Tuesday Report: Scoreboard; Warner Robins' Owens, Middle Georgia State, Georgia College, GMC, Mercer; UGA/Schumann/Bobo, Hawks/Snyder, Braves, Falcons; college 🏀/tourneys, college ⚾, NBA, MLB, NASCAR
News and notes of interest to Central Georgia, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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High School
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Athens Academy 12, Putnam County 1
Crawford County 11, Taylor County 0
Crisp County 12, Hawkinsville 2
Dodge County 10, Northside 0
East Laurens 15, Wilkinson County 0
Gatewood 5, Stratford 1
Howard 22, Westside 6
Lamar County 7, Hampton 4
Mary Persons 9, Veterans 0
Mount de Sales 10, Brentwood 2
OIa 16, Warner Robins 7
Rutland 10, Covenant 5
Swainsboro 13, Washington County 2
Union Grove 5, Jones County 0
Upson-Lee 16, Flint River 9
Westfield 6, ACE 3
Wilcox County 13, Dublin 0
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Girls
Bleckley County 1, Swainsboro 0
Aniston Dowdy handled the scoring for the Royals.
Perry 10, Baldwin 0
Piedmont 5, Windsor 0
Warner Robins 3, GMC 0
Boys
Bleckley County 3, Swainsboro 0
GMC 5, Warner Robins 0
Perry 7, Baldwin 0
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Alumni Update
Warner Robins’ Owens hits another milestone at Valdosta State
Honor Roll/Players of the Week
SSAC baseball: Middle Georgia State’s Wilson
Peach Belt BSB: Georgia College’s Raines
Around/About Central Georgia
Bostick inducted into Georgia College Athletics HOF
BSB-Mercer heads to Georgia Southern
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Greene high on Bobo, shares commonalities with Bennett
Snyder faces difficult mid-season transition with Atlanta
‘Felt like diving in was the right thing’
With Cy Young potential, Fried and Strider start strong
College Football
Florida plucks Alabama for new DC
Oregon re-instates former Bama receiver
Football/NFL/USFL
Yes, some “pundits” did doubt the Chiefs
Commanders cut Carson after a year
College Basketball Tournaments
W-GCAA (nothing posted)
M-GCAA (nothing posted)
W-SEC, March 1
M-SEC, March 8
W-ACC, March 1
M-ACC, March 7
W-ASUN, March 4
College Basketball
Obit-Holland was Virginia’s gentleman, heart was in North Carolina
M-Oats promises pat-down won’t happen again
M-Kentucky’s hot, so is an apology coming to Calipari?
College Baseball
UCF sweeps at Clemson, then went to the football stadium, and, oh yes they did
Tennessee ends coach suspension, transfer SS eligible
NBA/Basketball/WNBA
James may be out several weeks
High Schools
Auto Racing
Column-‘Rowdy’ is back, and that should scare the field
Other than a good day for Busch, what did Fontana deliver?
Column-Daytona 500 should end at 200 laps, regardless
MLB/Baseball
Teams turning to experienced managers: chemistry matters
Mets’ Scherzer loves ‘cat and mouse’ game of new rules
Average salary rose 14.8 percent to record $4.22 mil last season
Pitch clock shaves 20 minutes from early games
Golf
Koepka, DeChambeau are buds again
Nicklaus says PGA National will have stronger field in ‘24
LIV commish Norman snaps back at McIlroy, again
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games