Tuesday’s Report: Scores, FVSU, Middle Georgia State, Peach County, Mercer, Lamar County, Northeast/Macon TD Club, Twiggs County; UGA, Tech, Falcons, state 🏀; College 🏈/🏀, NFL, NBA, soccer, MLB
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High Schools
🏈🏈🏈Flag football🏈🏈🏈
Central 12, Southwest 6
Mary Persons 13, Hampton 6; Mary Persons 25, Jackson 6
Pike County 20, Baldwin 0
Westside 34, Northeast 2
The Seminoles improved to 15-0 and captured their fourth straight area title.
🏀🏀🏀Basketball🏀🏀🏀
Girls
Gatewood 45, John Hancock 18
Windsor 42, GMC Prep 31
Boys
Gatewood 76, John Hancock 44
GMC Prep 77, Windsor 40
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
🏀🏀🏀Basketball🏀🏀🏀
M-Central State 90, FVSU 73
M-Middle Georgia State 89, Voorhees 68
W-Talladega 71, FVSU 65
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Alumni Update
Lanning reacts to Noah Whittington (Peach County) chaotic touchdown run
Honor Roll
SoCon FB: Mercer’s Zock and Atkinson
Around/About Central Georgia
FB: Mercer reaches record rankings
Auburn’s Durkin knows plenty about Mercer coaches
Georgia College opens PBC volleyball vs. USC Aiken
Northeast sweeps Macon TD Club awards
Back: Junior Kortnei Williams of Northeast totaled 214 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns on offense to go with four tackles, a pass breakup, and an interception in the 41-0 playoff victory over Fannin County.
Lineman: Linebacker Maurice Wilson of Northeat had five tackles, two for loss, and an interception in the playoff win.
Special teams: Senior Demonta Dunn of Northeast was perfect on five PAT kick attempts against Fannin County.
Twiggs County wins GHSA reclass appeal
The only Central Georgia team interesting in moving from one region to another in the GHSA’s latest reclassification was Twiggs County.
And the Cobras got what they wanted.
Twiggs County sought to move from Region 4-A to 5-A, and that was approved unanimously on Monday at the reclassification committee’s final appeals meeting, in which teams appealed to move to a different region.
Initially, Twiggs County was placed with Dooly county, Hawkinsville, Telfair County, Turner County, Wheeler County, and Wilcox County.
The Cobras have spent the last two years with GMC Prep, Glascock County, Johnson County, Hancock Central, and Wilkinson County. The GHSA put Jenkins County in that region and Twiggs in 4-A.
Now, though, Twiggs County is back with familiar teams in that region, dropping 4-A to six teams and increasing 5-A to seven.
Region 7-A Public in 2021 – Twiggs County didn’t play any football in 2020 – had the same teams in the current region –minus Johnson County - as well as ACE Charter and Wilkinson County.
Another appeal affected a Central Georgia region. Swainsboro appealed to leave Region 3-AA, a Savannah-area gathering, for 2-AA with ACE, Bleckley County, Dodge County, Dublin, East Laurens, and Vidalia, and it was approved.
Around/About Georgia
Who would Smart put on his Mount Rushmore of Georgia football players?
Smart updates injury statuses of ILB CJ Allen, RB Chauncey Bowens
Georgia on the verge of another trip to the CFP after Texas takedown
Onside kick call even surprised Georgia players: ‘I was an idiot if it didn’t work
Mammoth matchup of Tech vs. Pitt set for primetime
King, Rutledge and Birr honored for their performances in victory at BC
Penix Jr. lands on injured reserve, to miss at least 4 games
Sugiura: Supposed isolation of Michael Penix Jr. a social media distortion
Andruw on Hall of Fame's 2026 ballot, trending up
Here's what Baldwin's ROY means for the Braves
State college basketball
Georgia Tech welcomes Georgia Southern
Georgia handles Florida A&M despite struggling mightily from 3-point range
Trio helps Arizona State turn 20-1 second-half run into 75-62 victory over Georgia State
Vanterpool scores 30 to lead Florida Atlantic over Coastal Georgia
A Worthy Read
When your cell phone list becomes the cemetery you visit
College Football/Coaching carousel
Virginia Tech hires Franklin; PSU buyout renegotiated
Franklin “honored and humbled”
Report confirms Kiffin's family toured Baton Rouge amid interest in job
College Football/SEC
Auburn to sit QB Daniels against Mercer to preserve a year of eligibility
How has Durkin managed Auburn’s roster since becoming interim head coach?
Sarkisian snaps back at narrative Texas has 'underachieved' this season
Beamer addresses ‘horse garbage’ rumors on LaNorris Sellers, future plans
A&M trolls Beamer on socials after comeback victory
'A one-possession league.' Oklahoma vs. Alabama latest reminder of how brutal life in SEC is
Goodman: Alabama’s coach finally shows his true colors
College Football/ACC
ACC Championship Game chaos: The path to Charlotte for six teams still alive
Report: UNC football players cited for 31 speeding, 10 reckless driving charges
Nothing talented freshman Toney does surprises Hurricanes anymore
College Football/South
USF's glum reality: Another year without a conference title, and now no playoff spot
College Football
Big Sky acknowledges officiating error in final seconds of Idaho-Sacramento State game
Kentucky State makes Division II playoffs days after being called out for cancelling game
AP Player of the Week: Texas A&M’s Reed overcame bad start to lead program’s biggest comeback
AP Top 25 Extra Points: No. 22 North Texas ends FBS’ longest ranking dry spell and re-enters CFP mix
Lanning speaks out about death of Laney College AD, former 'Last Chance U' coach John Beam
Locksley will return in 2026 with more money to spend on talent acquisition
Rodriguez gives fiery postgame rant on performance by West Virginia: ‘It’s embarrassing’
NFL/NFC
Mayfield and the Bucs struggle again in loss to Bills, cooling MVP talk about the QB
Lions’ Campbell won’t stop going for it on fourth down after 0-for-5 performance against Eagles
Young quiets critics with 448-yard game in win over Falcons; consistency the next hurdle
Seahawks can build on strong defensive showing in loss to Stafford and the Rams
Cardinals are losing games and losing the discipline they had built under Jonathan Gannon
Loss to Jaguars takes shine off Chargers’ badly needed bye week
NFL/AFC
Forget winning the AFC West. Mahomes and Chiefs in danger of missing playoffs after loss to Broncos
After Joe Flacco gave the Bengals a jolt last month, loss to Steelers has team reeling
Chargers do little right against the Jags and match the worst NFL loss for coach Jim Harbaugh
Steelers' Jalen Ramsey claims he threw punch after Ja'Marr Chase spit on him
Browns’ Sanders has a rough NFL debut after relieving the injured Gabriel
Seahawks find fault in more than Darnold’s 4 interceptions in close loss to the Rams
NFL/Monday Night
Cowboys honor Kneeland, then get 4 TD passes from Prescott in win over Raiders
College Basketball/SEC/ACC/South
Clemson line-up rearrangement sparks Tigers to 81-61 win over North Alabama
Westry scores 21 to propel UAB to romp over Rhodes
Holifield’s 23 lead Lamar past UL Monroe
Stillwell’s double-double helps UCF fend off Oakland
Zander Yates, JJ Harper help Liberty roll past Carolina University
College Basketball/Women
Michigan and TCU climb into top 10 of women’s AP Top 25 after big wins over ranked opponents
No. 5 LSU extends its season-opening winning streak to 5 games with victory over Tulane
College Basketball/Men
Player banned by the NCAA for his role in a sports betting scheme acknowledges he point-shaved
Purdue reclaims No. 1 from Houston in AP Top 25, Louisville and Illinois jump into top 10
Williams and Holloman lead No. 25 NC State past VCU in return to Top 25
College Sports
NCAA Women’s Division I Soccer Tournament
NCAA Men’s Div I Soccer Glance
NBA/Basketball
Timberwolves win for the 5th time in 6 games, beating the short-handed Mavericks
Heat survive frantic rally at the buzzer to edge the Knicks
Mitchell’s 37 points power Cavaliers to victory over Bucks as Antetokounmpo exits with injury
Barrett scores tiebreaking basket as Raptors beat Hornets
Spoelstra’s sons are Jalen Brunson fans. So much for that Heat-Knicks rivalry
Baseball/MLB
New Nationals manager Butera got his first job in the majors the day his first child was born
Hamels, Braun, Kemp among 12 newcomers on Baseball Hall of Fame ballot as Beltrán heads 15 holdovers
Tucker, Bichette and Alonso among the top MLB free agents
Madden: Making sense of why the AL MVP vote was so close
Hockey
Marchenko gets deciding goal of shootout to give Blue Jackets win over Canadiens
Kochetkov makes 29 saves as Hurricanes beat Bruins
Soccer
Germany and Netherlands reach the World Cup after big wins in final qualifiers
Scoreboards