20
๐๐๐Flag Football๐๐๐
GHSA playoffs
Dodge County 7, Sumter County 6; St. Vincents 24, Dodge County 0
East Coweta 12, Northside 6
Westside 2, Northgate 0; Westside 25, Morrow 0
Westside advanced to the next round, and hosts Central-Carrollton on Thursday.
Trinity Christian 14, Veterans 0
Wrestling
Mary Persons 51, Houston County 24; Perry 53, Houston County 36
College
Basketball
M-Iowa 81, Georgia Tech 65
M-Northwest Florida State 87, Central Georgia Tech 66
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Players of the Week
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Tech makes it official, promotes Key to top job
Keyโs Yellow Jacket history was notable
Fritz reports incomplete/premature, heโs staying at Tulane
LSU won with โtraits over talentโ this year
Smartโs latest on the UGA offense
Georgiaโs surging run game to test LSU
Smith breaks down late playcalls
One word kept popping up after Falcons loss
MBKB: Iowa rolls past Georgia Tech
College Football/Southeast
Freeze asks for โchance to earn your trustโ
Current, former Tigers on Freeze hire
Sexual assault victim: Auburn never inquired about Freeze messages
Freeze apologizes to that victim
Column: Auburn signals โwin at all costโ mantra
Kiffin officially signs contract
Heels, Tigers hope to rebound with ACC title
Top Clemson WR out for the year
Out: Kentucky offensive coordinator
Out: South Carolina OC heading to Nebraska
College Football
Harbaugh, Iowaโs Campbell take Big Ten honors
Kansasโ Leipold signs extension
NFL
Some of leagueโs best Week 12 drama was off the field
Colts, Saturday mismanage clock at end
College Basketball
M-Virginia rallies to nip Michigan
W-Boston back and healthy, South Carolina rolls
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Another triple-double for Doncic
Randle puts up 36 in Knicks rout
Soccer
Pulisic goal advances US with win over Iran
Iran cuts loose players before match
Iran-US clash rife with political tension
Tennis
Coaches Fish, Bryan fined for promoting gambling
Golf
Woods doesnโt have much left in leg to compete
England beats Wales to advance
Scoreboards
Womenโs college basketball scores/games
Menโs college basketball scores/games