Tuesday's Report: HS scores, Mercer honor roll; Falcons/timeouts/Penix, UGA-ND; College FB: bowls, playoffs, moves, NFL, college hoops, NBA, MLB, tennis
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High Schools
🏀🏀🏀Girls basketball🏀🏀🏀
Tri-Cities 60, Lamar County 31
Westside 58, Rutland 13
🏀🏀🏀Boys basketball🏀🏀🏀
Lakeview 67, Stratford 53
Mountain View 72, Jasper County 61
Northside 66, Lamar County 45
Braylon Price put up 16 points for the Eagles, Chaston Brown and Vontrez Quainton with 13 each and Jordan Gaines with 12.
Spalding 65, Rutland 44
Strong Rock 70, Windsor 44
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
Mercer 62, Kennesaw State 59
🏀🏀🏀Men’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
Jacksonville State 111, Fort Valley State 70
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Honor Roll
Around/About Georgia
Morris on Falcons' clock management decisions
Loss to Commanders a microcosm of Falcons' 2024 season
Falcons are in good hands at QB, but making the playoffs may have to wait
Facts, stats, quotes from Week 17 loss to Commanders
Hawks F Nance Jr. to have surgery for broken bone in right hand
Georgia vs. Notre Dame
Etienne fully embraced Georgia, and vice versa
Georgia D believes in Stockton
Column-No need for portal panic in Athens
What Georgia has in Gunner Stockton
College Football
Playoffs/bowl schedule/results
College Football/Playoffs
Playoff picks: Broncos and Sun Devils embrace their underdog roles in quarterfinals
The upperclassmen: Oregon, Ohio St. leaned on well-traveled veteran QBs to reach Rose Bowl, CFP
No. 8 Boise State and No. 5 Penn State look for next step in College Football Playoff quarterfinals
Texas QB Ewers won’t engage in war of words with Arizona State’s Leavitt as Manning waits for chance
Oregon defensive lineman Jordan Burch ready to face Ohio State after missing first meeting
Tuesday’s Games/Central Georgia alums
12 p.m.: No. 11 Alabama vs. Michigan, ReliaQuest Bowl, ESPN
2 p.m.: Louisville vs. Washington, Sun Bowl, CBS
Louisville’s Central Georgian: 26 RB Duke Watson, Mary Persons, Fr. Watson is second with 517 yards rushing on 57 carries and 7 TDs, plus four catches for 59 yards and a score.
3 p.m.: No. 15 South Carolina vs. No. 20 Illinois, Citrus Bowl, ABC
South Carolina’s Central Georgians: 23 RB DJay Braswell, Washington County, So.; 23 DB Gerald Kilgore, Putnam County, So., Tennessee Tech; 24 DB Jalon Kilgore, Putnam County, So. Jalon Kilgore is sixth with 46 tackles, second with 5 breakups and tied for first with 4 INTs. Gerald Kilgore has 7 tackles.
3:30 p.m.: LSU vs. Baylor, Texas Bowl, ESPN
Baylor’s Central Georgian: 10 LB Steve Linton, Dublin, Gr., Syracuse/Texas Tech. Linton is tied for ninth with 25 tackles, is tied for sixth with 4.5 tackles for loss, and tied for fourth with 3.5 sacks.
7:30 p.m.: No. 4 Penn State vs. No. 9 Boise State, College Football Playoff quarterfinals, Fiesta Bowl, ESPN
College Football/Bowls
No. 23 Missouri rallies from 10 down, beats Iowa 27-24 in the Music City Bowl
No. 14 South Carolina and No. 21 Illinois each aim to finish with 10 wins at Citrus Bowl
A year after playing in CFP semifinal, No. 11 Alabama and Michigan meet again in ReliaQuest Bowl
Aranda faces old school when Baylor and LSU play in Texas Bowl in first meeting since 1985
Louisville set to face Washington in Sun Bowl after several key players opt out
College Football/Portal/Draft
Veteran Jacksonville State RB enters portal
Bowling Green All-America tight end Harold Fannin Jr. declares for NFL draft
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Bowles, Bucs get outside help in bid for playoff berth and 4th straight NFC South title
Raiders TE Brock Bowers could be Offensive Rookie of the Year -- in a different season
Daniels carries the Commanders into the playoffs by running as much as throwing
Reaves gets engaged after the Washington Commanders clinch a playoff spot
Battered Saints limp into Week 18 of what is already the franchise’s worst season since 2005
Vikings with O’Connell clearly prefer to pass the ball, and Darnold has aced the test
Skidding Titans on the verge of their highest NFL draft pick since at least 2015
College Basketball/Women
Auriemma ties VanDerveer for most appearances at one school in women’s AP Top 25; UCLA remains No. 1
College Basketball/Men
Hand Jr. joins his dad as first father-son duo to win ACC player of the week honors
No. 2 Auburn routs Monmouth 87-58 to continue non-conference home win streak
Six former Florida State players sue coach Hamilton over failed NIL payments
Tennessee remains No. 1 following quiet week in AP Top 25, No. 15 UCLA climbs 7 spots
Freshman Dylan Harper records the first triple-double for Rutgers since 1983
Jet carrying the Gonzaga men’s basketball team ordered to stop to avoid collision at LAX
College Sports, the changing landscape
Cote: Miami's Larranaga lost heart for game in 'new world' cannibalizing college sports
Six former Florida State players sue coach Hamilton over failed NIL payments
NBA
Morant has a sprained right shoulder and is considered week to week
LeBron James turns 40. How did other stars perform when they turned 40?
On his 40th, LeBron James says he could play “another 5 or 7 years.” He won’t stay around that long
White, Torrey Craig lead the Bulls past the Hornets in overtim
NBA’s Christmas Day slate averaged 5.25 million viewers according to final Nielsen ratings
Baseball/MLB
Burnes and D-backs finalize $210 million, 6-year deal that’s the richest in team history
Pederson and Rangers finalize 2-year deal, DH’s 5th team since 2020 title with Dodgers
Tennis
Raducanu withdraws from a tune-up tournament for the Australian Open with a back injury
Scoreboards