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High School
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Girls
Baldwin 57, Washington County 45
Deerfield-Windsor 48, Westfield 28
Dodge County 68, West Laurens 43
Freshman Paige Ingram took scoring honors with a career high 27 points for Dodge County (12-3), with 23 from Lyric Green.
George Walton 53, Stratford 31
Houston County 36, Northside 29
Lamar County 81, Furlow Charter 6
Macon County 51, Greenville 37
Mary Persons 51, Jackson 37
Peach County 67, Perry 35
Piedmont 57, FPD 49
Tattnall 55, GMC 12
Trinity Christian 61, Gatewood 54
Veterans 56, Warner Robins 41
Gabby Minus went for 23 points to lead Veterans in the county rivalry, Nariah Nelson chipping in 15.
Warren County 56, Jasper County 28
Wilcox County 44, Hawkinsville 29
Boys
Baldwin 87, Washington County 59
Baldwin stormed out to a 27-15 first-quarter lead and kept it going. Kamonta Durden’s 21-point/10-rebound double double wasn’t enough for the Golden Hawks in the rivalry game. Brashod Heggs and Marquavion Cooper had 10 points each.
Dodge County 76, West Laurens 59
A career high of 33 points from William Jordan paced the Indians (14-1). Jaedon McClendon added 14.
East Laurens 70, Dublin 60
FPD 77, Piedmont 32
Gatewood 75, Trinity Christian 70
George Walton 55, Stratford 28
Houston County 74, Northside 66
Malachi Jackson paved the way for Houston County with 22 points, Derek Henderson adding 11 and Josh Jackson 10, Devan Robinson grabbing 8 rebounds.
Perry 66, Peach County 62
Warner Robins 99, Veterans 91
The defenses stepped up, compared to the last meeting, a 130-100 Warner Robins win. Chandler Thomas lit it oup for 29 points for the 12-6 Warhawks, Antonion Scott with another 23, and 15 from Tristen Abner.
Westfield 38, Deerfield-Windsor 31
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M-Allen 63, Fort Valley State 49
W-App State 82, Georgia Southern 74
W-Central Georgia Tech 67, South Georgia Tech 63
M-Central Georgia Tech 97, Gordon State 80
W-Fort Valley State 68, Allen 58
M-Georgia Southern 86 Georgia State 70
W-Lander 68 Georgia College 63
M-Lander 74, Georgia College 66
M-Virginia 75, Georgia Tech 66
Volleyball
M-FVSU 3, Truett-McConnell 1 (25-14, 25-12, 26-28, 25-13)
Pro
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Macon 3, Pensacola 2, shootout
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Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB-Mercer steamrolls visiting Western Carolina
MBKB-McCreary passes 1,000, Bears’ road comeback falls just short
WBKB-Fourth quarter dooms Georgia College vs. PBC leader
MBKB-Bobcats battle No. 17 Lander hard
WBKB-Wildcats never trail in road win
MBKB-Tough first half puts FVSU in a hole
Around/About Georgia
Pitts’ 2022 injury was more serious, happy with 2023 progress
Falcons interview Rams’ Morris, Bills’ Brady after 2nd meeting with Bill Belichick
Column-If Belichick is such a strong candidate, why has no one else interviewed him?
Falcons’end of season awards
Five things to look forward to during Braves spring training
MBKB-Virginia shoots down Georgia Tech’s comeback after blown lead
MBKB-Georgia mounts nice comeback, but hole too big
MBKB-Bryant scores 19 in Georgia Southern’s win over Georgia State
MBKB-Cottle’s 20 lead Kennesaw State over Jacksonville
Cavs extend NBA’s longest win streak to seven with balanced win over Hawks
Opinion
Sports Illustrated may be on life support, but let me tell you about its wonderful life
College Football/SEC, ACC
Saban’s final Alabama football team shares what he meant to them
College Football
San Jose State close to hiring former Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo, AP sources say
NFL Playoffs
Jackson and Ravens pull away in the second half to beat Texans, reach AFC title game
Don’t ignore Baltimore’s defensive brilliance in win
49ers survive big Packers effort, win in final 70 seconds
Mayfield was a bust with Carolina Panthers. Why is he thriving in Tampa Bay?
Lions have 2 home playoff games for 1st time in a season, hosting Bucs in matchup of division champs
Allen, Bills hope home-field edge will help them avoid another playoff loss to Chiefs
WR Davis, CB Benford among Bills players ruled out for playoff game vs Chiefs
NFL coaching carousel
Cowboys DC Quinn becomes 12th to interview for Chargers
Rams GM praises DC Raheem Morris, who's in line to be an NFL head coach
Tennis
No. 1 Iga Swiatek exits Australian Open in a 3rd-round loss to Czech teenager Linda Noskova
Djokovic-Shelton rematch thwarted by Frenchman
Andreeva plans to frame Murray tweet on her wall
Analysis: Iga Swiatek’s loss is the latest Australian Open upset. So get to know some new faces
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Randle’s triple-double leads Knicks over Raptors as Barrett, Quickley return to MSG after trade
Wembanyama returns to score 24 points, lead Spurs
Women’s College Basketball
Jacksonville-UNF game postponed due to 'health and safety concerns' with JU program
Why SEC women's basketball officials with purple whistles is tribute to Summitt
Cumber’s 3-pointer for New Mexico snaps No. 25 UNLV women’s MWC winning streak at 29
Men’s College Basketball
2 buzzer-beaters 20 minutes apart: Which one was better?
Battle, Suemnick lead West Virginia over No. 3 Kansas
Hot-shooting Pitt takes down Duke
No. 13 Auburn routs No. 22 Ole Miss 82-59 to remain only SEC team without league loss
Hunter, Hall lead Clemson to 3rd straight win over Florida State
Edey posts 11th double-double of the season as No. 2 Purdue defeats Iowa
Brown-Jones scores 29 as UNC Greensboro takes down Wofford
MLB/Baseball
One man’s Baseball Hall of Fame ballot and the reasons
Golf
Dunlap shoots 60, takes 3-shot lead in search of PGA Tour’s first amateur victory since 1991
Ko takes 2-shot lead into final round of LPGA season opener
McIlroy roars into contention in Dubai with 63 to sit two shots off lead after third round
Soccer
Slovenia beats US 1-0 in an exhibition that included 24 international debuts
AC Milan players walk off after racist about toward GK
High Schools
Parents of Mississippi football player who died sue Rankin County School District
Scoreboards
NFL scores/games
NBA scores/games
Women’s college basketball
Men’s college basketball
Mount de Sales, Piedmont top area teams in GIAA duals
Mount de Sales nipped Piedmont for third place in the 10-team GIAA duals held Friday and Saturday.
The Cavs and Cougars both had first-round byes. Mount de Sales beat Brookstone 61-16 and then lost 51-27 to Strong Rock. Piedmont topped Bethlehem Christian 54-27, and lost to champ St. Anne-Pacelli 37-36.
Mount de Sales then edged Bethlehem Christian 42-39 and Piedmont pounded Brookstone 43-33 in consolation action to set up their bout.
Stratford was the only other Central Georgia team in the field, and lost 43-36 to Brookstone and 45-30 to Bethlehem Christian.