Sunday's Report: GIAA/GHSA hoops, Mercer, Gerogia College, Middle Georgia State, GMC JC; GIAA issues, Braves, UGA, United, state colleges; College 🏀/🏈, NBA, NFL/combine, MLB, soccer, golf, 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🏀🏀🏀
Oconee County 53, Baldwin 44
Trinia Lawrence led Baldwin with14 points on a rough offensive night for the Bravettes, Suri Clark adding 14 points and 7 rebounds. Conniya Reaves had 6 assists and 5 boards.
GIAA
Athens Christian 47, Stratford 27 (For full story, go here)
Brentwood 62, No. 3 Southwest Georgia 46
🏀🏀🏀Boys Basketball🏀🏀🏀
Baldwin 70, Westside-Augusta 33
The Braves rolled against their region foe behind 29 points from Zion Grant.
Fitzgerald 69, Dodge County 60
Kyler Johnson had 14, Galvin H ilburn 13, and Xavier McCoy 12 in the 18-8 Indians’ season finale.
Houston County 64, Kennesaw Mountain 43
The Bears are headed to the Elite 8 after 15 points from Josh Jackson, plus 14 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals from Malik Gillespie. Andrew Wahiwe added 10 points and Brylin Mills 10 rebounds.
Putnam County 79, Dublin 50
The Irish’s dream late-season run came to an ended on the road to the highly-ranked War Eagles. Tamaud Woodson went off for 26 points, while J’Mari Greene added 23 points and Jaylen Nelson 10 points.
Southwest 70, East Laurens 58 (For full story, go here)
GIAA
Brentwood 81, Central Fellowship 59
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FPD 10, Veterans 0, 5 inn.
Mercer signee Connor Strandmark threw a 9-strikeout complete game, boosted by 11 Viking hits.
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
(Colleges: Please post links to stories with social media posts, and team names instead of logos in graphics)
🏀🏀🏀Basketball🏀🏀🏀
M-Flagler 75, Georgia College 57
W-Georgia College 71, Flagler 63
M-Lander 80, Middle Georgia State 70
W-Mercer 68, Chattanooga 55
M-Mercer 82, East Tennessee State 6
W-Middle Georgia State 61, Lander 54
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Georgia College 9, USC Beaufort 2; Georgia College 11, USC Beaufort 0
Mercer 5, Penn 3
North Georgia 15, Middle Georgia Staet 4
🥎🥎🥎Softball🥎🥎🥎
GMC JC 11, Georgia Highlands 8; Georgia Highlands 12, GMC JC 4
Georgia College 7, UNC Pembroke 3; UNCP 1, Georgia College 0
Mercer 2, Tennessee State 1
Pro
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Macon 4, Fayetteville 1
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Around/About Central Georgia
Trinity Christian victim of second botched scoring issue in GIAA semifinals
BSB-John Milledge alum throws no-hitter for Georgia College in sweep
WBKB-Mercer takes down league-leading Chattanoga
WBKB- Bobcats close regular season with statement road win over Flagler
MBKB-Mercer holds off ETSU on Senior Day
Around/About Georgia
Scoring mistakes lead to overtime and GIAA semi loss for Robert Toombs
How can Spencer Strider regain ace form in ’26?
Slam shows Acuña's ready for Classic; will it launch another MVP campaign?
Braves News: Spencer Strider has an interesting start, John Gil shines, more
Beck was a ‘child’ at Georgia — here’s the raw story of how he became an NFL-ready quarterback
Judd, Bouda score goals, Werner makes MLS debut for Earthquakes in 2-0 win over Atlanta
State college basketball
McCray V scores 20, Florida State rolls past Georgia Tech
Georgia takes care of business against South Carolina
Williams-Dryden scores 30 as West Georgia downs North Alabama
State college baseball/softball
Jackets' offense mashes yet again in 13-3 win over Northwestern
Georgia baseball sweeps doubleheader with Oakland, wins series
A Worthy Read
Teenage girls are most likely to tear their ACLs. Parents say more must be done to protect them
College Basketball/SEC/ACC/South
Pinkins and Storr score 26 apiece, Ole Miss beats Auburn 85-79 to snap a 10-game skid
Red-hot Myles Colvin scores 32 points and Wake Forest rallies past Syracuse
Donaldson scores 15 points and Miami dumps Boston College after huge first-half run
Copeland’s 22 help Stetson down Florida Gulf Coast
South Carolina Upstate wins 71-61 against Gardner-Webb
Mitchell leads balanced attack and Missouri dismantles Mississippi State
Certa scores 32, lights it up in overtime, and Notre Dame stuns N.C. State
Metheny scores 24 in Liberty’s 81-78 victory against Jacksonville State
Lockett scores 23, Jacksonville knocks off North Florida
Booth’s 40 lead Samford past UNC Greensboro
Pettway scores 23 as Western Carolina defeats Furman
Staples’ 15 lead Maryland-Eastern Shore past South Carolina State
Adebisi scores 27, Citadel defeats Wofford 93-90 in OT
College Basketball/Women
South Carolina’s Staley says school is working to bring 3 former players home from Israel
Olson’s 28 points help power No. 8 Michigan to an 87-69 win over No. 14 Maryland
Tall, Belker and Chea lead No. 25 Princeton women over Harvard
College Basketball/Men
Evans, Boozer help No. 1 Duke beat No. 11 Virginia 77-51 to clinch ACC Tournament’s top seed
No. 16 Texas Tech ends No. 4 Iowa State’s home winning streak
No. 5 Houston takes out the frustration of 3 straight losses with a 102-62 win over Colorado
Karaban helps No. 6 UConn edge Seton Hall 71-67 after being added to Huskies of Honor
No. 7 Florida clinches at least a share of the SEC title with a 111-77 drubbing No. 20 Arkansas
Ejiofor has triple-double as No. 15 St. John’s bounces back with 89-57 rout of Villanova
Philon’s late jumper leads No. 17 Alabama over No. 22 Tennessee
Veesaar matches a season-high with 26 points to carry No. 18 North Carolina past Virginia Tech
Huff, Lorient lead West Virginia past No. 19 BYU
Porter’s 16 second-half points lead Clemson to an 80-76 victory over No. 24 Louisville
Chandler scores a career-high 23 points to lead Kentucky over No. 25 Vanderbilt
2026 Winter Olympics/Milan Cortina
Hayes: White House fakes comments by Trump supporter Brady Tkachuk as Team USA controversy lingers
Hughes' 'lost' game-winning puck turns up
Blue Jackets’ Zach Werenski honored by Columbus fans for Olympic gold
Olympic Injury toll continues to rise as PWHL returns to action
NBA/Basketball
Kerr says he made 'stupid mistake' questioning Kristaps Porzingis' diagnosis
Oft-injured F Williamson ‘tweaks’ right ankle in win over Utah
Doncic scores 26 points, James adds 22 as Lakers run away from Warriors for win
Miller scores 26 points as the Hornets beat the Trail Blazers for their 4th straight win
Baseball/MLB
MLB's absurd salary cap proposal reveals what this lockout threat is really about
College Football/SEC/ACC/Southeast
Swinney jokes about Chad Morris’ reaction to tampering rant at press conference
Dilfer admits pressure to take UAB head coaching job in 2023
College Football
Assault claims against ex-Michigan assistant investigated; Moore did nothing wrong, lawyer says
College Sports
NFL Combine
Notre Dame, Penn St. running back tandems share stage once again at NFL’s scouting combine
Combine crowd cheers for Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza while Miami QB Carson Beck is met with boos
Pavia reveals what advice he's received from Johnny Manziel ahead of NFL Draft
NFL/NFC
Saints reportedly have yet to hear from teams on trading for Derek Carr
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
NFLPA report cards: Home-field hatred and more eyebrow-raising grades
How NFL players graded their head coaches in NFLPA survey
Steelers get league-worst 'F-' in NFLPA report cards
Auto Racing
NASCAR returns to road racing with Reddick on pole and chasing Cup Series history against SVG
Reddick earns Cup pole at COTA
Gabehart shows up in Spire gear as a lawsuit court deadline looms
Golf
Lowry and Smotherman tied for the Cognizant Classic lead at 13 under
Hillier holds out Lucas Herbert to win the New Zealand Open
Horschel's wild shot, fan spat, ejection at Cognizant Classic
Hockey
Hurricanes continue hot streak with 5-2 win over Detroit
Holmstrom’s OT goal gives Islanders win over Blue Jackets and extends winning streak to 4
Markstrom makes 25 saves, Devils beat Blues to end 5-game skid
Trocheck scores shootout winner as Rangers edge Penguins
Soccer
What FIFA said about World Cup after U.S. attack on Iran
Kane is going for Lewandowski’s record 41-goal haul in a Bundesliga season
German star Marco Reus extends his stay with the LA Galaxy through 2027
Diego Rossi scores late to rally Columbus Crew to 2-2 draw with Sporting Kansas City
High school/youth sports
Louisiana’s LHSAA vote down one-time transfer rule
Boxing/UFC/MMA/WWE
Emanuel Navarrete batters Eduardo 'Sugar' Nunez to unify WBO and IBF titles in Mexican war
UFC Mexico results: Lone'er Kavanagh upsets Brandon Moreno
Arman Tsarukyan ignites massive brawl after punching Georgio Poullas at RAF 6
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