Tuesday's Report: Scoreboard; Middle Georgia State, GMC, Mercer honorees; UGA's OC, Edwards, Braves, GSU-Boro's McKinnon, Falcons, Tech-Southern ⚾; NBA, NASCAR, MLB, colleges, USFL, NHL
Monday'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: Full Central Georgia high school basketball pairings, preview
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High School
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Deerfield-Windsor 3,Stratford 2
Heritage 13, Taylor County 10
Mary Persons 13, Howard 4
Peach County 18, Central 0
Perry 2, Veterans 2
Putnam County1 7, Athens Academy 4
Upson-Lee 9, Rock Springs 5
Westfield 3, Schley County 0
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Honor Roll/Players of the Week
GCAA SB: GMC’s Mercer
Avery Mercer of GMC is the GCAA player of the week after hitting .700 with 15 RBI, two homers, and three doubles.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
QB of UGA’s highest-scoring O ever discusses that OC
Edwards first former Bulldog in NBA All-Star game since ‘Nique
Wright ‘whole, healthy, and fresh’ after injection
Elder shaves lucky-but-hated beard
Ex-Eagle McKinnon credits coaches for smart SB play
Falcons mailbag: free-agent plan, Mariota future …
MBKB-White likes keeping former Georgia players involved
BSB-Tech heads south to face Georgia Southern
College Basketball
M-Austin Peay players, one from UNF, suspended after brawl
W-South Carolina No. 1 for 35th straight week
M-Northwestern makes poll debut
NBA/WNBA
James embarks on most ‘important regular-season games’ of career
Orlando rookie Banchero’s diary: First All-Star weekend done
Love clears waivers, signs with Miami
Westbrook to sign with Clippers after waived
Obit-McCombs owned Spurs, Nuggets
Auto Racing
Champs Keselowski, Busch, Truex miss again in 500
Column-Stenhouse, JTG get breakout win
MLB/Baseball
Judge: ‘You never know’ if 62 HRs possible again
Searching for advantages with new rules
Are the Dodgers and Yankees being underestimated?
College Sports
UNLV football player dies, at 20
Baseball notebook-Rising TCU, Mississippi, Stanford, Cal Baptist, polls
Ex-player now lawmaker wants to ban field rushing, throwing objects
Football/NFL/USFL/XFL
High Schools
Kentucky hoops prospect HS career ends after brawl
NHL/Hockey
Chicago’s Toews dealing with long COVID-19
Around the nation/world
Women’s college basketball scores/games