The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Sunday's Report: HS football playoffs, Mercer, Georgia College, Middle Georgia State, FVSU, Mayhem; Falcons-Broncos, Braves; NFL gameday, MLB, tennis, boxing;

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High Schools
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GHSA playoffs, A/II

Bowdon 49, Taylor County 7

          The host Red Devils marched out to a 28-7 halftime lead.

Macon County 44, Greenville 14

          The Bulldogs led 24-0 after one quarter and at halftime en route to their fourth first-round win in their last five tries.

Metter 37, Hawkinsville 7

          Hawkinsville trailed 17-7 at halftime.

Miller County 50, Wilkinson County 30

          The margin was two until Miller County scored on a run in the last 90 seconds of the first half for a 22-12 lead. The Pirates gained control with a long touchdown run in the first two minutes of the third quarter, the teams trading touchdowns a few minutes part in the second part of the third quarter, Miller County leading 36-18 after three.

Mitchell County 47, Hancock Central 12

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ACE 66, Jordan 22

North Clayton 41, Central 31

Upson-Lee 56, Osborne 38

Veterans 54, Warner Robins 37

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Central, Ala. 74, Houston County 62

Malik Gillespie 19p 9r 2a Josh Jackson 13p, 2s 1b Kaden Coney 13p 3r Karon Plummer 10p, 3r

Northside 55, Rutland 52

Putnam County 72, Monroe 54

Southwest 71, Laney 50

Warner Robins 80, Veterans 63

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Mercer 3, UNC Greensboro 0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-17)

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Georgia College 79, Newberry 52

Kentucky State 47, Fort Valley State 44

Thomas 75, Middle Georgia State 63

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Georgia College 91, Converse 83

Kentucky State 92, Fort Valley State 90, 2 OT

Middle Georgia State 72, Thomas 70

          Nick Cham was clutch at the line down the stretch, to go with key defensive stops for the Knights, now 6-1.

South Alabama 75, Mercer 66

Pro
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Fayetteville 6, Macon 2

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Around/About Georgia

Young Nix, Broncos set to host veteran Cousins, Falcons in Week 11 showdown

Column: One way or another, a defining moment arrives for Younghoe Koo, Raheem Morris

Falcons activate Dalman, Carter in flurry of moves

How Mooney, Robinson are impacting the Falcons offense

Column: Are Falcons a bona fide contender? We'll soon find out

What to watch

Recapping the 5 roster moves Broncos made ahead of Falcons game

Braves notebook

WBKB-Georgia Southern closes out Hanner with win

 

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Pro Picks: Big-time QB matchups highlight the NFLโ€™s Week 11 schedule

Goff looks to bounce back from throwing career-high 5 INTs when Lions host Jaguars

NFL Injury Report

McCaffreyโ€™s return elevates the 49ersโ€™ offense headed into their matchup vs. the Seahawks

Jackson is ready to finally write his name into Steelers-Ravens lore when longtime rivals meet

Young is beginning to show some development as Panthers QB after a rough start to season

Stroud and the Texans will try to break a mini-slump in a visit to the sinking Cowboys

Love and Packers look to keep pace in tight NFC North race when they visit struggling Bears

Stafford, Rams look to get back to .500 in visit to rebuilding Patriots

Vikings visit woeful Titans, looking to stay perfect against AFC this season

Unbeaten Chiefs travel to face Bills in matchup of AFC division leaders

Colts and Jets square off in a matchup of struggling teams with rapidly fading playoff hopes

Baltimore safety Kyle Hamilton says heโ€™ll play this weekend against Pittsburgh

College Basketball/Women

No. 20 Kentucky beat No. 18 Louisville in OT for its first win in the series since 2015

College Basketball/Men

The worldโ€™s tallest teenager, 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux, plans to redshirt at Florida this season

No. 1 Kansas beats Oakland 78-57 as Storr scores 16 off the bench

Transfer Myles Rice leads No. 16 Indiana past South Carolina

No. 6 Duke routs Wofford 86-35 in bounceback game following first loss

No. 14 Creighton earns another lopsided win with 79-56 victory over Kansas City

Brzovic scores 39, including game-winning 3 in double OT as Charleston edges FAU

NBA

Greenโ€™s foul against Zach Edey is upgraded by the NBA to a flagrant 1

Jump around: Cavaliers improve to 14-0, celebrate by dancing with frog mascot

Ball, Hornets overcome Antetokounmpoโ€™s first triple-double this season to beat Bucks

Irving and Gafford lead Mavericks past Wemby-less Spurs 

 James delivers a pair of 'silencer' 3s to lift Lakers over Pelicans

Tennis

Fritz lines up Sinner for ATP Finals trophy 2 months after US Open final

Olympic sports

Karolyi, coach of Olympic champion gymnasts who was criticized after Nassar scandal, dies at 82

Soccer

Aubrey Kingsbury stops 3 penalties to help Washington Spirit advance to the NWSL championship

Boxing/MMA/UFC/WWE

Paul believes he can go for a title now, while Tyson wonโ€™t call it quits after the fight

Taylor beats Serrano again in another slugfest with a disputed decision

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games

College football scores/games

NBA scores/games

Womenโ€™s college basketball scores/games

Menโ€™s college basketball scores/games