Saturday's Report: GHSA hoops, spring sports, Georgia College, Mercer; Falcons, Bananas, UGA, Braves; College 🏀/🏈, NBA, NFL/Combine, MLB, soccer, golf, WNBA, tennis, NHL, NASCAR
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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🏀🏀🏀
Cartersville 48, Warner Robins 40
East Laurens 62, Brantley County 37
Elbert County 61, Lamar County 58
Hart County 68, Westside 43
Jones County 51, Starr’s Mill 45
Macon County 62, Screven County 50
Metter 58, Taylor County 36
Putnam County 75, Fannin County 36
Junior Journey Waller went for 24 points while freshman Jaydah Baker added 17 points for Putnam County> Senior JaiKarccie Smith chipped in 12 points and Melody Richardson 10 points. Waller cruised past 1,000 points.
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Commerce 6, Putnam County 0
Dodge County 17, Central 0; Dodge County 20, Central 0
Houston County 4, Lambert 3
Jasper County 8, St. Francis 1
Montaverde 9, Mary Persons 6
Mount de Sales 7, Bulloch 5
Peach County 16, Lovejoy 1
Perry 14, Monroe Area 1
Treutlen 8, Hawkinsville 3
West Laurens 4, Franklin County 3
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Girls
Chattahoochee County 9, Macon County 0
GMC Prep 3, Dooly County 0
Hebron Christian 7, Veterans 3
Perry 10, Social Circle 0
Social Circle 2, Jasper County 0
Boys
GMC Prep 3, Dooly County 0
Hebron Christian 4, Veterans 1
Jasper County 1, Social Circle 0
Jones County 11, Ola 1
LaGrange 3, Mary Persons 0
Perry 3, New Hampstead 2
🎾 🎾 🎾Tennis 🎾 🎾 🎾
G-FPD 5, Johnson County 0
B-FPD 4, Johnson County 1
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
(Colleges: Please post links to stories with social media posts, and team names instead of logos in graphics)
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Mercer 5, Penn 4
North Georgia 15, Middle Georgia State 5
Pro
🏒🏒🏒SPHL🏒🏒🏒
Fayetteville 5, Macon 1
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Around/About Central Georgia
GCSU seniors look back on their journey as final regular-season game approaches
Bobcat seniors reflect on time at GCSU ahead of final regular-season game
Mercer Softball Invitational will try again Saturday
Around/About Georgia
Falcons dismiss assistant coach LaTroy Lewis, who has been named a suspect in a sexual assault case
Banana Ball gets 'biggest partnership to date' with ESPN and Disney, including a trip to Disneyland
Big-time coaches Cristobal, Smart show they can take a joke
Video of the Smart/Cristobal jokefest
Beck’s Georgia experience better than perceived, “reported”
UGA’s Young ready to 'scratch and claw' way into NFL at combine
Injury keeps UGA’s Delp on combine sideline
2 HRs vs. granddad's team? For Yaz, it's the direction and speed that matter
UGA’s Brooks: NCAA not messing around with potential portal sactions
No. 6 GymDogs Down No. 23 Kentucky
State college basketball
Eagles claim Sun Belt title with 78-72 OT win at Marshall
Battle’s 20 lead Old Dominion past Georgia State
State college baseball/softball
Georgia Southern softball stuns No. 25 Clemson
Georgia explodes in 8th to dump Oakland
A dozen hits and a career night in the circle push Tech past Notre Dame
Roelling no-hitter powers Georgia over South Alabama
A Worthy Read
A golden sweep by Team USA in Olympic hockey led to celebrations that got complicated and political
College Sports, the changing landscape
No end in sight for battles over eligibility and player contracts in college sports, experts say
Sankey calls for one-time transfer rule, national standards in NIL
College Basketball/SEC/ACC/South
Florida guard Boogie Fland circled game against No. 20 Arkansas months ago
Florida women end a 25-game skid against ranked teams but could be on the verge of another reboot
College Basketball/Women
Flau’jae Johnson’s path to an LSU title? Defense, rebounds and ‘choosing better’
No. 25 Princeton forced 26 turnovers in a rout of Dartmouth
College Basketball/Men
Goodman: Charles Bediako, please go away
Alabama Supreme Court denies Bediako’s request to play for Alabama again
Willard suits Villanova fine in 1st season on the bench. The Wildcats are winners again
No. 21 Miami (Ohio) rallies past Western Michigan 69-67 to remain the only unbeaten Division I team
Billy Gillispie won’t return as Tarleton State coach after being out for health reasons
2026 Winter Olympics/Milan Cortina
10 most memorable things we witnessed at Games
Engel: FBI director and Trump put USA hockey players in a terrible position
Olympic star Jack Hughes returns to NHL, jokes about his missing teeth as Devils resume playoff push
Souhan: Olympic men's hockey team allowed itself to be used by Trump
kim reveals disturbing social media experience after Olympics success
NBA/Basketball
NBA Hall of Famer Bosh has health scare, 'I'm lucky to be alive'
Maxey sets 76ers’ 3-point record in front of sellout crowd, minus his mother
Tempers flare between Nuggets and Thunder as Dort is ejected after fouling Jokic
Gilgeous-Alexander scores 36 in return, tempers flare as Thunder top Nuggets in OT
Pistons outlast short-handed Cavaliers in OT after blaring horn delay
Baseball/MLB
Former MLB pitcher sentenced to life in prison without parole for shooting his in-laws
Scherzer’s 8-year-old daughter sent handwritten note to Blue Jays hoping for Toronto return
College Football/SEC/ACC/Southeast
Ole Miss DC Toney leaving for Falcons after 7 weeks, per reports
Pavia reveals Jared Curtis championship plan at Vanderbilt, why he chose 'Dores over Georgia
Swinney reveals whether he spoke with Pete Golding after tampering allegations
Devonta Lee, former LSU and Louisiana Tech WR, passes away after cancer battle
NFL Combine
All eyes focused on Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza as QBs take center stage at NFL scouting combine
Pavia to throw at the NFL combine, betting big despite size concerns
Ohio State fits exactly what the league wants on defense
NFL/NFC
Indiana governor signs Chicago Bears stadium bill into law as Illinois inches closer to a tax deal
Cowboys place franchise tag on Pickens as focus shifts to talks on a long-term deal
NFL/AFC
Renck: Broncos' Payton made right move giving up play-calling. How long before he calls an audible?
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
NFL salary cap hits new milestone at $301.2 million as part of 40% increase over 5 years
Lions CB Arnold denies involvement in Florida kidnapping case
Auto Racing
Judge delays decision on restraining order preventing Chris Gabehart from joining Spire Motorsports
Golf
Smotherman still leads, Koepka makes the cut at PGA National after second round of Cognizant Classic
Soccer
Lionel Messi knocked down as fans storm the pitch during Inter Miami friendly in Puerto Rico
16-year-old MLS prodigy Cavan Sullivan becomes youngest American to score in CONCACAF Champions Cup
WNBA/Women’s basketball
WNBA players’ union sends offer to league with revenue sharing, housing concessions
High school/youth sports
California high school football coach’s salary set to be one of the highest in the nation
Boxing/UFC/MMA/WWE
Usyk scheduled for a dramatic WBC title defense at Egypt’s Pyramids against Rico Verhoeven
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