COLUMBUS — Greg Brown knew he had a difficult task ahead of him.
Jackson County is scarcely resembling the team it was just a week ago.
East Jackson baseball coach Scott Myers found himself taking ice cream orders Friday.
Dogged defense has Commerce continuing on one of its deepest postseason runs in program history.
In Jefferson’s quest to win a state title this postseason, its offense was in championship form Friday.
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While Commerce didn’t face its opponents’ aces last week, the Tigers still hit the ball to the tune of 25 runs in two games.
Here’s a rundown of reported scores from recent spring-sports action:
Playing its first-ever home game on the Ray Lamb Stadium turf, the Commerce girls’ soccer team made sure it was a celebratory occasion.
The Jefferson baseball team came up just short in an early-season battle of top-10 teams in Class AAAA.
The Commerce girls' soccer team beat Dawson County 4-0 Thursday (Feb. 25) to improve to 5-0.
The Jackson County baseball team scored its biggest win of the young season with with a 4-3 walk-off win over Class AAAA No. 4-ranked Cherokee Bluff Wednesday (Feb. 24) at home.
The fourth-seeded Commerce boys’ basketball team pushed No. 1 seed Chattahoochee County for four quarters on the road before losing 64-56 Wednesday (Feb. 24) in the first-round of the Class A-Public boys’ state tournament.
Two local basketball players received Player of the Year accolades from their respective regions.
Through no fault of its own, the Commerce girls’ soccer team wasn’t able to complete what it started last year. But if early-season scores are any indication, this group is dead-set on finishing it this year.
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The Jefferson baseball team has opened the season at a perfect 3-0, but the Dragons face a murder’s row of highly-ranked opponents over the next week as Class AAAA’s No. 4-ranked team will quickly be put to the test.
The Jefferson girls’ basketball team has advanced to the Sweet 16 and expended little energy in doing so.
Hosting a state playoff game for the first time, the East Jackson girls’ basketball team had its chances to notch the program’s first-ever playoff victory, but it wasn’t quite to be.
The Jefferson boys’ basketball team’s season ended in heartbreak with a 54-53 double overtime loss on a tip-in at the buzzer Tuesday (Feb. 23) at McDonough in the first round of the Class AAAA state tournament.
Brad Puckett could finally exhale when he walked off the court. It was a sense of relief — or close enough to it.
Sure, the Jackson County baseball team is going after early-season victories. But it’s also using these February games to cultivate depth the rest of the way.
The East Jackson boys’ basketball team recently wrapped up what was a much different season compared to last year's campaign.
Sandwiched in between a pair of losses to Jefferson, Commerce baseball team beat Bowdon 6-2 Saturday (Feb. 20) to highlight its opening week of the season. The Tigers will play three times this week.
Jefferson not only wanted to win a region title, it wanted to go through a certain team to do it.
The Jefferson boys' basketball team defeated Madison County 64-53 in overtime to win the Region 8-AAAA consolation basketball finals Saturday (Feb. 20).
Jefferson beat Flowery Branch 42-33 Saturday (Feb. 20) to win its second-straight girls' basketball region title.
The Jefferson boys’ basketball team found itself in an usual position on the final day of the region tournament, but was happy to salvage a win all the same.
East Jackson had never played for a region championship before, but Eagle coach Cherrelle Pullen didn’t want to chalk up her team’s 25-point loss Friday as solely the result of first-time jitters.
Playing in their home gym, the Commerce girls’ basketball team was trying to make the third time the charm against Lake Oconee Academy in the GHSA Region 8-A Public tournament championship game Friday, Feb. 19. But the undefeated and top-ranked Titans had other ideas.
With Jefferson having locked up a state-tournament berth long in advance but still needing a semifinals victory to play for a region title, coach Greg Brown acknowledged some pregame nervousness.
The way Commerce coach Brad Puckett sees it, the pressure is squarely off his team’s shoulders now.
No. 4-ranked Towns County sent the Commerce boys’ basketball team to the consolation bracket of the Region 8-A Public tournament with a 74-45 win over the host Tigers Thursday (Feb. 18) in the semifinals.
The Jefferson boys’ basketball team’s bid for a fourth-straight region finals appearance fell short with a 53-46 loss to North Oconee in the Region 8-AAAA semifinals Thursday (Feb. 18) at Flowery Branch.
The Commerce girls' basketball team defeated Towns County 45-37 Thursday (Feb. 18) in the Region 8-A Public basketball tournament while the boys lost to Towns County 74-45.
The Jefferson girls' basketball team defeated Cedar Shoals Thursday (Feb. 18) to advance the Region 8-AAAA finals.
Here's a rundown of recent spring sports action:
The Jefferson competitive cheerleading team finished as runners-up in Class AAAA Tuesday (Feb. 16) at the state meet.
The Commerce competitive cheerleading team took fourth in Class A-Public Monday (Feb. 15) at the state meet in Macon.
The postseason might be known as survive-and-advance time, but the East Jackson girls’ basketball team has been surviving all season long.
East Jackson competed at the state competitive cheerleading meet Tuesday (Feb. 16), finishing seventh in Class AAA.
With an 80.5-point performance, the East Jackson competitive cheerleading squad took seventh out of 16 Class AAA teams at the state meet Tuesday (Feb. 16) in Macon.
Jefferson’s competition cheerleading squad finished second in Class 4A at state finals with a 95-point performance Tuesday (Feb. 16) in Macon. Ahead of the Dragons by a single point, West Laurens claimed the state title with a 96-point score.
Here's a round-up of yesterday's spring sports action:
Jefferson had already routed Flowery Branch twice this year and wanted to make sure the third meeting was no different.
Commerce coach Russ Gregg admitted it was tough seeing all the other Tiger sports teams’ banners in the gym while the boys’ basketball program hadn’t been to state in almost a decade.
The Commerce boys' basketball team beat Washington-Wilkes 67-57 Tuesday (Feb. 16), clinching the program's first state tournament berth since 2012.
The Jefferson boys' basketball team beat Flowery Branch 68-22 Tuesday (Feb. 16) in the first round of the Region 8-AAAA tournament.
While the Jackson County wrestling team didn’t have a percent weekend, according to head coach Jason Powers, it navigated its first Class AAAAA state tournament well enough.
In survive-and-advance mode, the Jackson County girls’ basketball team was unable to clear a first-round region-tournament hurdle that would have assured it a state tournament berth.
Having not played in over two weeks didn’t help the Jackson County boys' basketball team in its bid to keep its season alive in the region tournament.
Like everyone else, Jefferson lost over half of its season last year. But the Dragons hope a nine-member senior class provides a calming force following a most unprecedented 2020.
The East Jackson girls’ basketball team just missed out on its 10th win of the season and the No. 1 perch in this week’s Region 8-AAA tournament. Still, it has much to celebrate from the recently-completed regular season
East Jackson's Makayl Rakestraw was honored before the Eagles' Friday (Feb. 12) game with Stephens County for becoming the boys' program's all-time leading scorer. Rakestraw has scored 1,596 career points with at least one game left to play.
The Jackson County girls' basketball team fell to Clarke Central 36-33 in overtime Monday (Feb. 15) in the first round of the Region 8-AAAAA basketball tournament.
The East Jackson baseball team felt like the table was set for a big run last year with a senior-laden group.
East Jackson’s Ben Lampe highlighted the Eagles at Wednesday and Thursday’s (Feb. 10-11) Class AAA state tournament in Macon, reaching the consolation finals and placing fourth.
Only its third year of existence, the Jackson County girls’ wrestling program finds itself among the best in the state.
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