Friday's Report: Scoreboard; All-region, College ⚾&🥎 openers; Mercer 🏀; Falcons/Shrine Bowl, UGA, Tech/UGA/GSU 🏀; NFL/Brady/Super Bowl; NBA, colleges, soccer, golf, tennis
Thursday'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: Central Georgia’s all-region and all-district teams, in one spot
High School
Basketball
Girls
Crisp 49, Central Georgia Arts 27
Warner Robins 63, Locust Grove 25
Boys
Central Georgia Arts 46, Crisp 33
Warner Robins 70, Locust Grove 46
Soccer
Girls
Crawford County 4, Central 1
Griffin 5, Howard 1
Perry 2, ACE 0
Ari Marfell and Sadie Surber scored for Perry, which got a big night on defense as well as in the net form Olivia Martin
Boys
Bacon County 10, Dublin 0
Griffin 2, Howard 0
Perry 1, ACE 0
Freshman Noah Windler hit the game-winner in the second half, Eli Flynn with the shutout at goalie.
College
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(Stories or boxes)
W-Georgia Tech 68, NC State 62
M Kennesaw State 90, Bellarmine 84, 2 OT
W-LSU 82, Georgia 77, OT
W Georgia Southern 74, Georgia State 49
M-Georgia State 64, Georgia Southern 60
W-Mercer 68, Western Carolina 44
W-Queens 79, Kennesaw State 75
M-UNC Greensboro 69, Mercer 49
College baseball openers/home openers
Feb. 1
Georgia College 4, Emmanuel 2
Feb.4
1 p.m., Shawnee State at Middle Georgia State
Feb. 11
Eckerd at Georgia College, 1 p.m.
Feb. 17
3 p.m., Jacksonville State at Georgia; Cincinnati at Georgia State
4 p.m., Miami, Ohio at Georgia Tech; New Orleans at Kennesaw State
6 p.m., William & Mary at Mercer
6:30 p.m., West Virginia at Georgia Southern
College softball openers/home openers
Jan. 27
Eastern Florida State College 3, GMC 2
Feb. 3
4 p.m., Roane State CC at GMC
Feb. 5
1 p.m., Middle Georgia State at Reinhardt
Feb. 7
4 p.m., Wesleyan at Clark Atlanta
Feb. 8
3 p.m., Wesleyan at Middle Georgia State
2 p.m., Fort Valley State at Georgia College
Feb. 10
12:30 p.m., Georgia State vs. Kansas City, at Miami
2 p.m., Georgia Southern vs. Lehigh, at Tuscaloosa
4 p.m., Kennesaw State at Tennessee Tech
8 p.m., Florida A&M at Mercer
Feb. 15
5 p.m., Mercer at Kennesaw State
Feb. 17
1 p.m., Coastal Georgia at Wesleyan
3 p.m., LIU at Georgia Southern; Eastern Kentucky at Georgia State
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Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB-Mercer cruises on the road
MBKB-UNC Greensboro controls host Mercer
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Inside Terry Fontenot’s Shrine Bowl week, and the Falcons’ coaching in it
Falcons, division eye a Brady-less future
Monken close to staying? Prepping for into-fall QB race?
Searels, McClendon recall first stints at Georgia: different
UGA’s Bowers skips NIL money to others get some
WBKB-Tech surprises No. 15 NC State
MBKB-Georgia State wins battle of GSUs
WBKB-UGA battles No. 3 LSU into OT
Football/NFL/USFL
Brady’s career filled with highlights
Column-Greatest underdog story in American sports history, period
Reid turned a six-inch binder into Hall of Fame career
Momma Kelce talks about one of her boys
Poppa Mahomes credits Momma Mahomes for youngster’s toughness
Mixon charged with pointing a gun at woman
A reunion, and battle of brothers
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
James pulls within 62 of Kareem
Embiid, Morant, Brown lead reserves
Pat Riley-Kareem never had potential, ‘only greatness’
Griner return, free agency could spark charter flight change in WNBA
College Football
Alabama ‘wins’ recruiting ‘title’ again
Wisconsin working on NYC fan base, recruiting?
Napier avoids Rashada talk, expects no NCAA probe
New OC Riley to push Clemson’s O into next gear
College Sports
LSU tops coaches baseball poll,
Coaches poll (Tech, UGA, Georgia Southern get votes)
College Basketball
W-South Carolina wins 28th straight
M-UAB surprises FAU, ends nation’s longest winning streak
W-UTEP stops Middle Tennessee’s 16-game streak
M-Iowa voids Illinois student tickets after prank
Baseball/MLB
No extension, but Orioles and guv tout partnership
High Schools
No fans allowed at basketball games after fight, death
Soccer
Charges against Man United player dropped
Golf
Lebioda leads on day of changing conditions at Pebble Beach
Tennis
Dojo’s hammie at a 3-cm tear at Aussie Open
Scoreboards