Wednesday's Report: Scoreboard; Georgia Southern/bowl, Falcons, UGA/transfers, Hawks, Braves; College 🏈 Playoffs (UGA-OSU, Michigan-TCU), NFL/Watt/Ryan, NBA, tennis, MLB, high schools
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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High School
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Girls
Grovetown 58, Washington County 43
Lakeside 46, Peach County 38
Stratford 53, Central Fellowship 38
Laila Harvey topped Stratford’s effort with 21 points, Abigail Crick adding 14 and Gracie Jorgensen 10. Stratford faces ELCA at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Tattnall Christmas Tournament.
Tattnall 47, ELCA 30
Warren County 44, Hancock Central 8
Boys
Bulloch 65, FPD 48
Burke County 63, Washington County 45
Kamonta Durden and Khalil Ivey each had 12 points for the Golden Hawks, Durden with 10 rebounds and Ivey with six assists, in the Monterrey Christmas Tournament at Evans.
Central Fellowship 73, Stratford 59
Hancock Central 79, Warren County 70
Lakeside 87, Peach County 46
Tattnall 62, ELCA 56
Upson-Lee 70, Marietta 66
College
Football
Buffalo 23, Georgia Southern 21
Pro
SPHL
Pensacola 6, Macon 4
NBA
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Honor Roll/Players of the Week
SoCon WBKB: Mercer’s Jaron Dougherty
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Camellia Bowl: Buffalo holds off Georgia Southern
Falcons mailbag: Ridder, Pitts, London
Smart talks about new transfers
Young out with non-contact injury
Braves ink new signee Murphy to 6-year extension
MBKB-Georgia’ retooling after Lindsay’s exit
College Football Playoffs
OSU’s Hall anxious to play UGA and be healthy
Super Bowl champ, All-Pro DB has advice for OSU (aka UGA opponents)
Buckeyes well aware of UGA’s defensive line
TCU expects run, run, run from UM
College Football/Southeast
Alabama, K-State have something to prove
Hall of Fame Ed Reed to take over at Bethune-Cookman
College Football
Birmingham-Ahlers throws bowl-record 5 TDs
First Responder-Henigan leads Memphis to rout
Guaranteed Rate: Wisconsin holds off Oklahoma State
NFL/USFL
All this 99-year-old woman wanted from Santa was Kelce
How Matt Ryan’s season fell apart
Turnaround margin has Packers in the hunt
Carr’s future with Raiders increasingly in question
Hurts on hold with Saints next?
NFLPA medical chiefs on next steps after Tua’s latest concussion
College Basketball
M-Texas Tech wins 29th straight at home
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Doncic’s historic line: 60/20/10
Nurkic rallies Blazers on Lillard’s big night
Tennis
Djokovic back in Australia a year after deportation
Becker recalls prison loneliness, friends
MLB
Clemente remains a Latino legend 50 years after death
High Schools
Decommitted from Notre Dame, announced to Oregon, signed with Oklahoma
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games
Men’s college basketball scores/games