Christi Thomas had already interviewed once before for the Jackson County girls’ head basketball coaching position.
In what was a mere formality in the wake of Gov. Brian Kemp cancelling schools for the remainder of the year, the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) has cancelled the rest of its spring sports schedule.
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Jackson County’s Kalib Clinton was named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Class AAA boys’ all-state basketball team as an honorable mention.
Jefferson girls’ basketball player Livi Blackstock and boys’ basketball player Jacob Radaker were both named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution all-state basketball teams for Class AAA.
Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday (March 26) that public schools would remained closed until April 24 due to the coronavirus outbreak, essentially extending the shutdown of spring sports until then, too.
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As the nation and world practice social distancing in response to the coronavirus outbreak, that’s meant the shuttering of sports at all levels — including those at local high schools.
Commerce baseball doesn’t know when its next game will take place, but going into its March 13 matchup vs. Harding Academy the day could only be described as a “whirlwind of craziness,” according to head coach Steve Cotrell.
Jackson County boys’ soccer players plan to voluntarily remain busy during an extended layoff as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
Jefferson boys’ soccer coach Casey Colquitt deemed his team’s weekend of soccer away from home “a huge success” after it recorded two victories and improved to six wins in its last seven games.
With all spring sports being shut down in response to the coronavirus outbreak, Jackson County girls’ soccer coach Matt Maier had a message for his team after its Friday win over Morgan County.
Faced with entering a long layoff on a five-game losing skid, East Jackson reversed those fortunes in a matter of an inning.
Jackson County baseball coach Matt Bolt delivered a postgame speech to his victorious team Friday night. He’s confident it wasn’t a season-ending speech.
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In response to the coronavirus outbreak, Jefferson High School has put all sports activities on hold until April 6.
Jefferson was playing its best baseball of the season and now will not play another baseball game for quite a while.
The Commerce City School System will close March 16-20 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), the district announced Friday, March 13. With it comes no spring sports during that time.
Due to the outbreak of coronavirus, Jackson County Schools have announced their closure from March 16-30. That includes the cancelation of all athletic events for Jackson County and East Jackson high schools during that period.
In a statement released Thursday, the Georgia High School Association has recommended the suspension of all activities due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Behind a record night from Savanna Jackson, the Jefferson girls' soccer team defeated Monroe Area 10-0 on the road Tuesday (March 10).
Jackson Perry made a sudden relief appearance in the first inning Tuesday (March 10) and never came out.
Brandon Hudson scored three goals and Kupa Katompa and Zander Patterson added two each as the Jefferson boys’ soccer team routed Monroe Area 9-1 Tuesday (March 10) on the road.
Coming off a 5-0 Region 8-AAA win March 6, the East Jackson girls' soccer team returned home for the Battle of Commerce against Class A Public's No. 1-ranked Tigers.
After dropping a game to Union County on March 3, the Commerce High School baseball team righted the ship, reeling off three-straight wins in recent action.
East Jackson won the series against Jackson County, but it was the Panthers who left with the momentum.
The Jackson County girls’ soccer team suffered its first loss of the season, picked up a lopsided win and also got a glimpse of college soccer all during a weekend excursion to Carrollton.
The Jefferson boys’ golf team earned the first of what it hopes is multiple trophies this season.
The Jackson County boys’ tennis team is making this into a habit.
The Jefferson baseball team made sure not to waste a dry afternoon with sunshine.
East Jackson’s baseball team went 1-6 during a tough non-region schedule, but coach Scott Myers said he believed that better days would be forthcoming.
MACON — The Jefferson boys’ basketball team walked back to its bus outside the Macon Coliseum to applause from Dragon fans who made the 2.5-hour trip and then hung around afterwards to show their appreciation.
As a ninth grader, Owen Parker figured he and his fellow Jefferson freshmen had nowhere to go but up.
Naturally, the final step in Jefferson’s bid to make history will be the hardest. If the Dragons are to win the school’s first-ever state championship in boys’ basketball, they’ll have to go through the top-ranked team in Class AAA and one of the best players in the nation to do it.
Union County scored runs early and often during its road trip to Commerce.
The Commerce High School girls' soccer team continued its winning ways Tuesday night (March 3).
For a breakdown of Jefferson’s state finals game with Pace Academy Thursday (March 5), Jackson Herald reporter Ben Munro talked with one of the most recognizable high school basketball observers in the state, Kyle Sandy. Sandy operates sandysspiel.com, a state-wide website for high school ba…
East Jackson enjoyed another strong night on the mound but wasn’t able to generate a win out of it.
During the Feb. 28 road game at Washington-Wilkes, the Commerce Tigers trailed 3-1 after the first inning.
The Jackson County boys’ tennis team gave an indication of what the rest of its season may look like with its first tournament of the year.
The Jackson County baseball team caught fire late to salvage a long road trip Friday night.
VALDOSTA — For the most part, the Jefferson boys’ basketball team has tempered its celebrations during the state tournament.
WATKINSVILLE — As an Oconee County resident, Matt Maier’s life may have gotten a little easier.
Sure, the Jefferson boys’ basketball team will play its biggest game in 10 years this weekend.
The Jefferson baseball team didn’t lack for pitching against Parkview but couldn’t find the timely hitting it needed to upset the defending Class AAAAAAA state champions.
Jefferson boys’ basketball coach Kevin Morris made it clear that he’s not satisfied. But that certainly didn’t keep him from celebrating.
Jefferson girls’ basketball coach Greg Brown said a tough end to the season won’t overshadow his team’s three-and-a-half month body of work.
Jefferson High School hopes it’s getting ahead of the strength and conditioning curve with its latest move.
Kennedy Habeeb scored four goals Tuesday (Feb. 25) to lead the Jackson County girls' soccer team to a 10-0 rout of Social Circle.
Hunter Lumley and Ashton Parnell each found the back of the net as the Jackson County boys' soccer team earned a road 2-1 win over Social Circle in non-region play.
Kupa Katompa scored three goals, and Jefferson improved to 3-1-2 win a 7-1 non-region win over Stephens County Tuesday (Feb. 25).
The Jefferson girls’ soccer team remained unbeaten with a 6-0 non-region road win over Stephens County Tuesday (Feb. 25), improving to 5-0.
A tough night in the field made for a tough night on the scoreboard for the East Jackson baseball team.
Between the rain showers over the last week, some baseball has been able to get played.
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