Wednesday'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

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Girls

Mary Persons 50, Howard 35

College

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M-Auburn 72, Georgia State 64

M-Georgia Southern 74, McNeese State 71

W-South Georgia Tech 59, Central Georgia Tech 46

Pro

🏀🏀🏀NBA🏀🏀🏀

Orlando 134, Atlanta 124

 

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Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Ridder ready for audition

Column: The right time for the move with Ridder

‘I’m prepared for this’

Mariota to have season-ending surgery,future in doubt

Faulkner’s status at UGA TBD

Magic top Hawks for fourth straight win

Murphy ready to roll with Atlanta pitchers

MBKB-Georgia State battles, falls to Auburn

 

College Football Playoffs

Ohio State’s Day a big Bennett fan

Former OSU LB shares some (mild) bulletin-board stuff

Peach County’s Jackson just wants wins, catches or not

Georgia notebook

UGA injury update

More seats added for Peach Bowl

 

College Football

Monster coaching drama with Louisville and Cincinnati at Fenway

Boise State grateful for game

LA clash in bowl with Fresno State and Washington State

New Purdue coach promises points and defense

Division II All-America teams

College Football/Southeast

Leach: Former QBs pay tribute

Leach: ‘Call anytime’, an appreciation

Leach: Riffs rambling but entertaining

Leach: A special man, said Smart

MSU to promote defensive coordinator

Freeze adds Montgomery, Roberts as coordinators

Tennessee WR Hyatt declares for draft

As does Clemson LB Simpson

Beamer, Gamecocks positive despite defections

Column: NIL may push Tennessee onto elite level

Battle of former C-USA rivals in Lending Tree Bowl

Rocco has unique challenge as new VMI boss

NFL/USFL/Football

Predictions

Titans’ Simmons blasts teammates, defends fired GM a little

Hurts has a message for early naysayers

Niners can clinch West title Thursday at Seattle

But Purdy is questionable

Rudolph eyes one last shot in Pittsburgh

Watson admits he has ‘a long way to go’

Mayfield’s comeback makes sports great

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Warriors’ Green says fan threatened him, fan tossed

George has triple-double for Clippers

Curry leaves loss with shoulder injury

Roundup

Soccer

Mbappe, France beat Morocco 2-0 to advance to final

Griezmann gives his all to lead France

College Basketball

M-Former Arizona coach Miller not sanctioned in NCAA case

W-LSU improves to 10-0

W-Top 25 roundup

College Sports

California Regents vote to affirm UCLA’s move to Big Ten

Baseball/MLB

Cubs, Bellinger finalize one-year deal

Boston fans not thrilled with Jansen addition, or other moves

Hockey

Ovechkin at 800, now chasing Howe for second

Scoreboard

NFL games/scores

College football scores/games

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games