Category: Sports

Stephens County splits its varsity basketball games on Senior Night. The Indians and Lady Indians hosted Jefferson on Friday night in Toccoa, with the Indian boys winning, 76-61, but the Lady Indians falling to Jefferson, 69-47. In the boys’ game, Stephens County pulled away from Jefferson late, outscoring the Dragons 22-11 in the fourth quarter. Montavis Thornton led all scorers […]

After serving 2 years as an assistant coach and this past season as head coach, Katie-Jo Gentry has resigned as Stephens County Lady Indians Softball Coach. She has accepted the position of head softball coach at Gainesville High School. Gentry was recently honored by the Georgia Dugout Club as the Class AAAA Coach of the Year after leading the Lady […]

Make it three in a row for the Stephens County boys’ basketball team. Tuesday night, the Indians went on the road and defeated North Oconee in Region 8-AAAA basketball, 68-40. The Indians jumped out to a 22-6 lead, and while North Oconee cut it to eight early in the third quarter, Stephens County never trailed after the opening minutes. Chaz […]

The Stephens County Indians wrestling team qualified 8 wrestlers into the State Sectional Tournament coming up February 2nd and 3rd in Jefferson. To qualify, wrestlers had to finish in the top 4 of their respective weight classes at the Area Individual Tournament held this past Saturday at St. Pius High School. Indian Wrestlers qualifying were: Justin Tucker, 3rd place, 120 lbs; Nikko Beady, 3rd place, 132 lbs; […]

The Stephens County Indian boys’ basketball team picks up a second straight region win. Friday night, the Indians went on a 28-0 run in the third and fourth quarters to pull away from Madison County and win 87-55 at home in Toccoa. Ty Nails scored 28 points to lead all scorers, while Montavis Thornton added 19 points. Colby Smith and […]

The Stephens County Indians Wrestling team defeated Rabun County, 60-18, in a match at Rabun County on Tuesday .  Winners and weight classes included Lee Massey (106), Athena Malek (113), Mason Edmonds (138), Tyler Edmonds (145), Trey Blackwell (160), Cameron White (170), Bailey McKee (182), Renny Zuniga (220) and Josh Smallwood (285). Indian wrestlers will head to St. Pius this […]

Stephens County picks up a pair of varsity basketball wins in Watkinsville. Tuesday night, both the Indians and Lady Indians went to Oconee County and won their respective Region 8-AAAA basketball games. First in the girls’ game, Tynajiah “Na Na” Eades hit a free throw with 2.7 seconds left to give the Lady Indians a 36-35 win over the Oconee […]

Stephens County boys and girls both lost region games at Jefferson in varsity basketball Monday night. In the girls’ game, Jefferson’s pressure defense forced a lot of Lady Indian turnovers.  After trailing by just 5 points at the end of the first period, Jefferson outscored Stephens County, 20 to 5, in the second period, and went on to an easy […]

The Stephens County Middle School 7th Grade Boys season came to an end Friday night in Carnesville falling in the first round tournament game to Madison County by the score of 28-24. Stephens County was plagued by dismal free throw shooting, going only 4 of 18 for the game, while Madison made 7 of 12. Stephens County had defeated Madison […]

Stephens County Middle School is looking for a couple of games to finish out their 2018 football schedule. Last season, the 6 teams in the NEGIAA conference comprised all 6 regular season games. But 2 teams, Clarke Central and Cedar Shoals, have announced they are dropping out of the conference, according to Stephens County Middle School Football Coach Matt Miller. […]