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Soccer: Jackson Co. girls lose in semifinals

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Wednesday, April 25. 2012

JACKSON COUNTY lost 3-0 Monday to Dawson County in the Region 8-AA semifinals Monday, sending it to the third-fourth place against Jefferson Tuesday. “We played hard, but just got beat by a better team,” Jackson County coach Joe Ridgway said. “They were bigger and more physical. Dawson (County) deserved to win.” The loss followed a 6-2 ... [Full Story »]

Spring sports round-up: Jackson Co. girls lose in semifinals

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Wednesday, April 25. 2012

Track: Jackson County’s Reynolds going to sectionals after hurdles win

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Wednesday, April 25. 2012

JACKSON County will have a region champion representing it at the state sectionals. Yohan Reynolds won the region 300-meter hurdles Friday at Jefferson with a time of 40.28 seconds to advance to this weekend’s state sectionals at Lamar County. He also finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles (15.72 seconds) to help Jackson County earn a ... [Full Story »]

Track: Pirtle, six other EJCHS athletes headed to sectionals

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Wednesday, April 25. 2012

EAST JACKSON’S Cale Pirtle used two more record-setting performances to move on to the Class AA state sectionals. Pirtle established new school marks in the 1,600 meters (4:30.88) and the 3,200 meters (10:08.25) as he won the region in both events to help East Jackson to a fifth-place finish in the 8-AA meet Thursday and Friday. He’ll ... [Full Story »]

Lady Leopards head to state tennis playoffs

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Wednesday, April 25. 2012

On Thursday, April 19, the Banks County Lady Leopards Tennis Team competed in the region tournament at North Oconee High School. The team placed second in the region and will advance to the state playoffs. BCHS played Elbert County in the first round and won 3-0, the Lady Leopards second match was against Hart County and BCHS won 3-0. The third ... [Full Story »]

Baseball: Jefferson falls in second round of region playoffs

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Monday, April 23. 2012

Dragons aim for third-place now JEFFERSON couldn’t parlay its round one region playoff series win over Banks County into round two success against no. 7 North Oconee. The Titans (19-4) swept the Dragons (13-11) in two games Monday in Bogart — winning 3-1 and 10-1 — to relegate Jefferson to the third-fourth place game Friday. The Dragons ... [Full Story »]

ROLLASON: Early-season turnaround for Braves

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Monday, April 23. 2012

After losing the first four games of the season, the Atlanta Braves have been rolling, culminating this past weekend when they swept the Milwaukee Brewers in their first home series at Turner Field this season. A rough start saw the Braves getting little to no run support in the opening series against the Mets. Zero runs in the first game, just ... [Full Story »]

Soccer: EJCHS boys denied spot in region finals in heartbreaker

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Saturday, April 21. 2012

EAST JACKSON went toe-to-toe with Class AA’s no. 4 team for 79 minutes and 55 seconds Friday night in the Region 8-AA semifinals. But a goal with five seconds left from East Hall denied the Eagles the biggest win in program history. With the 1-0 loss, East Jackson (8-8) will play Dawson County Tuesday for third-place in 8-AA. The Eagles have ... [Full Story »]

Baseball: JCCHS sweeps East Hall

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Friday, April 20. 2012

— from reports JACKSON County passed its first test in the region consolation rounds, sweeping a double header against East Hall Friday. Jalen Banks threw a one-hitter in the opener as Jackson County won 3-0. The Panthers then throttled the Vikings 16-6 in the night cap in a five-inning game. Quinn Grogan (2-0) got the win in relief. Jackson ... [Full Story »]

Baseball: Dragons roll to 10-2 win, clinch state playoff spot

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Friday, April 20. 2012

JEFFERSON scored five times in the fifth inning Friday night to pull away for a 10-2 victory over Banks County to win its best-of-three region playoff series with the Leopards. The Dragons (13-9) clinched a state playoff berth with the victory and will advance to the region semifinals against North Oconee. Jefferson starts its best-of-three ... [Full Story »]

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