Thursday's Report: Signing Day, Scoreboard; Mercer 🏀&⚽; Hawks/Schlenk, Falcons/Pees, UGA/Tech hoops; college 🏈, NFL, NBA, college 🏀, MLB/Correa, soccer
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
In Coverage: Signing Day; bowl schedule/results/Central Georgians
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High School
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Girls
FPD 63, Frederica 42
Jones County 74, Northeast 42
Lake Oconee 60, Mount de Sales 12
Mary Persons 50, Upson-Lee 49
Peach County 52, Perry 32
Aamori Daniels led the 5-4 Trojans with 15 points, Atiana Gilcrist adding 11 and Brea Batts 10 in the game at Jones County.
Stratford 45, RTCA 21
Boys
Dooly County 58, Turner County 53
Frederica 49, Mount de Sales 48
Glynn Academy 63, Taylor County 28
Jones County 64, Grovetown 61
The hosts of the Morris Bank Holiday Classic came up big with a win over the defending 6A champs, overcoming a nine-point deficit entering the fourth quarter. Jaylen Sanford led the way with 24 points while Daethan Harris added 17.
Lee County 59, Baldwin 38
Lovejoy 77, Mary Persons 61
Macon County 67, Crisp County 62
New Creation 61, Jasper County 34
New Hampstead 73, Perry 56
Stratford 81, RTCA 53
Ware County 74, Northeast 62
College
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M-Ball State 58, Georgia Southern 54
W-Florida Gulf Coast 91, Mercer 81
W-Georgia 63, San Diego State 44
Pro
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Players of the week
SoCon WBKB-Mercer’s Neal-Tysor
Around/About Central Georgia
MSOC- Mercer’s Ousman picked 75th in MLS draft
WBKB-Doughtery’s career high not enough vs. FGCU
MBKB-Mercer holds off Troy for road win
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Schlenk steps down as Hawks president, Fields takes over
Airball, putback at horn, and Hawks blow game
Lindstrom named to first Pro Bowl
Pees, Bush recount Sunday’s ‘scary situation’
Pees: ‘What the hell just happened?’
MBKB-Georgia rallies past Chattanooga
MBKB-Tech falls at home to Clemson
College Football
Minnesota’s Fleck accuses Wisconsin of negative recruiting
Column: Sanders didn’t win the big game, again, but won for legacy
Black head coaches in FBS drop slightly heading into 2023
College Football/Southeast
Bama’s Gibbs never thought of skipping Sugar Bowl
How two Black women helped build South Carolina solid recruiting class
Column: Imagine if Tennessee hired Leach over Pruitt
NFL/USFL/Football
An NFL and Pa. icon, Franco Harris suddenly passes away
Legacy forged in humility and empathy
50 years later, ‘Immaculate Reception’ still lifts a region
Eagles put 8 in Pro Bowl games
Travon Walker ruled on for Thursday game
Ryan benched again in Indy, Foles to start
Suspicious package causes lockdown at Bears’ facility
Jags got going after low overseas
Baltimore takes another hit at WR
Minnesota has mother of all comebacks in comebacks era
Charges dropped against ex-receiver Antonio Brown
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Popovich, Parker, Nowitzki, Wade among Hall of Fame nominees
Soccer
More than 25 million watched World Cup final in U.S.
Pele’s cancer worsens, kidneys and heart affected
College Basketball
W-Iowa’s Clark hits 2,000 points, quickest ever
M-Auburn pulls away from Washington
M-North Carolina holds off Michigan in frisky battle
Baseball/MLB
Wait, wha? Correa from Giants to Mets
Swanson emotional in Cubs introduction
With Jeter at side, Judge named a Yankee captain
Auto Racing
F1 drivers can’t make political statements without approval
Scoreboard