Friday’s Report: Scoreboard; Signing-CFCA, Mercer 🏀&⚾&🥎; UGA, Falcons, Tech; Super Bowl/NFL, college news, signing day, TV, college W&M 🏀/📰/ 🏈,NFL, NBA, MLB, golf, tennis
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High School
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Girls
Crisp 54, Twiggs 47
FPD 57, Stratford 31
The Vikings improved to 21-3 overall, staying in first in region/district play.
Jones County 68, Warner Robins 45
The Greyhounds rolled to the 2-5A tournament title, while the Demonettes will play at 4 p.m. Friday for third.
Mount de Sales 73, Windsor 28
Piedmont 46, RTCA 19
Tift County 60, Houston County 14
West Laurens 49, Westside 33
The Raiders earned a spot in the state playoffs, and play again Tuesday.
Boys
Crisp 70, Twiggs 54
Dutchtown 57, Jones County 36
Eagle’s Landing 59, Warner Robins 51
The Demons were sent to the consolation game at 5:30 p.m. Friday against Jones County.
Houston County 79, Tift County 39
A trio of Bears outscored Tift to lift Houston County to the No. 2 seed for the region tournament. Malachi Jackson led with 19 points, while Coby Salter and Josh Jackson had 14 points each.
Mount de Sales 69, Windsor 54
RTCA 64, Piedmont 38
Spalding 84, Perry 56
Stratford 66, FPD 45
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G-Dodge County 6, Bleckley County 1
B-Dodge County 1, Bleckley County 0
G-Houston County 10, Luella 0
G-Jones County 5, Central 0
G-Perry 1, ACE 0
B-Perry 3, ACE 0
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G-FPD 4, Bleckley County 1
Kiya Israel picked up her 50th win for the Vikings.
B-FPD 4, Bleckley County 1
G-Houston County 4, Veterans 1
B-Houston County 5, Veterans 0
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
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M-Austin Peay 85, Kennesaw State 69
W-Kennesaw State 85, Bellarmine 75
W-Mercer 65, ETSU 57
W-Mississippi State 76, Georgia 57
W-Mobile 83, Middle Georgia State 57
W-Mobile 65, Middle Georgia State 62
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Photo: Alli Walls
Signings
Central Fellowship multi-sport standout Knox Walls signed Thursday to play football at Shorter. 👉🏼
Around/About Central Georgia
WBKB-Another big Evans night leads Mercer
BSB-Mercer among contenders in SoCon preseason poll
SB-Mercer hosting Heart of Georgia Classic
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Georgia football recruiting spending zooms past previous record figure in fiscal year 2023
Ex-Bulldog Carter No. 2 defensive rookie
What questions do you still have after Morris' introductory press conference?
Hawks hold on to Hall on deadline day
Tech's Brumfield drawing interest for an NFL job
WBKB-No. 23 Syracuse beat Georgia Tech, snap 5-game losing streak in series
Super Bowl
Super Bowl media circus takes disturbing turn for worse
Las Vegas, where the party never ends, prepares for its biggest yet: Super Bowl 58
Ward says it’s better in San Fran than KC
Barkley ‘undaunted’ in Super Bowl pick, despite his Mahomes issue
Pacheco’s ‘angry’ running style could help lift Chiefs past 49ers in the Super Bowl
Purdy reached Super Bowl in second year. Montana, Young never made it that soon
49ers All-Pro OT Williams savors his 1st Super Bowl trip in his 14th season, after cancer scare
Now a father of two, Mahomes has a new perspective on football and life
$500K bet placed on Super Bowl as sharps pick side in Chiefs-49ers
Americans are expected to wager an eye-popping $23 billion on 2024 Super Bowl
NFL’s first Super Bowl in Las Vegas has plenty of storylines plus an interesting football matchup
NFL/USFL/XFL/Football
Jackson is near-unanimous for his second AP NFL Most Valuable Player award
AP NFL Offensive Rookie Of The Year Voting
Steelers DL Heyward receives Walter Payton Man of the Year award at NFL Honors
Peppers headlines a defensive-focused Pro Football Hall of Fame class
Damar Hamlin on a lesson of the past year: ‘Trust what you know and trust what got you here’
Brady says he was 'surprised' Belichick wasn't hired for head coaching job
NFL Coaching Carousel
Bengals hire Rascati as pass game coordinator and promote Kragthorpe and Kovacs
Panthers name 3 coordinators, hiring Idzik on offense and retaining Evero on defense
Chargers hire Roman as offensive coordinator
College Sports
SEC reported nearly $853 million in revenue in 2023 fiscal year, new tax records show
Sankey: NCAA needs to focus on 'big realities'
National Signing Day
Ohio State, Georgia headline biggest winners of college football's 2024 recruiting cycle
Alabama edges Auburn with 7 A-List commits; See where the top seniors in the state are headed
Broadcasting
NFL, NBA caught by surprise on mega sports streaming service announcement
Women’s College Basketball
No. 1 South Carolina rolls past Missouri without leading scorer Cardoso
Reese, Morrow have double-doubles, No. 13 LSU women dominate boards
Stuelke pours in 47, Clark has 27 for No. 2 Iowa beats Penn State
Men’s College Basketball
ACC sets future basketball tournaments, championships for NC amid coast-to-coast expansion
How No. 12 Auburn got revenge against No. 16 Alabama and made an SEC statement
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
NBA trade deadline winners, losers and great expectations
Kobe Bryant immortalized with a 19-foot bronze statue outside the Lakers’ downtown arena
College Football
Baylor hiring former TCU coach Patterson as senior consultant to head coach, AP source says
College Football/SEC/ACC
Florida’s Napier overhauls floundering program and might relinquish play-calling role
Bo Jackson wins extortion case against relatives, awarded $21 million
College Sports
SEC reported nearly $853 million in revenue in 2023 fiscal year, new tax records show
Sankey: NCAA needs to focus on 'big realities'
MLB/Baseball
Clayton Kershaw says he’s staying with Dodgers for 17th season and could pitch in second half of ’24
Manfred would be disappointed if A’s Las Vegas ballpark not open by 2028, skeptical of Olympics
Golf
Glover forced to withdraw from Phoenix Open after misreading text
Theegala takes early lead in weather-delayed Phoenix Open with a 65
Tennis
Djokovic to return to Indian Wells for 1st time in 5 years, joined by Nadal, Alcaraz, Swiatek, Osaka
Scoreboards