Friday's Report: Scoreboard; Dodge County's Hardin, Russell Henley, Mercer, Georgia College, Mayhem; Falcons/Blank, Braves/Snitker, MLB/Bally, UGA overview, Hawks; Super Bowl, NFL awards, colleges
Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
In Coverage: Ray Hardin has five decades of coaching behind him, and is trading Dodge County for family time
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High School
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Girls
Baldwin 82, Spencer 12
Five Bravettes hit double figures, led by Janaye Walker’s 16 points. Kassidy Neal had a 15-point/11-rebound double double, while Jasmine Williams had 13 points and four steals. Madison Ruff and Zykeria Paschal added 11 points each, Ruff with seven steals, Jamya Easley with 10.
Crisp 60, Windsor 22
Howard 47, Westside 39
Fullington 66, Valwood 39
West Laurens 42, Perry 37
Toriah Tobler led the Raiders with 15 points. West Laurens plays the Baldwin-Spalding winner on Wednesday.
Boys
Valwood 71, Fullington 51
Windsor 76, Crisp 9
Region 2-5A
At Warner Robins
Thursday
Girls
Union Grove 63, Eagle’s Landing 40
Warner Robins 64, Jones County 47
Boys
Union Grove 63, Dutchtown 61, OT
Eagle’s Landing 68, Jones County 38
Friday
Girls
4 p.m., Third-place game, Eagle’s Landing vs. Jones County
7 p.m., Championship, Union Grove vs. Warner Robins
Boys
5:30 p.m., Third-place game, Dutchtown vs. Jones County
8:30 p.m., Championship, Eagle’s Landing vs. Union Grove
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Girls
Dodge County 8, Vidalia 0
Boys
Dodge County 4, Vidalia 2
Lake Oconee 5, Baldwin 0
College
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W-Chattanooga 6, Mercer 61
W-Faulkner 64, Middle Georgia State 50
M-Faulkner 81, Middle Georgia State 68
W-Old Dominion 67, Georgia Southern 50
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Middle Georgia State 9, Truett-McConnell 1; MGSU 13, T-M 5
Pro
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College baseball openers/home openers
Feb. 11
Eckerd at Georgia College, 1 p.m.
Feb. 17
3 p.m., Jacksonville State at Georgia; Cincinnati at Georgia State
4 p.m., Miami, Ohio at Georgia Tech; New Orleans at Kennesaw State
6 p.m., William & Mary at Mercer
6:30 p.m., West Virginia at Georgia Southern
College softball openers/home openers
Feb. 10
12:30 p.m., Georgia State vs. Kansas City, at Miami
2 p.m., Georgia Southern vs. Lehigh, at Tuscaloosa
4 p.m., Kennesaw State at Tennessee Tech
8 p.m., Florida A&M at Mercer
Feb. 15
5 p.m., Mercer at Kennesaw State
Feb. 17
3 p.m., LIU at Georgia Southern; Eastern Kentucky at Georgia State
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Honor Roll/Player of the week
Peach Belt baseball-Georgia College’s Ryan
BSB-Mercer trio – including Houston County alum - earns preseason All-Southern Conference
Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB-Big fourth quarter lifts Chattanooga over Mercer
Mayhem schedule adjusted as SPHL loses a team
Henley off to so-so start in delayed Phoenix
Russell Henley was among scores of players who didn’t get through but about half of the first round of the Phoenix Open.
The Stratford grad was one of about dozen who had 10 holes in their pocket when play was suspended. He was one of a big chunk of players – some finished, most not – in at tie for 82nd, out of 134 players.
Henley was at 2 over, and was most likely happy for the delay. After a birdie on 6, Henley reeled off three straight bogeys, and ended the day with a par on 10.
Play was suspended after a frost delay and gusty wind.
Henley dropped into a tie for 80th through 10 holes, a group that included Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay, and K.H. Lee, among others, who were done while Henley was still grinding.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Blank more optimistic than ‘in many, many years’
From catcher to coach to skipper, Snitker’s incredible journey
MLB ready to take over local TV casts from Sinclair (Bally)
UGA AD Brooks on DC visit, scheduling, state of the program
Foley Field getting more upgrades
Young goes for 36 in Atlanta win
Dream add former Dallas HC Johnson to staff
Tech assistant headed to Marshall as DC
MBKB-White adjusting to losing culture, identity issues
Super Bowl
Teams gifts 57 tickets to Marine friends involved in kidney donation
Reid’s former Eagle players now have a rooting issue
‘No place like The Heights’, the town the forged the Kelces
When you’re in high school and you picked off Mahomes: ‘Wow, that man is in the Super Bowl’
Native Americans renew protest of Chiefs mascot
Football/NFL/USFL
Mahomes, Jeffeson, Bosa, Wilson, Daboll top award winners
Responders on stage, Hamlin makes surprise appearance
Prescott takes Payton Man of the Year
Thomas, Thomas, Revis, Ware lead 9-man HOF class
McCafferey still snippy about NFC finale
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
James’ off-court legacy complements on-court success
Fact or fiction: LeBron’s record untouchable?
Column-James most remarkable feat isn’t the record
After deadline, title road got tougher
Teams in the west got a little stronger
Trade deadline winners and losers
College Football
Former Ohio State players testify at rape trial, team said to record consent
College Sports
Boom: Oklahoma, Texas pay big bucks, join SEC early
SEC splits $721.8 mil in revenue, Sankey gets raise
College Basketball
W-Tickets for LSU-South Carolina hitting $2,000
W-The best hoops in the NC triangle are the women
W-Auriemma says he was barking about refs, not Gamecocks
Baseball/MLB
MLB ready to take over local TV casts from Sinclair (Bally)
Darvish to get $90 mil to stay with Padres
Soccer
Morgan supports transgender kids in sports
Scoreboards