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Lady Tigers Suffer Loss Before Break

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Tuesday, December 23. 2008

The Commerce High School Lady Tigers are 2-6 overall, but they’re 2-0 in region play before the Christmas break. Saturday night was hard on the Lady Tigers as the much quicker quad-A Apalachee squad overran the Lady Tigers in a lopsided 50-30 game. Commerce will return to the court in the Jackson County Jingle Jam Christmas Tournament next ... [Full Story »]

Raiders needing holiday victories

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Tuesday, December 23. 2008

The Madison County boys’ basketball team hopes the holidays bring an end to its four-game losing streak. Raiders (5-5) face Hart County, Stephens County and Elbert County in the Dairy Queen Classic in Hartwell Dec. 27, 29-30. Madison County hasn’t played since Dec. 16 when it lost 78-63 to Loganville. Coach Steve Crouse was frustrated with ... [Full Story »]

The Bulldogs’ Christmas wish list

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Tuesday, December 23. 2008

Here’s a grab bag of some Bulldog holiday wishes following Georgia’s most tumultuous season under coach Mark Richt. Throw another log on the fire, Bulldogs. It’s going to be a long, cold winter. Here they are, in no particular order: •Offensive line coach Stacy Searels staying put in Athens, hopefully for many years. •Beating Michigan ... [Full Story »]

Panthers place seventh at Rumble

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Friday, December 19. 2008

It was a tough weekend for the Jackson County Mat Panthers as an odd format in the USMC Raider Rumble at Alpharetta High School gave a couple of JCCHS’ top grapplers fits, and landed the team with a seventh place finish. “The format had us wrestle in three pool matches on Friday night and then the wrestlers were seeded according to how they ... [Full Story »]

Lady Dragons defeat Commerce

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Friday, December 19. 2008

The streak remains alive for the Jefferson Lady Dragons as they trounced the Commerce Lady Tigers Friday night to pick up a much-needed victory. The Lady Dragons hope to build some momentum off the win to carry to Friday, when they’ll travel to Union County to face off against the Lady Panthers. It looks to be a tough task for Jefferson as ... [Full Story »]

JCCHS looks for luck against Spartans

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Friday, December 19. 2008

After one of the best starts to a basketball season in recent years, the Lady Panthers of Jackson County have hit a couple of bumps in the road. Unfortunately, those bumps have come in the form of their first two region pairings for the season. After losing their first region game last Tuesday to Elbert County, the Lady Panthers followed that ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: Only a select few earn hero status

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Friday, December 19. 2008

Right is still right even if no one does it. Wrong is still wrong, even if everyone does it. ••• It’s not easy being a hero. I guess that’s the way it should be. Otherwise anyone could be one and the designation would not mean anything. We lost a hero last week although the mere mention of her name still makes seem people see red. Or ... [Full Story »]

No run-of-the-‘Mill’ task

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Thursday, December 18. 2008

Lady Raiders take on Class AAAA’s no. 3 team, Mill Creek, Saturday If coach Dan Lampe wanted his team to be tested over the holiday break, there could be perhaps no better rite-of-passage than going up against one the best teams in the state’s largest classification. Madison County (8-2) takes on Mill Creek Saturday as part of the “Shoot ... [Full Story »]

Fourth straight loss fuels frustration

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Thursday, December 18. 2008

Following a fourth consecutive loss, Madison County will take time to refocus since it won’t play again until Dec. 27. “Refocus is a good word to use,” Raider coach Steve Crouse said. “It’s gut-check time.” The gut-check comes after Madison County was buried in the first quarter against Loganville Tuesday night in a 78-63 loss. ... [Full Story »]

‘Tis the season for a dual

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Thursday, December 18. 2008

MCHS wrestling team hosting annual tournament Nothing like a nice dual to get people into holiday spirit. Including Madison County, 10 teams will take to four mats Saturday in this year’s Raider Duals in Danielsville. The field comprises Elbert County, Commerce, Athens Christian, Stephens County, Norcross, Greenbriar, Lakeside (Evans), Cedar ... [Full Story »]

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