Thursday's Report: Signing Day, Scores, Henley back in action, GHSA flag 🏈, Mercer, Georgia College; Tech/UGA, UGA, Falcons, Hawks; College 🏈: playoffs/recruiting/bowls, NFL, MLB, college 🏀
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High Schools
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Perry 53, Peach County 46
🏀🏀🏀Boys basketball🏀🏀🏀
Peach County 57, Perry 36
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
Life 46, Middle Georgia State 45
Southern Wesleyan 87, Georgia College 83
🏀🏀🏀Men’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
Georgia College 91, Southern Wesleyan 80
Life 75, Middle Georgia State 73
Mercer 86, West Georgia 72
Pro
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Around/About Central Georgia
Henley back in action
Russell Henley hasn’t played since having a quality Presidents Cup back in late September.
He picked a good place to resume play, albeit temporarily. Henley is among the first to tee off on Thursday in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.
And it’s quite the field, including Scottie Scheffler, Justin Thomas, Ludvig Aberg, and Brian Harman, among others.
The tournament is hosted by Tiger Woods, and has a field of only 20. It is on the PGA Tour schedule, but it an unofficial event, with money not included in ranking, yet does offer Official World Golf Ranking points.
GHSA flag football playoffs start Thursday
Nine of Central Georgia’s 20 teams are among those remaining out of 262 teams playing GHSA flag football this year as the playoffs start on Thursday.
Peach County in Division III, and Westside and Dodge County in Division I are host schools. Two rounds are played at host schools.
Central Georgia teams’ pairings - Division III: 2/3 Veterans vs. 8/2 Southwest DeKalb, at South Effingham; 8/4 Druid Hills at 2/1 Peach County (also Effingham County vs. South Paulding at Peach County); 8/3 Tucker vs. 2/2 Warner Robins, at Lithia Springs; 2/4 Houston County at 8/1 St. Pius X.
Division I: 5/4 Central at 1/1 Harris County; 1/4 Shaw at 5/1 Westside, 4 p.m. (also King’s Ridge vs. St. Vincent’s); 4/4 Metter at 3/1 Dodge County, 6 p.m. (also South Atlanta vs. Jackson-Atlanta); 5/3 Mary Persons vs. 1/2 Columbus, at Mount Vernon; 3/3 Fitzgerald vs. 4/2 Washington County, at Therrell.
The championships are Dec. 16-17 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Quarterfinal games are Dec.9 and semifinals on Dec. 12.
Former Clemson QB leading a deep playoff run at his new FCS school, facing Mercer next
Georgia College holds off Southern Wesleyan
Honor Roll
Bobcat women move up to No. 5 in D2CSC Southeast region poll
Around/About Georgia
Nearly 12 mil watched the end of Tech-UGA
Georgia availability report: Five players listed for SECCG
Trying to explain Georgia's defensive inconsistency
Jackson: It's been the best years of my life
In Falcons' quest to 'Outrun the South,' the division is catching up
Cousins shares thoughts on returning to Minnesota
Hawks win 5th straight game and halt the Bucks’ winning streak at 7
Georgia Tech tops Mississippi State, stayed undefeated
Shulga’s 29 points help VCU knock off Georgia Southern
College Football/SEC/ACC/South
Vandy QB Diego Pavia now waits as federal judge takes injunction request under advisement
College Football
Day admits mistakes in Ohio State’s loss to Michigan and looks to playoffs to redeem himself
Picks: ‘Let’s play two’ a theme for handful of conference championship games
Heisman Watch: Can Ashton Jeanty steal away votes on conference championship weekend?
Column: Plant more flags, don’t dilute passion that built college football rivalries
College Football Playoffs
Big 12 commissioner insists his league’s champion should have playoff bye over any G5 champ
The CFP rankings — and ‘data points’ — have left Miami, Ole Miss and South Carolina puzzled
Cristobal picked the worst time to declare SEC bias over as Alabama jumps Miami in CFP rankings
Barry Odom has No. 19 UNLV one step away from potentially making the College Football Playoff
College Football/Conference championships
Championship week: Clemson and UNLV could stir up title-game trouble for teams on the bubble for CFP
No. 10 Boise State returns to cusp of playoffs 14 years after heartbreaking loss to Nevada
College Football/Coaching Carousel
UAB retains coach Trent Dilfer for 2025 after 2 losing seasons
Ball State makes Uremovich head coach as early signing period opens
Young resigns from Stetson after 4 seasons, capped by 2-9 finish
Oklahoma State fires both coordinators after winless season in Big 12 play
Fresno State hires Entz as football coach
Texas Tech hires Wood from Houston to take over as DC
College Football/Recruiting
SEC and Big Ten powers lead the way on signing day as prospects finalize their college selections
Texas, Georgia, Alabama top SEC and national recruiting rankings after early signings
Miami scores big on signing day with the ACC’s top recruiting class
Michigan flipped QB Bryce Underwood with some help from Oracle founder Larry Ellison and Tom Brady
TCU stays mostly at home for Big 12’s biggest and best signing class
College Football/Bowls
No. 25 Memphis, West Virginia to meet in Frisco Bowl on Dec. 17
San Jose State will play South Florida in the Hawaii Bowl
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
League upholds 3-game suspension for Houston LB Azeez Al-Shaair following hit on Trevor Lawrence
Raiders rookie tight end Brock Bowers having a dominant season
NFL tweaks its drug policy, increasing levels for a positive THC test
Jaguars place Lawrence on injured reserve
Tagovailoa shoulders blame for Dolphins’ 5-7 start and addresses criticisms of team’s toughness
Steelers CB Porter Jr.'s ‘serial killer mentality’ is serving him well amid bumpy patch
Ravens suspend WR Johnson, saying he refused to enter their game against the Eagles
Lions host Packers on Thursday night, hoping to push winning streak to franchise-record 11 straight
College Basketball/Women
No. 9 TCU women improve to 9-0 with win over FAU in their first ever as a top 10 team
Verhulst scores 21 against her former team and No. 11 Oklahoma women rally past No. 22 Louisville
College Basketball/Men
Young Cavaliers finding mixed results early under interim coach following Bennett’s departure
Unranked Creighton knocks off No. 1 Kansas behind Pop Isaacs’ season-high 27 points
Flagg leads the way as No. 9 Duke holds off Broome and No. 2 Auburn
No. 10 Alabama beats No. 20 North Carolina in the ACC-SEC Challenge
Gilbert scores 24 points to lead No. 6 Iowa State past No. 5 Marquette
McNeeley scores 17 points as No. 25 UConn rallies over No. 15 Baylor
Collins and Edwards lead Vanderbilt over Virginia Tech
Western Carolina defeats Bellarmine
Lorenz’s 16 help Wofford defeat Gardner-Webb
Soucie’s 16 lead North Alabama over Tennessee Tech
Smith scores 18, Furman downs Florida Gulf Coast
Amenhauser’s 20 help Coastal Carolina down Campbell
Haggerty scores 23 points as No. 16 Memphis holds off Louisiana Tech
College Sports
College Sports, the changing landscape
Battle for the logo: How NIL is changing the relationship between donors and universities
Eric Dickerson knows irony of talking NIL at his alma mater since SMU got so-called ‘death penalty’
NBA
‘Embarrassing': The Lakers have lost their last 2 games by a combined 70 points
76ers’ Nurse says no plans to shut down oft-injured Embiid
Celtics withstand 3-point spree to beat the Pistons
Baseball/MLB
Skenes elected to MLB players’ union leadership as trio who moved against Meyer are dropped
Mets and RHP Frankie Montas finalize $34 million, 2-year contract
Golf
LPGA and USGA to require players to be assigned female at birth or transition before male puberty
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games
Men’s college basketball scores/games