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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🏀🏀🏀
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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
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’
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