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

February 10, 2023 Central Georgia Sports Report

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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Atlanta 116, Phoenix 107

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

Hawks get Bey for five picks

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