Saturday's Report: Bleckley County's Mims, Macon County's Smith, Stratford's Henley; Hawks, Falcons, Braves, UGA 🏈, college 🏈&🏀, NFL, NBA, Australian Open, golf, high schools

Saturday's Report: Bleckley County's Mims, Macon County's Smith, Stratford's Henley; Hawks, Falcons, Braves, UGA 🏈, college 🏈&🏀, NFL, NBA, Australian Open, golf, high schools

News and notes of interest to Central Georgia, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

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Alumni Update

Bleckley County’s Mims shows growth, progress from patience

Macon County’s Smith makes first All-Pro team

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Henley loses ground, still in hunt

          Russell Henley’s second round at the Sony Open wasn’t flashy or shaky.

          His 1-under 69 dropped him into a tie for 33 rd, seven shots back of leader Chris Kirk.

          Henley had two birdies and a bogey on the front nine, and one of each on the back nine.

          Henley has had seven straight under-par rounds, dating back to the second round of the Houston Open, in which Henley missed the cut.

 

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Collins tip-in beats buzzer for Hawks

Ridder learned from those final four games

Braves, Fried headed to arbitration

Atlanta edges Indiana on tip-in at the buzzer

 

College Football Championship

Georgia’s biggest opponent in 2023? Not a team

Chris Smith: ‘a problem for years to come’

Super seniors cherish magical ending to careers

Who might stand in Georgia’s three-peat way?

College Football

Alabama loses DC Golding to Kiffin

Clemson makes new OC official

Ohio State promotes Hartline to OC

FSU’s Norvell set for state speaking tour

Revisiting one set of college predictions, and takes for 2023

Mason – ex of Auburn and Vandy – leaving Oklahoma State

College Basketball

M-Florida forward Felder leaves for personal reasons

M-Kentucky season on bring after surprising loss

M-WVU dismisses long-time Huggins assistant, associate HC

Football/NFL/USFL

Column-Super Bowls before the Super Bowl?

Kelce, Jefferson unanimous All-Pros, 16 first-timers

All-Pro list

McVay to stay with Rams for 2023

Column-Lawrence must conquer elite AFC QBs for a decade

Mr. Irrelevant set for first playoff test

So Buffalo’s Dawkins compared a third meeting with a third date how?

Clowney apologizes to Garrett for favoritism comments

QB Carr ready for new city, new team

Video of Beckham’s ejection from airplane

Brady lost $40 mill in FTX collapse scandal

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Spurs-Warriors face nearly 70,000 fans

And San Antonio rolls

Roundup

College Sports

Fisk the first HBCU to compete in Super 16 gymnastics

Tennis                                                    

Australian Open-Gauff, a teen in a tennis hurry

Tennis without Serena begins in earnest

Swiatek is No. 1, Gauff seeks first slam

Barty still in news, not on court

Golf

Kirk leads Sony, and Spieth drops from up top to missing cut

High Schools

Coach on leave after 300-pushup workout puts kids in hospital

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games