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Honor Roll/Players of the Week
WGLF-Mercer’s Song earns all-conference
Around/About Central Georgia
Sportsmanship issues lead to GHSA fine,warning for ACE baseball
Crawford County has a new football coach
Craig Puckett has been busy at Crawford County the past few years.
The Eagles baseball coach – and alum - took over the football program in the offseason of 2021, and gave that up after the 2022 season, going 6-15 with two playoff trips in two seasons.
He took over in mid-March as athletics director, and has hired his football replacement. He just went down a hall, figuratively.
Dusty Jump is the new Crawford County head football coach, as per a social media post Tuesday night. He was approved at Tuesday night’s board meeting.
Jump is a Crawford County grad as well, Class of 2003, and graduated from Middle Georgia State. He has worked at Macon County, MGSU as well as his alma mater.
He has been Puckett’s defensive coordinator and is the head girls basketball coach.
Central Georgia teams advance in GIAA tennis
Stratford advanced in the GIAA team state tennis tournament on Tuesday.
No information or scores were posted by the GIAA as of 1 a.m. Wednesday morning. Stratford was the only area team to post scores by 11 p.m.
The Eagles boys beat George Walton 3-0 after a first-round bye, and take on Rivers at 10 a.m. Wednesday at John Drew Smith.
The girls lost 3-1 to Heritage in the first round.
Also competing: girls teams from FPD, Covenant, Brentwood, and Trinity Christian, and boys from FPD, Fullington, and Brentwood.
Action continues Wednesday at Randy Stephens Tennis Center/South Bibb Recreation Complex and Class at John Drew Smith Tennis Center.
WTEN-Georgia College gets 4 seed in NCAA Regional
FVSU preps for SIAC track meet
BSB-Slam lifts Tech over Mercer
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Young, Hawks stun Celtics, back home Thursday
And Janet Jackson will have to move back a day
Willock family seeks $2 million from Georgia in suit
Will teams delay on Carter, like Sapp, Moss?
Falcons have a plan, ready to get drafting
Morton goes deep, Albies goes deep twice for Braves
Segura bat-flips after breaking up Strider no-hitter
BSB-Georgia State takes down Georgia
MLB/Baseball
The new pitch taking over the league
Current attendance key for Tampa Bay’s future
Orioles, Nationals in TV dispute, Nats win
Pirates, Reynolds come to big terms
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Nuggets finally fend off frisky Timberwolves
Phoenix, Booker hot from deep, finish Clippers
Column-James’ grit vs. Grizzlies shows full ownership of Lakers
NFL/USFL/ XFL/Football
Is NFL hypocritical or hypervigilant in betting punishments?
Potential first-round surprises
Rodgers leaves heart-felt goodbye to Green Bay
Column-No, Rodgers isn’t the Pack’s GOAT, but it’s part of his legacy
College Football
Column-Discourse on Ohio State’s Stroud getting out of hand
Day defends Stroud among test score rumors
Panthers have made their QB decision
What’s next for Pruitt and Tennessee football?
Parade out of Colorado is rolling
Major transition for Alabama offense?
Golf
Furyk, Els, Clarke captains of first World Champions Cup
Tennis
Raducanu shows strain in odd, brief press conference
NHL
UFC/Boxing/WWE/MMA
Former UFC star Diaz ‘acted entirely in self-defense’
UFC Fight Night 223 hit with changes
Scoreboards