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Saturday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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High School
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Girls
Dublin 76, Dodge County 66, OT
Dublin hit a buzzer-beater to force overtime, and a pair of Nahallie Turnley free throws put the Irish up by five with 2:46 left in overtime, and Dublin eased away.
FPD 46, St. Anne-Pacelli 32
Hawkinsville 64, Dooly County 10
Lamar County 73, Crawford County 36
Shy Foster poured in 31 points and Zhy Foster added 15 and Journi Harris 12 for Lamar County. Shy Foster set the program mark for points in a game with 46 on Tuesday in the win over Temple. She put up 35 four days before that.
Boys
Dodge County 62, Dublin 45
The duo of Will Jordan and Heaven Carson nearly matched Dublin, teaming for 40 points, with Duke Johnson adding 10 for the 19-3 Indians in the non-region matchup.
Dooly County 73, Hawkinsville 57
East Laurens 79, Wheeler County 61
Heard County 48, Lamar County 46
St. Anne-Pacelli 90, FPD 8
Taylor County 64, Marion County 47
Temple 79, Crawford County 55
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Girls
Central 7, Spencer 0
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W-Albany State 48, Fort Valley State 44
M-Andrew 69, Central Georgia Tech 65
M-Fort Valley State 66, Albany State 56
W-Georgia Southern 84, App State 73
M-Georgia Southern 68, Arkanas State 53
W-Georgia Southwestern 66, Georgia College 63
M-Georgia Southwestern 85, Georgia College 76
W-Kennesaw State 77, Bellarmine 73
M-Kennesaw State 74, Jacksonville State 71
M-Marshall 88, Georgia State 77
W-Old Dominion 60, Georgia State 54
W-Spartanburg Methodist 71, Central Georgia Tech 50
W-Voorhees 54, Middle Georgia State 49
M-Wake Forest 71, Georgia Tech 70
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Macon 3, Fayetteville 2, OT
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Coming Up
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Inductions
Feb. 25: Fan Fest, GSHOF; Ceremony, Macon City Auditorium
GHSA semifinal dates and sites
March 3: Class 5A, West Georgia; 3A, Fort Valley State; A/Division I, Georgia College
March 4: Class 7A, Georgia State; 6A, West Georgia; 4A, Fort Valley State; AA, Georgia College; A/Division II, Valdosta State
GIAA Final Four
March 1-2, semifinals: A and AAA, West Georgia; AA and AAAA, Mercer
March 3: Girls finals, Mercer
March 4: Boys finals, Mercer
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Around/about Central Georgia
MBKB-FVSU takes down rival Albany State
WBKB-ETSU spoils Mercer’s Senior Day
MBKB-Weak second half dooms Mercer on the road
Mayhem come up clutch with road OT win
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
How should Georgia’s football schedule look now with OU, UT coming early?
Falcons mailbag-Helping run game, trading up, Marcus, more
Hunter, Young lead Hawks past struggling Spurs
MBKB-Georgia celebrates 1983 team and Durham with win over Kentucky
MBKB-Tech loses heartbreaker at Wake
MBKB-Kennesaw State gets first 20-win season in Division I history
WBKB-Georgia Southern’s Howard gets 200th win
Super Bowl
Reid to lead current team against former team
Eagles LT can tell you: rugby or football harder
Sirianni uses lessons from Reich
Column-Hurts, the NFL star in the SB few saw coming
Philly, KC reveling in golden eras in sports
Some players claimed by more than one school
College Basketball
W-LSU’s Reese, Carolina’s Boston in player-of-the-year favorites battle
M-Alabama has enough to top Auburn
M-Buzzer-beating 3 lifts Missouri over No. 6 Vols
M-Controversial – and blown - decision helps Virginia over Duke
M-Still grieving over father’s death, Jones leads St. John’s
M-Hinkle Fieldhouse magic for Butler in upset of No. 15 Xavier
W-UConn avoids three-game skid
M-New Mexico State suspends program
M-Two New Mexico State players quit
NBA/Basketball/WNBA
Washington puts up 80 in a half
Jokic puts up league-leading 20th triple-double
Harden not surprised Durant, Irving fled Nets ‘dysfunction’
Tennis
Player banned for life for 135 match-fixing offenses
Isner sweeps tiebreakers in straight-set win
MLB/Baseball
Spring training brings pitch clock, shift limits
Soccer
Morgan calls out ‘bizarre’ FIFA deal with Saudi Arabia
College Football/Southeast
Clemson mourns death of former player
Golf
Auto Racing
Champ Busch returns to Xfinity
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