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News and notes of interest to Central Georgia, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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In Coverage: State high school basketball pairings, Central Georgia edition
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College
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W-Florida State 80, Georgia 66
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Florida Southern 9, Georgia College 1
Georgia 10, Jacksonville State 5
Georgia Tech 16, Miami, Ohio 8
Kennesaw State 8, New Orleans 4
West Virginia 13, Georgia Southern 4
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Georgia 12, St. John’s 1; Charlotte 6, Georgia 5
Georgia Southern 4, Long Island 3
Georgia State 7, Purdue-Fort Wayne 6
Kennesaw State 1, Troy 0
Pro
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Peoria 5, Macon 2
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Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer lacrosse takes down Virginia Tech for first ACC victim
BSB-Mercer wins on Reid Brown’s debut at-bat, a walk-off
WGLF-Georgia Southern wins Reynolds tournament, Mercer fourth
Around/About Georgia
NL’s top rookie, Harris, talks of ‘decent’ year
WBKB-Georgia rolls over Arkansas
College Basketball
M-Brawl mars finish of North Florida-Austin Peay
W-First sellout watches Indiana get share of Big Ten for first time in 40 years
W-South Carolina survives at Mississippi
M-Edey, Purdue hand Ohio State eighth straight loss
M-NC State pulls away late against North Carolina
M-Foster leads Furman over ETSU
M-Northwestern, the surprise team that’s not really a surprise
Women’s notebook: South Carolina’s support, more
Auto Racing
Stenhouse wins longest Daytona 500 in history
Johnson sends some thrills to Daytona crowd
NBA/WNBA
Tatum puts up 55, teams put up 359 in All-Star game
Bill Russell remembered at All-Star weekend
Dunk champ McClung wasn’t really an unknown
LeBron Generation of young players admired him, won’t let him off easy
Love picks Miami, which also is getting Zeller
Barkley barks: players babied, lockout coming
W-Griner reportedly signs one-year deal with Phoenix
Golf
Rahm holds on to win, back to No. 1
Woods fades hard in final round
MLB
Turner setting in for long haul in Philadelphia
Boston employee suspended for sign-stealing now with Dodgers
Toronto manager saves woman choking in restaurant
Football/NFL/USFL
League escaped scrutiny it deserved for bad SB field
Bieniemy gets commitment from Washington that KC wouldn’t make
College Sports
Oklahoma baseball gets $1.2 million gift
Ohio State vs. Michigan at Browns’ stadium, in hockey
Hockey/NHL
Carolina Stadium series thrills owner, fans
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games
Men’s college basketball scores/games