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Wednesday's Report: Scoreboard; Alligood to Jones County, FVSU, Mercer, Central alums, signings; Falcons/Ridder/Mariota, UGA/CFP, Mike Leach dies, college sports, NFL, NBA

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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Honor Roll/Players of the Week

SIAC MBKB-FVSUā€™s Doucet and Lowe

SIAC WBKB-FVSUā€™s Gains

 

Alumni Update

Ex-Central standouts in JC national title game

          Jalik Thomas and Adam Lamar are amid figuring out where theyā€™ll next play college football.

          First, the former Central standouts will try for some hardware and jewelry when top-ranked Hutchinson Community College faces third-ranked Iowa Western in the National Junior College Athletic Association national championship game.

          The game starts at 9 p.m. at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Ark., and is on ESPNU.

          Thomas is a second-year sophomore defensive back for the Blue Dragons, and Lamar a freshman defensive lineman.

          Thomas has 15 tackles, tied for 15th, and is second with three interceptions. He has also returned six punts for an average of 18 yards.

          Thomas had committed to Arkansas State ā€“ also considering Coastal Carolina and Army - but was a victim of the transition in head coaches from Blake Anderson to Butch Jones, and wanted to play defensive back. He holds the program record for the longest kickoff return, 100 yards.

          Lamar is right behind, with 14 tackles, and heā€™s tied for eighth with 3.5 tackles for loss for 27 yards in losses.

          Lamar was also a wrestling standout at Central, earning state runner-up at 285 in 2021.

          Theyā€™re among 10 players from Georgia on the roster.

          Thomas has gotten offers from Appalachian State, East Carolina, Florida A&M, Louisiana Tech, James Madison, Jacksonville State, and New Mexico State, to name a few.

          Lamar has received offers from Murray State, Florida A&M, Northern Iowa, Gardner-Webb, Western Carolina, and Central Michigan, among others.

          Iowa Western has six former Georgia high school players, including former Georgia Tech and Georgia Southern quarterback James Graham of Fitzgerald.

 

Signings

          Bleckley County had a busy day on Tuesday. James Fordham signed with Georgia Southwestern for baseball.

          A pair of Dodge County softball standouts are headed down the road to ABAC, Dylana Barton and Ava Roland.

 

Around/About Central Georgia

FB-Mercerā€™s Harper earns All-America honor

FB-Fort Valley Stateā€™s Wilson on D2 All-America team

FB-FVSUā€™s Boone (Westside), Moore get national HBCU honors

 

Alligood lands at Jones County as athletics director

          At 2:34 p.m. Monday, Chad Alligood posted on social media that he was resigning as head football coach at Northside.

          And at 8:27 p.m. Tuesday night, Alligood shared his next move.

          Alligood tweeted simply that he was ā€œBlessed with this great opportunity! God is good! @jcgreyhoundsā€ with a graphic that said, ā€œWelcome to Jones County, Chad Alligood, Athletic Directorā€ with a picture of Alligood.

          The Jones County Board of Education had its regular meeting Tuesday night. There was nothing specific on the  vague agenda about the athletics director job.

          The Jones Countyā€™s new athletics page on Facebook and Instagram simply posted the same graphic. There was no information on when Alligood starts.

          Jones County principal Lance Rackley, a Northside grad, assumed athletics director duties ā€“ assisted by assistant principal Dean Hintz - after longtime Jones County coach and AD Barry Veal resigned last spring to take the some role at Stratford.

          Alligood announced his resignation on Monday after three seasons as Northsideā€™s head coach, which followed two separate stints as an assistant, mostly as offensive coordinator.        

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Ridder next up in Atlantaā€™s franchise QB search

Mariota has sudden knee issue to address, may be done

Atlanta released injury-plagued RB Williams

Smart a finalist for Bryant COTY award

Report: UGA behind Florida, LSU in spending

But the support staff is still mighty massive

UGA roster tracker

 

College Football Playoffs

Day, Buckeyes feel urgency behind second chance

Smart sees level playing field at Mercedes-Benz

Buckeyes lose second-leading rusher

Peach Bowl planning on record crowd

 

Mike Leach, 1961-2022

Heart ailment claims Mississippi Stateā€™s Leach

MSU facing decisions

Eccentric brilliance

ā€˜You changed my lifeā€™: Riley, others honor

College FB world mourns, remembers The Pirate

Liffin: ā€˜Canā€™t imagine college football without himā€™

Getting to know Leach, family, legacy

College Football/Southeast

Gators bowl with first-time starter at QB

College Football

Navy AD blunt about expectations

As for next yearā€™s Heisman candidates ā€¦

Missouri State on probation for violations

Michigan State must disclose deals with two big donors

North Texas hires Washington State OC

FCS All-America teams 

NFL

Jetsā€™ White ā€˜ready to rollā€™ after hits put him in hospital

With waning O, Dolphins playing worst ball of season

Penalties, strategy doom Browns as season slips away

Mayfield had a full journey to get to LA

If Washington leaked Gruden emails, Snyder will be done

Campbell: If Sewell could just lose some weight ā€¦

Arizonaā€™s Murray done with ACL

College Basketball

M-Furman turns it over 20 times in NC State loss

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Griner ā€˜wants to talkā€™, re-adjusting

NBA now as the Jordan Trophy for MVP

Soccer

Messi, Argentina blank Croatia to reach final

Streets of Argentina turn into a party

MLB

Stripling gets two years, $25 mil from Giants

Scoreboards

NFL games/scores

NBA scores/games

Womenā€™s college basketball scores/games

Menā€™s college basketball scores/games