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WEIGHT LIFTING: AHS wins another area title

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Wednesday, March 9. 2011

The Apalachee High School weight lifting team continued its high rate of success as a program claiming another area title this past week. AHS dominated the Area III meet at Rockdale County Saturday. It marks the fifth consecutive season the Iron Cats have won the event. The top three lifters in each weight class qualified for state which will ... [Full Story »]

BASEBALL: Diamond Doggs face one of state's top pitchers

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Wednesday, March 9. 2011

Tuesday’s game against Buford gave the Winder-Barrow High School baseball team just what it needed, according to coach Brian Smith. WBHS faced a quality non-region opponent and got to square off against one of the state’s top high school pitching prospects as well. Even after an 8-5 loss, Smith was not disappointed in his team. “It was a ... [Full Story »]

BRIDGES: Possible lockout shows out of touch mentality

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Wednesday, March 9. 2011

I often ask myself why I enjoy the National Football League so much. There’s actually so many things to dislike about the league. On one hand, you have a bunch of millionaire athletes who, if you really boil it down, don’t care about the fans. Oh, they say they do and they even go out and do things in the community to show they care, but ... [Full Story »]

In photos: Jefferson vs. Jackson Co. soccer

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Wednesday, March 9. 2011

In photos: Jackson Co. vs. Jefferson soccer

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Wednesday, March 9. 2011

BLALOCK: The top five current college coaches

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Saturday, March 5. 2011

Over the past few weeks we have looked at the current slate of coaches/managers in the NFL, NBA, and MLB and come up with a list of the five best in each of those organizations. Today, we’ll look at the college game to determine who the best are at that level. As I began thinking about this list, I was presented with a dilemma that I had not ... [Full Story »]

Lady Tigers Win Over Jackson Co.

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Saturday, March 5. 2011

The results were mixed for the Commerce golf teams as they faced Jackson County at Traditions last Thursday. The girls came away with a win, 109-111. Haley Chestnut, Emmie Burley and Rebekah Lang led the way for the Lady Tigers victory. Things didn’t go quite as well for the boys, as they fell to the Panthers 170-222. Austin Patterson led the ... [Full Story »]

PHOTOS: Bethlehem Christian Academy Knights

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Saturday, March 5. 2011

Photos by Jessica Brown cp_load_widget('AYOA9gqqIgKu', 'cincopa_widget_487e28e8-831e-46f0-935d-70baf65b668a'); Click here to open the gallery. Powered by Cincopa Media Platform for your website and Cincopa MediaSend for file transfer . [Full Story »]

Tigers Fall To Eagles At State

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Friday, March 4. 2011

The Commerce Tiger basketball team saw its season come to a close Saturday in the second round of state playoff action at the hands of North Cobb Christian, 71-63. The Tigers closed their season with a 12-2 region record, and a 20-7 mark overall. To get to the second round, the Tigers first beat the Landmark Christian School War Eagles on ... [Full Story »]

East Jackson Bests Jefferson

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Friday, March 4. 2011

It was a split result for East Jackson last week, as both the boys’ and girls’ teams fell to Madison County but both rebounded to defeat Jefferson. East Jackson returns to action on Thursday as they host Apalachee. The girls’ contest starts at 5:30, with the boys’ game to follow at 7:30. Madison County After a strong start to the ... [Full Story »]

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