Tuesday's Report: Scoreboard; Brentwood's Bert Brown, FVSU, Central Ga. alums/honor roll/UGA; Super Bowl, NFL, NBA/James, soccer, college, golf, NASCAR
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In Coverage: Bert Brown calling it a varsity career at Brentwood
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High School
Basketball
Girls
Griffin 60, Perry 36
Boys
Central Fellowship 60, FPCA 50
Perry 64, Griffin 61
Armar Gordon Jr. scored 21 to lead Perry (13-11/8-4).
GHSA Region Basketball Tournaments
Region 2-5A
At Warner Robins
Girls
Monday
No. 4 Jones County vs, No. 5 Dutchtown, no score reported
No. 3 Eagle’s Landing vs. No. 6 Ola, no score reported
No. 2 Union Grove 62, No. 7 Locust Grove 21
Boys
Tuesday
4 p.m., No. 4 Warner Robins vs. No. 5 Jones County
5:30 p.m., No. 3 Union Grove vs. No. 6 Ola; 7 p.m., No. 2 Dutchtown vs. No. 7 Locust Grove
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽
Girls
Marietta 1, Houston County 0
Upson-Lee 7, Howard 0
Boys
Bleckley County 4, Hawkinsville 0
Marietta 2, Houston County 1
Upson-Lee 6, Howard 1
College
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W-Fort Valley State 74, Allen 60
M-Fort Valley State 76, Allen 69, OT
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Fort Valley State 8, Montreat 5; Montreat 9, FVSU 4
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Alumni Update/Honor Roll
Central Georgians make UGA honor rolls
Five Central Georgia high school alums are among the 355 student-athletes on Georgia’s fall honor roll.
Pitcher Coleman Willis of Houston County and equestrian Kinsey Cooper of West Laurens are among 71 who earned Dean’s List honors with at least a 3.50 while taking 14 hours or more.
Making the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics honor roll:
A 3.5-3.99: George Vining, Tattnall, football; Weston Wallace, Gatewood, football
A 3.0-3.49: Destin Howard, Jones County, softball
Honor Roll/Players of the Week
Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB-FVSU knocks off Allen on the road
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Nielsen goal for Atlanta D: just get stops
Could Monken become a $3 million man in Athens?
Taking a stat look at UGA’s passing game in 2022
UGA DL Jones out for spring with shoulder surgery
Former UGA standout Green announces NFL retirement
College Sports
Column-Why can’t coaches embrace reality of NIL?
College Football/Southeast
Column-Is Bama returning to joyless murderball with Rees?
Oklahoma, Texas unlikely to join SEC before 2025
Super Bowl
Doug Williams emotional at impact of Hurts and Mahomes in Game
Opening night returns with circus atmosphere
‘Breaking news’: Most of Kansas City’s main contributors were “three-star” or less
Column-We were robbed of the Mahomes story we wanted, got a better one instead
How Toney is affecting Chiefs, and his teammates: ‘it just gets me fired up’
Tech alum Butker finding groove after rough season
Will this officiating crew lead to a sloppy game?
KC staff makes hotel feel like KC
Football/NFL/USFL
Payton brings old-school style to Denver
Montana: The Niners should go with Garoppolo
Reporter shares story of Ossai’s support after AFC title game
College Basketball
M-New bloods changing landscape
College starts to NBA: Can they play defense
M-Big Ten apologizes to Ohio State’s Holtmann for second T
W-Auriemma happy with effort, not with officiating vs. S.C.
M-Boeheim apologizes for charges of ACC schools buying teams
NBA/Basketball/WNBA
Legacy will be much more than all-time scorer
James’ Cleveland era, by Kevin Love
James’ Miami era, by Shane Battier
Report: Morant ‘associates’ aggressive to Indiana travel party, red laser dot pointings?
Morant says friend banned from Memphis arena
Irvin trade official as Mavs kind of start season over
Auto Racing
Column-Sloppy race clouds NASCAR return to Coliseum
Golf
Rose breaks four-year drought, wins at Pebble Beach
Soccer
Ghanian striker reportedly in Turkey earthquake rubble
Man City accused of misleading League over finances
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