The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Thursday's Report: Signings (Mount de Sales, Mary Persons, Peach County); Braves/Washington, UGA/Ol' Miss, Tech/Clemson, Falcons, Hawks; College šŸˆ šŸ€šŸ“°, NFL, MLB, NBA/WNBA, high schools

Coming every day: The only place in Central Georgia with daily high school scores, and the only place with college ā€“ Mercer, FVSU, Georgia College, CGTC, MGSU, GMC, Wesleyan ā€“ coverage (when info is offered).

In Coverage: A GHSA reclassification update, with another coming Thursday 

Coming Thursday: The Sports Reportā€™s high school football predictions

 

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High School

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Southwest 13, Rutland 6
Westside 26,  Baldwin 6

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Signings

          Mount de Salesā€™ Bricen Smith signed to play baseball at Missouri, while Cal inked Talia Fonseca for water polo.
          Mary Personsā€™ Karlie Dell signed with Mercer to play womenā€™s soccer.
          Peach Countyā€™s Bryce Harrelson signed with Mercer for baseball.

This weekā€™s state college football schedule (All Saturday, all on ESPN+ unless noted)
12 p.m.: Georgia Tech at Clemson, ABC/ESPN3
1 p.m.: GMC at Lackawanna
2 p.m.: App State at Georgia State
3 p.m.: Samford at Mercer
3 p.m.: Virginia-Lynchburg at Kennesaw State
7 p.m.: Mississippi at Georgia, ESPN
7 p.m.: Georgia Southern at Marshall, NFLN

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Braves lose Washington to the Angels

ā€˜I can guarantee you ā€¦ Braves players are incredibly sadā€™

Anthopoulos laying framework for Braves' offseason

Kiffin won't take the rat poison before Georgia, but Ole Miss clearly believes

UGA prepares for life without Dumas-Johnson

UGA notes

Dabo talks Tech and swag

Tech injury update

A lengthy dissertation on not using Robinson in the red zone from Smith

Falconsā€™ Smith wants to avoid ā€˜musical chairsā€™ at QB

Magic, Hawks set to face off in Mexico City, a potential NBA expansion site

College Football/SEC, ACC

Column- Why canā€™t the Florida Gators count to 11 under Billy Napier?

Kiffin: Turner hit on Jayden Daniels shows rulebook must better protect QBs

New coaches have changed the complexion of the ACC. Some of the rebuilds are faster than others

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No. 11 Louisville hosts Virginia, looking to move closer toward clinching an ACC title-game berth
Auburnā€™s offense used to lack swagger, but the Tigers have since found it

How healthy is Auburn heading into game at Arkansas?

Saban likes 'the relief' of Steele, assistants getting after players, too

Should Saban win SEC COTY? Itā€™s a four-coach race

College Football

Michigan responds to Big Ten, saying commissioner doesnā€™t have discipline authority, AP sources say

Walk-on football players pay their way, producing for teams around the Big Ten

Williams shows with tears that money isnā€™t everything

Picks: No. 2 Michigan visits No. 9 Penn State in its first test of the season

College Football/Wednesday night

Toledo beats Eastern Michigan, clinches MAC West

Amos has 118 yards, 2 TDs, Miami blanks Akron

Keith & Orth lead Bowling Green to romp

NFL/XFL/USFL/Football

How Minnesotaā€™s Oā€™Connell talked Dobbs through Atlanta win 7 seconds at a time

As the Pickens World Turns: social media scrub not about football

Eagles LB Dean is out with a Lisfranc injury, AP sources say

Undrafted players stay mindful of roots on paths to big paydays in the NFL

Berlin in the mix to host NFL game as league eyes future in Germany

Mahomes ā€˜definitelyā€™ wants to play flag football at 2028 Olympics

Tomlin hears from Pickens about frustrations: ā€˜non-issueā€™

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Pelicansā€™ Williamson out versus Minnesota for personal reasons

Wembanyama has a rough debut at MSG as Knicks rout Spurs

Diana Taurasi in new role as she chases history and 6th Olympic gold medal

Roundup

Womenā€™s College Basketball

Edwards leads No. 2 UConn in Bueckers return for the Huskies

Menā€™s College Basketball

Column-It's basketball season in the Triangle again, and there's too much truth in that old joke

Goldin scores 19 as No. 10 Florida Atlantic opens with 75-62 win over Loyola Chicago

Why is Auburn playing in South Dakota? Itā€™s the start of a brutal non-conference slate.

MLB/Baseball

Milwaukee grapples with the reality of Counsell managing the Cubs

World Series 9-inning games averaged 3 hours, 1 minute ā€” fastest since 1996

Harper to play first base full-time for Phillies as franchise moves on from Rhys Hoskins

Golf

Tiger Woods says his right ankle is pain-free. Itā€™s the rest of his leg that still causes problems

High Schools

FHSAA hands out suspensions after fight

Scoreboard

NFL scores/games
College football scores, FBS
College football scores, FCS
NBA scores/games
Womenā€™s college basketball
Menā€™s college basketball