Sunday's Report: HS/college scores, Mercer, FVSU, Georgia College, Middle Georgia State, Mayhem; UGA, Falcons, Hawks, state 🏀; NFL, NBA, Australian Open, college 🏀/🏈, MLB, 🏒,⛳Mayhem,
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High Schools
🏀🏀🏀Girls basketball🏀🏀🏀
ACE Charter 51, Jackson 32
Sara Rhett Farmer dropped 29 points on the Red Devils to cruise past 1,600 points for her career, more than half of her output for the day coming on 3-pointers. ACE led 32-12 at halftime.
Brentwood 60, John Milledge 51
Jones County 50, Woodland 34
Piedmont 71, Mount de Sales 38
Taylor County 69, Marion County 38
Warner Robins 55, Northside 19
Washington County 54, Baldwin 51, 2 OT
The Golden Hawks pulled off the upset of the defending state champs despite a monster game from Suri Clark, who had 18 points and 17 rebounds. Kassidy Neal added 14 points and 67 boards. Jade Kitchens and Aeria Hagans did work for Washington County with 17 points each.
Westfield 40, Deerfield-Windsor 26
🏀🏀🏀Boys basketball🏀🏀🏀
Baldwin 70, Washington County 52
Brashod Heggs had 15 points to lead Washington County, Emauri Johnson adding 10 ponts and Tay Poole 7 rebounds.
Brentwood 64, John Milledge 52
Deerfield-Windsor 63, Westfield 49
East Laurens 58, West Laurens 55
Houston County 61, Veterans 46
The Bears won their 10th straight game to improve to 18-4 and 7-0, behind 22 points from Kam Plummer, 19 points and 5 assists from Malik Gillespie, and 11 points and 6 rebounds from Braylin Mills. TJ Abner managed 10 points for Veterans.
Jackson 63, ACE 56
Jasper County 52, Salem 50
JaMarkus Thomas put up 14 to lead the Purple Hurricanes, Dee Pennamon adding 12.
Macon County 56, Perry 51
Mount de Sales 59, Piedmont 52
Taylor County 58, Marion County 40
Turner County 60, Hawkinsville 53
Warner Robins 77, Northside 57
Gabe Jacobs led the Demons with 23 points, Trey Bradley adding 14.
Woodland 49, Jones County 46
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
Furman 57, Mercer 47
Georgia Southwestern , Georgia College
Loyola 70, Middle Georgia State 47
🏀🏀🏀Men’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
Fort Valley State 58, Morehouse 57
Furman 79, Mercer 74
Georgia Southwestern , Georgia College
Middle Georgia State 78, Loyola 68
Pro
🏒🏒🏒 SPHL 🏒🏒🏒
Macon 2, Quad City 1
🏀🏀🏀NBA🏀🏀🏀
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Around/About Central Georgia
MBKB-Scott’s bucket lifts FVSU in thriller
Piedmont finished fourth in the 16-team GIAA state wrestling duals Friday and Saturday.
The Cougars had a bye, then beat Stratford 44-35 and lost to eventual champ Athens Christian 66-16. Piedmont beat Brookstone 38-36 and lost to St. Anne-Pacelli for third.
Mount de Sales went 3-2, (beat Brookstone 50-27, lost 77-5 to Athens Christian, beat Rock Springs 69-23, beat Stratford 75-4, lost to Pacelli 55-22). Stratford went 1-2 (lost 44-35 to Piedmont, beat Riverside Prep 75-4, lost 46-30 to Mount de Sales).
The traditional meet is Feb. 7-8.
Around/About Georgia
After addressing needs, here's an early look at Georgia depth chart for 2025
Falcons position review: Elliss anchors ILB core in 2024
Raptors sweep 2-game set in Atlanta, beating the Hawks
Bad start dooms Georgia in romp by Florida
Frazier scores 17, UTEP downs Kennesaw State
Lindsay scores 19 to lead James Madison over Georgia State
Speer’s 16 lead Marshall past Georgia Southern
NFL Playoffs
Welcome to the mobile age: NFL conference title games filled with dual-threat QBs
NFC title game preview: How the Commanders and Eagles stack up
AFC title game preview: Josh Allen, Bills try again to knock off Chiefs
Ertz returns to Philadelphia for the NFC title game as a key player for the Commanders
Harris finds himself on brink of championship with Commanders he can’t find with 76ers
Washington Commanders once ruled an entire region. After years of struggle, the joy has returned
Barkley is running his way into the NFL record book, and possibly his 1st Super Bowl
Commanders coach Dan Quinn is on the verge of returning to the Super Bowl 8 years after Falcons loss
Kelce says he ‘used to dream’ of playing QB the way Josh Allen does
Bills rule out S Rapp, while CB Benford questionable to play in AFC title game at Chiefs
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Plenty of college reps helped Daniels and Nix make an immediate impact in the NFL
NFL/Carousel
Jets agree to terms with Broncos’ Mougey to be their general manager
Carroll, Raiders agree to 3-year contract
College Football
Title ratings fall 12% as pay-tv erosion accelerates
Sanders’ Alamo Bowl Insurance boast undercut by the numbers
Forget loyalty, Ohio State's Smith should enter transfer portal to cash in after national title
College Football/SEC/ACC/South
ACC tournament plan before College Football Playoff will add litigation - and lose revenue
Saban reveals biggest regret; Alabama fans won’t like it
New Jackson State stadium proposed in latest bill on much-delayed project. Will it pass?
College Basketball/Women
No. 2 South Carolina gets another big win against No. 5 LSU to continue SEC domination
Strong carries No. 6 UConn until Bueckers finds her touch in 2nd half of win over Creighton
Cunningham’s 18 and 9 rebounds help Arizona women beat No. 16 West Virginia
College Basketball/Men
No. 1 Auburn slips past No. 6 Tennessee 53-51 and extends its winning streak to 11 games
Flagg, No. 2 Duke push past Wake Forest to stay unbeaten in ACC play
Holloway and Dioubate lead the way in No. 4 Alabama’s 80-73 win over LSU
Vanderbilt fans storm court again as Commodores beat No. 9 Kentucky
Roberts scores 24 and No. 7 Houston downs No. 12 Kansas 92-86 in double OT
Jax State’s men top New Mexico State to move into tie for Conference USA lead
Troy basketball turns back South Alabama 65-55, knocks Jaguars out of first place
Tennis
Keys upsets 2-time champion Sabalenka in women’s final for 1st Grand Slam title
Sabalenka smashes racket after losing thrilling final to Keys
Defending champion Sinner faces Zverev in the men’s final
Patten, Heliovaara shrug off contentious 1st set to win Australian Open doubles title
Djokovic takes a jab at injury ‘experts’ by posting a picture of an MRI of his left hamstring
College Sports, the changing landscape
Ivy League won’t join NCAA antitrust settlement, clings to academics and amateurism
NBA
Wembanyama shows why he is the future at the Paris Games
Knicks get four 20-point scorers, another triple-double from Hart in 143-120 victory over Kings
Baseball/MLB
Mets’ top executives hint Alonso’s return is growing less likely
Bregman’s door to re-sign with Astros is ‘cracked’ open, general manager says
Golf
English survives windy conditions to win Farmers Insurance Open
Hockey
Nelson scores in OT as Islanders rally to beat Hurricanes
Talbot stops 28 shots as Red Wings beat Lightning
Dunn scores go-ahead goal as Kraken beat Penguins
High school/youth sports
102 points, 35 assists: California high school basketball history made by record-breaking brothers
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games
Men’s college basketball scores/games