Central Georgia Sports ReportComment

Wednesday's Report: HS scores; Falcons, Hawks, UGA/Mississippi, Braves, Georgia Southern; The year 2025, college football playoffs/bowls/coaches, NFL, college basketball, NBA, MLB, NHL, golf

Central Georgia Sports ReportComment
Wednesday's Report: HS scores; Falcons, Hawks, UGA/Mississippi, Braves, Georgia Southern; The year 2025, college football playoffs/bowls/coaches, NFL, college basketball, NBA, MLB, NHL, golf

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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🏀🏀🏀

Brentwood 74, RTCA 35

Jenkins 65, Baldwin 48

Northside 53, Northside-Columbus 41

Piedmont 65, Edmund Burke 51

Shiloh 48, Bleckley County 44

Spalding 37, Northeast 36

Stratford 70, Crisp 20
          Da’Laila Lowe led Stratford with 12 points while Camiyah Hudson and Hadley Stewart added 11 each.

Trinity Christian 50, Tattnall 39

Westside 65, Handley 27

Windsor 66, Strong Rock 34

🏀🏀🏀Boys Basketball🏀🏀🏀

Auburn 64, Veterans 45

Bleckley County 48, North Paulding 40

Brentwood 53, RTCA 31

Cherokee 71, Houston County 62

          Malik Gillespie went for 23 for the Bears, who got 12 from Josh Jackson and 10 from Karon Plummer> Gillespie and Jackson each had 6 boards.

Heard County 67, Westside 38

Northeast 90, Community Christian 36

Northside 91, Northside 69

Piedmont 55, Edmund Burke 34

Putnam County 75, Calvary Day 72

          J’Mari Green’s 25 poitns led the 9-3 War Eagles. Tamaud Woodson added 18, Jeremy Banks 17, and Jaylen Nelson 11.

Stratford 88, Crisp 37

Landon Gates went for 24 and Chandler Freeman 18 to lead Stratford, which trailed 8-2 and went on a roll to blow it open and lead to a shortened fourth quarter. The Eagles improved to 6-4.

Tattnall 72, Trinity Christian 52

Timber Creek 59, Mary Persons 37

Upson-Lee 62, South Cobb 46

Washington County 62, Jasper County 43

          Senior Zion Cordy led the Golden Hawks with 13p oints, while Jaden Atkinson grbbed 10 rebounds and Kaden Collins had 5 assists.

Windsor 70, Strong Rock 49

College Football Playoffs
Wednesday
Cotton Bowl: No. 2 Ohio State vs. Miami — 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Thursday
Orange Bowl: No. 4 Texas Tech vs. Oregon — Noon ET, ESPN
Rose Bowl: No. 1 Indiana vs. Alabama — 4 p.m. ET, ESPN
Sugar Bowl: No. 3 Georgia vs. Ole Miss — 8 p.m. ET, ESPN

College Football/Playoffs

Defending national champion Ohio State faces CFP 1st-time Miami in Cotton Bowl quarterfinal

Ohio State’s Caleb Downs is quite the CFP veteran heading into the quarterfinals against Miami

Smith opted for Ohio State, and now faces his hometown Hurricanes in CFP Cotton Bowl

Rested or rusty? Top four playoff seeds eager to show they are ready as CFP quarterfinals arrive

Lone loss sparked Dante Moore and Oregon toward College Football Playoff run

Cotton Bowl QBs Sayin and Beck have national titles as backups, now seek their own as a starter

From Obie to the Orange Bowl: Oregon line coach A’lique Terry is having a CFP homecoming

Alabama must stop these ‘shenanigans’ to beat Indiana in Rose Bowl

Indiana football's film study shows 'Bama is still Bama' on defense

College Football/Postseason/Bowls

Illinois beats Tennessee in the Music City Bowl to keep Big Ten undefeated this bowl season

Seals and Payne rally TCU past No. 16 Southern Cal for overtime victory in Alamo Bowl

Louisiana Tech scores 17 in 4th quarter, beats Coastal Carolina to win Independence Bowl

Amid program changes, Utah’s focus is on getting Scalley win No. 1 in Las Vegas Bowl vs. Nebraska

Duke’s unlikely ACC title season set to end against Arizona State in Sun Bowl

College Football/Coaching carousel

Chip Kelly lands new job as Northwestern’s offensive coordinator after firing by Raiders

Scalley steps in as Utah’s coach for the Las Vegas Bowl after Whittingham’s departure

College Football/Coaching carousel, the next few days

Whittingham confident his style will be a familiar fit as Michigan’s football coach

College Football/SEC/ACC

Bobby Bowden auction will be one of most prominent ever for a coach's estate

Kiffin 'trying to make it work' with assistants doing double duty

Here's Riley's buyout after Swinney fires OC

College Football

Bielema takes jab at Arkansas over his firing while discussing his bowl success

NFL/NFC

Saints’ Moore and Shough exhibiting coach-QB synergy during New Orleans’ winning streak

Panthers’ Bryce Young could see more man-to-man defense after major flop against Seahawks

Buccaneers are still in the race for the NFC South title despite an eighth loss in 10 games

Rams face questions about their mentality after dismaying loss to Atlanta extends their late slump

Gannon’s future with Cardinals enters the forefront as dismal season nears end

Cowboys waive CB Diggs to end tumultuous finish to his Dallas career

NFL/AFC

Rivers is happy he got 3 ‘bonus games’ even if he’s made his last start for the Colts

What 1 awful game said about Rodgers, the Steelers and Sanders

Harbaugh hopes Jackson can return after Huntley’s big win: ‘If Lamar’s ready to go, he’s playing.’

After beating Steelers, Stefanski and Browns are on to Cincinnati as his future remains uncertain

Road warrior Patriots head home eyeing AFC’s top seed in regular-season finale

Glenn backtracks on criticism of team’s effort after blowout loss

Raiders’ personnel decisions last week are potentially long-term benefits

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Patriots star receiver Diggs faces strangulation charge, denies allegations

After Stafford's rough prime-time showing, Maye is the new favorite for MVP

College Basketball/SEC/ACC/South

Barkley’s 17 lead East Tennessee State past Citadel 

Guinyard, Williams combine for 40, lead Duquesne to 2 OT win over Davidson

Reneau’s 28 points rally Miami past Pitt in ACC opener

Johnson’s 15 points lead South Carolina over UAlbany

College Basketball/Women

Best women’s programs during poll era? UConn, Tennessee head all-time Top 25 with some surprises

Top five teams experienced no drama—just dominance—in their final games of 2025

Okananwa’s career-high 28 points help No. 7 Maryland rout Wisconsin

Gillespie scores 21 to lead No. 19 Tennessee’s rout of South Carolina State

College Basketball/Men

Drew to Tom Izzo criticism after Nnaji signing: 'We don't make the rules'

Peat scores 19 as No. 1 Arizona closes out nonconference with win over South Dakota State

Wilson’s double-double helps No. 12 North Carolina beat Florida State in ACC opener

Wooley scores season-high 21 points as No. 16 Louisville beats California

Roundup

College Sports

NCAA tries to clarify NBA stance after Baylor’s addition of 2023 draft pick prompts criticism

NBA/Basketball

Nuggets star Jokic hyperextended his left knee and will be evaluated in 4 weeks

Edgecombe’s 3-pointer in closing seconds gives 76ers an overtime victory over Grizzlies

Lakers come up short vs. Pistons on LeBron James’ 41st birthday

Baseball/MLB

Angels 3B Rendon agrees to restructure final year of his $245 million contract

Free agency 2025-26: About half of top available free agents are still looking for new home

Hockey

ECHL players ratify new labor deal, ending strike that had postponed games

Horvat lifts the Islanders to shootout victory over the slumping Blackhawks

Mantha scores 2 goals to help the Penguins beat the Hurricanes

Golf

LIV Golf still waiting on approval from world ranking. OWGR reduces point for 54-hole events

Soccer

Arsenal will end the year top of the Premier League after 4-1 statement win over Villa

Scoreboards

College football scores

NFL scores

NBA scores

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games