Central Georgia Sports ReportFebruary 05, 2022Comment

Friday's News 'n Notes: Ingram to Dublin; Washington County hires Edwards, Westfield champs, GHSA wrestling, FVSU signees; Falcons, Hawks, UGA, NIL; NFL, colleges/Auburn, NBA, MLB, Olympics, more

Central Georgia Sports ReportFebruary 05, 2022Comment

Friday’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: A busy offseason at Dublin includes adding former Washington County boss Ingram; and Washington County’s replacement for Ingram is familiar to the Golden Hawks

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Around/About Central Georgia

Central Georgia teams set for sectional wrestling

          Scores of Central Georgia wrestling teams will be in action Saturday in sectional tournament with hopes to advance for one more weekend.
          The top six individuals in each weight class qualify for the state tournament at the Macon Coliseum Feb. 10-12.
          Perry and West Laurens in Class 4A have the most reps in the area with 14 each, Baldwin and Howard not far behind with 11 each.
          Houston County has 12 and Northside 10 in 6A. Lamar County and Putnam County top the area AA field with 13 each, East Laurens next with 10, the same number as Mount de Sales in A.
          Central Georgia boys and girls teams will be wrestling at Discovery, Troup County and LakePoint, Lumpkin County, Jeff Davis, and Brunswick.
          The girls part combines different classes at different sites.
          The rest of Central Georgia’s teams and number of qualifiers, through Monday night:.
          Class 5A: Jones County, 9; Veterans, 8; Warner Robins 3;
          Class 4A: Rutland, 2;
          Class AAA: Central, 4; Mary Persons 7, Peach County, 9; Upson-Lee, 9
          Class AA: Washington County, 5; Dodge County, 8; Jasper County 10, Lamar County 13; Northeast, 8; Putnam County 13; Southwest, 7
          Class A: Dublin, 9; GMC, 7; Crawford County, 6; FPD, 3; Stratford, 1; Tattnall, 1

          Girls
          Section 7 (7A and 5A): Jones County
          Section 6 (7A and 6A): Houston County
          Section 5 (6A and A): Crawford County; Dublin; Macon County
          Section 4 (5A and 4A): Baldwin; Howard; Perry; Rutland; Warne Robins; West Laurens; Westside
          Section 3 (4A and 3A): Central; Mary Persons; Upson-Lee
          Section 2 (3A and 2A): East Laurens; Washington County
          Section 1 (2A and A): Dodge County; FPD; GMC; Jasper County; Lamar County; Mount de Sales; Northeast; Putnam County; Southwest; Stratford, Tattnall

Westfield wins GISA state wrestling title

As per social media posts Friday night, Westfield repeated as GISA Class AAA state wrestling champs.

But the GISA posted no results of the two-day state tournament that concluded Friday.

FVSU releases signing day list of additions

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

What the Falcons are doing at the Senior Bowl

Siakam puts 33 on Hawks in Toronto win

Cade Mays ‘ecstatic’ with UGA title, no regrets

Column: NIL is the new currency of college football

Clock ticking on Crean

NFL/Football

Cincinnati rookie kicker McPherson on a roll