Saturday’s Report: Scoreboard, Mercer, Georgia College, Middle Georgia State, Henley; HS forfeits, Braves, Falcons, UGA, Tech; Olympics, NFL, college 🏀/🏈, MLB, NASCAR, ⛳, colleges
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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)
(Basketball: Postseason tournament scores/pairings on www.centralgasports.com)
🏀🏀🏀Girls Basketball🏀🏀🏀
Bleckley County 52, Dodge County 40
Brentwood 60, Trinity Christian 45
Central 42, Dublin 34
Gatewood 54, Central Fellowship 38
Jasper County 39, Towers 36
John Hancock 60, Twiggs 58
Jones County 65, Woodland 51
Mount de Sales 47, John Milledge 40
Northeast 61, East Laurens 59
Stratford 74, FPD 70, OT
Stratford survived to win the region title.
Upson-Lee 57, Mary Persons 56
Senior Jakalah Holmes celebrated senior night with the game-winning 3-pointer, finishing with 22 points.
Warner Robins 60, Wayne County 30
Washington County 49, ACE Charter 34
🏀🏀🏀Boys Basketball🏀🏀🏀
Bleckley County 41, Dodge County 40
Brentwood 70, Central Fellowship 63
Central 55, Dublin 48
David Emanuel 65, John Hancock 56
Houston County 64, Coffee 54, OT
The Bears won the region title in tough fashion, with 29 points, 6 boards, and 5 assists from Malik Gillespie. Josh Jackson added 14 points and 5 rebounds.
Lee County 61, Veterans 56
Mount de Sales 57, FPD 47
Tattnall 53, Piedmont 48
Thomas Jefferson 85, Covenant 68
Trinity Christian 56, Windsor 43
Upson-Lee 52, Mary Persons 36
Qua Smith had 14 points for the Knights.
Washington County 68, ACE Charter 57
Zion Cordy went for 21 points and 5 rebounds to lead the 16-8/9-4 Golden Hawks. Correso Thompson added 10 points and 5 assists, Jaden Atkinson 10 points and r5 rebounds.
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Bacon County 19, East Laurens 1
Bleckley County 12, Cherokee 10
Columbus 12, Upson-Lee 9
Dodge County 10, Telfair County 1
Dublin 3, Swainsboro 1
East Laurens 7, Bacon County 5
Harlem 15, Howard 0
Jordan 12, Upson-Lee 9
North Oconee 4, Houston County 3; Houston County 9, North Oconee 8
The Bears overcame an 8-1 deficit to win the second game.
Peach County 14, Stockbridge 0
Perry 22, Lassiter 12; Effingham County1 7, Perry 2
Tattnall 15, GMC Prep 0
Veterans 9, ACE Charter 8
Warner Robins 10, Northside 9
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B-Central 5, Chattahoochee County 0
B-Griffin 3, Northside 1
B-Islands 2, GMC Prep 0
B-Mary Persons 1, Warner Robins 0
G-Vidalia 5, Dodge County 2
B-Vidalia 4, Dodge County 2
G-Warner Robins 3, Mary Persons 1
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
(Colleges: Please post links to stories with social media posts, and team names instead of logos in graphics)
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Lander 14, Middle Georgia State 4
Mercer 4, Troy 3
North Georgia 11, Georgia College 2
🥎🥎🥎Softball🥎🥎🥎
Mercer 12, Western Kentucky 9; Iowa 10, Mercer 2
West Florida 12, Georgia College 3; Georgia College 11, West Florida 3
Pro
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Birmingham 5, Macon 2
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Around/About Central Georgia
BSB-Pitching helps Mercer get walk-off in opener
SB-Georgia College splits with No. 13 West Florida
Henley slips a little at Pebble Beach
Russell Henley lost a little ground in the second round of Pebble Beach, but he’s still in contention.
Henley shot a 3-under 69 on Friday and dropped six spots on the leaderboard, yet remains only six shots behind leaders Akshay Bhatia and Ryo Hisatsune.
Henley is tied for 17th, with Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Bud Cauley, and Chris Gotterup.
The second round was fairly pedestrian for Henley, who avoided bogeys but managed only three birdies, in a four-hole span to start the back nine.
Henley avoided a bogey after finding two roughs on No. 2, starting off a round with more than a couple two-putt pars. But he couldn’t get back on the birdie track on the final holes.
Around/About Georgia
Locust Grove forfeits eight wins from 2025
Acuña's not just healthy ... he's '200 percent'!
Braves in early stages of determining Schwellenbach's timeline
What we learned from Falcons coordinator introductions
While Georgia’s running back room will be a strength, it does face one real question for 2026
BSB-Georgia shows off dynamic pitching duo in season opener against Wright State
BSB-Tech rolls in front of record crowd
A Worthy Read
Pickleball argument sparks a brawl at a Florida country club
2026 Winter Olympics/Milan Cortina
Malinin falls twice in free skate, allows Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov to win Olympic gold
Brock Nelson shines on ‘another big stage’ for the US at the Olympics
Norwegian biathlete wins another Olympic bronze medal, 3 days after confessing his infidelity
Surprise! US women’s curling team beats Canada for first time at an Olympic Games
During the Winter Games, some Milan churches are teaching Olympic values to thousands of kids
Rock of ages: Curler oldest U.S. Winter Olympian
No losers on a memorable Olympic halfpipe, but Scotty James gets silver behind Japan’s Yuto Totsuka
Figure skating coach remains banned during investigation of alleged physical abuse
Fugitive wanted for 16 years busted at Olympics trying to watch hockey
College Basketball/Women
Watkins unveils custom ‘Silver Lining’ LeBron NXXT Gen sneaker design, gifts shoes to USC teammates
Page scores career-high 25 and Columbia women beat No. 24 Princeton 70-56 to sweep season series
College Basketball/Men
Wisconsin slays another giant as Badgers roll to 92-71 victory over No. 10 Michigan State
No. 18 Saint Louis extends winning streak to 18 with 86-59 victory over Loyola of Chicago
No. 23 Miami (Ohio) remains lone unbeaten team in Division I after 90-74 win over Ohio
NBA/Basketball
Paul, the ‘Point God,’ retires as All-Star weekend begins, ending a 21-season NBA run
Wembanyama always wants to win, and that applies to All-Star Game as well
All-Star Weekend: What time is the game? What's new?
James returns for his record 21st All-Star Game, still in the NBA’s midseason spotlight at 41
Philly special: V.J. Edgecombe leads Team Vince to victory at Rising Stars
Rome Flynn repeats as NBA All-Star Celebrity Game MVP and Team Giannis wins 65-58
College Football/SEC/ACC/Southeast
Cristobal: Miami's offseason is going to be 'the biggest ass-kicking session you've ever seen'
Kiffin reacts to seeing himself on satirical Mardi Gras parade float
Ole Miss QB coach Judge reveals controversial message he tells significant others of his players
Report: Davonte Miles no longer with South Carolina after felony marijuana charge
College Football
Ex-Colorado player: Sanders has 'got a lot of people brainwashed'
Indiana defensive coordinator Haines wins Broyles Award for top assistant coach
Lashlee defends SMU's decision to move LSU, Oklahoma games to AT&T Stadium
College Sports
Commentary: Here is the common thread among college athletes accused of fixing games
Baylor’s Armstrong becomes 2nd college baseball player with 3 grand slams in the same game
NFL/AFC
Ex-Steelers linebacker Joey Porter Sr. goes after Ben Roethlisberger as a teammate and a person
Minter’s father Rick is part of his new staff in Baltimore
Saleh’s Titans staff includes GM Mike Borgonzi’s brother as linebackers coach
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Judge rules Brian Flores’ NFL discrimination lawsuit can head to open court, not arbitration
Baseball/MLB
Robots are coming to assist MLB umpires. Even so, the human touch still matters
A battered car forces William Byron into a backup for his Daytona 500 three-peat bid
NASCAR driver B.J. McLeod fails to qualify for Daytona 500 until DQ earns surprise start
NASCAR set to open season with sold-out Daytona 500
From YouTuber to NASCAR driver: Cleetus McFarland expands his racing resume at Daytona
Keselowski’s broken leg was so painful that he thought a hacksaw would feel better
Golf
Bhatia and Hisatsune share Pebble Beach lead. Travis Kelce and amateurs head home
High school/youth sports
Mississippi high school NIL bill doesn’t make it out of House committee
Scoreboards