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Scoreboard: Banks County Leopards

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Sunday, December 7. 2008

Girls Basketball Dec. 6 - The Lady Leopards lost on Saturday to Jackson County 27-39. Boys Basketball Dec. 6 - The Leopards won on Saturday over Jackson County 55-50. For more on these stories, see the Dec. 11 edition of The Banks County News .

Scoreboard: Jackson County Panthers Dec. 5

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Sunday, December 7. 2008

Girls Basketball Dec. 2 - The Lady Panthers extended their winning streak with a victory over Johnson Tuesday night. Dec. 6 - The Lady Panthers remain unbeaten so far, as they defeated the Lady Leopards of Banks County in Homer Saturday 39-27. Their next game will be Tuesday night on the road at Elbert County. Boys Basketball Dec. 2 - The ... [Full Story »]

Scoreboard: Jefferson Dragons Dec. 5

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Sunday, December 7. 2008

Girls Basketball Dec. 5 - The Lady Dragons lost on Friday to Hart County 51-27. They're next game will be this coming Friday, when they play host to the Lady Tigers of Commerce. Wrestling Dec. 6 - The Jefferson Mat Dragons took top honors in the Panther Invitational at Jackson County Comprehensive High School this weekend. Eleven JHS wrestlers ... [Full Story »]

Mat Dragons ready to start new season at Panther Invite

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Friday, December 5. 2008

This weekend marks the next chapter in the history of the Jefferson Dragons wrestling team. The defending Class A Duals and Traditional champs will start their 2008-09 campaign on Friday with the Panther Invitational at Jackson County Comprehensive High School, and hope to get their season off to a strong start. Jefferson coach Doug Thurmond ... [Full Story »]

JCCHS to host Panther Invitational Fri.

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Thursday, December 4. 2008

The Jackson County Panthers wrestling team split the night at their last match on Nov. 25 at home, as they won over Washington-Wilkes, then lost to White County. Now the Panthers will zero in on the task at hand, as they prepare to play host to 24 teams this weekend in the Panther Invitational, including Jefferson and Commerce, beginning on ... [Full Story »]

Panthers basketball kiddie camp

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Thursday, December 4. 2008

JCCHS Panther Boys Basketball held its first Fall Basketball Kiddie Camp on Saturday, Nov. 22. Forty-seven future Panthers participated in the camp. Members of the varsity boys basketball team coached the younger kids and devoted their Saturday to helping the future Panther basketball players.

AHS gears up for tough stretch

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Thursday, December 4. 2008

It was Sunday evening and Apalachee High School varsity boys basketball coach Kevin Morris was preparing for the busy week which awaited his team. The Wildcats, which opened the season with an easy win against Class A Commerce, have had several days since playing that contest and held four days of practice last week, taking only Thanksgiving ... [Full Story »]

Raiders pass Salem trial

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Thursday, December 4. 2008

MCHS puts 3-1 record to the test after huge win It might be too early to call these Raiders the “comeback kids,” but Madison County is off to its best start in five years. The Raiders (3-1) find themselves within one victory of matching last year’s season win total after scoring a huge 60-48 road win over Salem Tuesday. “We haven’t ... [Full Story »]

Connell's team takes Tabo Tipoff title

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Thursday, December 4. 2008

A dominating performance by the Winder-Barrow High School boys basketball team Saturday helped cap a successful run through the Tabo Tipoff Tournament. The Bulldoggs defeated Collins Hill 75-44 to capture first place in the tournament hosted by Jefferson High School and emerged with a perfect 3-0 record in tournament play which stretched over ... [Full Story »]

Haymon-Morris still wears county crown

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Thursday, December 4. 2008

Winning the Barrow County championship is getting to be a hard habit to break for the Haymon-Morris Middle School girls basketball team. Coach Beth Parks’ squad captured the title for the second consecutive season with wins against county rivals Westside (32-27) and Russell Middle School (47-10.) In the opener against Westside, Haymon-Moris ... [Full Story »]

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