Wednesday's Report: GIAA state 🏀, GHSA region 🏀; Falcons/Rees, UGA, Braves, Georgia/UK, Tech/GSU; Olympics, college 🏈/🏀, NBA, NFL, golf, NASCAR, MLB, UFC
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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 58, Southwest 47
Central Fellowship 35, Southland 20
Crisp 40, John Hancock 47
Dublin 52, ACE 45
FPD 59, Bethlehem Christian 26
Gatewood 52, Georgia Christian 32
Glascock County 47, Twiggs County 29
John Milledge 63, Piedmont 45
Marion County 60, Crawford County 32
Rutland 46, Pike County 45
Thomas Jefferson 59, Twiggs 53
West Laurens 60, Harlem 37
Windsor 49, Heritage 40
The Knights won in their first playoff trip since 2019-2020.
🏀🏀🏀Boys Basketball🏀🏀🏀
Dublin 67, Central 57
Jefferson County 61, ACE 60
Mary Persons 54, Fayette County 44
Rutland 50, Westside 45
Upson-Lee 60, LaGrange 40
Wilkinson County 78, Glascock County 35
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Bleckley County 9, Dodge County 0
Cook 8, Lamar County 0
Dublin 5, East Laurens 3
The Irish led 5-0 before a Falcons rally. Will Wallace had 2 RBI and Bennett Lake 3 hits for the Irish.
FPD 10, Lee County 0
The GIAA Vikings sent home the GHSA Class 5A Trojans with a 6-inning mercy-rule win.
GMC Prep 10, Brentwood 7
Howard 8, Baldwin 2
The Huskies won with four 2-run innings, and helped by 5 Baldwin errors. Cedric Williams and Matthew Griffin each went 2 for 4 with an RBI for Howard (1-2/1-2). Weldon Goolsby had 2 hits for Baldwin (0-3/0-1).
Houston County 6, Jones County 0
Kaiden Harvey, Michael Lyons, Ryan Maxwell, and Peyton Nauss teamed for the shutout.
Northeast 15, Southwest 6
Northside 6, Spalding 5; Northside 5, Spalding 1
Oglethorpe County 9, Putnam County 2
Peach County 12, Jordan 2
Peach County Joey Hiller picked up his 701st win with little suspense, thanks to 3-RBI games from Matthew Cannon and Benjamin Wilford.
Rutland 19, Twiggs County 0
Upson-Lee 17, Hardaway 1
Wheeler County 12, Hawkinsville 2
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G-Baldwin 2, Putnam County 0
G-Bleckley County 6, Dooly County 0
B-Dooly County 3, Bleckley County 1
G-Eastside 2, Jones County 1, PKs
B-GMC Prep 7, Warner Robins 1
G-Jackson 2, Jasper County 1
B-Jasper County 5, Jackson 2
B-Putnam County 2, Baldwin 1
G-Spalding 1, Central 0
B-Spalding 3, Central 1
G-Swainsboro 7, Washington County 1
B-Veterans 2, Northside 0
G-Worth County 4, Hawkinsville 0
B-Worth County 4, Hawkinsville 2
🎾 🎾 🎾Tennis 🎾 🎾 🎾
G-Bleckley County 5, East Laurens 0
B-Bleckley County 5, East Laurens 0
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
(Colleges: Please post links to stories with social media posts, and team names instead of logos in graphics)
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Brewton-Parker 7, Middle Georgia 4
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Around/About Central Georgia
Herrera back with Mayhem, Pizzimenti waived
Around/About Georgia
How Rees' past shapes his present with Falcons
Georgia officially hires West Virginia's Knight as OLBs coach
Gold Glover Dubón 'looks the part' as Braves' shortstop during Kim's absence
Braves give veteran Dominic Smith non-roster invite to major league camp
State college basketball
Georgia takes down Kentucky at Rupp
State college baseball/softball
Tech steamrolls Georgia Southern
Kennesaw State thumps West Georgia
A Worthy Read
2026 Winter Olympics/Milan Cortina
Japan’s Ami Nakai surges into Olympic lead after short program as US struggles at the Winter Games
Day 11 recap: Joy and heartbreak for USA's 'Blade Angels'; big air drama
The missed jump that devastated Amber Glenn
Swiss TV commentary of Israeli Olympic bobsled run fuels fierce reaction
Slalom is Mikaela Shiffrin’s last shot at an Olympic medal in Italy. Good news? It’s her best event
Winter Olympics today: Key events in Wednesday’s schedule and how to watch on TV
Matthews looks like the captain and leader the US expected at the Olympics
A cheating claim violated the ‘spirit of curling’ at the Olympics. The sport is moving on
Canada faces Czechia and the US plays Sweden in the quarterfinals at the Olympics
College Sports, the changing landscape
LSU unveils jersey patches, experts weigh in on new revenue stream for athletic departments
Obituary
Doug Moe, the rumpled, irreverent coach of the high-scoring Denver Nuggets, dies at 87
College Basketball/SEC/ACC/South
Donaldson scores Miami’s last 15 points, scores 32 to lead Hurricanes past Virginia Tech
McCray V scores 27 and Florida State rallies in the 2nd half to beat Boston College
Sumler scores 27 as Charleston Southern takes down Gardner-Webb
Burks, UCF start fast in win over TCU to end Knights’ three-game losing streak
College Basketball/Women
Top 25 takeaways: SEC is the conference of coach crashouts
McMahon scores career-high 39, leads No. 17 Ole Miss over No. 21 Tennessee
College Basketball/Men
Auburn standout Hall could return at Mississippi State after benching
DA: 'Zero evidence' to support Scheyer's punching claims
Focused No. 1 Michigan takes care of business in win over No. 7 Purdue with No. 3 Duke looming
Kansas State is embarrassing itself not to protect basketball, but help football
Stirtz scores 25 points as Iowa downs No. 9 Nebraska
Condon and Chinyelu notch double-doubles as No. 12 Florida handles South Carolina
NC State rolls past 16th-ranked and injury-depleted rival North Carolina
No. 18 Saint Louis loses at Rhode Island, ending 18-game win streak
SMU beats No. 21 Louisville for another home win over a ranked ACC opponent
No. 22 Miami of Ohio wins 26th straight, remains unbeaten with win over UMass
Ohio State upends No. 24 Wisconsin
NBA/Basketball
All-Star Game draws largest audience since 2011 under new USA-vs.-World format
Wolves finalize cost-cutting move with Conley by signing back veteran after trading him away
Detroit’s stunning surge: Pistons enter post-All-Star play with the NBA’s best record
College Football
Heisman winner and national champion QB Mendoza shifting to NFL mindset
Yale coach Reno resigns immediately for health reasons after 14 seasons
Northern Iowa coach Stepsis gives emotional comments on death of Sutherland
College Sports
College baseball notebook: Spartans open on high note with top-10 series win against Louisville
Betting
Roundup: Edwards win MVP at NBA All-Star Game on slow weekend for sports in the US
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
NFL wins grievance against union. Arbitrator orders NFLPA to stop making ‘team report cards’ public
Baseball/MLB
Guerrero Jr. says World Series loss is behind him as Blue Jays open spring training
Trout wants to return to center field for Angels and says that’s easier on the body
Yankees captain Judge, like many fans, fretted for much of offseason over lack of moves
Auto Racing
Hamlin wants to increase speed to improve racing at the Daytona 500
From antitrust fight to victory lane: Michael Jordan’s 23XI grabs a Daytona 500 win
Golf
PGA Tour returns to Riviera after the fires. LPGA starts its first Asia swing in Thailand
Best Bets for the Genesis Invitational: Why You Should Have Your Eye on Tommy at Riv
Aberg takes advantage of a rule change on replacing damaged drivers
Tennis
Shelton delivers classy tribute to Fritz following Dallas Open title
Pegula will lead the WTA Tour’s efforts to improve the women’s tennis calendar
Soccer
Madrid game at Benfica halted for several minutes as Vinícius says opponent racially insulted him
Let’s avoid microscopic VAR intervention, says UEFA referees’ chief
High school/youth sports
3 killed, including suspect, in shooting during Rhode Island youth hockey game
Boxing/UFC/MMA/WWE
Mike Tyson vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. exhibition bout set for April
White confirms White House card is done
Scoreboards