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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
Alcovy 65, Westside 32
Brentwood 66, Edmund Burke 23
Crawford County 54, Marion County 42
Lamar County 48, Locust Grove 36
Ola 45, Northside 32
Peach County 43, Washington County 37
Piedmont 47, RTCA 30
Southwest 43, Greenville 23
Veterans 80, Perry 43
Boys
Brentwood 69, Edmund Burke 32
Jackson 71, Lamar County 57
Jasper County 58, Commerce 39
Kemarion Thomas put up 26 points for Jasper County, while Randy Williams Jr. added 14.
Jefferson County 61, Washington County 60, 2 OT
Marquavion Cooper led the Golden Hawks with 18 points, Kamonta Durden adding 17 and Khalil Ivey 15. Brashod Heggs grabbed nine rebounds.
McDonough 80, Upson-Lee 63
Mitchell County 61, Central 45
Northside 76, Ola 74
Peach County 57, Fox Creek 49
Perry 71, Veterans 64
Aaron Jones led 8-3 Veterans with 20, while Chandler Thomas and Kaleb Jackson added 11 each.
RTCA 57, Piedmont 41
College
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Around/About Central Georgia
MBKB-Mercer falls at Samford in SoCon opener
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Atlanta’s focus on the final two games should be …
Nets nip Hawks, thanks to odd ending, win 10th straight
MBKB-Abdur-Rahim shoots UGA past Rider
College Football Playoffs
Bennett two wins from rare back to back titles
Power vs. speed, Michigan vs. TCU
Pollack on UGA’s D vs. nation’s best QB
What could doom Michigan against the Horned Frogs
Georgia built RB depth for this run
From Duggan to ‘Knuckle Up’, meet TCU
Muschamp, Herbstreit trade funny shots about 1993meeting
Buckeyes still dogged by loss to that school
College Football
Liberty-Arkansas blows big lead, wins in 3 OTs
Military-Duke contains Plumlee, UCF
Holiday-Nix rallies Ducks past Tar Heels
Texas-Shough leads Texas Tech over Mississippi
Kiffin: TTech player spit, maybe used racial slur
NIL $ for good: the unnoticed boy, the life-changing player with a huge heart
Ohio State alum George lost a bet, sang ‘Victors’
Gundy gets snippy after bowl loss
UNC-Oregon may battle again soon
College Football/Southeast
Alabama’s signing day secret? It’s right there
South Carolina’s 1984 win at ND part of Black Magic year
Wake QB Hartman headed to Notre Dame?
NFL/USFL/Football
Analysis-Some teams won’t reap rewards for poor seasons
Impatient new owner in charge of head coaching search
Purdy’s ascension no longer a surprise
Raiders bench Carr, who separates from the team
Another QB change for Colts produces futile results
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Suns lose Booker for at least four weeks
Williamson scores career-high 43
Three ejected from Pistons-Magic
Analysis-In wide-open NBA, uncertainty is only certainty
College Basketball
M-Auburn hangs on against Florida
W-Short-handed UConn rolls No. 21 Creighton
M-LSU gets late plays, nips No. 9 Arkansas
Scoreboard