Thursday's Report: HS/college scores, Snitker/Mercer, Honors: Mercer/MGSU, Signing-Mary Persons; Sale's Cy Young/Fried, NC State/Georgia Tech, UGA, Hawks College 🏈, NFL, College 🏀 W/M, NBA, boxing

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High Schools
🏈🏈🏈Flag football🏈🏈🏈
Calvary Day 12, Washington County 7
Central 23, Jackson 0
Mary Persons 26, Houston County 13
Northeast 32, Southwest 12
Pike County 12, Mary Persons 6
Southeast Bulloch 14, Washington County 6
Sumter County 26, Macon County 0
Veterans 13, Northside 6
Warner Robins 6, Veterans 0; Warner Robins 7, Northside 0
Westside 21, Howard 0
🏀🏀🏀Girls basketball🏀🏀🏀
Central 45, Jackson 43
Lawrence Anderson and Jazlyn Johnson teamed for 25 points and 7 steals to lead Central, Kacie Reeves adding 5 assists.
🏀🏀🏀Boys basketball🏀🏀🏀
Central 63, Jackson 45
Isaiah Ford-Patterson dropped 20 points for the Chargers, Jarvis Williams getting 18 on 9 3-pointers. TaKoby Howard chipped in 10 points.
🤼🤼🤼Wrestling🤼🤼🤼
Northeast 47, Stratford 33
🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
Mississippi State 81, Mercer 44
Shorter 64, Georgia College 50
🏀🏀🏀Men’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
Shorter 78, Georgia College 75
Pro
🏀🏀🏀NBA🏀🏀🏀
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Around/About Central Georgia
Atlanta’s Snitker to speak at Mercer’s First Pitch Classic
Mayhem to show “Salute to Service” jerseys, to be auctioned
Honor Roll
WSOC CSC Academic All-District: Mercer’s Bachman, Dykes, Engles
MSOC CSC Academic All-District: Mercer’s Agard, Wanzer
SOC CSC Academic All-District: Middle Georgia State
Signings
Mary Persons held a ceremony Tuesday for the signing of Brady Christman with Georgia Southern for baseball.
Around/About Georgia
Sixth time a charm: Sale finally wins Cy Young
Sale a happy Brave (video interview)
Fried declines qualifying offer as expected
NC State is aiming to end Georgia Tech’s unbeaten run at its home stadium and gain bowl eligibility
Georgia Tech opponent Q&A: N.C. State
Looking back at NC State's history against Georgia Tech
N.C. State’s Central Georgian: 27 LB Jayland Parker, Westside, Jr.
Bradley: The Falcons' season has de-escalated quickly
Heavy underdog UMass playing third game this season vs SEC team in Georgia football. Why?
Ratledge's frustrating year getting back on track
Why Georgia missing out on the SEC championship game may be best for playoff run
Wiggins scores 27 points, Stephen Curry adds 23 as Warriors beat Hawks
College Football/SEC/ACC/South
Chase for spots in SEC championship game still up for grabs with two games left in regular season
Kiffin sounds off on Georgia-Tennessee game, SEC football: ‘it ain’t rocket science’
Swinney says the impending roster cap is 'the worst thing in my whole coaching career'
No. 13 SMU is closing in on spot in ACC title game as Miami and Clemson remain in the race
College Football
Sen. Tommy Tuberville takes shot at Indiana: 'They went out and bought them a football team'
Central Michigan coach Jim McElwain to retire at the end of this season
QB Bryson Daily’s grit and leadership has No. 18 Army marching off to a 9-0 start
Picks: Never mind Hoosiers, Ohio State has lots riding on showdown at the Horseshoe
'Refreshed and recharged.' Cignetti says IU football at full strength vs. Ohio State
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Browns’ Chubb facing Steelers for first time since suffering career-threatening knee injury in 2023
First-place Steelers visit rival Browns on Thursday night with teams at opposite ends of AFC North
Picks: The ‘Harbowl’ is the only matchup in Week 12 featuring two teams with winning records
winners and losers, Week 11: Maybe the Ravens are just undisciplined
DeVito begins prepping to start as Giants QB on Sunday against the Bucs
Jaguars’ Pederson says firing assistants during the season is ‘a dangerous thing’
Browns’ season sinks deeper wilth questions about the team’s effort and a possible shakeup
Seahawks have new life after Geno Smith’s possibly season-saving TD run
Browns' Stefanski not worried about job security despite struggles, 2-8 start
'Don't ask me': Bengals searching for answers after another frustrating one-score loss
College Basketball/Women
No problem: UConn rolls, Auriemma sets college wins record
UConn honors Auriemma as he tries to become NCAA all-time wins leader
Paopao, Watkins lead No. 1 South Carolina to record 43rd straight win, over Clemson
College Basketball/Men
University of Mobile men’s basketball player collapses and dies on campus
Jones pays tribute to his high school coach with 3rd triple-double in Marquette history
College Sports
Firing of Hawaii AD stuns fans, boosters, department
NBA
Maxey reportedly called out Joel Embiid during Sixers' lengthy postgame team meeting
Rivers gets emotional when talking about childhood hero Bob Love
Antetokounmpo scores 41 points as Bucks beat Bulls 122-106 for 4th win in 5 games
Baseball/MLB
Skubal wins AL Cy Young on his 28th birthday
Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal win Cy Young Awards after both were pitching triple crown winners
Golf
LPGA Tour sets another record with $127.5M in prize money for 2025
Soccer
Boxing/MMA/UFC/WWE
'Baddest streaming on the planet': Florida man sues Netflix over Paul-Tyson fight
Scoreboards