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Cross Country Tigers End Season

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Thursday, November 4. 2010

The Commerce cross country teams wrapped up their season last Thursday in the 8-A region meet at Athens Academy. Commerce placed ninth in the nine-team field, with Athens Christian taking the region title. Jeffery Henderson led the Tigers with a 52nd-place effort out of 66 runners with a time of 23.27. Other runners included Chase Klugh ... [Full Story »]

East Jackson C.C. Heads For State Meet

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Thursday, November 4. 2010

The East Jackson cross country teams wrapped up their region schedule over the weekend, competing in the 8-AA region championship meet at Crow’s Lake in Jefferson. Both teams now move on to the state meet Saturday at Carrollton. The boys are slated to race at 2:30 p.m., with Cale Pirtle being the lone Eagle to qualify at the region meet. The ... [Full Story »]

BCHS runners earn 5th and 10th at region meet

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Thursday, November 4. 2010

The cross-country season ended a little sooner than hoped for the Banks County runners. While a trip to Carrollton is not in the future for the Leopard runners, this season was still very productive for both teams as the boys and girls both set fast times around a new home course layout. Last week at the region championships, the Lady Leopards ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: Exciting OT game still fresh in minds of Wildcat fans

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Thursday, November 4. 2010

It’s been a little more than a year now since the Apalachee High School football team made the short trip to Loganville for a Region 8-AAAA contest. Going into the game, there was plenty on the line. The Wildcats were looking to defend their state ranking and undefeated record. The LHS Red Devils were hoping to stay in the playoff chase and ... [Full Story »]

Winning season within reach for JHS

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Thursday, November 4. 2010

5-4 Dragons hosting East Hall Friday Instead of being in the midst of the state playoff discussion Friday, the discussion for Jefferson centers around a winning season. With key personnel losses to graduation, injuries and a much more demanding region schedule this year, the two-time defending 8-AA champion Dragons (5-4, 3-3) had to readjust ... [Full Story »]

Successful send off?

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Thursday, November 4. 2010

JCCHS aims for win in season finale Friday The Panthers’ 2010 campaign hasn’t exactly gone by design. Despite having to replace a host of starters from last year, coach Billy Kirk had hoped his Panthers would be better than 3-6 at this point — perhaps even competing for a state playoffs spot. Instead, Jackson County (3-6, 1-5) faces ... [Full Story »]

Raider runners complete race

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Thursday, November 4. 2010

Madison County may not be heading to the state cross-country meet this year, but the Madison County runners did make sure that every teammate crossed the finish line last Saturday at the region meet and earned 10th place as a team. Heading into the region championship meet, Madison County was looking to battle Habersham Central for a shot at ... [Full Story »]

Red Raiders earn 4th at state, finish 34-5

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Wednesday, November 3. 2010

Madison County’s bid for the state title in softball ended sooner than hoped as the Red Raider softball team earned fourth place in the state finals to cap an outstanding season. “We went down to Columbus and I thought the girls would play hard, they did all the way through,” coach Doug Kesler said. “Obviously, we would have liked to ... [Full Story »]

Prowling For The Panthers

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Wednesday, November 3. 2010

Eagles Fall Hard To Dragons, 49-15 The East Jackson Eagles had hoped to snap a three-game losing streak against Jefferson Friday night, but it didn’t pan out that way, as Jefferson scored at will and held the Eagles to two touchdowns in a 49-15 shellacking. East Jackson will regroup this week as it prepares for its final game of the season, ... [Full Story »]

Tigers At Redskins Fri.

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Wednesday, November 3. 2010

Commerce Bitten By Bulldogs 21-0 Despite coming away from Friday night’s final regular season home game with a loss to George Walton, there is still some good news for the Tiger faithful. Commerce is locked into the post-season, no matter what goes on Friday night in 8-A play at Social Circle. Commerce enters the week tied in the region with ... [Full Story »]

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