Friday's Report: Scoreboard; HS pairings; Warner Robins, Howard signings, Jones County, WACO, Dodge County, Mercer l UGA, Falcons, Braves; NFL/Bieniemy, NBA, college 🏈/Harbaugh, NASCAR, soccer
Thursday'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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Crawford County 15, Wilkinson County 0
Houston County 10, Jones County 0
Mount de Sales 5, Strong Rock 0
Rutland 12, Northside 2
Social Circle 10, Putnam County 0
Washington County 2, Glascock County 1
Westfield 11, Pinewood Christian 1
West Laurens 3, Bleckley County 2
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Girls
ACE 1, Tattnall 0
Stratford 10, Piedmont 0
Veterans 4, Tift County 0
Washington County 10, Richmond County Tech 0
Boys
Jeff Davis 2, West Laurens 0
Jefferson County 3, Dublin 2
Veterans 6, Tift County 0
🎾 🎾 🎾Tennis 🎾 🎾 🎾
Girls
Mary Persons 3, Jones County 2
Boys
Jones County 4, Mary Persons 1
🏫🏫🏫 College 🏫🏫🏫
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M- Central Georgia Tech 71, Gordon State 65
CGTC improved to 13-13 overall and 6-8 in conference.
W-Florida Gulf Coast 82, Kennesaw State 56
W-Notre Dame 76, Georgia Tech 53
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Cal Baptist 9, Georgia State 8
⛳⛳⛳ Golf ⛳⛳⛳
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Photo: Chris McCook
Signings
A half-dozen members of the Warner Robins state runner-up football team signed on Wednesday: Chaz Sturn with Peru State, Khebrion Pachoon with the University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky, Elijah Antonio with Cumberland U. in Tennessee, R.J. Adair with Wingate, Malcolm Brown with Johnson C. Smith, Emanual Brown with Georgetown College, and AJ Howard with Shorter.
Howard standout and honor graduate Sydnee McElveen has signed to play softball at Wesleyan.
Honor Roll/Alumni Update
Washington County’s Maze makes all-conference
Dodge County’s Wright a first-teamer in SSAC
Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB-Neal-Tysor drops 42 on Furman
WBKB-FVSU opens SIAC tourney on Sunday
MBKB-Wildcats have momentum entering SIAC postseason
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Details emerge on arrest of Dumas-Johnson
Invite to White House has come for UGA
Comparing the Monken and Bobo stats
So, about Smart’s offensive staff and plan in 2023 …
Column-Soroka’s resilience continues to be tested
Braves’ Adrianza eyes roster spot, and the future
A burning question for the Falcons’ offense
WBKB-A good Senior Night for Georgia
Football/NFL/USFL
Bieniemy speaks: ‘time to accept this new challenge’
Mahomes defends his former OC after criticism
Ex-Vols standout Martin now Baltimore’s QB coach
Rams cutting ties with LB Wagner
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Harden steps up to boost Michigan State shooting victim
Wilkins vs. Reddick in shooting/Bird debate
Mavs need wins as Doncic, Irving try to mesh
College Football
Harbaugh to stay at UM “as long as Michigan wants me”
Shows by helping police clear road during ice storm
College Basketball
M-Tragedy in Tuscaloosa gets uglier
M-Explainer why Miller hasn’t been charged
W-UNLV coach stays in hometown, skips bigger offers
M-Memphis forward tiring of age discussion
Baseball/MLB
Agent-Ohtani’s earned right to explore free agency
Pujols doesn’t miss ‘a freakin’ thing’
Auto Racing/NASCAR
Is it goodbye for a great intermediate track?
Odds for the Auto Club Speedway finale
Soccer
MLS opens 28th season, starts build up to the World Cup
Longtime hotbed St. Louis finally gets MLS team
Fan punches goalie in Europa League match
Golf
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games
Men’s college basketball scores/games