Friday's Report: HS scores Russell Henley, Snitker visits, Honor Roll: Mercer, Middle Georgia State; Dream, United, Hawks, UGA, state 🏀; NFL: playoffs/moves, colleges, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, ⛳ 🎾 ⚽

Friday's Report: HS scores Russell Henley, Snitker visits, Honor Roll: Mercer, Middle Georgia State; Dream, United, Hawks, UGA, state 🏀;  NFL: playoffs/moves, colleges, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, ⛳ 🎾  ⚽

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High Schools

🏀🏀🏀Girls basketball🏀🏀🏀

Callaway 35, Westside 33

John Hancock 51, Twiggs 38

Tattnall 65, Twiggs County 17

Windsor 49, Central Georgia Arts 40

🏀🏀🏀Boys basketball🏀🏀🏀

Tattnall 57, Twiggs County 55

Taylor County 69, Central Talbotton 56

Twiggs 46, John Hancock 45

Westside 46, Callaway 38

          Christian Little put up 15 points and Joshua Harden 12 for the Seminoles.

Windsor 73, Central Georgia Arts 42

🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫

🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀

UNC Greensboro 70, Mercer 37

UT Southern 91, Middle Georgia State 64

🏀🏀🏀Men’s basketball🏀🏀🏀

Middle Georgia State 85, UT Southern 77

Softball

Middle Georgia State 5, Ave Maria 1; MGSU 8, Ave Maria 5

 

Pro

🏀🏀🏀NBA🏀🏀🏀

Cleveland 137, Atlanta 115

 

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Around/About Central Georgia

 

Honor Roll

Bobcats begin season ranked No. 13 in nation by ABCA

Glanton, Weurth named to NCBWA all-region team

Mercer’s Adcock named yo CSC academic All-America team

Hedgecock, Taylor named to preseason All-SoCon squad

 

Around/About Georgia

Sugiura: Signing Brittney Griner is exciting, but can the Dream make it work?

Almiron returns to Atlanta United after transfer from Newcastle

Former Bulldogs ready to shine at Senior Bowl

Where will the transfers fit on the Georgia depth chart?

UGA’s Greene reflects on a subpar season

New All-Stars Garland and Mobley help NBA-leading Cavaliers beat Hawks

Troy takes down Georgia Southern

Edwards scores 27 to help Georgia State secure 85-81 victory over Marshall

Metheny scores 17 to lead Liberty to 76-68 victory over Kennesaw State

D.C. air crash

14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston club

Bryant, Clemente among sports figures who died in aircraft crashes

Golf

McIlroy and Lowry come up aces, Scheffler back with a 67 and Henley takes Pebble Beach lead

A Lim Kim opens 4-shot lead in 1st round of LPGA season opener

NFL: Kansas City vs. Philadelphia

Eagles are the new America’s Team going into the Super Bowl against the Chiefs

NFL confident in Super Bowl security plan in wake of New Orleans terror attack

Bettors are split on Eagles and Chiefs at the Super Bowl

Injured Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham could make return for Super Bowl

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Temple University student dies after falling from light pole during Eagles celebration

Ravens' Justin Tucker accused of sexual misconduct by 6 massage therapists

NFL says it will look into allegations by massage therapists about Tucker’s behavior

Bills’ McDermott upbeat about future despite falling short yet again of Super Bowl berth

NFL players suffered fewest concussions in a season in 2024 since league began tracking 9 years ago

Leonard: Daniels wasn't just an impressive rookie, he's one of the best QBs in the NFL

Brady takes key role in Raiders’ hirings of coach Carroll, GM Spytek

NFL/Carousel

Carroll retains DC Graham

Bears coordinators start work under coach Johnson trying to revitalize a 5-12 team

Lions announce Morton, Sheppard as new coordinators

College Basketball/Women

Clark’s foundation awards grants to 4 Iowa charities days before Hawkeyes retire her No. 22

Williams scores 37 points to help No. 7 LSU outlast No. 13 Oklahoma

LSU’s Sa’Myah Smith and Oklahoma’s Liz Scott ejected after altercation

Hidalgo leads No. 3 Notre Dame to victory over Virginia Tech

Blakes scores NCAA freshman record 53, No. 23 Vanderbilt beat Florida 

No. 17 N.C. State pull away in 3rd quarter, beat Wake Forest for 6th straight win

Latson and Timpson score 21 apiece, No. 25 Florida State beats Boston College

College Basketball/Men

Florida’s Golden ‘happy to put it behind us’ after school clears him in Title IX case

Strength-sapping defense fuels No. 6 Houston’s 13-game winning streak

Freeman scores 29 as James Madison deals Coastal Carolina 8th loss in row

NBA

Wembanyama is an All-Star, 1 of 6 1st-time selections

All-Star snubs: Trae Young, Domantas Sabonis, LaMelo Ball miss the cut for 2025

LeBron helps Lakers build big lead, then Bronny plays whole 4th quarter of rout of Wizards

College Football

Five former FCS standouts that will be household names in the Power Four

College Football Playoff predictions: Which teams return in 2025, from Ohio State to Clemson?

Memphis TE Landphere declares for NFL Draft after Juco eligibility saga

College Football/SEC/ACC/South

Adams- Heupel, Tennessee can only hope they guessed right in transfer portal

UCF most likely won’t host spring football game, may open practices and scrimmages to fans

FAMU’s Colzie III reflects one year after hire: 'One of the best jobs

College Football/Coaching carousel and moves

Notre Dame hires former Rutgers coach Ash as DC

Former Ball State coach Neu joins Illinois’ staff as senior offensive assistant

College Sports

ESPN exercises option extending media base-rights agreement with the ACC through 2035-36

WNBA

Nashville bids for WNBA franchise with Candace Parker and Peyton Manning among investors

Baseball/MLB

Dodgers finalize $13 million, 1-year contract with reliever Kirby Yates

Scherzer agrees to a $15.5 million, 1-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, AP source says

Hockey

Ovechkin moves within 19 goals of breaking Gretzky’s NHL record, scoring in Capitals’ OT loss

Olympic sports

Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95

Soccer

Man United and Tottenham reach Europa League round of 16. Mourinho’s Fenerbahce into playoffs

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