The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Wednesday's Report: HS b scores; Braves/Fried, UGA, Falcons, Tech, Kennesaw State; College 🏈: playoffs/coaches/news; NFL, college basketball, NBA, WNBA, golf

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High Schools
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ACE 44, Jefferson County 10

Zhoie Stanley’s 11 points led ACE>

Brentwood 67, Thomas Jefferson 44

Central 58, Dodge County 44

CFCA 70, Sherwood Christian 41

East Laurens 63, Southwest 44

John Milledge 41, Lake Oconee 37

Jones County 82, Locust Grove 24

Mary Persons 58, LaGrange 40

Mount de Sales 42, Gatewood 33

Peach County 44, Houston County 34

Piedmont 63, Windsor 38

Putnam County 59, Laney 57

Sandy Creek 71, Upson-Lee 49

Stratford 58, Bulloch 27

Trinity Christian 43, Tattnall 31

Warner Robins 67, Lee County 44
          Korveanna Slaughter went off for 25 points for 8-0 Warner Robins, while Trinitee Thomas added 20 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 7 steals.

Washington County 57, Bleckley County 52

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Bleckley County 43, Washington County 38
          Zion Cordy had 13 points for Washington County.

Brentwood 77, Thomas Jefferson 39

CFCA 58, Sherwood 53

A key bucket in the final minute by Brayden Emory led the Lancers.

Dodge County 61, Central 46

Gatewood 79, Mount de Sales 76

Houston County 52, Peach County 50
          Malik Gillespie led Houston County with 17 points, while Josh Jackson added 13 and Kam Plummer 10.

Lake Oconee 43, John Milledge 36

Lamar County 65, Crawford 55

Locust Grove 74, Jones County 44

Piedmont 66, Windsor 60

Putnam County 82, Laney 50
          Jmari Greene’s 28 points led Putnam County, which got 14 from Tamaud Woodson.

Sandy Creek 75, Upson-Lee 49

Schley County 58, Hawkinsville 52

Southwest 76, East Laurens 71
          Brandon Ashley topped the Patriots with 24 points and 5 steals. Chase Dupree chipped in 22 points and 6 rebounds, Caron Howard 16 points and 6 assists.

Stratford 75, Bulloch 57

Tattnall 67, Trinity Christian 49

Veterans 82, Northside 63
          Aiden Sweenor’s 22 points led Veterans, TJ Abner adding 17 and Jaivyon Dawson 14.

West Laurens 77, Howard 42

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Around/About Georgia

Left-hander Fried agrees to $218 million, 8-year contract with Yankees

Thorson's Georgia season is over. Here's what Bulldogs' new punter offers

Georgia receiver Young enters not guilty plea in battery case

Georgia places league-best 13 players on All-SEC Coaches’ teams

UGA’s Tuggle changes his mind

Column: Morris is mismanaging the quarterback situation

After losing NFC South lead, Falcons are taking it 'one day at a time'

Facts, stats, quotes from Week 14 road loss to Vikings

Jackets' starting WR Singleton Jr. heading to transfer portal

As is DB Seymore

New Kennesaw State coach’s wife told him the job was ‘the one’

Braves' goal the same despite Mets adding Soto: 'Win the division'

College Football Playoff

Rust vs. rest: Extra time off or potentially losing edge brings another worry for CFP coaches

Redemption Playoff: For Ryan Day and others, there's more on the line than just winning

College Football

AP All-Big Ten: Oregon’s Gabriel, Penn State’s Carter and Indiana’s Cignetti take top honors

College Football/SEC/ACC/South

Column-Frost is back at UCF, but can he recapture the Christmas magic he once had?

College Football\Coaching Carousel

Cal hires former Auburn, Boise State coach Harsin as OC

Grimes hired as Wisconsin’s OC following 1 season at Kansas

Butler named Nebraska’s new DC after 1 season coaching secondary

Kansas hires Lubick away from Nevada as Leipold reshapes staff

Reports: Michigan set to hire UNC's Chip Lindsey as offensive coordinator

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Eagles receivers Smith and Brown complain about vanishing pass offense during winning streak

Saints are making contingency plans to play without Carr as they try to stay alive

Rams offense is humming with good health, and it gave a stellar performance to upset Buffalo

Browns sticking with Winston down the stretch as dismal season heads into final weeks

Titans’ 1st-year coach Callahan focused on future, not job security after latest loss

Latest loss shows issues go beyond coach as Bears’ skid hits 7 in first game under Brown

Bills’ letdowns on defense, special teams and clock management in loss to Rams are all too familiar

Samuel says frustration led to now-deleted social media post about lack of opportunities

College Basketball/Women

Iriafen and Watkins score 20-plus points in helping No. 5 USC rout Fresno State

College Basketball/Men

Hill and Dontrez Styles pace N.C. State

Arkansas holds off No. 14 Michigan

Jakucionis scores 24 points and White has 23 as Illinois beats No. 20 Wisconsin

No. 4 Duke overcomes a sluggish start and beats Incarnate Word 

Florida Atlantic earns win over Jacksonville

Western Kentucky knocks off Tennessee State

NBA

Gilgeous-Alexander scores 39 as Thunder beat Mavericks

WNBA

Caitlin Clark named Time’s Athlete of the Year, shares reaction to Olympics roster omission

Baseball/MLB

Soto is a (very rich) Met. What will the Phillies do to stay ahead of their NL East rivals?

New White Sox manager Venable keeps Sizemore on as OC

Phillies gamble on 1-year contract for 2-time All-Star closer Romano

Rocky Colavito, Cleveland All-Star and curse namesake, dies at 91

Rangers agree on $75 million, 3-year deal to keep RHP Eovaldi,

Guardians trade Gold Glove 2B Giménez to Blue Jays, get RHP Ortiz in deal with Pirates

Red Sox and Chapman finalize $10.75 million, one-year contract

Shortstop Adames and Giants finalize $182 million, 7-year contract

Orioles finalize deals with O’Neill and Sánchez

Golf

Scheffler joins Woods by winning 3rd straight PGA Tour Player of the Year award

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games

College football scores/games

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games