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Lady Raiders in region title game for fourth straight year

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Friday, February 19. 2010

The prime time slot on championship Saturday again belongs to the Madison County High School girls’ basketball team. The Lady Raiders (21-6) will advance to the 8-AAAA title game for the fourth straight year, facing Loganville (16-9) tonight (Saturday) at 7 p.m. at Monroe Area High School. The Lady Raider seniors have reached the region ... [Full Story »]

Boys' basketball: MCHS will play for third place

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Friday, February 19. 2010

The Madison County boys' basketball team will take the court again Saturday at 5:30 p.m., but only to determine if it's a no. 3 or 4 seed at the state tournament. The Red Raiders (21-6) lost to Winder-Barrow 52-44 Friday night in the region tournament semifinals at Monroe Area High School, relegating it to the consolation round. The team will ... [Full Story »]

Eagles Lock Up Number Two Seed

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Friday, February 19. 2010

A victory Monday night over Banks County locked up the number two seed for East Jackson in the upcoming region basketball tournament. The Eagles will face number three seed Dawson County this Saturday to open tournament play in Dawsonville. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. The Eagles hoped to end their regular season on a high note Monday ... [Full Story »]

Jefferson opens tennis season with wins

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Friday, February 19. 2010

The Jefferson boys and girls netters opened their 2010 campaigns with two wins, as both teams defeated Franklin County last week. The boys’ team swept Franklin 5-0, with singles wins from Zach Bost, 6-0, 6-1, Blair Buffington, 6-0, 6-1 and Ben Daniels 6-0, 6-0. On the doubles side, Matt Buchanan and Aaron Martin won 6-1, 6-0, while Trevor ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: Numbers tell many different stories

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Friday, February 19. 2010

Numbers have always been fascinating to me. I guess that’s why I chose banking as my primary profession until I retired from it in 2001. Through the analysis of numbers and ratios, bankers make lending decisions, or at least they did before this current wave of bank failures due to bad lending decisions. I don’t know what they’re thinking ... [Full Story »]

Lady Dragons ready for region tournament

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Thursday, February 18. 2010

The Lady Dragons of Jefferson turn their attention this week to region tournament play after wrapping up their regular season Monday. Jefferson ended their season by splitting games with Banks County and North Oconee. The Lady Dragons will begin region tourney play on Saturday at Dawson County, where they will face either Fannin County or Rabun ... [Full Story »]

Tigers’ Area Hopes Conflicted By Weekend Snow

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Thursday, February 18. 2010

Foul winter weather over the weekend delayed the Commerce Tigers from competing in the Area Tournament. Due to the changes, the tournament was also condensed to a one-day event on Tuesday. Also, instead of the top four wrestlers advancing to the state round, the top eight will advance to the first round of the state tournament for a ... [Full Story »]

A slam dunk to state

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Thursday, February 18. 2010

MCHS’s state tourney drought will end If Madison County was ecstatic over clinching its first state tournament berth in 13 years, the Red Raiders kept it to themselves – at least on the court. There were a few smiles and fist pumps as Madison County (21-5) exited the floor following its 67-55 victory Tuesday over Monroe Area, but, overall, ... [Full Story »]

Banks vs. Walnut Grove to decide play-in round

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Thursday, February 18. 2010

Monday nights regular season closer wiped the slate for Banks County’s varsity boys, who now head to the region tournament play-in game against Walnut Grove on Thursday. “It’s do or die,” said coach Mike Ruth. “The kids realize it and we have to bring our A game.” Banks faces Walnut Grove at 4:30 p.m. in the play-in game at ... [Full Story »]

Lady Raiders clinch fifth straight trip to state

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Thursday, February 18. 2010

The Madison County High School girls’ basketball team got past the first-game jitters at the region tournament, beating Heritage 49-28 Wednesday at Monroe Area High School to clinch a spot at state. The Lady Raiders (20-6) now face Salem Friday in the region semifinals at 7 p.m. at Monroe Area High School. “We’ve got to play a better ... [Full Story »]

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