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New season, same tough game

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Saturday, July 31. 2010

It looks like it is going to be another tough season for the Madison County Red Raider football team. Head coach Randell Owens considers the forthcoming season as the toughest schedule he has seen since coaching at Madison County. The straight region schedule throws the Red Raiders directly into the thick of things against region newcomer ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: Top five multi-sport athletes of all time

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Saturday, July 31. 2010

The odds of making the professional level in any sport are staggering but there have been some very gifted athletes who made it to the pros in two sports. Others concentrated on one professional sport but had previous success in multiple sports on the college level. That’s who I want to talk about today - those few supermen and one superwoman ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: Counting down top multi-sport athletes of all time

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Saturday, July 31. 2010

Final countdown to softball

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Thursday, July 29. 2010

In less than 96 hours, the Lady Red Raiders’ softball team can stop waiting on the season to get here. Sunday, Aug. 1, marks the official start of practice for high school fall sports and the Lady Red Raiders are looking for another strong season after last year’s winning season when the ladies went 27-4, picked up the region title and went ... [Full Story »]

Hancock just misses at Dragway

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Thursday, July 29. 2010

After a week’s delay due to wet weather, the Atlanta Dragway picked up where it left off with the National Dragster Challenge Saturday, with competitors from all over coming out to vie for top honors. Joe Haddon of Oxford battled his way to the Super Pro finals, lining up against hometown hero Jeremy Hancock of Commerce, who took a bye run to ... [Full Story »]

Gridiron Leopards ready to put on pads

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Thursday, July 29. 2010

The summer is winding down for the Banks County Leopards. The football team officially begins practice on Monday and this summer has been productive for the team, as the coaching staff and players worked their way through the Pride of Summer program and spent time at camp. Looking to improve on last season’s 2-9 record, the Leopards take a ... [Full Story »]

Eagles Ready To Start Fall Practice

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Wednesday, July 28. 2010

For the Eagle faithful, the next four weeks may seem like an eternity. That’s because we’re less than a month away from the opening of the East Jackson Eagles 2010 football season. The Eagles closed out their breakthrough 2009 season as the region runners-up, going 10-2 overall and 8-1 in the region. They made it into the second round of ... [Full Story »]

Tigers Hit Practice Field Monday

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Wednesday, July 28. 2010

The minutes are counting down to the holiest of holy days for the Tiger Nation – opening day for Commerce Tiger football. The opening game, a non-region pairing with Commerce’s age-old rival, the Jefferson Dragons, is slated for Aug. 27, but the first major move towards that big day comes on Monday, Aug. 2, when the team takes to the field ... [Full Story »]

Ten Sharks Medal At State

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Wednesday, July 28. 2010

It was a strong close to the 2010 swim season for the Commerce Tiger Sharks over the weekend, as all 10 swimmers that qualified for the Georgia Park and Recreation State swim meet in Tifton medaled in their events. Ages 10-under swam on Friday, while the 11-up swimmers held their events on Saturday. Preliminary events were held in the morning, ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: Advances make work safer today for players

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Wednesday, July 28. 2010

Any football fan worth his pigskin has heard about the horror stories. Some, if old enough, have even lived though them. Tales of football practices from decades ago talk of practices in the grueling summer heat with no water breaks, salt tablets given to players and the act of “toughening up” players with methods unthinkable today. ... [Full Story »]

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