Sunday's Report: State hoops, spring sports, Russell Henley, Middle Georgia State, Georgia College, Mercer; UGA romp, Tech, combine; W&M college 🏀, NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, golf, college 🏈

March 2, 2025 Central Georgia Sports Report

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High School
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Girls
GIAA Championship, Class AA

No. 3 Central Fellowship 56, No. 5 Trinity Christian 49

GHSA
Semifinal
Class A/Division I

No. 1 Fannin County 72, No. 5 East Laurens 63

Boys
GHSA
Semifinals
Class A/Division I

No. 15 BEST 75, No. 14 East Laurens 58
No. 1 Southwest 65, No. 5 Toombs County 54

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Baker 6, Mary Persons 5; Clay 5, Mary Persons 1

Brandon 13, Gatewood 3

Cross Creek 17, Howard 15

The Huskies suffered from 10 errors, compared to 9 hits. Matthew Griffin and Eduardo Leiva each had 2 hits for Howard (2-7/2-5).

Houston County 12, Presbyterian Christian 4

Lamar County 10, Jackson 0

Peach County 6, Upson-Lee 0; Peach County 13, Marion County 1

Tattnall 7, Troup County 2; Prince Avenue 12, Tattnall 8

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B-Cristo Rey 4, John Milledge 3

G-John Milledge 10, Cristo Rey 0

G-Stratford 6, Tallulah Falls 0

B-Stratford 2, Tallulah Falls 1

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🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀

UNC Greensboro 76, Mercer 37

🏀🏀🏀Men’s basketball🏀🏀🏀

Life 85, Middle Georgia State 78, SSAC championship

Mercer 81, Western Carolina 69

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Georgia College 8, Augusta 7

Mercer 7, High Point 1; FAMU 5, Mercer 2

Point 18, Middle Georgia State 8

🏀🏀🏀Softball🏀🏀🏀

Mercer 3, FGCU 1

Pro

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Macon 3, Fayetteville 1

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Around/About Central Georgia

Henley in the hunt in Florida

The score was nice.

The golf was better.

Russell Henley racked up six birdies, including an impressive trifecta on the final three holes, to rise up the leaderboard and heads into the final round tied for third.

Henley confidence has grown

Henley plodded along amid a huge traffic jam among the top 20 or so, picking up a little here and there.

Then he aced the Bear Trap, the final three holes that have derailed many a player, Henley becoming the only player of the day to birdie all three after parring them in the first two rounds.

He nailed a 13-footer on 16, buried a 35-footer for birdie on par 3 17, and went from 37 yards to four feet for birdie on 18.

“I hit it amazing,” Henley said. “Hit it great off the tee, got the ball in the fairway a lot, which is key around here. Key any week on Tour, but definitely around here.

“Just hit a lot of really quality iron shots. It was pretty stress-free, and played the difficult holes pretty well, too.”

He’s sixth through three rounds in shots gained around the green and tied for third in shots gained total, but doesn’t rank too high in most other stats. Conversely, he’s in the top 30 in 10 of 13 categories listed by PGATour.com.

“A couple par saves early on 5 and 6 that were really big to keep the momentum going,” Henley said. “(I) just felt really comfortable with how I was hitting it.”

Sunday’s weather is expected to be somewhat disruptive, but things have been smooth for Henley.

“It's firming up,” he said. “It's getting a little bit baked out on the greens. Some of the spots in the fairways are getting a little firmer. Pretty typical of what you see here when you don't get rain.”

MBKB-Middle Georgia State comes up short in championship

BSB-Georgia College nips Augusta

SB-Good nightcap gets split for Georgia College

Around/About Georgia

MBKB-Georgia pulls off pounding of Texas

MBKB Ndongo's historic day lifts tech to rout over NC State

BSB-Georgia sweets Florida Gulf Coast

BSB-Jackets dismantle Western Michigan

Who's faster, Butler or Harris II? Depends who you ask

Starks opening eyes and ears at 2025 NFL Combine, tales of blanketing Brock Bowers

College Basketball/Women

USC’s JuJu Watkins hangs 30 points on UCLA at historic Pauley Pavilion