Friday's Report: HS/college scores, Mercer, Signing-East Laurens; Georgia Tech thriller, Sale's past/future, UMass/UGA; College 🏈, NFL, College 🏀 W (Auriemma follow)/M, NBA, MLB awards, hockey
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High Schools
🏈🏈🏈Flag football🏈🏈🏈
Dodge County 19, Sumter County 0
Fitzgerald 13, Hawkinsville 7
King’s Ridge 56, Hancock Central 6
Mount de Sales 26, William & Reed 0; Mount de Sales 27, St. Mary’s 7
Mount Vernon 43, Hancock Central 0
Peach County 20, Houston County 0; Peach County 19, Warner Robins 0
Warner Robins 14, Houston County 0
Washington County 20, Claxton 0
Westside 27, Mary Persons 0; Westside 42, Jackson 0
The Seminoles racked up third straight area championship, finishing the regular season 13-0.
🏀🏀🏀Boys basketball🏀🏀🏀
Mount de Sales 52, Strong Rock 38
Putnam County 65, Morgan County 45
Jeremuy Banks put up 22 points with 6 3-pointers to lead Putnam County, Jmari Greene adding 10.
Warner Robins 76, West Laurens 67
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
🏀🏀🏀Men’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
South Carolina 84, Mercer 72
Volleyball
FVSU 3, Lane 1, SIAC Tournament
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Around/About Central Georgia
Jamarii Thomas, Zachary Davis lead South Carolina over Mercer
Signing
East Laurens’ Rashund Washington Jr. has signed to play men’s basketball at Illinois-Chicago.
Around/About Georgia
Philo delivers go-ahead TD run with 22 seconds remaining to lift Georgia Tech past N.C. State
Jackets finish home season perfect after gritty win
Sale admits retirement was likely after 2024 season if he stayed with Red Sox
Did Chris Sale pitch himself into the Hall of Fame in 2024?
Skubal, Sale take drastically different journeys to their first Cy Young Awards
UMass interim coach handed a difficult challenge against No. 8 Georgia’s defense
College Football/SEC/ACC/South
SEC is freaking out about Indiana in CFP. Here's why IU shouldn't be worried about SEC
Ex-student pleads guilty to fatally shooting 3 University of Virginia football players in 2022
What Swinney did for The Citadel coach's son that he's still talking about over a decade later
Florida State is losing recruits at nearly the same pace that it’s losing games in 2024
No. 10 Tennessee wraps up home slate in almost a no-win situation hosting struggling UTEP
The drive by No. 3 Texas to top of SEC fueled by defense with Kentucky up next in title chase
No. 9 Ole Miss ‘peaking at the right time’ but can’t afford a letdown at Florida
No. 15 Texas A&M trying to keep focus on Auburn, not potentially huge finale against Texas
For No. 11 Miami, this weekend’s game with Wake Forest may feel like a playoff contest
No. 17 Clemson looks to stay perfect against FCS teams and keep its momentum against The Citadel
College Football
Day calls for fans to make Horseshoe loud for Indiana
No. 2 Ohio State loses center Seth McLaughlin to Achilles tendon injury
Colorado’s 2-way star Travis Hunter eyes Big 12 title and more before ‘for sure’ entering NFL draft
No. 6 Notre Dame, No. 18 Army back at Yankee Stadium with memories of the past and a big game ahead
College Football/Weeknights
Field goal on final play gives Southeastern Louisiana 19-16 win over Nicholls
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Chubb plows through heavy snow for 2-yard TD, giving Browns win over Steelers
Eli Manning, Antonio Gates and Jared Allen headline the 25 semifinalists for football Hall of Fame
Purdy’s status for the 49ers in doubt this week because of sore shoulder
Reeling Cowboys visit Dan Quinn’s overachieving Commanders in a franchise role reversal
Jones disagrees with the Giants’ decision to bench him and says he wants to play
Smith keeps showing Seahawks his best in fourth quarter: 'That's who he is'
College Basketball/Women
Lobo: Auriemma recruited strong women, forged strong women, changed the lives of his 160 players
McDermott scores 37 and Northern Iowa beats No. 8 Iowa State
Fournier scores 25 points to lead No. 14 Duke to win over Belmont
Kyei’s double-double, late three-point play by Mevius lift No. 23 Oregon women over Auburn
Van Lith scores 19 points and No. 19 TCU rout Incarnate Word
James, Quigley and Hayes combine for 59 points as No. 20 NC State women beat Coastal Carolina
College Basketball/Men
No points from Sears, no sweat for No. 8 Alabama in win over No. 25 Illinois
Roach’s buzzer-beating 3 gives No. 13 Baylor win over No. 22 St. John’s in 2OT
No. 16 Indiana remains unbeaten with win over UNC Greensboro
Pedulla, Murrell score 19, Ol’ Miss pulls away in the second half to defeat Oral Roberts
Hoggard scores 18 points and Vanderbilt hangs on to beat Nevada in Charleston Classic
NBA
ESPN will present NBA alternate broadcast with Disney characters during Knicks-Spurs game on Dec. 25
Biden welcomes 2024 NBA champion Boston Celtics to White House
Spurs rally to top Jazz for 2nd straight victory without injured Wembanyama
Miller scores 38 and Ball adds 35 to lead Hornets past Pistons in OT
WNBA
Cleveland to bid for WNBA team. City has strong history with women’s hoops, Rockers once in league
Baseball/MLB
Shohei Ohtani wins third MVP award, first in NL. Aaron Judge earns second AL honor in 3 seasons
MLB will test robot umpires at 13 spring training ballparks hosting 19 teams
Freeman’s historic walk-off grand slam ball from the World Series to hit the auction block
Jason Mackey: Pirates can't afford to waste a minute of Paul Skenes' time in Pittsburgh
Hockey
Ovechkin is expected to miss 4 to 6 weeks with a broken left leg
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games
Men’s college basketball scores/games