The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Around/About Central Georgia

BSB-Mercer surprised in opener by MAC Toledo

BSB-Top-ranked Tampa pulls away from Georgia College

SB-Georgia College takes two

 

Central Georgia wrestlers will go for state titles on Saturday

          No teams from Central Georgia are in serious contention for first, but seven wrestlers from area teams will go for state titles Saturday at the GHSA state wrestling meet at the Macon Coliseum.

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          Lamar County’s Clint Williamson and Trace Morton won, and advanced to final in Class A, as did Lucas Coley from Dublin.

          Van Tane from Mary Persons, JT Bowers of West Laurens, Donovan Funsch from Perry, and Veterans’ Lucas Schafer will battle for state titles in their respective classifications and weight classes.

          Competitors from four of those schools as well as East Laurens, Putnam County, Southwest, Dodge County, Upson-Lee, and Jones County are in the top six.

          Four Central Georgia teams are in the top 10 in their classifications. Perry is fifth in 4A, Upson-Lee seventh in 3A, Jones County ninth in 5A, and Lamar County 10th in A.

 

Henley eases into top 20

          A 3-under day lifted Russell Henley eight spots and into a tie for 20th at the Genesis Invitational.

          He was 3 under through the front nine, but sandwiched bogeys around a birdie on the back to lose some momentum. He was half a foot from par on  12, and let a par chance slip away on 14, amid a few stretches of sluggishness.

 

Around/About Georgia

‘I want to be a Brave for life’: Reigning MVP Acuña Jr. still hungry

How does Fried factor into Braves' future plans?

'We're just gonna kick ass': Rodgers setting standard for Atlanta DL early into new coaching role

Column-Falcons need roster changes for new play-caller Zac Robinson to 'cut it loose'

Peoples named defensive backs coach at Tech

Lanier scores 26, rallies North Florida over Kennesaw State

BSB-Houston County’s Burress goes yard twice in Tech debut

BSB-Wes Johnson Era off to good start in Athens

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College Sports

How much Alabama football, Alabama athletics made, spent in fiscal year 2023

Attorneys close to completing Idaho volleyball interviews as former players reflect on coach's abuse allegations

Atlantic Coast Conference asks court to pause or dismiss Florida State’s lawsuit against league

NCAA Committee on Infractions member resigns over association’s transgender athlete policy

Pac-12 gives commish Kliavkoff the boot

College Basketball/Women

Column-Clark is transformative, just like Michael Jordan once was

In the biggest of moments, Clark was better than ever

Clark wants more focus on team during final stretch now that NCAA record is broken

Bueckers and Auriemma both announce they will spend at least one more year at UConn

Francis Marion’s Taylor sets NCAA single-game record with 44 rebounds

Roundup

College Basketball/Men

Would Pearl and Auburn’s players ever camp out for a game like The Jungle does?

NBA/WNBA/Basketball

All-Star weekend arrives in Indianapolis, a 1st-time event for some, a 21st-time event for LeBron

NBA fines Clippers’ Tucker $75,000 for publicly expressing desire to be traded last week

Wembanyama’s 1st All-Star weekend awaits, and it’ll be hectic for the Spurs rookie

Lue fined $35,000 for saying officials at Golden State were ‘cheating’

Mathurin caps Pacers’ All-Star celebration with Rising Stars MVP, title

NFL/Football

Column-This is who we are. Kansas City Chiefs parade was about joy, then America intervened

Chiefs lineman Smith shares WWE title belt with frightened boy after parade shooting

'Don't want to give Mahomes the ball': Mic'd-up Super Bowl feed reveals ref talking about QB

NFL suspends Raiders backup QB Jimmy Garoppolo for violating PEDs policy

Column-Super Bowl hype will only grow, and the actual game will only shrink

Bears great Steve McMichael, who’s battling ALS, hospitalized with urinary tract infection

Saints name Klint Kubiak offensive coordinator in a break from Sean Payton’s legacy

MLB/Baseball

Mike Soroka looking to prove himself in his first season with the Chicago White Sox

Obit-Former pitcher Gullett, a World Series champion with the Reds and Yankees

Nola happy to stay with Phillies

Royals plan to build new ballpark in downtown Kansas City near existing entertainment district

Auto Racing

Jimmie Johnson struggled in his first year as NASCAR team owner. Can he make Legacy a winner?

Team owner, Hall of Fame driver Tony Stewart vows changes, puts team on blast after winless 2023

Toyota takes high hopes into Daytona 500 but weather may affect ‘The Great American Race’

Golf

Cantlay builds a 5-shot lead at Riviera

Woods withdraws after playing only 6 holes at Riviera

Spieth disqualified from Riviera for signing for wrong score

College Football/SEC, ACC/South

South Carolina hires ex-Georgia State head coach Elliott as tight ends coach

College Football

ESPN six-year extension with College Football Playoff is horrible for college football

NHL/Hockey

Women’s hockey-record crowd of 19,285 watches Toronto beat Montreal 3-0 in PWHL

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball

Men’s college basketball