Central Georgia Sports ReportFebruary 09, 2025Comment

Sunday’s Report: GIAA wrestling, HS/colleges; Hawks, UGA/Tech/state hoops, UGA; Super Bowl HQ/Central Georgians, NFL, college 🏀, MLB, NASCAR, golf, college 🏈

Central Georgia Sports ReportFebruary 09, 2025Comment

📰S📰C📰O📰R📰E📰B📰O📰A📰R📰D
High Schools
🏀🏀🏀Girls basketball🏀🏀🏀

ACE Charter 57, Northeast 39
Sara Rhett Farmer 15 put up 15 to lead the Gryphons. Armiyah Smathers had 12 and Karlee Yates 11 for ACE, which held Northeast to 3 second-quarter points en route to a 32-14 halftime lead.

Johnson County 58, GMC Prep 27

Morgan County 64, Westside 40

Washington County 66, Dodge County 42
Lyric Green put up 23 for Dodge County (13-10/8-5)

Westover 57, Peach County 38

🏀🏀🏀Boys basketball🏀🏀🏀

Dublin 49, Treutlen 36

ELCA 63, Jones County 53

Griffin 63, Baldwin 47

Johnson County 50, GMC Prep 39

Mary Persons 65, Trinity Christian 61

Morgan County 59, Westside 41

Peach County 65, Westover 60

Washington County 55, Dodge County 42

🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀

Clark Atlanta 72, Fort Valley State 52

Georgia College 67, Flagler 65

Samford 65, Mercer 49

🏀🏀🏀Men’s basketball🏀🏀🏀

Flagler 79, Georgia College 76

Middle Georgia State 97, Dalton State 85, OT

Wofford 77, Mercer 66

⚾ ⚾ ⚾ Baseball ⚾ ⚾ ⚾

Marian 7, Middle Georgia State 2

🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎

Georgia College 6, Mars Hill 0; Georgia College 8, MGSU 0

Mars Hill 8, Middle Georgia State

Mercer 4, Florida A&M 0; Mercer 9, Austin Peay 7

Pro
🏒🏒🏒 SPHL 🏒🏒🏒

Macon 5, Pensacola 3

🏀🏀🏀NBA🏀🏀🏀

Atlanta 125, Washington 111

📰C📰O📰V📰E📰R📰A📰G📰E📰

Around/About Central Georgia

Piedmont tops area in GIAA state wrestling

Piedmont had the best finish among Central Georgia teams at the GIAA state wrestling meet.

Piedmont finished fourth in the 16-team field with 161.5 points, ahead of Mount de Sales (150) and Stratford (105.5). Gatewood finished 10th (74), Westfield 12th (60.5), FPD 14th (48) and Windsor 16th (36).

Central Georgia had five state champs: Desmond Brown of Mount de Sales at 113, Colt Leddon of Piedmont at 150, Daniel Joseph of Piedmont at 157, Jamus Wingate of Piedmont at 165, David Garnett of Stratford at 175,

Runners-up: Karson Underwood of Westfield at 106, Blake Jones of Mount de Sales at 120, Daniel Sapp of Westfield at 126, and Jacob Rodgers of FPD at 216.

Kirra Mitchell, Anberlin Hardy, and Mary Clare Clark of Mount de Sales won state girls championships.

Tripp scores 19, Wofford downs Mercer

Warren becomes GCSU women’s career rebounder

Georgia College takes 2 at home

Around/About Georgia

Young scores 35 points and has 14 assists in Atlanta’s 125-111 victory over Washington

Hubbard’s 16 points help No. 22 Mississippi State hold off Georgia to end 2-game skid

McKneeley scores 20, Ames adds 18 to help Virginia beat Georgia Tech

Everything to know ahead of Braves' camp

UGA football named as smartest NIL spender

Douglas scores 15 as Georgia Southern beats Western Michigan

Brown’s 16 help Georgia State take down Buffalo

North Alabama defeats West Georgia

Porter scores 22, Middle Tennessee knocks off Kennesaw State

Central Georgians in the Super Bowl
Kansas City: Steven Nelson, Northside
          The 2011 Northside grad surprisingly retired from Houston in June, though he said he would stay in shape in case the right opportunity presented itself. He was still a starting-caliber back, and frisky, taking social media shots at head coach Demico Ryans and GM Nick Caserio along the way.
          He was signed to the KC practice squad in December, but hasn’t played since the second round of the 2023 playoffs, a 34-10 loss to Baltimore when he was with Houston. He played in 17 games in 2023.
          Nelson started his NFL career in 2015 with Kansas City, spent two years at Pittsburgh and one at Philadelphia before moving to Houston in 2022.
          He has played in 130 games, and has 78 passes defended and 13 interceptions.
          Nelson graduated from Northside after transferring from Houston County. He spent two years at the College of the Sequoias for two years and then went to Oregon State after committing to Georgia.
          He played in the Senior Bowl and attendd the combine before being picked in the third rond in 2015.
Kansas City: Malik Herring, Mary Persons
          Herring has played in only six games this season, his fourth in the NFL after entering as an undrafted free agent from Georgia.
          He had two solos and two assists in the 38-0 loss to Denver to end the regular season, his first action since the ninth game, a 30-24 win over Tampa Bay.
          The 24-year-old who has remained active in his hometown of Forsyth didn’t play in his first season, 2021, and has been in 23 games in three seasons, with 23 tackles and 1.5 sacks.