Saturday's Report: HS scores, Mayhem, Mercer/UGA, FVSU, GHSA/GIAA ๐Ÿˆ; Falcons, Braves obit; Bama vs. UGA; College ๐Ÿˆ/conference championships/ W&M ๐Ÿ€/๐Ÿ“ฐ, NFL, NBA, MLB, soccer, golf, racing

Saturday's Report: HS scores, Mayhem, Mercer/UGA, FVSU, GHSA/GIAA ๐Ÿˆ; Falcons, Braves obit; Bama vs. UGA; College ๐Ÿˆ/conference championships/ W&M ๐Ÿ€/๐Ÿ“ฐ, NFL, NBA, MLB, soccer, golf, racing

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High School

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Girls

ACE 58, Pike County 52

          The Gryphons came back from 11 down at the half.

CFCA 48, Deerfield-Windsor 44

Central 74, Westside 23

          Jaz Johnson had a night, with 35 points and 5 steals. Alaya Grane, who recently went over the 1,000-point mark for her career, added 10 points, whiel Frances Anyakuda had 10 boards and 4 steals.

Covenant 40, St. Georgeโ€™s 38

Dodge County 45, Bleckley County 41

          Lyric Green had a 10-point-10-rebound double-double to go with Autumn Rhodesโ€™ 14 for Dodge County.

Dublin 57, West Laurens 38

Howard 37, Southwest 34

Jones County 63, Houston County 24

Mary Persons 52, Northeast 21

Peach County 65, Taylor County 32

Putnam County 76, Jasper County 25

          Journey Waller led the way with 18 points, Aโ€™ziyah Williams chipping in 14 and Melody Richardson 11 for 2-1 Putnam County.

Spalding 57, Upson-Lee 48

Strong Rock 44, Windsor 17

Weddington 61, Lamar County 58

Westfield 45, SW Georgia 37

Boys

CFCA 52, Deerfield-Windsor 26

Dodge County 64, Bleckley County 62

          The Indians rode a 28-point night from Will Jordan, who drained 5 3-pointers. Jaedon McClendon added 18.

Dublin 73, West Laurens 53

Houston County 66, Jones County 54

          Devan Robinson put up 21 points and grabbed 8 boards for the Bears, Antwun Zeigler adding 14 and, with Malachi Jackson recording a double-double with 10 points and 10 assists, plus five rebounds. Josh Jackson added another 10 for the Bears.

Mary Persons 46, Northeast 43

          The Bulldogs stormed back from a 19-0 deficit to win.

Pike County 51, ACE 34

Putnam County 60, Jasper County 44

          Landon Bonner dropped 23 points for the War Eagles.

SW Georgia 44, Westfield 30

Stgrong Rock 55, Windsor 41

Washington County 85, Jefferson County 44

          Kamonta Durdenโ€™s 19-point/11-rebound double-double โ€“ plus 7 steals โ€“ led WACO. David Campbell and Marquivion Cooper added 11 points.

College

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M-Georgia 80, Mercer 69

Pro

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Birmingham 6, Macon 1 

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Honor Roll

FVSU duo earns All-South Region 

Around/About Central Georgia

Mercer has eyes set on FCS upset
A battle of streaking teams with Bears and Jackrabbits

MBKB-Georgia maintains momentum, tops Mercer

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Conference championship schedule
(Saturday)
AAC: SMU vs. Tulane (4 p.m., ABC)
ACC: Florida State vs. Louisville (8 p.m., ABC)
Big Ten: Michigan vs. Iowa (8 p.m. Fox)
Big 12: Texas vs. Oklahoma State (Noon, ABC)
MAC: Toledo vs. Miami (Ohio) (Noon, ESPN)
Mountain West: UNLV vs. Boise State (3 p.m. Fox)
SEC: Alabama vs. Georgia (4 p.m., CBS)
Sun Belt: Troy vs. Appalachian State (4 p.m., ESPN)

College Football/Conference championship Saturday

No. 16 Iowa embraces underdog role as it takes on No. 2 Michigan in Big Ten title game

No. 4 Florida State is tabling playoff talk. The ACC title game, No. 15 Louisville are on the clock

FSU QB Rodemaker a game-time decision vs No. 15 Louisville in ACC title game

No. 7 Texas meets No. 19 Oklahoma State in Big 12 title game before Longhornsโ€™ SEC move

No. 17 Tulane, No. 25 SMU meet in AAC title battle rife with subplots

Troy, Appalachian State ride hot streaks into the Sun Belt championship game

No. 23 Toledo faces Miami (Ohio) for the Mid-American Conference title

Usual Mountain West power Boise State meets title game newcomer UNLV

 

College Football

No. 3 Washington rallies to beat No. 5 Oregon 34-31 and secure playoff spot

Kaidon Salter leads unbeaten No. 20 Liberty past New Mexico State 49-35 for C-USA title

Oregon State, Washington State, Mountain West agree to 6-game football scheduling arrangement in โ€™24

Former UGA QB Daniels retiring from the game for health reasons

New Indiana coach Cignetti says โ€˜no reasonโ€™ he canโ€™t replicate his JMU success

West Virginia AD retains Brown after 8-4 regular season

Fresno Stateโ€™s Tedford stepping away for health reasons

Nevada fires Wilson after two 2-win seasons in his return to Reno

College Football/SEC,ACC, South

Floridaโ€™s Mertz stays in school, gives the Gators QB consistency heading into 2024

College Basketball/Women

Laryn Edwards goes from coach to player for Providence women

College Basketball/Men

Buie stars as Northwestern tops Edey and No. 1 Purdue for 2nd straight season

McCullar scores 21 as No. 5 Kansas beats No. 4 UConn 69-65 in showdown of past 2 NCAA champions

South Carolina hits 18 3-pointers to beat George Washington

Roundup

NFL/Football

Bland has NFL-leading 8th interception for Cowboys after getting burned by Seahawks

Browns starting Flacco against the Rams, fourth Cleveland QB in โ€˜23

Tomlin thinks T.J. Watt is the โ€˜best defensive player on the planet.โ€™ Watt isnโ€™t into the hype

Eagles-Seahawks in Week 15 becomes the first NFL game flexed to Monday Night Football

Tommy DeVito is the unexpected star for the Giants in a season of injuries and disappointment

NFL suspends injured Browns WR Woods 6 games for violating personal conduct policy

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

What the sale of the stake in the Mavericks could mean for Cuban and the Adelson family

Roundup

Golf

Woods putts into a bunker and loses ground. Spieth and Scheffler share lead in Bahamas

Soccer

Weary but still hungry, LAFC hopes to end the longest season in MLS history with another Cup title

Auto Racing

Bubba Wallace hit by depression following best friend Ryan Blaneyโ€™s NASCAR championship

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games

College football scores, FBS

College football scores, FCS

Womenโ€™s college basketball

Menโ€™s college basketball

NFL scores/games