The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Sunday's Report: HS/college scores> GHSA wrestling, Mercer, GCSU, FVSU; Falcons DC, UGA-Auburn, Hawks, state hoops, UGA; College 🏈 playoffs/moves, college 🏀, NFL playoffs/news, NBA, 🎾, MLB, ⛳, ⚽

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High Schools
🏀🏀🏀Girls basketball🏀🏀🏀

Briarwood 53, John Hancock 35

Central Fellowship 79, GMC Prep 12

George Walton 62, Tattnall 40

Jasper County 50, Northeast 42

Jones County 49, Veterans 43

Northside 50, Houston County 27

Perry 67, New Hampstead 21

Schley County 73, Crawford County 15

Vidalia 52, Dodge County 37
          Lyric Green went for 15 and Paige Ingram 10 for Dodge County.

Warner Robins 52, Ware County 40
          Trinitee Thomas put up 20 points and grabbed 9 rebounds for the Demonettes, while Kor’Veanna Slaughter added 16 points, 4 assists, and 4 steals. Janelle Turner chipped in 6 rebounds and 5 charges taken.

Westside 56, Southwest 22

Wilcox County 49, Hawkinsville 37 

🏀🏀🏀Boys basketball🏀🏀🏀

Briarwood 62, John Hancock 33

Central Fellowship 70, GMC Prep 41

Dodge County 67, Vidalia 55
          Xavier McCoy’s 18 points helped the Indians avenge an earlier loss. Kyler Johnson added 16, Tyler McClendon 11, and Galvin Hilburn 10.

East Laurens 77, Treutlen 49

Houston County 58, Northside 50
          Four Bears were in double figures as they improved to 17-4 and 6-0. Malik Gillespie had 18 points, Josh Jackson 15, and Kam Plummer and Braylin Mills 11 each, Mills with 6 rebounds.

Jasper County 51, Northeast 41
          JaMarkus Thomas led the Purple Hurricanes with 22 points, Dee Pennmon chipping in 13.

Macon County 71, Central 59

New Hampstead 62, Perry 49

Schley County 49, Crawford County 47

Southwest 69, Westside 56
          Chase Dupree went for 25 points and 7 assists for the Patriots, Caron Howard adding 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Brandon Ashley added 7 assists and Montese Greene 9 rebounds.

Tucker 69, Baldwin 60

Upson-Lee 80, Lamar County 50

Veterans 41, Jones County 36
          Jai’vyon Dawson led Veterans with 13 in the Warhawks' third straight win.

Ware County 60, Warner Robins 49

Wilcox County 58, Hawkinsville 56

🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫

🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀

Chattanooga 60, Mercer 37

Georgia College 69, Lander 61

🏀🏀🏀Men’s basketball🏀🏀🏀

Fort Valley State 65, Benedict 52

Lander 88, Georgia College 86, OT

Wofford 69, Mercer 49

Pro
🏒🏒🏒 SPHL 🏒🏒🏒

Huntsville 2, Macon 1

🏀🏀🏀NBA🏀🏀🏀

Atlanta 119, Boston 115, OT

 

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Around/About Central Georgia

West Laurens leads area group in GHSA wrestling

          West Laurens had the best finish of Central Georgia teams in the weekend’s GHSA state wrestling duals.

          West Laurens beat Luella 45-35 in the Class 3A second round, but lost 39-38 to Troup County in the semifinals. The Raiders were then edged 42-39 by Heritage-Catoosa – which finished fourth – in consolation action.

          Perry lost 41-31 to St. Pius X in the consolation round in Class 4A.

          Upson-Lee beat Long County 42-34 to open consolations, but was knocked out 56-23 by Gilmer.

Rutland’s visit in Class AA ended in the first consolation match, a 72-6 loss to East Jackson

In Class A, Dublin lost its first consolation match, 533-20 to Brantley County, while Jasper County was topped 54-27 by Mt. Pisgah.

         State champs: Class 5A, Creekview; Class 4A, ; Class 3A, Jefferson; Class AA, Rockmart; Class A, Social Circle.

         The girls tournament is Jan. 25. The state traditional championships at the Macon Coliseum are Feb. 13-15.

MBKB-Bailey’s 18 lead Wofford over Mercer

WBKB-Cail's career night propels GCSU

MBKB-Georgia College edged in overtime

MBKB-Second-half run lifts Fort Valley State

WBKB-FVSU falls in final seconds on the road

 

Around/About Georgia

Falcons interview former Bears coach Eberflus for their defensive coordinator position

And then decide to hire former assistant Ulbrich as DC

No. 1 Auburn survives blown lead and scare from gritty Georgia

Pearl knows Auburn dodged bullet

Cunningham: Hawks are pretty good now. Here's how they can get better with trades.

Simone Biles brings down the house at Georgia gymnastics meet

MBKB-Bowen, Ewin lead Florida State to wire-to-wire win over Georgia Tech

The lessons Georgia has to learn from Beck’s 2024 season

WBKB-GSU-Atlanta outlasts GSU-Boro in triple overtime

MBKB-Cottle scores 25 in Kennesaw State’s win over Louisiana Tech

Young powers Hawks to overtime victory over struggling Celtics

MBKB-Stetson takes down West Georgia 

MBKB-Georgia Southern wins against Old Dominion

MBKB-Arkansas State beats Georgia State

College Football

Wisconsin raises possibility of tampering in CB Xavier Lucas’ transfer to Miami

College Football/SEC/ACC/South

Sun Belt fines Marshall $100,000 for opting out of Independence Bowl

Did Auburn ponder a Freeze firing in 2024? Cohen explains

College Football/Notre Dame vs. Ohio State

Why Ohio State or Notre Dame will be most deserving college football national champion ever

by the numbers: Ohio State could give Big Ten 1st back-to-back titles since 1942

Notre Dame prepares for powerful Ohio State defense in national championship game

Travel demands of 12-team Playoff add momentum to ticket prices for title game

Ohio State's Styles Jr. eager to play former team in title game

Holtz takes shot at Ohio State's Day, picks Fighting Irish

Notre Dame prepares for powerful Ohio State defense in national championship game

Notre Dame’s Charles Jagusah has chance for 1st start of season after dramatic comeback from injury

College Football/Coaching carousel and moves

Texas and coach Steve Sarkisian agree to terms on a new contract

USC hires Rob Ryan as its assistant head coach for defense and linebackers coach

Why Jim Knowles leaving Ohio State for Oklahoma is unlikely but not impossible

NFL Playoffs/Saturday

Daniels and the Commanders stun the top-seeded Lions to reach NFC title game

Turnovers and depleted defense contribute to top-seeded Lions’ quick playoff exit

Mahomes and Kelce help Chiefs over Texans and another AFC title game trip

How long can Chiefs continue with so-so performances?

Anderson: It was Texans 'vs. the refs' in loss

NFL playoffs/NFC

Rams' Verse ready for battle in Philadelphia: 'I hate Eagles fans. They're so annoying.'

Rams head to Philadelphia for NFC divisional playoff matchup looking to stop Barkley this time

Feeling’s mutual: Rams rookie Verse already feeling ire from Eagles fans on social media

LA taking a page from past playoff success to navigate a short week against Eagles

Gibbs 40 time: How fast is the Lions running back?

NFL playoffs/AFC

Stage is set for Ravens’ Lamar Jackson to face Bills’ Josh Allen in divisional playoff at Buffalo

Allen vs. Jackson: The game everybody wanted

Buffalo Joe: Bills' hometown hero Joe Andreessen hopes to take team to Super Bowl

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Hayes: Nick Sirianni has earned another week, another year, and many more. The Eagles should extend him immediately.

Romano: Bowles deserves a lot more credit than fans seem willing to give

College Basketball/Women

Washington retires its first women’s jersey, sending Kelsey Plum’s No. 10 to the rafters

South Carolina’s Staley headlines FIBA Hall of Fame Class of 2025

College Basketball/Men

As NCAA mulls expansion of March Madness, a bigger question: Who will be in charge of it?

Florida’s Golden rips Title IX confidentiality, says assistant ‘will be with us’ despite complaint

Small scores 27 and West Virginia beats No. 2 Iowa State

West Virginia celebrates the life of NBA great Jerry West at sellout game with No. 2 Iowa State

Bryan hits 7 3s, scores career-high 35 points to help Santa Clara upset No. 16 Gonzaga

Martin and Clayton lead No. 5 Florida to an 84-60 win over Texas to start a new streak at home

Edwards scores 18 points as Vanderbilt holds off No. 6 Tennessee 

Flagg returns to New England and leads No. 3 Duke past Boston College

No. 4 Alabama puts Kentucky away in final minutes. Pope suffers first loss in Rupp Arena.

UConn men's 28-game home winning streak snapped in loss to Creighton

Blakes hits short jumper with 1.5 seconds left, Stanford tops North Carolina

Dunning’s two free throws with two seconds left lift South Alabama past Troy

3 Mocs score 16 in Chattanooga’s win over Furman

East Tennessee State defeats Samford

College Sports, the changing landscape

As college sports move toward pay for play, Title IX looms as another hurdle for the NCAA

NBA

Curry considered day to day after injuring left ankle in win over Wizards

NBA-leading Cavaliers seize control in the 2nd half and beat Timberwolves

Durant and Booker power the Suns to a win over the Pistons

Tennis

Defending champion Sabalenka moves into the Australian Open quarterfinals

Medvedev fined $76,000 for his Australian Open outbursts

Gauff drops a set but beats Belinda Bencic to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals

Defending champ Jannik Sinner gets back to the fourth round at the Australian Open

Baseball/MLB

Money was a limited factor for Roki Sasaki, and he picked the Dodgers anyway

2-time Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom feeling normal after missing most of 1st two Texas seasons hurt

Golf

Straka surges to 4-shot lead over Hoffman, Day, Lower through 3 rounds at The American Express

Hillier leads at Dubai Desert Classic in bid for ‘life-changing’ win as McIlroy trails by 7 shots

Soccer

Alyssa Naeher wins 2024 U.S. Soccer Female Player of Year award

US opens 2025 with 3-1 win over Venezuela in friendly missing regular starters

Boxing/MMA/UFC/WWE

Muhammad Ali’s wife honors legacy of the late boxing legend with new audio series ‘Ali in Me’

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games

College football scores/games

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games