The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Saturday's Report: HS/college scores, GMC JC, Mercer; United, Hawks, Falcons, UGA; World Series, college football, NFL, NBA, college hoops

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High Schools

Softball

GHSA playoffs

Class 5A: Houston County 7, South Paulding 4; Houston County advances

Class 3A: Southeast Bulloch 7, Mary Persons 0; Mary Persons eliminated

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Faulkner 3, Middle Georgia State 0

FVSU 3, Edward Waters 2

Mercer 3, The Citadel 0 (26-24, 25-19, 25-14)

Pro

SPHL

Macon 4, Fayetteville 2

MLS

Miami 2, Atlanta 1

 

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Around/About Central Georgia

 

 

Honor Roll

GCAA soccer: GMC JC

Around/About Central Georgia

Mercer hosts second Baba Agbaje Memorial Game

 

Around/About Georgia

Inter Miami gets a win in Messi’s MLS playoff opener, tops Atlanta United

Lionel Messi’s every move shown on TikTok during his winning Inter Miami playoff debut

Young scores 38 points as Hawks overcome Ball’s 3-point barrage, 34 points, to beat Hornets

Atlanta defense preparing for Buccaneers' 3-headed monster in run game

Richt hosts another special night at the Chick-fil-a Dawg Bowl 2024

Schumann welcomes new baby boy, shuts down Texas all in week’s work

Smart on UF freshman QB DJ Lagway’s instant impact: ‘It’s rare’

Freshman Chris Cole coming on strong

Georgia gearing up for changes to secondary after targeting penalties

Baseball/MLB

Freeman hits 1st walk-off slam in World Series history as Dodgers top Yankees 6-3 in classic opener

Willing to sacrifice elbow to pitch in World Series, Cortes gives up game-winning grand slam

Freeman’s World Series grand slam sparks a joyous family moment in a difficult year

Ohtani won’t pitch in the World Series, but that’s not slowing Ohtanimania

College Football

'We are a unicorn': How Navy and Army thrive without NIL or transfer portal

Alabama broadcaster doubles down on Tennessee artificial noise allegation at Neyland Stadium

College Football/Friday

Jeanty runs for 128 yards and winning TD, No. 17 Boise State beats UNLV 29-24

Moss, Marks each account for 3 TDs to help USC beat Rutgers 42-20, end 3-game skid

Tyler Shough’s 2nd TD pass caps big comeback, Louisville beats Boston College

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Broncos receiver Josh Reynolds recovering from two gunshot wounds after visit to strip club

Browns sue city of Cleveland over ‘Modell Law’ designed to prevent their move to suburbs

Reid says newly acquired WR DeAndre Hopkins will ‘probably’ play Sunday against Raiders

Vikings lose standout left tackle Christian Darrisaw for the rest of the season with knee injury

Brandon Aubrey jury duty: Will Cowboys kicker play in Week 8?

Ranking NFL backup QB situations: Which teams have best, worst contingency plans?

College Basketball

Wilson to receive jersey retirement ceremony from South Carolina women's basketball in February

Big East favorite UConn has new look as it chases third straight national championship

No. 18 Marquette aiming for 4th straight NCAA Tournament berth under Smart

St. John’s looks to end NCAA Tournament drought in 2nd season under Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino

UConn star Paige Bueckers arrives at her final season, eager to chase that elusive national title

USA Today Women’s College Basketball Top 25 Preseason Poll

NBA

NBA opens investigation into Joel Embiid’s playing status after 76ers star misses season opener

An extra point for the Warriors: NBA finds a missed free throw actually went in

Golf

Nico Echavarria eagles the final hole for a 2-shot lead at the Zozo Championship

Last year’s playoff loser Thitikul tied for the lead after 3 rounds at LPGA Malaysia

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games

College football scores/games

NBA scores/games