Sunday's Report: HS/college scores, Russell Henley, Mercer, MGSU, Georgia College; Falcons, UGA/Smart, UGA/Tech/KSU/GSU hoops; NFL, college football/basketball, MLB, NBA, WNBA, golf
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High Schools
🏀🏀🏀Girls basketball🏀🏀🏀
ACE 57, Twiggs County 15
Sara Rhett Farmer dropped five 3s en route to a 19-point night, while Karsyn Yates added 12.
Baldwin 66, Howard 36
Kassidy Neal and Suri Clark had 15 points each for Baldwin, Amari Baker adding 12. Janaye Walker had 15 rebounds.
Brentwood 49, Briarwood 32
Central Fellowship 64, Hawkinsville 23
Dodge County 49, Bleckley County 45
Lyric Green scored 24 to lead Dodge County.
FDP 39, Pinewood 36
George Walton 49, Stratford 46
Jones County 52, Putnam County 42
Lake Oconee 46, GMC Prep 23
Northeast 79, McNair 26
Piedmont 72, Augusta Prep 21
Taylor Couty 45, Marion County 45
Upson-Lee 61, Mary Persons 20
Amiya Cromer’s 39 points led the Knights.
Veterans 69, Westside 61
Warner Robins 63, Peach County 33
The Demonettes improved to 14-0 behind 16 points from Kor’Veanna Slaughter, 7 rebounds from Trinitee Thomas.
🏀🏀🏀Boys basketball🏀🏀🏀
Augusta Prep 61, Piedmont 44
Baldwin 62, Howard 51
Bleckley County 62, Dodge County 41
The Royals avenged an early-season loss in style. Galvin Hilburn had 15 and Kyler Johnson 10 for Dodge County.
Brentwood 59, Brairwood 55
Central Fellowship 81, Hawkinsville 69
Dublin 81, Johnson County 49
Gatewood 68, FPD 27
Houston County 70, Northside 51
The Bears opened up region play with a romp, behind 20 points from Josh Jackson and 18 from Malik Gillespie.
Jasper County 55, Jackson 46
JaMarkus Thomas did damage for the Purple Hurricanes with 30 points.
Putnam County 71, Jones County 60
The War Eagles improved to 15-0 behind 14 points from Zay Hargrove, 11 from Shamar McClendon andJaylinn Harper, and 10 from Jeremy Banks and Jmari Greene.
Stratford 62, George Walton 52
Upson-Lee 72, Mary Persons 44
The Knights improved to 9-2/4-2 behind 29 from Carmelo Williams.
Veterans 65, Westside 57
Freshman Trey Byrd led Veterans (9-4) with 24 points.
Joshua Harden put up 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Seminoles, Christian Little adding 14 points and Jatavion Zellner adding 10.
Warner Robins 66, Peach County 54
🏫🏫🏫College🏫🏫🏫
🏀🏀🏀Women’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
Brewton-Parker 80, Middle Georgia State 68
Georgia College 60, North Aiken 46
🏀🏀🏀Men’s basketball🏀🏀🏀
USC Aiken 71, Georgia College 68
Mercer 70, VMI 67
Middle Georgia State 97, Brewton-Parker 81
Milique Smith went off for 29 points and 20 rebounds to lead the Knights.
Pro
🏒🏒🏒 SPHL 🏒🏒🏒
Knoxville 3, Macon 0
🏀🏀🏀NBA🏀🏀🏀
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Around/About Central Georgia
Nze scores 25 as Mercer holds on for 70-67 victory over VMI
Mercer’s Moore takes second in Buck Buchanan voting
Henley gains ground, loses ground
For the second straight day, Russell Henley shot a little better than a day earlier.
And for the second straight day, Henley lost ground on the leaderboard.
Henley’s 68 lowered his score to 12 under at The Sentry in Hawaii, but he dropped two spots to a tie for 31st.
Hideki Matsuyama and Collin Morikawa shots 62s to stay at first and second, at 27 under and 26 under.
Henley turned in seven birdies against two bogeys, No. 7 tripping him up for the second time in three rounds.
The Stratford grad tees off at 1:20 p.m. on Sunday, with Viktor Hovland and Jason Day.
Around/About Georgia
Why Drake London and Darnell Mooney's stellar production is 'no surprise'
Elliss leads a defensive turnaround
What to watch when Atlanta hosts Carolina
Sonny Smart, father of Kirby, dies after a fall in New Orleans
Tributes pour in for long-time Georgia high school coach
Did UGA underachieve, or show resilience?
Shooting goes cold for Georgia in SEC opener
Tech rolls over Boston College
McMullen scores 22 points, grabs 14 rebounds in Georgia State’s victory over Louisiana
Cottle scores 28 as Kennesaw State takes down Jacksonville State
College Football
Northern Illinois set to move to Mountain West as football-only member
Touchdown Tommy! Montana State’s Mellott wins Walter Payton Award as top FCS offensive player
USC standout Pregnon reverses course and enters transfer portal
RB Justice Haynes, Alabama transfer, officially signs with Michigan
Former LSU QB AJ Swann transfers to App State
Alabama OL Tyler Booker to enter 2025 NFL Draft
College Football/Playoffs
College Football Playoff format 'unlikely' to change for 2025
Buckeyes’ Day set sights on Ewers when the now-Texas quarterback was 8th grader
Notre Dame and Penn State will renew a long-dormant rivalry
Penn State hopeful Big Ten Defensive POTY Carter will be ready for Orange Bowl
Arizona State's Skattebo refutes partying before Peach Bowl post: 'I don't drink'
Day, assistants add six-figures to bonus total with Ohio State's win over Oregon
Saban: Texas' Steve Sarkisian shouldn't have said anything to UT kicker vs ASU
College Football/Bowls
Kicker Bellenfan, linebacker Murdock lead Buffalo past Liberty 26-7 in Bahamas Bowl
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Picks: Lions will beat the Vikings in showdown for the NFC’s No. 1 seed
Whitehead placed on non-football injury list after car accident
Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals kept their playoff hopes alive by edging the Steelers
Ravens wrap up the AFC North with a 35-10 rout of Cleveland; Jackson surpasses 4,000 yards passing
How the legend of 'Dan Gamble' got its start in an infamous upset of the Vikings
Chiefs backup Wentz will face a pass rush the likes of which the Broncos have never had
Why the Chiefs' flight to Denver was delayed 4 hours. It wasn't just the ice.
Martindale back on NFL radar after Michigan smothers Ohio State and Alabama
College Basketball/Women
Conner scores 29, No. 11 TCU women move to a program-best 15-1 with an 81-66 win over Cincinnati
No. 18 West Virginia forceS 31 TOs, rally in 2nd half to beat BYU
Betts dominates as No . 1 UCLA cruise past Indiana
College Basketball/Men
Mizzou men lose SEC hoops opener at No. 2 Auburn: 'Took us too long to adjust'
No coach, no problem: Three takeaways as No. 4 Duke wins key ACC game at SMU
Schieffelin scores 21, Clemson beat Cal 80-68 despite 30 from Andrej Stojakovic
Sears scores 22 to lift No. 5 Alabama to 107-79 rout of No. 12 Oklahoma
Arizona holds off 19-point comeback, beats No. 16 Cincinnat
NBA
How a souring relationship turned toxic with Jimmy Butler and what might come next for the Heat
WNBA
Clark joins Kelce brothers on 'New Heights' podcast
Golf
Matsuyama sets personal best with 11 birdies for a 62 and leads Morikawa by 1 at Kapalua
Boxing/MMA/UFC/WWE
WWE ready to begin Netflix era with ‘Monday Night Raw’ moving to the streaming platform
Scoreboards
Women’s college basketball scores/games
Men’s college basketball scores/games