Category: Sports

The Toccoa Falls College Men’s basketball team opens conference play with a win. Saturday night, the Screaming Eagles picked up a win in their first conference game of the season as they defeated Pensacola Christian College at home, 86 to 74. TFC led by as much as 25 points in the first half with 59 percent field goal shooting. Toccoa […]

The 2016 football schedule is out for Stephens County High School. Stephens County will start 2016 with a scrimmage against White County at a location to be determined on August 19. The Indians are then scheduled to start the regular season with two road games against non-region teams. On August 26, the Indians will visit Franklin County and on September […]

Stephens County Middle School splits four basketball games with Elbert County. The two schools played earlier this week. In 7th grade girls’ play, the Lady Rebels beat Elbert County, 44-3. Savannah Broska and Tynajiah Eades each had 11 points and Samara Walker and Ranajah Verdell each had five points for the Lady Rebels. In 7th grade boys’ play, the Rebels […]

Stephens County High School’s volleyball program sends its first player to the next level. Last Friday, Jordan Henshaw signed to play college volleyball at Truett-McConnell College in Cleveland, Georgia. Henshaw said she is excited to attend Truett-McConnell for a number of different reasons. “Before I wanted to go to Truett without volleyball,” said Henshaw. “The volleyball is just a plus. […]

The Stephens County Middle School basketball teams played Elbert County last week. In 7th grade girls’ play, the Lady Rebels beat Elbert, 41-2. Kiki Rucker had nine points, Samara Walker had eight points, and Lindsay Moore had six points for the Lady Rebels. In 7th grade boys’ play, the Rebels lost to Elbert County, 30-27. Kenny Colwell had 11 points […]

The Stephens County Indian boys’ basketball team starts out region play with a win. On Friday, the Indians led throughout, at one point by 20 points, and beat Chestatee, 55-43 on the road in Hall County in the Region 8-AAAA opener for both teams. Ty Nails scored 11 points, all in the first half, to lead the Indian offense. 10 […]

Stephens County’s Ben Cleveland is getting ready to showcase his football abilities in front of a national audience this weekend. On Saturday, Cleveland will be playing in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. Each year, the U.S. Army All-American Bowl features 90 of the country’s best high school senior football players split into East and West teams. […]

A come-from-behind win gets the Indian wrestling team back to .500 on its dual meet season. Tuesday, the Indians beat East Hall by a score of 37-31. Stephens County trailed 25-18 after nine matches, but came storming back starting at 138 pounds with a win by Corey Kindel. Then at 145 pounds, Dalton Roberts scored a major decision win. The […]

Stephens County will enter the region portion of its schedule later this week after wrapping up non-region play over the weekend. On Saturday, the Lady Indians and Indians traveled to Hartwell and both came away with losses against rival Hart County. In the girls’ game, the Lady Indians fell victim to a big third quarter as Hart County won the […]

The Stephens County High School basketball teams will start 2016 with a non-region game on Saturday (Jan. 2). Last week, both the Indians and Lady Indians participated in holiday tournaments on Monday through Wednesday. On the boys’ side, the Indians won their tournament in Walhalla, South Carolina, sweeping all three games. In the championship game, the Indians defeated Jackson County […]