Tuesday's Report: Scoreboard, Central Georgia all-stars/alums postseason, Georgia College; Falcons win, UGA, Georgia Southern, Hawks; College 🏈 HQ, NFL, NBA, soccer, golf, college 🏀, MLB, NASCAR
📰S📰C📰O📰R📰E📰B📰O📰A📰R📰D
High Schools
(Teams: Please post first and last names, and names are preferred over social media handles (they know who they are, most people don’t) and post team names, not mascots)
🏀🏀🏀Girls Basketball🏀🏀🏀
Banks County 67, Bleckley County 46
Brentwood 62, Piedmont 36
Crawford County 58, Wilkinson County38
The Eagles took third in the J.B. Hawkins Christmas Tournament.
Northeast 56, Whitewater 28
Perry 50, Northside 47
Stratford 63, Trinity Christian 52
Shannon Smith had 19 poitns to lead Stratford, while Camiyah Hudson added 18 and Da’Laila Lowe 12.
Tift County 59, Baldwin 39
Tri-Cities64, Westside 46
🏀🏀🏀Boys Basketball🏀🏀🏀
Cairo 82, Central 75
Creekside Christian 61, Northeast 48
Marietta 62, Upson-Lee 25
Model 71, Bleckley County 42
Northside 59, Perry 45
North Broward Prep 73, Southwest 27
Putnam County 81, Groves 44
J’Mari Green led Putnam County with 17 pionts, while Jeremy Banks and Tamaud Woodson added 16 points each, with 10 from Jaylen Nelson.
Stratford 51, Trinity Christian 41
Tattnall 91, Crisp 17
Walker 69, Houston County 66
The Bears missed two shots in the final seconds. Josh Jackson dropped 26 points and 4 assists for the Bears. Malik Gillespie added 19 points.
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
(Colleges: Please post links to stories with social media posts, and team names instead of logos in graphics)
Pro
🏀🏀🏀NBA🏀🏀🏀
Oklahoma City 140, Atlanta 129
📰C📰O📰V📰E📰R📰A📰G📰E📰
Alums in the bowls, postseason
What have some Central Georgia alums done in the CFB postseason?
Northside’s Ricardo Jones had four tackles and Warner Robins’ Vic Burley three tackles in Clemson’s loss to Penn State.
Jones finished eighth on the team with 39 tackles and led the Tigers with six interceptions, also returning a fumble 24 yards. Burley played in 13 games and had 8 tackles, a breakup, and two hurries.
Peach County grad Noah Whittington ran four times for 24 yards and caught a pass for12 yards in Oregon’s 51-34 playoff win over James Madison.
Dodge County’s Duke Johnson played for Alabama against Oklahoma, but registered no stats.
Upson-Lee’s T.J. Searcy, a transfer from Florida, had three tackles, one for loss, in Texas A&M’s playoff loss to Miami. He finished with 31 tackles in 13 games with 2 breakups and 2 hurries.
Perry grad Jordan Donald and Warner Robins’ Cam Flowers both played in Western Kentucky’s 27-16 win over Southern Miss in the New Orleans Bowl. Flowers, a receiver, completed his lone pass attempt.
Area players part of GACA All-Star games
Nearly two dozen Central Georgia underclassmen were part of the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association football all-star games Monday at Thompson Stadium.
Another nine area head and assistant coaches were on staffs.
Junior game: Northeast DL Antonius Jackson, Jones County TE Drew Williams, Northeast WR Tavares Tinsley, West Laurens CB Jaden Stanley, ACE Charter LB William Winters, West Laurens LB Leroy Mack, West Laurens G Christian Rozier, West Laurens T Johnathan Toney, Dodge County QB Kain Mincey, Northeast S Kortnei Williams, Northeast G Carlos Daniel.
Sophomore game: West Laurens RB Braylen Robinson, Baldwin QB Kamden Patterson, West Laurens CB JD Hogan, West Laurens DE Maxx Chafin, Southwest RB T’Korian Davis, John Milledge CB Malek Dorsey, Northeast S Maurice Wilson, Peach County LB Kamorious Smith, LB Carter Black, Westfield, Northeast OT Tank Evans, Northeast WR Scottavian Thomas.
Central Georgia head and assistant coaches: Kevin Patterson, Baldwin; Dylan Bass, Windsor; Keith Hatcher, ACE Charter; Matthew Park, Peach County; Chris Lamb, Dodge County; Travis Reece, Peach County; Raul Carrillo, ACE; James Harris, Westside; Phillip Brown, Dodge County.
Around/About Central Georgia
South Florida earns win against Georgia College
Around/About Georgia
Robinson runs for 195 yards as Falcons recover to upset Rams on 51-yard field goal by Gonzalez
Robinson has longest rush TD in Falcons history, has team’s most scrimmage yards in a season
Georgia Southern beats Appalachian State, wins Birmingham Bowl
Peach County grad Dorrian Smith tied a program record with two interceptions, while Macon County’s Marcus Sanders Jr. caught a 32-yard touchdown pass in a 5-catch, 72-yard day.
Georgia Southern’s 4 INTs pave way
Smart 'proud of' Bobo for his work with the Georgia offense this season
Schumann happy with defense’s growth and maturity
Lacy on injury report for Ole Miss
Bobo thinks Stockton has more to show
SGA scores 39 as Thunder win to hand short-handed Hawks their 7th straight defeat
Opinion
Minter: American fans aren't enough for US sports anymore
The Year: 2025
The Year of A'ja Wilson: Looking back at the WNBA superstar's illustrious 2025
College Football/Playoffs
'Just lock in and focus': How to do two jobs in the College Football Playoff
‘Bama’s still Bama’: Indiana players talk Alabama defense ahead of Rose Bowl
Exactly 100 years after its first Rose Bowl, Alabama back in Pasadena
Why Indiana believes Alabama will 'push all their chips' in Rose Bowl
College Football/Postseason/Bowls
Weigman throws 4 touchdown passes as Houston beats LSU in Texas Bowl
Tennessee and Illinois set for Music City Bowl with each team missing starters
Illinois’ Bielema accidentally told a lie about Tennessee ahead of matchup in the Music City Bowl
College Football/Coaching carousel
Clemson OC Riley, Conn fired by Swinney
Freeman will return to Notre Dame after having his contract restructured, school confirms
College Football/Coaching carousel, the next few days
College Football/SEC/ACC
Swinney addresses Clemson staff changes, rips defense after Tigers flop
College Football
USC’s Riley says Notre Dame is to blame for discontinuation of rivalry with the Trojans
National passing leader Mestemaker from No. 23 North Texas is entering transfer portal
NFL/NFC
Tampa Bay’s playoff chances are growing slimmer, but still alive despite fourth straight loss
Seahawks’ running game rounding into form as they pursue No. 1 seed
Eagles still have No. 2 or No. 3 seed in NFC at stake headed into finale against Washington
Panthers could have wrapped up the NFC South title. Now they likely need a win in Week 18
Cardinals’ Trey McBride breaks NFL single-season record for catches by a tight end
Bears’ heartbreaking loss to 49ers costs them chance at top seed in NFC playoffs
NFL/AFC
Kelce ascends the all-time NFL receptions list while contemplating retirement
Jaguars show warrior mentality in latest win that has them poised for AFC playoffs
Allen blames himself for failed 2-point conversion in final seconds of Bills’ loss to Eagles
Steelers facing must-win situation in season finale against Baltimore after loss at Browns
Maye makes another strong case for MVP with a dominant performance in win over Jets
Raiders in position for top draft pick after loss to Giants
Chase finally gets back into end zone after frustrating stretch for Bengals receiver
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Reid plans to return as Chiefs coach next season
College Basketball/SEC/ACC/South
Roy hits 15 FTs, scores 27 points to help Oklahoma State beat Bethune-Cookman
Ole Miss roars back from slow start to dismantle Alcorn State
Thomas Jr. notches 22-point double-double, Nwoko scores 22, as LSU beats Southern Miss
Hubbard scores 22 on 9-of-13 shooting, Mississippi State beats Alabama State
Davis scores 22 in Hofstra’s 86-72 win over Campbell
College Basketball/Women
Who are the undefeated teams, and who can remain unbeaten?
Okananwa’s career-high 28 points help No. 7 Maryland rout Wisconsin
Harris scores 19 for No. 16 North Carolina in win over Boston College
No. 17 USC knocks No. 20 Nebraska from unbeaten ranks
Hidalgo scores 30, Moore adds 23 to help No. 18 Notre Dame beat Pitt
College Basketball/Men
Johnson Jr. has 24 points and 11 rebounds as No. 2 Michigan routs McNeese State
Jefferson scores season-high 23 points in No. 3 Iowa State’s win over Houston Christian
Flemings scores 15, No. 8 Houston beats Middle Tennessee State
Benter’s career-high 20 points lead No. 5 Purdue to rout of Kent State
Fears Jr. has career-high 21 points in No. 9 Michigan State’s win over Cornell
Holloway's career-high 26 points lead No. 14 Alabama over Yale
Freshman Meleek Thomas scores career-best 28 points as No. 18 Arkansas beats James Madison
Davis, Wagler power No. 20 Illinois
NBA/Basketball
Jokic gets hurt late in 1st half, Heat pull away from there to top Nuggets
Allen’s 27 points, 10 rebounds help Cavaliers overcome Wembanyama, Spurs
Brunson’s double-double helps the Knicks outlast Zion Williamson and the Pelicans
Durant’s 30 points power Rockets over Pacers
Baseball/MLB
Soderstrom and Athletics finalize an $86 million, 7-year contract
Pitcher Heaney says he is retiring after 12 major league seasons
Hockey
Pickard makes 41 saves in the Oilers’ 3-1 win over the Jets
Blake’s overtime goal lifts Hurricanes past Rangers
Golf
Woods turns 50 and still holds these PGA Tour records
Woods timeline: From the Mike Douglas show at age 2 to turning 50
Soccer
Ronaldo wants to reach 1,000 goals before ending his soccer career. He’s up to 956
Auto Racing
Father of NASCAR driver Hamlin dies after house fire, mother critically injured
Scoreboards