Wednesday’s Report: HS/college scores, FVSU, Georgia College, Middle Georgia State; Cousins injury, trade Trae?, Tech/Fortner, UGA; Super Bowl, W&M college 🏀, college 🏈, MLB, NBA, MLB, NHL
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High Schools
🏀🏀🏀Girls basketball🏀🏀🏀
Baldwin 59, Howard 28
Zuri Grant dropped 5 3-pointers en route to 17 points to lead Baldwin, Kassidy Neal adding 13 points and 8 rebounds, Janaye Walker grabbing 20 rebounds to go with 7 assists and 5 steals.
Bleckley County 57, Southwest 17
Central Fellowship 48, Gatewood 37
Central Talbotton 41, Crawford County 33
Central 35, ACE Charter 33, 2 OT
The Chargers won their third straight regular-season region title, in thrilling fashion. Central’s Jazlyn Johnson made one at the line with 3:10 left in the second overtime for a 30-29 lead, then the Gryphons missed two at the line at the 2:43 mark and 2:15 mark. JiKaylee Marshall drained a 3 from the left corner with 2:05 remaining for a 4-point lead, ACE cutting it back to 2 with a pair of free throws from Karlee Yates with 1:11 left. Johnson hit two of 3 at the line with 39.2 seconds left, and ACE’s Khloie Stanley answered with a layup 8 seconds later. A foul instead of a turnover was called with 22 seconds left, the Chargers missing both. The Gryphons needed a timeout with 1.3 seconds left after not getting a shot off, and a 25-footer off the inbounds missed right. Johnson led the Chargers with 16 points and 4 blocks as Central won its third straight regular-season region title. Frances Anyakudo had 13 rebounds for Central on Senior Night. Stanley led ACE with 13
East Laurens 79, Dodge County 59
Lyric Green powered for 27 points and Paige Ingram 17 for the 11-10/6-4 Indians.
FPD 49, Tattnall 35
Fullington 54, Twiggs 32
Hawkinsville 39, Wheeler County 33
Jasper County 56, McNair 38
John Hancock 48, Covenant 41
Jones County 66, Union Grove 47
Monroe 55, Peach County 28
Piedmont 77, John Milledge 48
Putnam County 51, Social Circle 40
Stratford 60, Mount de Sales 25
Da'Laila Lowe topped the Eaglettes on Senior Night with 13, Camiyah Hudson and Kaliya Walker adding 10 each.
Westfield 45, Strong Rock 19
Westside 40, Jackson 27
🏀🏀🏀Boys basketball🏀🏀🏀
Baldwin 47, Howard 31
Crawford County 73, Central Talbotton 62
Dodge County 70, East Laurens 64
The Indians knocked off the No. 8 Falcons behind 17 from Jerimiah Burns and 13 from Kyler Johnson, improving to 12-9 and 7-3.
Dublin 57, Washington County 49
Jusden Culpepper turned in a double-double for WACO with 11 points and 14 rebounds, Kaden Collins adding 11 points and Tay Poole 6 rebounds.
Fullington 55, Twiggs 29
Gatewood 80, Central Fellowship 70
GMC Prep 54, Glascock County 46
Jasper County 45, McNair 45
Dee Pennamon and JaMarkus Thomas each had 15 on Senior Night, the Purple Hurricanes finishing the regular season 12-12 and 6-3.
Lee County 65, Northside 29
Piedmont 60, John Milledge 58
Putnam County 77, Social Circle 55
The War Eagles end the regular season 23-1/8-1 and are the second seed in the region tournament. Jmari Greene had 20, Shamar McClendon 15 and Jeremy Banks 13 for Putnam County.
Southwest 62, Bleckley County 36
Brandon Ashley went for 21 points to lead the Patriots, Chase Dupree adding 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists. Caron Howard put in 10 points, 4 assists, and 3 steals.
Stratford 65, Mount de Sales 54
Mount de Sales overcame a double-digit deficit to tie it, but Stratford got consecutive 3-pointers early in the fourth quarter from Bobby Wooten to ease ahead and pull away. Frankie Raines put up 26 points to lead Stratford (19-5/8-1), which got 12 each from Tyler Stephens and Bobby Wooten, half of their points coming on 3s. Zavion DeShazier and Jackson Rowley led Mount de Sales (13-9/4-5) with 11 each, five Cavs getting between seven and 11 points.
Tattnall 70, FPD 35
Upson-Lee 70, Mary Persons 62
Veterans 66, Tift County 57
The Warhawks avenged a 22-point loss, led by Aiden Sweenor’s 33 points, perfect on 14 free throws. Trey Byrd and TJ Abner teamed for 22 points.
Washington County 35, Dublin 30
Westside 52, Jackson 40
The Seminoles eventually got rolling en route to improving to 15-7 and 8-1. Joshua Harden led the way with 15 points, with 11 each from Christian Little and Jatavion Zellner.
Wheeler County 52, Hawkinsville 50
Windsor 62, Trinity Christian 55
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
Fort Valley State 59, Middle Georgia State 54
🏀🏀🏀Men’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
Fort Valley State 66,Tuskegee 65
⚾ ⚾ ⚾ Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾
Southern Wesleyan 9, Georgia College 6
Talladega 9, Middle Georgia State 8
⛳ ⛳ ⛳ Golf ⛳ ⛳ ⛳
W-FAU Paradise Invitational, Mercer
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Around/About Central Georgia
Charges filed against killer of former FVSU basketball coach
Identified last week as a person of interest, Iquane Brown has now been charged with the murder of former Fort Valley State men’s basketball coach Sammy Jackson.
Jackson, 60, was found dead on Jan. 29, two days after he was reported missing in Warner Robins, where he was a part-time Uber driver. His car was located in Bonaire, but he was found in Atlanta, the victim of an apparent gunshot wound.
Brown is charged with murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery, hijacking of a motor vehicle, kidnapping, use of a firearm during the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
The 30-year-old is being held at the Houston County jail on other charges: armed robbery, theft by receiving stolen property, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and multiple firearm-related offenses.
No bond has been set.
Jackson was the Wildcats’ head coach from 2011-18, resigning for family issues.
Jackson had also coached at Alabama A&M, Alabama, Savannah State, Georgia Southern, and Tennessee State. He was a standout high school player near Dothan, Ala., and played at the University of Montevallo in the 1980s.
The father of three was an employee of the Bibb County School District, according to some social media posts, as a teacher and coach at Howard Middle School.
Jackson’s family will host a visitation on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Harvest Church in Byron. Another visitation will be Friday at the Wright Funeral Home in Headland, Ala., from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The funeral service is Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Steve Williams Arena in Headland, just north of Dothan.
The funeral service will be held Saturday, February, 8 at Steve Williams Arena in Headland at 12:30 p.m.
WBKB-Fort Valley State holds off Middle Georgia State
MBKB-Senhore’s freebie lifts FVSU in final seconds
GLF- Goddard, Hutcheson lead Bobcats at Lander tournament
Signing
West Laurens’ Audrey Lord has signed with Truett-McConnell to play women’s soccer. Teammate Elle Walker signed last month with the same program.
Around/About Georgia
Aha: Cousins says he dealt with shoulder, elbow injuries before Falcons benched him
MBKB-Georgia Tech stuns Clemson in 3 OTs
Cunningham: Luka Doncic era ends for Mavs. Trae Young era should continue for Hawks.
Fortner lands 3-year extension after leading No. 17 Georgia Tech to program-best 18-4 start
Will 2024 5-star Robinson break through with expanded role for Georgia?
How do Georgia's NCAA Tournament hopes look halfway through SEC play?
The growth of UGA athlete Demello Jones
NFL: Kansas City vs. Philadelphia
Super Bowl might hinge on middle men as Chiefs, Eagles prep for opponent’s fierce interior pass rush
Hunt says this isn't first time Reid gave him a second chance
Reid on his coaching future with the Chiefs: ‘I’ll be back’
Eagles are all business as they prepare for the Chiefs: 'I'm not trying to have fun'
Chiefs have become the NFL's villains, and they're good with it
Eagles OC Moore’s future a hot topic at the Super Bowl
Chiefs’ Butker enters his 5th Super Bowl confident in his kicking and his beliefs
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Goodell says perception that officials favor the Chiefs is a ‘ridiculous theory’
Disastrous Watson trade is now going to cost Browns their best player
Cote: Dolphins trade for Browns defensive star Myles Garrett would be boldness Miami needs
Former Packers K Crosby announces retirement from NFL
Bills safety Hyde announces his retirement after 11 NFL seasons
College Basketball/Women
NC State’s Aziaha James is a gifted scorer. She keeps saving her best for visits from Duke, too
College Basketball/Men
Broome and Baker-Mazara score 15 apiece and No. 1 Auburn runs away from Oklahoma
Cryer scores 18 points to lead No. 5 Houston to 72-63 win over Oklahoma State
Murrell scores 24, No. 25 Mississippi uses early surge to beat No. 14 Kentucky
Florida State pulls away late, beats Notre Dame 67-60 to snap four-game losing streak
Undermanned Florida slips by Vanderbilt
Indiana’s Mike Woodson says ‘we’re just not a tough team right now’ after 4th straight loss
NBA
Why the Lakers should trade LeBron James — right now
Grading the 3-team trade: How did Spurs do in getting Wemby some help?
US national anthem booed before NBA, NHL games in Canada despite tariff pause
Embiid has triple-double in 1st game in a month as Sixers slip past Mavs
Tatum scores 22, Celtics hold off Cavaliers 112-105 in matchup of Eastern Conference’s best
Cuban says he had nothing to do with Mavs' decision to trade Luka
College Football
Smith shares heartbroken reaction to Kelly leaving Ohio State
Big 12 will kick off 30th football season in Ireland, and has only 2 weeks when all 16 teams play
Baseball/MLB
Former infielder Rich Dauer, who won titles with Orioles as player and Astros as coach, dies at 72
Auto Racing
NASCAR champion Joey Logano tunes out critics and insists playoff format is ‘very entertaining’
Golf
Woods says his mother has died. He called Kultida Woods a ‘force of nature’
Hockey
US national anthem booed before NBA, NHL games in Canada despite tariff pause
Ovechkin scores 878th career goal into empty net with 0.1 seconds left as Capitals beat Panthers
Hagel scores go-ahead goal early in 3rd and Lightning snap Senators’ 5-game win streak
Meier scores in the 7th round of a shootout to lift New Jersey past Pittsburgh
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games
Men’s college basketball scores/games