Friday's Report: Scoreboard; Baldwin/Hicks, GHSA reclass, Mercer/UGA/NCAA, Signings (Houston County); Braves/Acuna/Soroka, UGA, Falcons; NFL, MLB, colleges, gambling, NBA
Coming Friday: Central Georgia football scouting reports; Maxwell Ratings predictions, Central Georgia composite rankings, The Sports Report predictions
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High School
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Warner Robins 19, Perry 6
The Demonettes took third in the region, sparked by Walia Lemons’ 2 INTs, one a pick-6, which Morgan Norman matched.
Westside 6, Houston County 0
The Seminoles repeated as Division 2 Area 1 champs.
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G-Brentwood 45, Pinewood Christian 30
G-Southwest 33, Howard 28
B-Southwest 66, Howard 57
G-Warner Robins 61, Houston County 43
B-Warner Robins 76, Houston County 73
G-Westminster 57, Gatewood 49
Wrestling
Rutland 60, Kendrick 24
The Hurricanes improved to 3-0.
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M-Florida Southwestern 66, Central Georgia Tech 57
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Florida International 1, Mercer 0
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Signings
A trio of Houston County softball players are set for the next level. Ally Fleming has signed with USC Aiken of the Peach Belt Conference, Jacy Harrelson to Jacksonville of the Atlantic Sun, and Tess Rollins to ABAC.
Four Bear baseballers signed: Kai Decker and Eli Stephens with Mercer, Camden Cunningham with Georgia Highlands, and Carson Small with Pensacola State. Kirsten Acevedo signed with Chowan and Jesse Gober with Methodist, both for volleyball.
Honor Roll
Northside grad Cameran Brown of West Georgia is the Gulf South Conference offensive freshman of the year after throwing for 914 yards and 10 touchdowns while rushing for 478 yards and six scores.
Around/About Central Georgia
MSOC-Mercer nipped in NCAA first-round match
WBKB-Georgia gets early control against Mercer
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Acuña Jr. unanimous NL Most Valuable Player after 41-homer, 73-steal season
After winning MVP, Acuña plays ball in Venezuela -- and homers!
Braves send Soroka, 4 others to White Sox for Bummer
Atlanta to host 2025 MLB All-Star Game after losing 2021 game over objections to voting law
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is making a new bet on the Atlanta Braves
What Bowers learned while sidelined
Column-With seven games to go, Smith has to show much more
College Sports
Nebraska AD Alberts’ salary doubles to $1.7 million under new contract
College Football/SEC/ACC/South
How the legacies of three Virginia football players live on
UNC, Brown deny retirement rumors
NCAA denies waiver for James Madison and Jacksonville St. to play for conference titles
Saban reflects on end of SEC West division
Scarbinsky: Don’t judge Auburn only by its opponents
Verne and Gary tell behind-the-scenes stories of CBS Sports’ role in Kick 6
Saban talks Chattanooga, Milroe and importance of Alabama football fan support
Yarnell throws for a TD and runs for another in his second career start as Pitt tops BC
McQuaide accounts for 3 TDs, Nicholls beats SE Louisiana 21-16 to clinch Southland Conference
Women’s College Basketball
Clark, No. 2 Iowa struggle offensively and fall 65-58 to Kansas State
No. 6 Stanford dominant again in 86-32 blowout of Cal Poly
Men’s College Basketball
Holloway, Broome lead Auburn past Notre Dame 83-59 in Legends Classic
Ryan Dunn highlights Virginia’s 62-33 victory over Texas Southern
Harvey scores 21, Presbyterian defeats North Florida
Morgan’s 15 leads The Citadel past North Greenville
Crawford scores 24 in Louisiana Tech’s 73-63 victory against UL Monroe
Rode scores 19, Liberty defeats Furman
Gambling
ESPN Bet, a rebranded sports gambling app from Penn Entertainment, is here
College Football
Harbaugh to serve out suspension, Big Ten ends Michigan sign-stealing investigation in settlement
How Bo Nix made himself an elite QB and Heisman contender
The buyouts for coaches at the top of college football are generous, totaling tens of millions
Losing Brooks opens the door for freshman Baxter as No. 1 running back for No. 7 Texas
Sanders closing in on Colorado single-season records through pain of all the sacks and hits
Northwestern rewards Braun for turnaround by removing ‘interim’ label
NFL/USFL/XFL/Football
Analysis: Giving Watson $230 million guaranteed has become a disaster for the Browns
Ravens handle Bengals after Burrow exits in 2nd quarter
Playing football like chess, Dobbs takes center stage for the Vikings
Howell is the NFL’s leading passer through 10 weeks. The Commanders hope he’s their long-term QB
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Kerr says Green ‘took it too far’ and that his five-game suspension was deserved
Butler scores 36, Robinson adds 26 and Heat top Nets for 7th straight
MLB/Baseball
Ohtani, baseball’s 2-way star, becomes first 2-time unanimous MVP
MLB owners approve A’s move from Oakland to Las Vegas, with a new ballpark to open in 2028
Report: MLB wants to shorten pitch clock further with runners on base
Review: In Shohei Ohtani documentary, secret to star's success is in defying expectations
High School/Youth Sports
Houston eighth grader dies after suffering brain injury during football game
Scoreboards
NFL scores/games
College football scores, FBS
College football scores, FCS
NBA scores/games
Women’s college basketball
Men’s college basketball