Saturday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; HS FB; UGA-South Carolina, Tech-Duke, Ga. Southern-Ga. State, Falcons, and more
Saturday’s Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Saturday’s high school football scores and details are in Coverage
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Scoreboard
High School
Basketball
B-Dougherty 76, Westside 71, OT
The Seminoles let an 18-point lead slip away. Kowacie Reeves Jr., had 27 points, Shannon Fountain 18 points and eight rebounds to go with seven steals, and Daveon Henderson 12 points.
G-Dublin 57, Wilkinson County 26
B-Dublin 71, Wilkinson County 61
B-Heritage 79, Warner Robins 69, OT
Heritage outscored the Demons 10-0 in overtime. Greg Jones had almost half of Warner Robins’ points, with 29, to go with nine rebounds. Camryn Perkins added 10 points and five assists,
B-Houston County 67, Central 40
Dallas Jackson’s 19 points and Christian Lawhorn’s 10 boards led the Bears, while Christian Hill had 14 points and Christian Gray 11 for Central.
B-Jones County 68, Howard 36
Jalen Sanford led Jones County with 19 points while Otis Anderson added 16. Sanford had six rebounds and Anderson three steals.
G-Oglethorpe County 51, Jasper County/Monticello 24
B-Oglethorpe County 71, Jasper County/Monticello 66
G-Peach County 64, Westside 63
Atiana Gilcrist dropped 22 points for Peach County in the Trojans’ opener. NyKiriya Newsome added 14. Peach County hosts Mary Persons on Tuesday.
P-Peach County 63, Macon County 61
B-Westover 61, Northside 57
Tre Grane had a double-double for the Eagles with 24 points and 11 rebounds, Arius Porter chipping in 10 points. Jordan Brown was two points and two boards from a double-double.
Alumni Update
Peach County alum McGehee earns NFL suspension
Peach State College Football
Run game shows up big for Georgia in rout of South Carolina
Georgia defensive line was salty
Georgia Tech dominates Duke in all phases
Georgia State storms back to stun Georgia Southern
Panthers mount big fourth-quarter comeback
The non-rivalry picks up some steam
Georgia hoops finally gets opener
Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer women thump Tennessee State
Around/About Georgia
Joe Hamilton misses the COFH game with Georgia
Raiders-Falcons: What to watch
Mullens vs. Jones a nice matchup
Sports and COVID-19
Ohio State’s COVID concerns put a hurt on title hopes
Column: Denver’s QB situation a sign the NFL is missing the points
Wake Forest putting football on hold
49ers now have travel issues for home games
College football
Vandy’s Fuller the first female in a power 5 football game
Get to know Fuller a little bit
Bama staff can sleep: “marvelous job” says Saban
A&M the latest to embarrass LSU
Michigan State stuns Northwestern to disrupt race
No. 16 Coastal romps to Sun Belt East title
Minus head coach, Louisiana-Lafayette hammers ULM
Kiffin tops Leach in first Egg Bowl meeting
At last, a W for Penn State, and another L for Harbaugh
Pitts return is the pits for Kentucky against Florida
NFL
At last, Detroit fires Patricia and GM
Broncos have no QBs, but will still play
Column: Should NFL hit a pause button
Around the nation/world
Youtuber Paul pops Robinson in “match”
Men’s college basketball scoreboard
Women’s college basketball scoreboard