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Nine Mat Tigers Are State Bound

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Thursday, February 17. 2011

Nine Commerce grapplers qualified to move on to the State Traditional tournament this weekend at the Gwinnett Arena, while four of the nine won Sectional championships. Cody Legg (103 lb.), Addison Davis (160 (lb.), Chance McClure (160 lb.) and Serguio Rojas (285 lb.) all won sectional champion titles during the Sectional Tournament at Social ... [Full Story »]

BC boys smack down Panthers

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Thursday, February 17. 2011

The Banks County boys played the first round of the postseason Tuesday night and it was a refreshing change from the end of the regular season for the Leopards. Tuesday night the Leopards took on Jackson County in the opening of the 8-AA region tournament. Banks County handily earned the win, 64-51 over Jackson County. Jackson County entered as ... [Full Story »]

MCHS sends four mat Raiders to state

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Thursday, February 17. 2011

Madison County will be sending four seniors to the mats at the Gwinnett Arena this weekend to compete for state titles. The Red Raiders sent seven to the East AAAA sectionals last weekend at Loganville to compete for a chance to make it to the state tournament. Moving on and looking for an opportunity to earn state titles are Cody Phillips, ... [Full Story »]

Litke, Buttler cap stellar seasons

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Thursday, February 17. 2011

Brittany Litke and Mitchell Buttler capped a standout season for themselves and the Winder-Barrow High School team this weekend at Georgia Tech. The WBHS duo competed at the Georgia High School Association state swim meet with Litke taking 12th in the 100 backstroke. The freshman qualified for the finals with a time of 1:01.22 Friday, a new ... [Full Story »]

Eyes turn to future for AHS

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Thursday, February 17. 2011

Kevin Morris figured the 2010-2011 basketball season would be a rebuilding one for his Apalachee High School Wildcats. The coach admitted Tuesday night he didn’t think it would be quite the rebuilding season it turned out to be. “We thought we had a foundation, but we were still clearing land,” Morris said after his team was eliminated ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: Tournament play makes for great memories

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Thursday, February 17. 2011

The passage of time has not dimmed the sharpness of the memories. Twenty two years ago in a high school gym in LaGrange my high school basketball team was one win away from the state tournament. We had survived our opening-round region tournament game and needed one more victory to go to the big dance. As a member of the varsity basketball team ... [Full Story »]

Grapplers send six looking for AA state titles

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Thursday, February 17. 2011

Over the weekend at the class AA east sectionals, the Banks County mat Leopards qualified the most grapplers for the state tournament since the sectional format was established. Banks County pushes six wrestlers forward to the Gwinnett Arena for the state tournament this weekend, only dropping two of the eight that qualified for sectionals. ... [Full Story »]

Red Raiders repeat sub-region victors; face Salem tonight

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Thursday, February 17. 2011

The first round games of the region tournament were decided Tuesday and Madison County will take on Salem in the Region 8-AAAA quarterfinals at Winder-Barrow this evening (Thursday) at 7 p.m. Madison County, the top seed in 8-AAAA north, now faces Salem, the south fourth seed, after the Seminoles defeated Flowery Branch in the play-in game ... [Full Story »]

Girls' basketball: Skelton, Drew lead JCCHS past Jefferson

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Thursday, February 17. 2011

IT WASN’T Jackson County’s senior night, but a pair of Lady Panther veterans took the spotlight on the final evening of the regular season. Ashley Skelton scored 21 points and Bre Drew notched her 1,000th-career point Friday as Jackson County atoned for a Dec. 17 loss to rival Jefferson with a 44-22 road win Friday. “I’m really proud of ... [Full Story »]

Wrestling: Seven JCCHS wrestlers heading to state tourney

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Wednesday, February 16. 2011

JACKSON COUNTY had hoped to qualify its entire lineup for the state championships at Gwinnett Arena this week. The Panthers weren’t far off that mark. Seven of the nine Jackson County wrestlers who participated in the state sectionals this past weekend are moving on to Gwinnett as the Panthers shoot for a top 10 finish in Class AA. Jackson ... [Full Story »]

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