Thursday's Report: Peach County's Campbell done; Falcons/Pitts, Hawks, UGA/LSU, death settlement; CFP, all-conferences, NFL/Watson/Owens, World Cup, NBA, college hoops
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Coming Thursday: GIAA Class AAA championship preview and prediction
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High School
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Girls
Bleckley County 65, Wheeler County 15
Central 54, Howard 39
Alaya Grane went off for 22 points to lead Central, Taye Davis chipping in six rebounds and Kayla Pryor four steals.
Westside 40, Southwest 29
Boys
Bleckley County 54, Wheeler County 45
Westside 70, Southwest 29
Daveon Henderson and Rashim Rondo teamed for 33 points to outscore the Patriots, Shannon Fountain adding 13.
College
🏀🏀🏀Basketball🏀🏀🏀
M-FGCU 70, Georgia Southern 53
M-Georgia 73, Hampton 54
Pro
🏀🏀🏀NBA🏀🏀🏀
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Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB-Good start lifts Alabama over Mercer
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Pitts out for the year after surgery
Steelers’ Harris misses practice with ab injury
Young, Hawks break 3-game skid
UGA paying no attention to CFP stuff
LSU’s Perkins can wreck an offense
Ojulari is a focus of Georgia’s LB room, too
$10 mil settlement for death of HS basketball player
MBKB-FGSU handles Georgia Southern
Albany State loses head coach to Charleston Southern
College Football
Will the Rose Bowl soon be out of the CFP rotation?
No, it agrees to clear the way
OSU’s Stroud heads All-Big Ten picks
TCU, Kansas State lead Big 12 selections
Nebraska interim coach arrested in domestic case
New AD on board, WVU keeping Brown, for now
Big 12 title RBs different, similar
College Football/Southeast
Florida backup QB arrested on child porn charges
UAB hires Dilfer as head coach
Learned and not learned from Freeze presser
NFL/USFL/Football
Broncos come to Wilson’s defense
Watson practices, no meeting with the media
Owens says he punched man who was threatening
White made it look easy, bad news for Wilson
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Booker goes for 51 in rout of Bulls
Edwards sparks Towns-less T-wolves
Soccer
US hopes to build interest after Iran win
Germany needs a win to stay in
College Basketball
M-Indiana continues North Carolina’s fall
M-Gardner-Webb pops Western Carolina
M-Stephens leads Chattanooga over Tenn. Tech
Baseball/MLB
Blue Jays hire Mattingly as bench coach
Scoreboard