The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Sunday's Report: Scoreboard; Mercer, Georgia College;UGA routs FSU, Falcons-Bears, Braves trade; Bowls, CFP, NFL, NBA, W/M 🏀

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High School

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Girls

East Laurens 78, Treutlen 46

Houston County 50, Perry 48

Jackson 51, Wilkinson County 24

Putnam County 56, Social Circle 47

St.Anne-Pacelli 58, Upson-Lee 41

Boys

Houston County 70, Perry 54
          Devan Robinson led the way for the Bears with 17 points and 10 rebounds, plus 3 steals. Malachi Jackson added 14 points and 4 assists, with Kam Plummer getting 11 points and 6 assists, and 10 points from Malik Gillespie.

Ola 77, Lamar County 67

Putnam County 57, Loganville 50
          JaMarkus Thomas led the Purple Hurricanes with 17 points, Randy Williams Jr. adding 11 and Kemarion Thomas 10

Sequoyah 73, Peach County 39
Treutlen 65, East Laurens 61

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W-Bethune-Cookman 60 Mercer 58

W-Georgia 76, Wofford 57

M-Georgia 93, Alabama A&M 73

W-Georgia College 88, Albany State 53

W-Georgia Southern 70, Texas State 69

M-Georgia Southern 88, Southern Miss 67

M-Georgia State 91, Arkansas State 90

M-Young Harris 75, Georgia College 61 

Pro

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Peoria 5, Macon 4

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Around/About Central Georgia

WBKB-Georgia College closes year with big win

MBKB-Bobcats dig early hole on the road

WBKB-Bethune-Cookman tops Mercer in final seconds

 

Orange Bowl: Georgia 63, Florida State 3

A rout unlike any other

Why winning > opting out, and it showed

Run game fueled the offense

A special night for Milton

Florida State will focus on this season’s accomplishments, not Orange Bowl loss

Smart talks about it all

Senior controlled the narrative

UGA notebook

FSU notebook

Seminoles quotebook, video interviews

Marino made a prediction: Big oops

Game stats book

 

Around/About Georgia

Falcons-Bears: what to watch

Atlanta injury update

London, leaning on the run game and analyzing a smothering defense

Column-How does this Bears run defense match up with dominant teams of the past? The numbers don't lie.

Falcons-Bears capsule

Braves acquire Chris Sale from Red Sox for Vaughn Grissom

Oft-injured left-hander Sale has postseason experience

 

College Football/Bowls

Edwards runs, throws for a TD as Maryland routs Auburn

‘Everything just kinda snowballed’: Inside Auburn’s first-quarter collapse vs. Maryland

After another dismal game from Auburn’s offense, where does the blame go now?

Dart leads No. 11 Ole Miss to Peach Bowl rout of No. 10 Penn State’s proud defense

Penn State defense overwhelmed by Ole Miss tempo and ‘too many moving parts’ in Peach Bowl loss

Wyoming sends coach Bohl into retirement as a winner with 16-15 win over Toledo in Arizona Bowl

College Football/Playoffs

How Alabama turned around a disastrous season and ended up in the playoff

Texas' Sugar Bowl mission: slow down Washington wide receiver Rome Odunze (it ain't easy)

Creative and aggressive play-callers fuel high-powered offenses for No. 2 Washington and No. 3 Texas

How J.J. McCarthy's pregame ritual will help Michigan QB prepare to face Alabama

The decision from two years ago that made fourth-and-31 possible for Alabama football

Column-There's no quit in Texas defensive boss Pete Kwiatkowski, and no shouting either

This College Football Playoff thing is old hat for Texas WR Adonai Mitchell

College Football/SEC, ACC

'This is our city': Castellanos marches BC football to stunning win over SMU at Fenway Park

Iamaleava embraces spotlight as Tennessee's starting QB: 'I'm ready for the challenge'

Clemson football's two-minute drill at Gator Bowl should become standard procedure

NFL/USFL/ XFL/Football

Cowboys manage to hold off the Lions' rally amid controversial ending

Taylor says he told refs before Lions' two-point play

Bucs aim for 5th straight win, 3rd consecutive NFC South title against division rival Saints

Giants defense will face a major challenge against Stafford and high-powered Rams

Flacco among NFL players with millions of bonus dollars at stake

Ravens’ Jackson refuses to buy into the 'No. 1 team' hype: 'That's clickbait'

Skidding Jaguars ‘ready to fight our way out of it’ against the Panthers, who are 0-8 on the road

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

As he turns 39, LeBron James has accomplished enough for two Hall of Fame careers

Edwards scores 31, Timberwolves hold on to beat the Lakers on LeBron’s 39th birthday

Pistons end NBA record-tying losing streak at 28 games

Where does Detroit's 28-game losing streak rank?

Haliburton makes history with career-high 23 assists

James questions NBA’s replay center after late-game shot ruled a 2-pointer

Roundup

Women’s College Basketball

Big East preview: How safe is UConn’s spot atop conference with Creighton and Marquette knocking?

Clark becomes Big Ten’s all-time assist leader in No. 4 Iowa romp

No. 1 South Carolina women roll in final pre-SEC game

Jones leads No. 2 UCLA to win over No. 6 USC despite 27 from Watkins

Morrow and Flau’jae Johnson score 20 points each to lift No. 7 LSU over Jacksonville

Prince, Connor help No. 23 TCU extend win streak to program-record 14 games

Roundup

Men’s College Basketball

Florida Gulf Coast stuns No. 7 FAU in major upset

Williams scores 21, Auburn beats Chattanooga for 5th straight win

Gayle Jr. scores 32, Ohio State beats WVU in OT at Legends of Basketball

 No. 19 Memphis pulls away in 2nd half over Austin Peay

Around the nation/world

Bringing the Winter Classic to Seattle came with an insurance policy. A retractable roof

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games
NBA scores/games
Women’s college basketball
Men’s college basketball