Wednesday's Report: GMC Prep's new coach, Dodge County signings, region 🏀, state wrestling starts, Georgia College, Mercer; Bally, UGA 🏈; NFL, NBA, colleges, golf, NASCAR

February 16, 2023 Central Georgia Sports Report

Wednesday'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: GMC has a new head football coach

In Coverage: Central Georgia’s only region tournament master

Coming every day: The only place in Central Georgia with daily high school scores in basketball, soccer, baseball, tennis, and the only place with college – Mercer, FVSU, Georgia College, CGTC, MGSU, GMC, Wesleyan – coverage (when info is offered).

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Photo: Dodge County football

Signings

Athlete Lamari Mitchell and linebacker Damarian Simmons of Dodge County signed to play football at Faulkner.

Around/About Central Georgia

State wrestlers invade Coliseum for GHSA traditional championship

Macon is the center of the Georgia high school wrestling world for the next three days with the start of the GHSA traditional wrestling tournament.

Jones County leads the Central Georgia contingent with nine qualifiers, followed by East Laurens with eight, with five from Lamar County and Putnam County,

Veterans’ Latrell Schafer (48-0, 175 pounds), Mary Persons’ Anthony Mannella (45-1, 157 pounds), Northeast’s Je’Quez Robinson (30-1, 215), and Veterans’ Damien Johnson (45-2, 120), and Dodge County’s Dayvion Huttoe (39-3, 120) are among the top Central Georgia wrestlers in their classifications.

Schafer won the 5A 145 title last year, Mannella taking 160 in 4A.

Last year, West Laurens followed up its duals state title by winning the Class 4A traditional championship last year, led by career standout Chase Horne, now at N.C. State.

Veterans was sixth in Class 5A and Perry 10th in 4A. Veterans is now in 6A, and the field no longer has Macon teams Mount de Sales (17th in Class A), Tattnall, Stratford, and FPD.

Tickets are $15 per day, or $35 for a three-day pass and $25 for a two-day pass. Action begins at 8 a.m. Live results are posted on www.trackwrestling.com.

The Central Georgia Sports Report is the area’s lone source for daily coverage of state wrestling.

WBKB-Georgia College holds on, clinches PBC berth

MBKB-Wofford nips Mercer at the end

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Bally regional networks’ parent misses payments

The importance of the star position at UGA

Fromm and Shockley on Bennett

MBKB-Coleman leads Jackets over Hokies

Brunson, Randle lead Knicks to rout of Hawks

NFL/USFL/Football

‘Our own dynasty’: Kansas City celebrates

Hamlin apologizes for jacket