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Girls

Baldwin 66, Griffin 46
          Madison Ruff paced the Bravettes with 21 points, while Janaye Walker added her latest double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Kassidy Neal added 13 points and Zy’Keria Paschal 7 assists.

Butler 52, Washington County 49

Mary Persons 54, Tattnall 42
          Zaria Wilson scored eight of her 15 points in the second quarter to lead Mary Persons, which held Tattnall to 14 points in the middle quarters. Jikaylee Marshall had 17 and Anna Hilliard 13 for the Trojans.

Putnam County 78, Westside 27
          The War Eagles improved to 12-2/2-1 behind a balanced offense. Journey Waller led Putnam County with 28 points, with 12 form Eriyana Little, 11 from Kamyra Aikens, and 10 from Halana Griffin.

Westside 45, Howard 33

Boys

Baldwin 62, Griffin 41
          The Braves improved to 9-1 and 3-0.

Butler 57, Washington County 41
          Kamonta Durden led the Golden Hawks with 15 points and 5 rebounds, Marquavion Cooper adding 10 points and David Campbell 8 rebounds.

Lee County 85, Northside 43

Spalding 75, Perry 50

Tattnall 60, Mary Persons 57

Westside 69, Howard 56
          The Seminoles improved to 10-4/3-1 behind 32 points from Joshua Harden and 17 from Marcus Hood.

Westside-Augusta 92, Putnam County 56
          Landon Bonner scored 19 points and Jaylin Harper 11 for the War Eagles.

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W-Mercer 70, Kennesaw State 54

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Around/About Central Georgia

WBKB-Mercer takes down visiting Kennesaw State

 

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Around/About Georgia

Teen arrested in murder of Manchester High football player

Bowers officially bids ‘bye’ to Bulldogs for NFL

Hartley on Bowers in the preseason

CB Humphrey to enter portal after all

Red Sox pay Braves $17 million this year as Chris Sale costs Atlanta $500,000

Atlanta still has a shot in the woeful NFC South despite another turnover-filled loss

The Falcons need answers, consistency at quarterback in new year

Facts, stats, quotes from Atlanta-Chicago

Georgia finished strong, but what-ifs linger

Column-Norvell pushes to remember 13-0 and ACC title more than bowl loss

UGA’s RBs boss McGee on UGA’s RBs

Bulldog draft tracker

 

College Sports

CFP semifinals featured 3 of the top 4 athletics budgets

College Football/playoffs

Harbaugh hit by questions about his next move. Nick Saban once faced them, too

Column-Michigan proves it's not the creation of a super spy

Yes, Harbaugh can be odd and frustrating. But college football needs him

Pressuring Penix problematic for Texas’ highly touted defensive line at the Sugar Bowl

Saban explains final play of overtime

Washington gives Pac-12 chance to be conference of champions in football 1 more time before leaving

A first for Saban? Three Alabama seasons without a national championship

College Football/SEC, ACC

Norvell gave impassioned postgame speech

Ol’ Miss staffer posted fake Penn State player quote before game

Iamaleava on redshirt after leading Tennessee to win

Column-Kiffin keeps climbing. Ole Miss football hasn't hit its ceiling

Alabama football looked past Auburn in the Iron Bowl, Saban said

How Freeze believes his first season at Auburn could’ve gone differently

College Football

Pac-12 flourishes in its bowl season swan song before 10 teams take flight

Oregon’s Nix ends 5-year college odyssey as one of most productive QBs in NCAA history

Realignment Bowl: How Texas and Washington changed the college football map

Nix sets a few more records before heading off to the NFL

Big 12's miserable College Football Playoff record worsens after Texas loss

NFL/USFL/ XFL/Football                     

NFL is aware of a video showing Panthers owner David Tepper throwing a drink at Jaguars fans

And he’s been fined for it

Patriots fall to 4-12 and clinch worst season in Belichick’s coaching career

Report: Members of crew for Lions-Cowboys game unlikely to work postseason

Steelers sticking with Rudolph at QB against the Ravens even with Pickett available

Steelers QB Pickett denies speculation he told coaching staff he wouldn’t be No. 2 behind Rudolph

Cook being waived by the Jets with 1 game left in the season

XFL/USFL/Football

USFL, XFL announce merger, formation of new spring football league: The UFL

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

Morant scores 26, dunks on Wembanyama as Grizzlies pull away from Spurs

Roundup

Women’s College Basketball

Clark hits long 3-pointer at the buzzer, scores 40 as No. 4 Iowa beats Michigan State

Jones leads No. 2 UCLA over No. 6 USC despite 27 points from Watkins

Men’s College Basketball

Broome leads No. 25 Auburn to 88-68 win over Penn with 22 points, 12 boards

Zeigler scores 17 to lead No. 5 Tennessee 

No. 9 Illinois dominates Northwestern

No. 18 Baylor christens new arena with 98-79 win over Cornell

No. 1 Purdue handles Maryland to snap Terrapins’ 19-game home winning streak

No. 17 Florida Atlantic pulls away late, tops East Carolina

Mark Mitchell and Jared McCain boost No. 14 Duke past Syracuse

Roundup

Golf

A new year brings the largest field ever to Kapalua for PGA Tour start

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games
NBA scores/games
Women’s college basketball
Men’s college basketball