The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Thursday's Report: HS scores, Mayhem; Kennesaw State shocker, Hawks opener, UGA, COFH; MLB/Fernando, NFL, college🏈/🏀, NBA, NASCAR

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High Schools
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
GHSA Playoffs

Class A/I: Screven County 3, Crawford County 0, Crawford County eliminated

🏈🏈🏈Flag football🏈🏈🏈

Mary Persons 26, Northeast 8
Oconee County 20, Mary Persons 7
Southwest 19, Jackson 0
Westside 27, Central 0

🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
⚽ ⚽ ⚽Soccer ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

W-Georgia College 7, Albany State 1

⛳⛳⛳ Golf ⛳⛳⛳

W-The Ally, Mercer

Pro

NBA

Atlanta 120, Brooklyn 116

 

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Around/About Central Georgia

Mayhem make some moves

Around/About Georgia

Kennesaw State gets program’s first FBS victory and ends Liberty’s 17-game regular-season win streak

And Bohannon is amped

Young scores 30, Okongwu adds career-high 28 as Hawks open with win over Nets

Beck and Georgia pass catchers know they must ‘fix’ passing offense: ‘Almost comical’

What did we learn from Georgia State's first six games?

MBKB- White on Asa Newell's Georgia debut and coaching the 5-star NBA prospect

Pros and cons over COFHate at The Benz

 

A worthy read

With college sports at tipping point, one thing is clear: The SEC and Big Ten are in control of the change that awaits

 

Baseball/MLB

Angelenos mourn Mexican-born pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, who starred for the Dodgers in the 1980s

The pride of Mexico and L.A.: Fernando Valenzuela was a Dodger like no other

Valenzuela exuded quiet pride, understated dignity and a high baseball IQ

Stearns says Mets have enough cash to chase anyone as club seeks `true sustainable competitiveness’

Guardians manager Vogt confident team can make another strong title run after coming up short in ’24

College Football/South

Why Kelly is OK with LSU QB Nussmeier's falling completion percentage in SEC play

SEC quarterbacks fade from Heisman front-runners to Heisman afterthoughts during league play

NC State QB McCall medically retires after suffering concussion vs. Wake Forest

DeBoer’s message to team after Tennessee loss

No. 19 Pitt hosts Syracuse as two of the ACC’s surprise teams look to build on solid starts

Alabama might not need massive fixes. Just these small tweaks

College Football

Coaches will never stop disputing penalties they don’t like even if that L is going to stand

'This kid just won’t give up': Student who practiced alone for 2-plus years ready to answer Arizona State's call for a kicker

Wisconsin relying on its traditional winning formula during its recent surge

Picks: No. 25 Vanderbilt, No. 24 Navy get chances to punch above their weights

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Bowles defends, explains decision to play Godwin late vs. Ravens

Saints and Alvin Kamara agree on a 2-year, $24.5 million contract extension

Kevin O’Connell hopes to show Sean McVay everything he learned in LA when the Vikings visit the Rams

Chiefs acquire three-time All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins from the Titans

The Browns’ sad and seedy Deshaun Watson era nears its predictable endpoint

Aiyuk’s injury provides an opportunity for Ricky Pearsall to shine for the 49ers

Daniels misses practice because of his rib injury

Colts-Vikings game flexed to Sunday night on Nov. 3, bumping Jaguars-Eagles

Pro Picks: Week 8 features 3 games with double-digit favorites and five division matchups

College Basketball

Big 12 coaches understand Tony Bennett’s decision to retire as college hoops landscape changes

Northwestern looks to keep run going after back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances

Cal takes a revamped roster into its 1st season in the ACC

Pittsburgh and a guard-heavy lineup eye return to NCAA Tournament after near miss last season

Big 12 enters season with 5 teams in top 10 after expanding by 4 teams

NBA

Clippers honor the late Jerry West with video tribute and memorial seat during opener against Suns

Pat Riley Court unveiled, and the Heat president is emotional as it happened

Gobert gets a contract extension before the season opener that’s a ‘win-win’ with the T-wolves

Embiid drawing criticism for sitting out 76ers’ opener as part of health plan to reach the playoffs

Pelicans’ Williamson ruled out against the Bulls because of an illness

Ex-Hawk Murray injures his hand in his Pelicans debut and his timeline for returning is uncertain

Morant has 22 points and 10 assists in return, leads Grizzlies to season-opening win over Jazz

Durant, Beal lead Suns to 116-113 OT victory over Clippers, spoiling LA’s Intuit Dome opener

NBA roundup: Damian Lillard, Bucks win opener over 76ers

WNBA

Washington Mystics part ways with coach Eric Thibault and GM Mike Thibault

Little Italy restaurant celebrates New York Liberty’s WNBA championship with themed bagels

Auto Racing

NASCAR declares Bobby Allison the winner of a 1971 race, moving him into 4th on all-time wins list

‘Malcolm in the Middle’ star Frankie Muniz lands full-time NASCAR ride in 2025

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games

College football scores/games

NBA scores/games