Friday’s Report: Scoreboard; Henley, new Howard coach, GHSA wrestling, Mercer; Georgia State/Elliott, Falcons, Butker, Braves, 🏀; Clark/record, college W&M 🏀/📰/ 🏈, NFL, NBA, MLB, auto racing
In Coverage: Howard’s new head football coach brings a diverse high school and college resume; Central Georgia’s only Scoreboard
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Around/About Central Georgia
16 Central Georgia teams score on first day of GHSA state wrestling
The state’s high school wrestling community has converged on the Macon Coliseum, with a day of GHSA wrestling in the books.
Perry is off to the best start of Central Georgia teams, sitting in second in Class 4A with 47.5 points.
Donovan Funch (285), Jaylen McIlrath (175), Blayson Jordan (132), Zykhi Sistrunk (113), and Mathew Kohlman (106) all won their opening matches. Advancing after going 2-0: Funsch, McIlrath, Jordan, and Sistrunk. Jamarion Rosser (150) is in the consolations.
Jones County is seventh in 5A, with Will Agudelo (285), David Little (157), Arrie Martin (138), Aiden Lipford (126), Hunter McCleskey (113), and Landon Lewis (106) opening with wins, Agudelo and Martin going 2-0.
Central Georgia standings
Boys
Class 6A: 1. South Effingham, 79.5; 23. Veterans, 10.5
Class 5A: 1. Woodland-Cartersville, 79; 7. Jones County, 37
Class 4A: 1. Central-Carrollton, 94; 2. Perry, 47.5; 11. West Laurens, 31.5
Class AAA: 1. Columbus, 82.5; 13. Upson-Lee, 23; 25. Mary Persons, 9
Class AA: 1. Rockmart, 103; 25. Southwest, 8; 27.Putnam County, 6; 29. Dodge County, Rutland, 4
Class A: 1. Social Circle, 89.5 ;9. Lamar County, 33; 16. Dublin, 15; 25. East Laurens
Girls
1. Carrollton, 39; 11. Dodge County, 15; 17. Upson-Lee, 12; 50. Houston County, 7
Henley off to decent start at Genesis
Russell Henley’s first round at the Genesis Invitational in California was the same as 22 percent of the field.
Henley is among 15 players tied for 28 after shooting a 1-under 70, closing the round with his second birdie.
Patrick Cantlay is first, 7 under.
WBKB-Perfect night at line highlights Mercer win
BSB-Another year of high expectations for Mercer
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Georgia State loses HFBC Elliott to South Carolina, spring practice postpones
Former “Gritz Blitz” member Fulton Kuykendall passes away at age 70
Column: Remembering that Harrison Butker, on way to greatness, once was 'pretty average'
Murphy, Fried, Harris land in Top 50 of MLB Network’s Top 100 players list
Column: What could go wrong for the Braves? Glad you asked
Blackmon’s 31 lead Coastal Carolina over Georgia Southern
Edwards’ 28 lead James Madison over Georgia State
BSB-New-look Georgia opens with new coach
BSB-Rebuilding Tech has 26 newbies, led by Houston County’s Burress
Women’s College Basketball
Clark wastes no time in blasting past record – with 35-pointer - en route to career high
Stars applaud Clark: From Tom Brady to Angel Reese
What makes Clark so special? Steph Curry, Maya Moore other hoops legends weigh in
Cardoso leads No. 1 South Carolina past upset-minded Tennessee
Southern Miss top Arkansas State following a 23-minute delay for a fight
Men’s College Basketball
Column: Coaches should get off the court and back in the box
No. 24 FAU wins battle of the Owls, topping Temple 80-68 in American Athletic
Fairleigh Dickinson players get stuck in elevator before the game, win in OT
Streaking UCLA wins 6th in a row, edging Colorado
No. 2 Purdue rallies from 10 down behind Edey’s 24 points and 15 rebounds
NFL/USFL/XFL/Football
'Super Bowl wins will never be the same'
Players wonder about gun laws KC shooting
America's latest mass shooting strikes at heart of fandom
Championship parades likely to change in wake of shooting at Chiefs Super Bowl celebration
Tremendous Super Bowl week terrible for Las Vegas haters
Column-Furor over Shanahan’s OT decision is total garbage
Chiefs sign DC Spagnuolo to extension
New Titans coach Callahan leaning on diversity with first-time coordinators
49ers’ Purdy shares refreshing perspective on loss
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Ionescu, Curry discuss 'gravity' and 'magnitude' of upcoming 3-point contest
Pistons' Stewart facing suspension after punching Suns' Eubanks
WNBA posts A grades in racial and gender hiring in diversity report card
Silver tells ESPN that Las Vegas is ‘definitely’ on list of expansion candidates
College Football/SEC/ACC
LSU RB Trey Holly facing charge of attempted 2nd-degree murder
Column-DeBoer's wild transition isn't slowing down
Kentucky names fifth OC in as many years
Only 10,000 fans can attend Tennessee spring game. Here's why
Clemson DT Capehart charged with unlawful possession of weapon
MLB/Baseball
MLB telling managers that umpires will be more observant about obstruction calls
Wheeler says his agents are ‘chatting’ with the Phillies about a new contract
Hard-throwing Skenes eager to show the Pirates what he’s got during his first spring training
Auto Racing
As NASCAR’s winningest team celebrates 40th anniversary season, Rick Hendrick makes plans for future
Jimmie Johnson uses desperate late push to qualify for his 21st Daytona 500
Larson joins fellow NASCAR champs Truex Jr., Busch and Keselowski in 0-for-Daytona 500 club
Golf
Cantlay leads at Riviera with a 64. Tiger Woods ends his first-round return to golf with a shank
Soccer
Rapinoe criticizes those who celebrated her career-ending injury
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