Tuesday's Report: Scoreboard; POTW-MGSU, Mercer, Mercer π; Hawks, UGA, state hoops; college π&π, NFL, NBA, NASCAR, MLB, soccer
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
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High School
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Houston County 19, Dooly County 0
Northside-Columbus 27, Veterans 0
Piedmont 18, Mount de Sales 13; Piedmont 25, Mount de Sales 15
Wheeler County 13, Peach County 6
College
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W-Central Georgia Tech 56, Southern Union 54
W-Charleston Southern 81, Georgia College 46
W-Georgia 78, Coastal Carolina 61
M-Georgia 68, Western Carolina 55
W-Georgia Southern 99, Allen 47
M-Georgia Tech 93, Clayton State 53
W-Mercer 76, Middle Tennessee 75
Pro
NBA
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Honor Roll/Players of the Week
Around/About Central Georgia
Coming Up
Thursday
7:30 p.m., Georgia Southern at Louisiana. ESPNU
8:15 p.m., Atlanta at Carolina, Fox/Amazon
Friday
3 p.m., MBKB, Georgia College at North Greenville
5:30 p.m. MBKB, Milligan at Mercer
6 p.m., WBKB, Southern Wesleyan at Georgia College
Saturday
1 p.m., GMC at Lackawanna
1 p.m., Louisiana-Monroe at Georgia State, ESPN+
1 p.m., Austin Peay at Kennesaw State, ESPN+
3 p.m., Furman at Mercer, ESPN+
3:30 p.m., Miami at Georgia Tech, Ballyβs/ESPN3
7 p.m., Georgia at Mississippi State, ESPN
1 p.m., WBKB, Barton at Georgia College
4 p.m., MBKB, Georgia College vs. Limestone, at North Greenville
8:30 p.m., MBKB, FVSU vs. Valdosta State, at Pensacola
6 p.m., MSOC, Mercer vs. UNC Greensboro, Southern Conference championship, at Greensboro
Sunday
7:30 p.m., MBKB, FVSU vs. West Florida, at Pensacola
MBKB-Mercer opens at East Carolina
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Murray, Young-less Hawks take down unbeaten Bucks
Undermanned offensive line stood up
Carter makes the most of return
MSUβs upset hopes start with fewer drops
Undefeated Benedict in SIAC championship
Statesboro-Jenkins game canceled after social media threat
MBKB: Tech cruises past Clayton State
MBKB: Anselem, Oquendo lead UGA over WCU
College Football/Southeast
Kellyβs first year looking pretty memorable
And loses OT Troxell for season
Tennessee playoff hopes now rest on Georgia
Clemson QB job to undergo microscope
Shove of Levis leads to Kentucky-Missouri scuffle
Florida State breaking through, Miami breaking
Football/NFL/USFL
Colts fire Reich for TV guy and former part-time HS coach
Baltimore doubles up New Orleans
Carolina cans two more coaches
Midway through, seasonβs upside down
Jags learning how to win, or not lose
Brady passes 100,000 yards passing
Wacky: defender runs into ref, touchdown follows
Arizona funk puts heat on Kingsbury
College Basketball
M-Duke tops Jacksonville in Scheyer debut
W-No. 1 South Carolina routs ETSU
M-Green, Johnson lead No. 15 Auburn
M-Freshmen pace No. 20 Alabama
M-Self-less Kansas rolls Omaha
M-Sam Houston State stuns Oklahoma
More above-the-rim action in womenβs game
W-Miami head coach suspended for first three games
Roster upheaval dominates college hoops
W-Can anyone stop S.C.βs dominance? Any parity coming yet?
NBA/Basketball/WNBA
Turner double-double leads Pacers
Embiid has double-double in return
Baseball/MLB
There was a parade in Houston; beer thrown at Cruz
Mets make closer $102 million man
Stars among the 131 free agents
Bonds, Clemens, Palmeiro on HOF ballot
Phillies hope to show this is just a start
Auto Racing
Bittersweet win for Logano as Gibbs family mourns
Emotional ending with Gibbs for Busch
Tennis
Former No. 1 Barty rules out comeback
Soccer
Messi, Renaldo aim for final World Cup glory
Scoreboards