The Central Georgia Sports Report

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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

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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

Roundup

 

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

Roundup 

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

Roundup 

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

Manfred says he will retire as commissioner in January 2029 after 14 years, thinks Oakland fans should pull for SF

MLB telling managers that umpires will be more observant about obstruction calls

Panel projects win totals

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

Daytona 500 lineup set

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

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball

Men’s college basketball