Friday's Report: Scoreboard: Warner Robins vs. Ware County, Mercer; Falcons/QBs, UGA/awards, Hawks, Braves; college 🏈awards/Auburn/playoffs, college 🏀, NFL, MLB, NBA, World Cup
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
High School
Basketball
Girls
Baldwin 56, Howard 23
Perry 60, Dooly County 8
Brentwood 39, John Milledge 36
Boys
Dooly County 59, Perry 57
Eagle’s Landing 58, Warner Robins 51
Gatewood 53, John Hancock 33
Football
GHSA Championships
Class A/Division I: Prince Avenue 52, Swainsboro 34
Class A/Division II: Bowdon 39, Schley County 31
Friday’s Schedule
12 p.m., Class AA, Thomson vs. Fitzgerald; 3:30 p.m., Class 4A, Benedictine vs. Cedartown; 7 p.m., Class 6A, Hughes vs. Gainesville
Flag Football/GHSA Championships
Division A-4A: Southeast Bulloch 13, Harris County 0
Division 5A-6A: Lithia Springs 14, Central, Carrollton 0
Division 7A: Blessed Trinity 19, Milton 13, 2 OT
College
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M-Central Georgia Tech 59, Middle Georgia Prep 65
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Around/About Central Georgia
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
On Wednesday, Atlanta’s QB situation was iffy
“Source” reports from “insider” that Ridder will start over Mariota
Bennett fifth in national POTY voting
Bulldogs on All-Freshman SEC team
Georgia’s player/coach tracker
Braves add RHP Gonzalez in Rule 5 draft
College Football Playoffs
Early UGA-Ohio State position breakdown
College Football/Southeast
More hardware for Bama’s Anderson
What will Auburn’s offense look like?
ESPN has documentary on Charlie Ward’s two-sport career
Brohm gets six years at Louisville
CFP rankings did Tennessee a favor – embrace the Orange Bowl
Locked-in Clemson recruit getting push from Sanders
Why the Gator wanted South Carolina-Notre Dame
College Football
Southern Cal’s Williams is AP POTY
College football award winners
Racial gap in grad rates drops again for bowl teams
Will conference championship games gain relevance in new CFP system”
Peyton was late, so Randy Moss picked somebody else
Leonhard not staying at Wisconsin after all
FCS: When will defenses assert themselves?
College Basketball
M-Iowa gets McCaffery’s 500th win
Football/NFL/USFL
LA beats Raiders in final seconds, thanks to the new QB from Carolina/Cleveland
Panthers’ DE had a ‘minor stroke’
Saints at bye amid all-but-lost season
Rookie vs. GOAT, 49ers vs. Bucs
Browns’ DBs await chatty Bengal Chase
Colts ponder more changes after bye
Soccer
Argentina-Netherlands potential classic
Who will replace Messi, Ronaldo, after Cup?
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Griner released from Russia detainment
Baseball/MLB
Phillies, Turner finalize burly deal
deGrom looks to Texas future, not past
The Phillies, Trea Turner, and NL East
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games
Men’s college basketball scores/games