When her team broke the huddle for the start of the fourth set up 2-1 on Jackson County Saturday in the 8-AAA volleyball finals, Jefferson coach Brittani Lawrence asked three things of her players with a title hanging in the balance: to communicate, to focus “and to ball out.”
Jackson County won’t put Oct. 11, 2019 in any scrapbooks.
HARTWELL — The much-anticipated matchup between Jefferson and Hart County delivered on its hype with a photo finish.
After fumbling the opening kickoff, and scoring only 14 first-quarter points, the Commerce Tigers kicked into another gear in the second quarter.
The Jackson County softball team fell behind early in a winner-take-all Game 3 and couldn’t catch up in a season-ending loss.
Jefferson softball coach Kacie Bostwick had said she thought all the pressure in Game 3 would be on Sonoraville. But as it turned out, Bostwick’s players thrived when the pressure was turned up on them.
Jackson County held off a final-inning rally from Calhoun for a 12-10 win Wednesday on the road, forcing a decisive Game 3 in its first-round state playoff series with the Yellow Jackets.
When the coaches of Region 8-AAA put together a poll in the preseason, they tabbed Hart County as their favorite, just ahead of Jefferson. Area media had that pecking order flip-flopped, pegging the Dragons as the team to beat.
After having another bye week, the Commerce Tigers return to the field, but they will be on the road when they hit the gridiron.
The signs were there early on that Ashley (Hines) Reynolds would have a future in cheerleading.
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The East Jackson Eagles head into Thursday's state tournament play-in game with momentum.
When Jackson County wrestling coach Jason Powers looks back on his 2008 team, he realizes he didn’t fully appreciate that bunch at the time.
Jackson County’s girls’ cross country team finished a close second in a tri-meet at Franklin County Tuesday (Oct. 8).
The Jefferson volleyball team warmed up for Saturday’s 8-AAA semifinals with a three-set sweep of Franklin County Thursday at home in the opening round of the area tournament.
Jackson County’s margin for error to reach the state playoffs grew a little slimmer last week with a loss, and coach Rich McWhorter doesn’t temper the importance of this week’s opportunity.
Joy Ellis helped lead the Jackson County girls to a 19th-place finish out of 26 teams at the Mountain Invitational Thursday (Oct. 3) in Helen with a team-best time of 23:33 (68th place). She was followed by Tiffany Holly (73rd, 23:45), Annie Kate Riley (89th, 24:14), Reagan Bewley 97th (24:2…
The Commerce boys finished 24th out of 32 teams at the Mountain Invitational (Oct. 3) in Helen.
Commerce's competitive cheerleading squad took first in its division during Saturday's (Oct. 5) competition at Buford High School.
The Jackson County junior varsity volleyball team recorded its first ever 30-win season, going 31-4 on the year and 12-0 in region play. The team won the Northeast Georgia Shootout championship and finished as runners up in tournaments at East Jackson and North Oconee.
In honor of the 40th year of Jackson County football, the players of the decade from each decade were honored Friday (Oct. 4) during the Panthers' game with Morgan County. Players honored were (L to R) Chris Walker, No. 40, 1980s; Troy Rouse, No. 46 (jersey held by his sister Tabitha Frazer …
Katherine Law ran her way into the school record book, and the Jefferson girls’ cross-country team earned a top-10 finish in a large metro Atlanta race.
Jackson County battled through a demanding region tournament — finishing third — and its reward is a demanding first-round state playoff series.
The start of the postseason lies ahead this week, but the season is already a record-setting one for the Jackson County volleyball team.
Jefferson was sent to the canvas in Game 1 Wednesday during its state playoff series with Sonoraville, but staved off a first-round knockout with a gusty win in Game 2.
Jackson County’s Rich McWhorter was in no mood to discuss any positives after his team’s 20-17 loss to Morgan County Friday (Oct. 4). He knew his team had let a win slip away.
MONROE — The turnovers mounted up for East Jackson, and so did the points for Monroe Area.
JEFFERSON - Compared to Jefferson’s last three outings, 33 points on offense sounds paltry.
Jefferson lost to Franklin County last year in the Class AAA finals and was handed another tough defeat this time with the region title at stake.
Three seasons ago, the Commerce Tigers were struggling to find wins, but three years later, the Tigers can’t stop winning region championships.
To be clear, Jefferson cross country coach Brady Sigler said his top two runners, Caitlin Schroeder and Katherine Law, like each other.
Jackson County faced one of the region’s best teams last week with a road-trip to fifth-ranked Hart County, and the grind only continues this week with a big home game.
East Jackson football coach Cameron Pettus delivered no fiery speeches to his team following a lopsided loss to Jefferson.
The East Jackson competition cheerleading team placed second in the Class AAA division at the ninth-annual Cheer Tiger Classic Saturday (Sept. 28) at Commerce High School.
In 2018, the East Jackson Eagles saw the season come to an end in the first round of the Region 8-AAA tournament.
Before fast-pitch softball took over, Jackson County fielded a slow-pitch program for years.
While Wesley Wheeler was plenty busy as an eight-time letter winner at Jackson County, the former three-sport athlete didn’t see non-stop athletic competition as anything out of the ordinary.
Two games into the Region 8-A tournament and the road to the region title runs through the Commerce Tigers.
Jefferson softball coach Kacie Bostwick is happy that her team will reach the Thursday rounds of the region softball tournament, but she isn’t happy with how it got there.
After a rollercoaster day of softball in the region tournament on Day 1, Jackson County will have to find its way to a region title through the losers’ bracket.
After losing the regular-season finale at Hebron Christian, the Commerce Tigers softball team extracted revenge during the opening round of the Region 8-A tournament on Monday (Sept. 30).
COMMERCE – Some games you can look at the score and know exactly how it played out. Friday night’s (Sept. 27) game between Madison County and Commerce is an exception.
HARTWELL — Hart County’s Malachi Thomas scored on a 55-yard punt return the first time he got his hands on the ball and proceeded to make the rest of the night a personal highlight reel.
The Jefferson Dragons kicked off six times in the first seven minutes of action Friday against East Jackson — and that summed up the night, a first-round knockout.
Here's a rundown of area sports results from Thursday (Sept. 26):
The East Jackson football team is off to a 3-1 start, having already bettered the program’s win total for the previous two seasons combined in just four games. But it didn’t take that string of victories for Jefferson coach Gene Cathcart to know this edition of the Eagles would be much improved.
Jackson County head football coach Rich McWhorter admittedly isn’t a big fan of off weeks.
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The Jefferson girls' cross country team left the competition in their wake again, racking up its fourth victory in five tries this season.
Jefferson didn’t secure the regular-season area title but ended up being the team celebrating Tuesday night.
The Commerce Tigers showed at Providence Christian Academy that the loss to Hart County on Sept. 6 wasn't going to linger.
GAINESVILLE — Malaki Starks said Jefferson's football team showed up at Gainesville “anxious” after an extended layoff between games. The Dragons took out that pent-up energy on the Red Elephants.
A sophomore stepped to the plate and ensured a happy Senior Night for Jackson County.
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