The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Thursday's Report: GHSA softball/volleyball playoffs, Warner Robins' Callaway; UGA-Texas, Falcons, GSU-Atlanta, Hawks; MLB playoffs, WNBA playoffs, NFL, college football/sports, gambling, tennis

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High Schools
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GHSA Playoffs

Class 4A

Eastside 8, Jones County 0; Jones County 0, Eastside 0; At Eastside, 6 p.m.

Perry 10, North Springs 2; Perry 17, North Springs 2; Next: at Eastside or vs. Jones County

St. Pius X 15, Warner Robins 0, St. Pius X 19, Warner Robins 2

Class A/II

Crawford County 4, Bowdon 0; Bowdon 3, Crawford County 0; At Seminole County, 2 p.m.

GMC Prep 14, Seminole County 0; GMC 8, Seminole 0; Next: vs. Lake Oconee or vs. Charlton County

Metter 9, Hawkinsville 1; Metter 6, Hawkinsville 5

Taylor County 12, Manchester 2, Taylor County 23, Manchester 0; Next: vs. Metter

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GHSA Playoffs

Class 5A
Winder-Barrow 3, Veterans 2
Jackson County 3, Houston County 0

Class 4A
Perry 3, Northview 2; Next: vs. East Forsyth
St. Pius X 3, Warner Robins 0

Class 3A
Islands 3, Upson-Lee 0
Dawson County 3, West Laurens 0
23 LaGrange 23 at 10 Baldwin
Jefferson 3, Mary Persons 0

Class A
ACE 3, Toombs County 1; Next: vs. Oglethorpe County
Armuchee 3, Taylor County 0
Elite Scholars 3, Northeast 0
Rabun County 3, Lamar County 2
24 Crawford County at 9 Fannin County

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W-North Georgia 3, Georgia College 1

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Alumni  Update/Honor Roll

Warner Robins’ Callaway headed to Tampa Bay

 

Around/About Georgia

Bulldogs try to explain secondary struggles

Georgia pass rush could really use the best version of Mykel Williams: ‘We’re hoping that he’s healthy’

What Georgia learned from Alabama

Cash Jones talks

Mondon still sidelined, expected to miss Texas

UGA notes

Former Georgia State MBKB standout Hunter retires from hoops

Butler makes preseason statement (with his look, as well) in victory over Hawks

 

A worthy read

Chubb, Cleveland got each other’s back, through thick and thin, hard work and passion

 

College Football/South

Facing Friends: Clemson’s Swinney goes against longtime protege in Virginia’s Elliott

Virginia Tech hosts Boston College in ACC clash on Thursday night

College Football/Wednesday

Walden gets his first FBS victory after UTEP snaps 9-game losing streak dating to last season

Veltkamp’s 4 total TDs lead Western Kentucky past Sam Houston

Thursday: AL-NY at Cleveland, 5:08 p.m., TBS; NL-LA at NY, 5:08 p.m., FS1
Friday: NL-LA at NY, 5:08 p.m., FS1; AL-NY at Cleveland, 8:08 p.m, TBS

Baseball/MLB

Ohtani homers as the Dodgers rout the Mets for a 2-1 lead

Mets slugger Alonso keeping his playoff pumpkin safe — home and away

Column: Pohlad family selling Minnesota Twins is good, but what comes next?

WNBA

Ionescu’s 3-pointer with 1 second left gives Liberty win over Lynx and 2-1 lead

Clark first rookie to make All-WNBA 1st team since 2008, joined by unanimous choices Wilson, Collier

Stewart and wife receive threats after Game 1

College Football

Column: Private equity firms would run college football much better than school presidents and ADs

NCAA closes, quickly, The Lanning Rule

Picks: Huskers can end 7-year bowl drought if they knock off No. 16 Indiana on road

Browne will make 2nd straight start for Purdue against ranked opponent, this time No. 2 Oregon

For Riley, USC's loss to PSU is cause for concern

Camellia Bowl gets a new name and title sponsor. It’s now the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl

Gambling

Sports betting: Celtics favored to repeat as NBA champions, Tatum favored for MVP award

Football/NFL/USFL

Bowles says the resilient Buccaneers still trying to establish an identity

Back to the hot seat? Jaguars undermine Pederson's job security with 'a lot of quit'

Wilson ‘in consideration’ to start against the Jets in return from calf injury

Column: Sirianni tried to deflect criticism after the Eagles' ugly win. It was nothing but a cynical ploy

Payton not expecting 'flowers and warm fuzzies' in return to New Orleans

Column: Call me crazy, but George Pickens doesn't seem like a great candidate for a big contract

Analysis: Some quarterbacks just need a second chance, or third or fourth

Nevada high court to review decision in ex-Raiders coach  Gruden’s lawsuit over NFL emails

Jets’ Ulbrich once thought being a coach was ‘craziness’ until one play made it all make sense

Pro Picks: Week 7 brings a Super Bowl rematch, another London game and an NFC North showdown

NBA/Basketball

With Victor Wembanyama leading the way, Spurs add Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes for playoff push

Stephen Curry ready to lead Warriors back to the NBA playoffs with focus on another title run

Cavaliers break ground on new state-of-the-art training facility scheduled to open in 2027

College Basketball

UCLA will honor the late Bill Walton at its men’s basketball game on Feb. 23

Caldwell navigating first season as Tennessee Lady Vols coach with ‘Baby Caldwell’ on the way

College Sports, changing landscape

Signings of the times: Banished letters of intent, shrunk transfer window equals more college chaos

Auto Racing

Logano gets back into playoffs following Bowman disqualification and has sights set on 3rd Cup title

Tennis

Serena Williams says she had a benign cyst removed from her neck and ‘all is OK’

Hockey

Penguins captain Crosby reaches 1,600 regular-season points milestone

Horse Racing

Five more horses die at Los Alamitos amid a viral disease confined to one barn

Soccer

Mexico is struggling to stamp out a homophobic soccer chant ahead of the World Cup

Scoreboards

MLB scores/games

WNBA scores/games

NFL scores/games