Thursday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Mercer; Hawks, Tech; NFL, NBA, college FB/BKB/sports, NASCAR
Thursday'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
Soccer
Girls
Bleckley County 6, West Laurens 2
Fatima El-Jeaid, Aniston Dowdy, and Harlie Corner had two goals each for the Royals, with assists from Dowdy and Arnold.
FPD 10, Central 0
Perry 2, ACE 0
Isabella Molina and Fraser Knapek scored for the Panthers in the win over
Washington County 5, Dublin 1
Boys
Perry 2, ACE 1
Tommy DeMicco handled the scoring for Perry, with a big assist on one from Christian Pedersen. Keeper eli Flynn had a clutch save late.
Upson-Lee 2, Griffin 1
Amare Releford and Brian Ventura were the goal scorers for the 2-2 Knights.
West Laurens 5, Bleckley County 0
Tennis
G-Colquitt County 4, Bleckley County 1
B- Colquitt County 4, Bleckley County 1
College
Basketball
W-Eastern Kentucky 68, Kennesaw State 58
M-Eastern Kentucky 81, Kennesaw State 81, 3 OT
W-Georgia 71, Vanderbilt 56
M-Georgia Southern 58, South Alabama 57
M-Troy 67, Georgia State 63
Softball
Middle Georgia State 14, FVSU 0; MGSU 12, FVSU 2
Pro
NBA
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Honor Roll
SB: Mercer pair makes all-conference
Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB: Neal-Tysor is big in Mercer win at ‘Nooga
Around/About Georgia
Young drops 43 on Suns to end 11-game win streak
Tech football losing general manager to UNC
What trades should the Hawks think about?
BSB: Tech picked to win ACC Coastal
NFL
Goodell pressured by Congress to release Washington report
New allegations emerge against Daniel Snyder
Broncos, Giants, Dolphins deny claims in Flores lawsuit
Browns owner takes shot at Hue Jackson after tanking claims
Jaguars hiring former Eagles coach Pederson
Fan in coma after beating at SoFi on game day
No watch party in Paul Brown Stadium
Spike Lee to direct Kaepernick docu-series
College Basketball
W-Florida beats Tennessee for the fifth time in 59 tries
Alabama thinking about a $183 million hoops arena
College Football/South
Tennessee State miffed with Jackson State withdrawal
College Football
Ferentz wants alumni advisory committee to continue
College Sports
Column: Get comfortable with paying players
Nebraska may stop serving alcohol at venues
NBA/WNBA
Booker, Paul top All-Star game reserves
Obit: Hall of Famer Fitch led Celtics to a title
WNBA gets $75 mil in funding boost
Auto Racing
NASCAR’s warmup to the Super Bowl at the LA Coliseum
Golf/Tennis
Hoge has quality first round at AT&T
Around the nation/world