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Lady Tigers Face Hart Co. Fri.

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Friday, December 17. 2010

Coming off of two wins to open the season, the Lady Tigers had hoped to continue their winning ways. Instead, they found defeat at the hands of Athens Academy and Jefferson. The Lady Tigers will travel to Hartwell to face Hart County in the opening game of the McDonald’s Shootout Tournament on Friday at 4 p.m. Hart County enters the week at ... [Full Story »]

Mat Eagles Travel To Apalachee Sat.

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Friday, December 17. 2010

It was a split decision for the Mat Eagles of East Jackson last week, as they fell to Loganville and North Oconee but then had two wrestlers medal in the top four in tournament action at Apalachee. The Eagles will travel to Loganville for tournament action on Saturday and Sunday. Last Wednesday, East Jackson came up short in a tri-match at home ... [Full Story »]

East Jackson Faces Pats Friday

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Thursday, December 16. 2010

A week that started out roughly ended on a high note for the East Jackson Eagles. After dropping games to Athens Christian and Hart County, the Eagles rebounded to beat Apalachee. East Jackson will host Oglethorpe County in a region contest on Friday at 8:30. The Patriots enter play this week 2-4 overall, fresh off of an 83-67 loss to Johnson. ... [Full Story »]

Mat Tigers Host Flowery Branch, Elbert Co. Friday

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Thursday, December 16. 2010

The Commerce High School wrestling team split matches with Morgan County and Riverside, then placed third in a dual meet at Apalachee over the past week. What they’d really like now is to get everyone healthy by the time Commerce hosts Flowery Branch and Elbert County Friday at 5 p.m. Last Wednesday, Commerce played host to Morgan County and ... [Full Story »]

Boys' basketball: Jefferson survives subregion scare

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Thursday, December 16. 2010

Dragons win close one at North Oconee after beating Commerce Friday Bottom line, Jefferson is 1-0 in subregion play. But coach Bolling DuBose isn’t overly thrilled with how his Dragons arrived at that point. Jefferson (5-3, 1-0) survived a lethargic performance Tuesday night, beating 8-AA South foe North Oconee 54-49 behind a career-high 20 ... [Full Story »]

Girls' basketball: JHS hopes to rebound heading into rivalry game

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Thursday, December 16. 2010

Jefferson's next game is a big one and not just because its against geographical rival Jackson County. The Lady Dragons (5-3, 0-1) are on the rebound after dropping their subregion opener to North Oconee 47-42 Tuesday night. Jackson County leads the subregion at 2-0. The teams face each other at 7 p.m. Friday. While Gibson knows the community ... [Full Story »]

Road trip: Jefferson grapplers to cross state lines for two tourneys

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Thursday, December 16. 2010

Jefferson's undefeated wrestling team stands to log some serious mileage on the odometer. The Dragons (9-0) will make a 350-mile trek to Raleigh, N.C., this weekend (Friday-Saturday) to face a host of out-of-state teams and then travel some 200 miles to Pigeon Forge, Tenn. next week (Wednesday-Thursday) for more of the same when they defend ... [Full Story »]

Wrestling: More wins for Moore

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Thursday, December 16. 2010

JCCHS wrestler grabs another title at Brett Warren Inv. Chalk another one up for Jackson County’s Zach Moore. Moore highlighted the Panthers’ long weekend trip to the Brett Warren Invitational in Dade County with his third tournament victory in as many weekends, winning in the 112-lb. class to continue his unblemished season. Coach Jason ... [Full Story »]

BCHS grapples for 6th

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Thursday, December 16. 2010

The Banks County varsity wrestlers are almost ready to head into the Christmas break, but still have one more tournament before being off from competition. This week the Leopard grapplers compete at the Tommy Warren Duals at Oconee County Saturday. The mat Leopards are coming off of a sixth place finish at last weekend’s Choo-Choo Christmas ... [Full Story »]

MCHS wrestlers set for Red Raider Duals

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Thursday, December 16. 2010

Madison County grapplers brought home a seventh place finish from the Morgan County Christmas Classic last weekend, with one wrestler recording his first-ever high school tournament championship. It was a undefeated run for the mat Red Raiders’ Max Nash at 125 lbs. Nash defeated all three opponents he faced to earn the win, the team’s ... [Full Story »]

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