The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Tuesday's Report: Mercer, Middle Georgia, Central Georgia Tech; Falcons, UGA departures, Hawks; FCS championship, CFPlayoffs, NFL Black Monday, NBA, college hoops, MLB, golf, soccer

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High Schools
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Baldwin 67, Hephzibah 13

          Kassidy Neal had 9 steals to go with 18 points, while Janaye Walker put up 14 points, 15 rebounds, 5 steals and 4 blocks. Suri Clark was good for 10 points and 7 boards.

Johnson County 44, Wilkinson County 36

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Baldwin 55, Hephzibah 45

Wrestling

Stratford 51, Northside 30; Stratford 51, Mary Persons 33; Stratford 36, Southwest 30

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Around/About Central Georgia

Mercerā€™s Thomas declares for draft

Honor Roll

SSAC MBKB: Middle Georgia Stateā€™s Smith

GCAA MBKB: Central Georgia Techā€™s Watkins

Around/About Georgia

QB Penix gives Falcons reason for hope as defense faces possible offseason changes after 8-9 finish

Falcons already beginning to 'evaluate everything'

Draft bound: Malaki Starks

Draft bound: Arian Smith

Draft bound: Jalon Walker

Draft bound: Smael Mondon

Portal bound: Damon Wilson

Georgia welcomes No. 6 Kentucky

Hawks can count on Garrison Mathews to always be ready

College Football

NDSU topples Montana St., wins 10th FCS crown

Bryce Lance shines on biggest stage, the same one on which his older brother did

FCS National Championship Winners

College Football/Playoffs

Tough, old school defense a calling card for all four teams left in the national championship hunt

Column-Ohio State, you're the CFP favorite now. Deal with it

Penn State wide receivers have chance to break through late in College Football Playoff

We are in for the best week of football we've ever had

Ohio State QB Howard gets one more chance against old nemesis Texas, this time in CFP semifinal

Ewers has no regrets about his brief stay with Ohio State football team

College Football/Coaching carousel and moves

Clemson DC Goodwin out after Tigers uncharacteristically struggle against run

College Football/SEC/ACC/South

Why Steve Spurrier will honor Phillip Fulmer, his former rival in Tennessee-Florida clash

South Alabama elevating Paul Petrino to OC

Jax Stateā€™s leading receiver set to reunite with Rodriguez at West Virginia

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Mayfieldā€™s whatever-it-takes mentality has the Buccaneers chasing bigger goals

Lions celebrate regular-season milestones, rest up for the NFC playoffs

Watson has medical setback, clouds future with team

Lowered expectations in April give way to Super Bowl aspirations for Bills entering playoffs

Hillā€™s frustration becomes a main issue for Dolphins heading into offseason

Saints expect changes, but Rizzi would like to stay and has some key playersā€™ support

Vikings need a hard reset on their passing game for the playoffs after a humbling loss to Lions

Eagles' run at the Super Bowl depends on if QB Hurts has recovered

Chargers signing former Dallas RB Elliott

Quinn says he is ā€˜not concernedā€™ about Danielsā€™ leg soreness

Cowboys stars want McCarthy back as coach

Pierce remains the Las Vegas coach ā€” for now

NFL/Black Monday

Mayo, Pederson are out of a job while Giants elect to keep Daboll

Patriots Kraft says he put Mayo in ā€˜untenable situation,ā€™ vows to correct course

Steichen eager to move forward with Colts. DC Bradley wonā€™t be back

Seeking more balance on offense, Seahawks fire OC Grubb

Bengals fire DC, 3 other assistants after missing playoffs

Ryan confident he will get Jets job, vows to reign in Aaron Rodgers 'country club'

College Basketball/Women

Big Ten, SEC each have 4 top 10 teams in AP womenā€™s poll as UCLA, South Carolina still lead way

College Basketball/Men

Tennessee, nationā€™s lone unbeaten, strengthens grip on No. 1; WVU, Michigan, Utah St enter AP Top 25

Dukeā€™s Scheyer says watching SMU game from afar due to illness was ā€˜bizarre, bizarre experienceā€™

NBA

Irving out due to bulging disc in his back, no timeline for return

Bullsā€™ Donovan isnā€™t concerned about the teamā€™s first-round draft pick

Cunningham leads Pistonsā€™ rally for win over Blazers and rare .500 record

Baseball/MLB

Dodgers trade Lux to Reds after signing South Korean infielder Hyeseong Kim

Royals agree with RHP Lorenzen on $7 million, 1-year contract, AP source says

Sheel Seidler, wife of late Padres owner, sues in-laws for control of the team

MLB Players Association affiliate withdraws image lawsuit against Piratesā€™ parent company

Auto Racing

Castroneves to attempt to qualify for Daytona 500, would be NASCAR debut for 4-time Indy 500 winner

Golf

Scheffler withdraws from next tournament. Pebble Beach still on his schedule

Matsuyama goes lower than anyone in PGA Tour history

Soccer

American forward Brandon Vazquez transfers to MLS's Austin from Mexican club Monterrey

Scoreboards

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College football scores/games

NBA scores/games

Womenā€™s college basketball scores/games

Menā€™s college basketball scores/games