The Central Georgia Sports Report

View Original

Monday’s Report: GMC JC falls, flag 🏈, Mercer; Falcons falter again, UGA, Tech, Hawks; SEC follow; CF Playoffs, CFB bowl schedule/coaching moves/portal, NFL, college 🏀, NBA, MLB, golf/Henley

📰S📰C📰O📰R📰E📰B📰O📰A📰R📰D
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀

Georgia Tech 78, Mercer 42

🏀🏀🏀Men’s basketball🏀🏀🏀

Mercer 89, Stetson 83

Pro

🏀🏀🏀NBA🏀🏀🏀

Denver 141, Atlanta 111

🏈🏈🏈NFL🏈🏈🏈

Minnesota 42, Atlanta 21

 

📰C📰O📰V📰E📰R📰A📰G📰E📰

Around/About Central Georgia

Hutchinson handles GMC JC in semifinal

          Things were going fairly well for GMC JC in the National Junior College Athletic Association semifinal at Davenport Field.

          Then third-ranked Hutchinson Community College took over, outscoring second-ranked GMC 28-14 in the second quarter to gain control and roll in the second half for a 63-21 win Sunday over the Bulldogs.

          GMC’s season ended at 10-2.

          Keenan Phillips scored on a 16-yard run late in the first quarter, then followed up an HCC score with a 28-yard pass to Chip Coop for a 14-7 lead three minutes into the second quarter.

          The Blue Dragons tied it two minutes later on a 43-yard run, then returned a punt for a touchdown five minutes after that, and then scored on a 58-yard run three minutes later for a 28-14 lead.

          GMC made it a one-score halftime game with a 43-yard pass from Phillips to Cooper with 40 seconds left.

          It stayed that way until Hutchinson began its barrage six minutes into the third quarter, scoring twice in that quarter and three times in the fourth while shutting out GMC in the second half.   

Flag football postseason reaches next round

          Three Central Georgia teams are still alive in the GHSA flag football playoffs.

          Dodge County hosts Westside in a battle of Division I powers at 6 p.m. on Monday, while Washington County visits Columbus at 6 p.m.

          Peach County hosts Pope in a Division III matchup at 6 p.m.

          Winners advance to action on Thursday. 

WBKB-Georgia Tech takes care of Mercer

MBKB-Mercer tops Stetson on the road

 

Around/About Georgia

Darnold delivers for Vikings with career-high 347 yards and 5 TDs to beat Falcons, Cousins

Cousins remains in a slump as the Vikings spoil his homecoming with 2 interceptions

'No excuses to those deep balls': Big plays hurt Falcons in loss to Vikings

Update on Beck? An MRI, the elbow, and that’s it

UGA notes: Portal, Sugar Bowl, practice

Battle of the brains? Vandy vs. Georgia Tech in Birmingham

Key, and new contract, will be in familiar territory

Jokic scores 48 points as Nuggets rout Hawks

 

SEC Championship: Georgia 22, Texas 19

Smart on Dawgs believing in Stockton: 'He's a winner'

Beck became 'a warrior' to return for Georgia's final play

Stockton steps up

Georgia D creates havoc in win over Texas

Smart calls out Sankey for SEC schedule

Inside the Numbers: Sacks, penalties rob another all-time defensive performance by Texas against Georgia

Texas left with plenty of what-ifs after falling to Georgia in SEC Championship

College Football Playoffs

First 12-team bracket is set with Oregon No. 1 and SMU in, Alabama out

NCAA Div. 1 Football Playoff Glance

Big Ten wins playoff selection derby, followed by SEC despite notable Alabama omission

Did the CFP committee get it right?

Ohio State to host Tennessee in first-round showdown to determine No. 1 Oregon’s Rose Bowl matchup

Texas gets home game vs. Clemson in CFP first round, winner faces Arizona State in Peach Bowl

Indiana at Notre Dame in CFP will be teams’ 1st meeting since ’91, winner gets Georgia in Sugar Bowl

SMU to visit Penn State in opening CFP round with Boise State awaiting the winner in the Fiesta Bowl

Alabama left out of playoff as committee rewards SMU’s wins over Crimson Tide’s strong schedule 

College Football/SEC/ACC/South

What Rodriguez said about West Virginia vacancy after Conference USA title win 

College Football/FCS Playoffs

Jackrabbit defense puts the clamps on Montana again

Coyotes overcome and adjust to unique playoff foe in Tarleton State

Montana State moves onto FCS quarterfinals after all-around performances 

College Football

AP Top 25: Oregon, Georgia, Notre Dame, Texas top poll going into playoff; Tide ranked ahead of SMU

Bryson for Heisman? Army coach thinks QB Daily deserves to be considered

'I'm back': Utah’s Whittingham announces he'll be back for 21st season

Cheer up, Ohio State fans. At least Day isn't USC’s Riley

One week after OSU win, Moore does flag-planting gesture at hoops game

Taylor leads Jackson State to SWAC title after 'cupboard was bare.' He can pass Deion Sanders next

MAC football championship: Ohio Bobcats grab first conference title since 1968

What fans are at Big Ten championship game in Indy when Oregon is playing? What's it cost?

College Football\Coaching Carousel

Oklahoma State set to hire ex-UGA DC Grantham as DC

Tulsa hires East Tennessee State’s Tre Lamb as football coach

Marshall’s Charles Huff is named coach at Sun Belt rival Southern Miss

Purdue hires UNLV’s Barry Odom as its next football coach

NC State defensive coordinator Tony Gibson is named head coach at Marshall

BYU gives Sitake a ‘long-term’ contract extension 

College Football/Bowls

Bowl Glance

After playoff chances slip away, Miami and Iowa State looking to regroup at Pop-Tarts Bowl

Florida gets Tulane in Tampa

Gator Bowl welcomes Ol’ Miss and Duke

South Carolina’s Beamer: Citrus Bowl is 'best possible outcome'

College Football/Portal

After refuting reports, Auburn QB Brown to enter

Tulane QB Mensah departing

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Mayfield throws for 3 TDs, Bucs take over 1st in NFC South with win over Raiders

Bresee blocks potential tying FG and Saints hold on to beat Giants  after Carr is injured

Barkley’s brilliance helps Eagles beat Panthers but pass game has Philly frustrated

49ers beat the Bears to spoil Thomas Brown’s coaching debut

Allen sets NFL mark with 3 TD passes and 3 TD runs, but Stafford’s Rams hold off Bills

Barkley sets Eagles season rushing record and has Dickerson’s NFL mark in his sights

Chiefs win 9th straight AFC West title, beating Chargers on bank-shot field goal

Tagovailoa’s TD pass to Jonnu Smith gives Dolphins 32-26 overtime win

Wilson throws for 2 touchdowns as Steelers cruise past mistake-prone Browns

Charbonnet runs for career-high 134 yards, 2 TDs as NFC West-leading Seahawks beat Cardinals

College Basketball/Women

Watkins dunks again and No. 3 South Carolina overwhelms No. 9 TCU

Betts has 23 points in No. 1 UCLA’s win over Washington

Morrow scores 26 to lead No. 5 LSU over Grambling State

College Basketball/Men

Jones scores 19 points to help No. 6 Iowa State rout Jackson State 

No. 9 Duke rallies past Louisville in ACC opener

Andrews banks in 3 with 0.4 seconds left to lift UCLA past No. 12 Oregon

Pinion has 22 points as Arkansas State beats No. 16 Memphis

Pitino dons replica sweater to honor legendary St. John's coach Lou Carnesecca

South Alabama defeats Jacksonville State

NBA

Curry scores 30 and dishes out eight assists as Warriors beat Timberwolves 

Wembanyama helps Spurs beat Pelicans, as Paul moves into second in career assists

James misses 1st game this season, sidelined versus Portland due to left foot soreness

Paul moves into 2nd on NBA’s career assists list against Pelicans

Huerter’s 26 points leads Kings in blowout over Jazz

Herro scores 34, Robinson adds 23 and Heat beat Cleveland, only 4th loss for Cavs

Baseball/MLB

Soto agrees to record $765 million, 15-year contract with Mets

Here’s who Soto passed

MLB largest contract packages

A comparison of before and after offensive statistics for players with $325 million contracts

Dave Parker and Dick Allen elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame

2025 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot List

Dodgers reach $17M, 1-year deal with Conforto and $22M, 2-year contract with Treinen,

Golf

Scheffler ends his big year in the Bahamas with his 9th victory

          Russell Henley managed to at least not finish alone in last place, his 2-under Sunday matching Jason Day’s 1-under to tie for 19th in the 20-player field.

          Both finished with a 289, far behind the 263 of winner Scottie Scheffler.

Boxing/MMA/UFC/WWE

Alexandre Pantoja successfully defends flyweight belt with technical submission of Kai Asakura

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games

College football scores/games

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games