Friday's Report: Scouting reports, HS scores, Signing-East Laurens, FVSU; UGA, Falcons, Braves; College 🏈: playoffs/recruiting/bowls, NFL, MLB, college 🏀, racing, UFC
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High Schools
🏈🏈🏈Flag football🏈🏈🏈
Columbus 26, Mary Persons 0
Dodge County 26, Metter 8; Dodge County 21, Maynard Jackson 0
The 16-1 Indians host Westside on Monday in the Elite Eight.
Harris County 19, Central 6
Peach County 13, Druid Hills 0; Peach County 6, South Paulding 0
Southwest DeKalb 13, Veterans 12
St. Pius X 19, Houston County 0
Warner Robins 19, Tucker 0; Lithia Springs 52, Warner Robins 0
Washington County 19, Fitzgerald 13; Washington County 14, Therrell 0
Westside 13, Shaw 6; Westside 6, St. Vincent’s 0
🏀🏀🏀Girls basketball🏀🏀🏀
Central 67, Dublin 24
JiKaylee Marshall led Central with 12 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, and 5 steals, while Jazlyn Johnson turned in an 11-point/11-rebound double-double. Cha’Mayah Montgomery had 10 points and 6 rebounds, and Selena Grier 9 rebounds, and Lawren Anderson 5 steals.
Georgia Walton 52, FPD 31
Stratford 63, Deerfield-Windsor 11
Strong Rock 45, Windsor 22
Trinity Christian 68, Twiggs County 24
Twiggs 67, Flint River 37
Warner Robins 63, Houston County 20
Trinitee Thomas and Kor Veanna Slaughter each had 12 points for the Demonettes, Slaughter getting four steals, as did Chyann Phillips.
🏀🏀🏀Boys basketball🏀🏀🏀
Crawford County 67, Pike County 43
Crisp 48, Covenant 45
Deerfield-Windsor 51, Stratford 36
Dublin 65, Central 54
Flint River 64, Twiggs 41
Southland 70, FPD 44
Strong Rock 68, Windsor 60
Warner Robins 66, Houston County 53
Malik Gillespie had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists for the Bears, Kam Plummer adding 14 points.
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
Charlotte 43, Mercer 42
Volleyball
Connecticut 3, Mercer 0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-12)
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Signing
East Laurens two-way standout Ty Snead signed with Georgia State for football.
Honor Roll
VB: FVSU’s Holmes makes All-South Region
Around/About Central Georgia
Henley’s return a solid one
Russell Henley opened the Hero’s Challenge in somewhat familiar fashion: with a bogey.
But the Stratford grad hit a stride after that and shot a 3-under 69 in the first round of the tournament in the Bahamas.
Henley is tied with Sepp Straka, another Georgia alum, for 12th in the 20-man field. Cameron Young leads at 8 under.
Around/About Georgia
No. 2 Texas goes for a title in its first SEC season, but must get by No. 5 Georgia
Cousins is looking to avoid interceptions, have bounce-back game in Minnesota homecoming
Braves notes: New rule, Smith-Shawyer, more
College Football/SEC/ACC/South
North Carolina interviews Bill Belichick for head coaching job
College Football
Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents to evaluate 'employment' of Oklahoma State football staff
Jeanty confirms departure from Boise State after this season
Two-way star Travis Hunter is Big 12’s top defender, and Buffs QB Shedeur Sanders best on offense
A longer postseason brings challenges including fatigue and travel. FCS teams know the drill
College Football Playoffs
Pride, bragging rights and more than $115M at stake when final college playoff rankings come out
It's right there for the taking: Clemson can steal a CFP spot
Column: Everyone is complaining about the College Football Playoff
College Football/Conference championships
Arizona State coach once studied program at Iowa State, the team he now faces in Big 12 title game
CFP berth at stake when No. 10 Boise State hosts No. 19 UNLV in Mountain West title game
No. 3 Penn State gets a shot at No. 1 Oregon in Big Ten title game
No. 16 Iowa State faces Skattebo, No. 12 Arizona State in Big 12 title game for playoff spot
No. 18 Clemson needs to slow down SMU QB Kevin Jennings to win 9th ACC title game, secure CFP spot
No. 24 Army closes first AAC season with shot at winning conference championship in hosting Tulane
Louisiana-Lafayette seeks a second Sun Belt title game triumph against first-timer Marshall
Familiar rivals Jackson State and Southern meet in SWAC championship for second time in 3 years
Jacksonville State hosts Western Kentucky in CUSA championship game, regular-season finale rematch
College Football/Coaching Carousel
Bieniemy out as UCLA’s OC, Sunseri tabbed as replacement
Longtime FSU assistant Haggins moves into a new role as Norvell shuffles his staff
New college football landscape presents new ripples for coaching searches
Utah hires Jason Beck to be offensive coordinator
Arizona shakes up coaching staff following difficult first season under Brent Brennan
College Football/Recruiting
High school recruiting isn’t the only way to build a winner in the era of the transfer portal
National Signing Day winners and losers: This 2-10 team just changed its fortunes
FSU recruiting 2025: Norvell touts 'immediate impact players'
Ranking South Carolina recruiting class: Who will have instant impact
Grading Florida class: How did the Gators fare on early signing day?
Why in-state recruiting was a problem for DeBoer, Alabama 2025 class
How Kiffin's offense, Egg Bowl record helped Ole Miss win on signing day
Ranking Clemson class: Who will have instant impact
SMU’s ‘Pony Express’ ride to the top of the ACC in its league debut makes Dickerson proud
College Football/Bowls
Bahamas Bowl to feature pair of 8-win teams as Liberty and Buffalo square off Jan. 4
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Jaguars place QB Trevor Lawrence on injured reserve following latest concussion
Campbell’s 4th-down gambles help Lions beat Packers and clinch playoffs
Analysis: Getting benched may have been best thing that happened to Bryce Young, Anthony Richardson
In promoting Brown to interim HC, are the Bears putting Williams' development at risk?
Eagles are among the NFC’s best, but Sirianni says he’s not worried about top seed
49ers are nearing rock bottom following a blowout loss and the injury to McCaffrey
Goodell speaks to Congress about the security issue of drones on NFL game days, AP source says
College Basketball/Women
No. 3 South Carolina hold off No. 8 Duke 81-70 for 62nd straight home win
Hidalgo scores 30 as No. 10 Notre Dame women beat No. 4 Texas in OT
Sundells has triple-double, No. 13 K-State women set record in 110-24 win over USC Upstate
Williams, Krimili help Cal women hand No. 19 Alabama first loss
Williams scores season-high 32 as No. 5 LSU beats Stanford
Kelly scores 18 and No. 16 North Carolina women beat 14th-ranked Kentucky
College Basketball/Men
Baldwin, Dilione lead Penn State to 81-70 win over No. 8 Purdue
Spence scores 20 as Jacksonville defeats Florida Tech
Collins scores 16, Wenzel 15 and TCU rallies to beat Xavier 76-72 in Big 12/Big East Battle game
Fort’s 25 lead Samford over South Carolina State
College Sports
South Carolina hires TCU’s Jeremiah Donati as athletic director
Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel gets 5-year contract extension
NBA
Move over Magic: Nuggets star Nikola Jokic goes past Johnson on career list with 139th triple-double
Gilgeous-Alexander scores 30 as Thunder rout Raptors
Kuminga scores career-high 33 points, Warriors beat Rockets to snap 5-game skid
Baseball/MLB
What is Rob Manfred's 'golden at-bat' idea, and how would it change baseball?
Several top free-agent pitchers have agreed to deals. What does that mean for the rest?
Dodgers’ Freeman has surgery on right ankle, should be ready for spring training
Auto Racing
Russell accuses Verstappen of bullying and threatening behavior as F1 feud deepens
Golf
Scheffler has new putting grip and trails Cameron Young by 3 in Bahamas
Soccer
The USWNT reclaimed soccer's mountaintop in 2024. Its next task: ‘evolve’
USWNT star Carli Lloyd headlines 2025 National Soccer Hall of Fame class
Boxing/MMA/UFC/WWE
UFC 310 pits 2 champs in the main event but rest of the card worth a look
Scoreboards