Friday’s Report: Scores, Central Georgia Tech, FVSU, Mercer, Dublin’s Height, Tattnall’s Smith, Middle Georgia State; Falcons, UGA/Beck, Georgia Southern, Hawks; College FB, NFL, College 🏀, NBA
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High Schools
🏀🏀🏀Girls basketball🏀🏀🏀
ACE 49, Twiggs County 26
Sara Rhett Farmer led the Gryphons with 15 points, nine on 3-pointers, while Karlee Yates added a dozen.
Dodge County 62, Fitzgerald 51
Lyric Green took care of more than half of Dodge County’s points with 32, with Glenna Rae Whitley adding 12 and Paige Ingram 11.
Fullington 51, Windsor 23
Mary Persons 62, Spalding 39
Junior Mimi McCord led the Bulldogs with 21 points, Zoey Shannon chipping in 13.
Northeast 71, Rutland 38
Troup 57, Upson-Lee 33
Westfield 42, Gatewood 31
🏀🏀🏀Boys basketball🏀🏀🏀
Fitzgerald 63, Dodge County 55
Xavier McCoy dropped three 3-points en route to 17 points, while Galvin Hilburn added 15 points and a pair of 3s.
Maclay 2, Peach County 58
Spalding 52, Mary Persons 47
Upson-Lee 72, Troup County 67
Westfield 64, Gatewood 57
Windsor 64, Fullington 54
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
Central Georgia Tech 68, Brenau JV 54
Georgia Southwestern 74, Fort Valley State 65
Jackson State 66, Mercer 54
Pro
🏀🏀🏀NBA🏀🏀🏀
San Antonio 133, Atlanta 133, OT
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Alumni Update
Dublin’s Height leaving Tech, headed for fourth school
Honor Roll/Alumni Update
Tattnall’s Smith earns SoCon honor
Honor Roll
Middle Georgia State duo make academic list
Mercer foursome on an All-American team
Around/About Georgia
Cousins discusses Falcons' QB change, mindset moving forward
Beck appears done for the season
Georgia, Smart quickly running out of room on bulletin board
Jimmerson, Watson help Sam Houston to win over Georgia Southern at New Orleans Bowl
Wembanyama scores 42 points in the Spurs’ OT victory over the Hawks
College Football/SEC/ACC/South
Clemson adds 2nd transfer portal player this week in Purdue DE Heldt
Netflix announces college football series about SEC's 2024 season, set to release in '25
Column: Auburn will make the next CFP ahead of Alabama
Will the Hurricanes turn to the portal to replace Cam Ward? Here are their best options
Friday
12 p.m.: Ohio vs. Jacksonville State, Cure Bowl, ESPN
3:30 p.m.: Florida vs. Tulane, Gasparilla Bowl, ESPN
8 p.m.: Indiana at Notre Dame, CFP, ABC/ESPN
Saturday
12 p.m.: SMU at Penn State, CFP, TNT
4 p.m.: Clemson at Texas, CFP, TNT
8 p.m.: Tennessee at Ohio State, ABC/ESPN
Central Georgians in CFP today
Indiana-40 LB Quentin Clark, Fr., West Laurens. Clark has played in 1 game.
College Football
Ivy League teams to be eligible for FCS playoffs beginning in 2025
Central Missouri’s Zebrowski among 4 repeat first-team picks on AP Division II All-America team
The bowl system is broken; here are some potential solutions
Vick entering coaching puts Virginia Tech's Pry on notice
Odom and Henson reunited at Purdue
College Football/Playoffs
Notre Dame and Indiana get 1st taste of playoff football under the Friday night lights
No. 3 Notre Dame, No. 9 Indiana take one last spin with 1-year QBs Leonard and Rourke
Cignetti hopes South Bend is winter wonderland
Brr! Winter adds an old-school challenge to the CFP. Visiting teams insist it’s ‘snow’ problem
Playoff QBs include a hometown recruit, a prep title rematch and some 1-year hired guns
Viewer's guide to the new College Football Playoff: All the games, all the intel
Why each team can, cannot win national championship
'It's a couple hundred million dollars. I'm not losing sleep over it'
College Football/Bowls
Napier’s revelation corrects Gators’ spiraling season: ‘This is not going to work’
Plenty of similarities between Jacksonville State, Ohio heading into Cure Bowl
Former UCF and Ohio QB Parker Navarro looks to cap off season in Cure Bowl
Florida and Tulane excited about opportunity to end season on positive note in Gasparilla Bowl
College Football/Coaching carousel and moves
Beamer happy to promote Shula to OC
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Herbert passes for 2 touchdowns, Chargers score on free kick and rally past Broncos
Taking advantage of an obscure rule, Chargers’ Dicker makes NFL’s first fair-catch kick in 48 years
Bills QB Allen credits fiancee with influencing his MVP-caliber season
Both Commanders kickers miss practice for same reason: A wife in labor
Stingley shines for Texans in his third season after struggling with injuries in his first two
Dolphins veteran DT Campbell could join a contender if Miami is eliminated from playoff race
'Not too many people are like me and can do the type of things I do'
Chiefs love veteran backups for Mahomes. They may have their best yet in Wentz
Titans' Callahan angrily defends team against 'complete ... bulls--t'
College Basketball/Women
Morrow scores 19, grabs 13 rebounds in homecoming as No. 5 LSU beats Illinois Chicago
Edwards scores 20 as No. 2 South Carolina wins 64th straight at home
LSU’s Morrow is a rebounding machine and leads the nation in boards
College Basketball/Men
Didn’t want to play ‘Nobody U’ and then lost to Nobody U
Davis scores 22, Washington wins 89-73 in 300th meeting with Washington State
Fears’ 4-point play with 11.5 seconds left helps No. 14 Oklahoma edge No. 24 Michigan
College Sports, the changing landscape
Latest legal loss on athlete eligibility is another step closer to the end of the NCAA
NBA
Report: Warriors' $9.14 billion valuation tops NBA
Dončić launching basketball foundation to help global youth find joy in game
Grizzlies make franchise-record 27 3s and rout Warriors 144-93, biggest win in NBA this season
Towns tears up T-wolves in return with 32 points and 20 rebounds in romp by Knicks
LaVine scores season-high 36 points to help the Bulls hold off the Celtics
Baseball/MLB
Soroka and the Nationals agree to a $9 million contract for 2025
Sosa appears to acknowledge PED use, apologizes; Cubs welcome him back into fold
After being traded twice in a day, new Pirates first baseman Horwitz is eager to settle in
Golf
Dunlap named PGA Tour Rookie of the Year for 2024
Soccer
US women’s team star Trinity Rodman says her relationship with father Dennis Rodman is strained
Scoreboards