Category: Sports

Call them the comeback kids! For the 2nd time in as many nights the Stephens County Indians baseball team trailed Oconee County heading to the bottom of the 7th inning and walked away with a victory 5-4 at the Reservation on Friday night. This time the Indians trailed the Warriors 4-1. With one out Cole Beitzel singled, Dawson Dean doubled, […]

The Stephens County Indians were down to their last out Thursday night, but with the bases empty the Indians rallied to score twice and complete a 4-3 comeback win over Oconee County at the Reservation. With two outs and trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the 7th inning, Chaz Bridges and Zach Boyd walked, Cole Beitzel singled Bridges home with […]

The Stephens County Indians broke open a close contest scoring five runs in the top of the 7th inning and rolled to a 10-4 win over Oconee County in the Region opener for both teams Wednesday night in Watkinsville. The Indians trailed after the first inning 1-0, but scored three in the 2nd when Zach Boyd and Cole Beitzel walked, […]

Griff Pruitt, son of Steve and Jackie Pruitt, signed Friday to play football at Berry College in Rome this fall. Griff plans to major in science. As a senior on the Stephens County football team, Griff played offense, defense, and special teams. He is also a starter on the Indians baseball team. Griff says he expects to play linebacker at Berry College, and […]

Stephens County Middle School is a member of the Northeast Georgia Independent Athletic Association. That conference has added two new schools for the upcoming school year—they are Habersham County and Rabun County, and they will compete in all sports against Stephens, Franklin, Hart, and Madison County Middle Schools. Clarke Central and Cedar Shoals will leave the conference. With the conference […]

The Stephens County Indians tennis team lost to Jefferson 5 to 0 Thursday. The loss drops their overall record to 8-4. The Lady Indians lost 1 to 4. Gabbi Boyd won at number 3 singles for the girls only win of the afternoon contest. The loss drops their overall record to 6-6. The next match is Tuesday, March 20, at Oconee […]

Stephens County got great pitching, steady defense, and timely hitting, and rolled to a 5-1 win over Prince Avenue Christian Thursday night in Athens. The Indians scored three in the top of the first when Austin Page singled, Bryson Fowler walked, Chaz Bridges singled, Page scored on an error, Dawson Dean singled scoring Carson Brock running for Fowler, and Zach […]

Stephens County picks up its fifth straight non-region baseball win. Friday night, the Indians jumped out in the first inning and never looked back, defeating Cedar Shoals in Athens, 14-2, in five innings. The Indians scored two runs in the first, three in the second, four in the third, and five runs in the fourth inning to account for their […]

The Stephens County High School tennis teams split with region 8-AAAA rival Madison County at home on Thursday. The Lady Indians lost by a match score of 1 to 4. The loss drops their overall record to 5 & 5 and 0 & 3 in the region. The Indian boys won 3 to 2 and improved their overall record to […]

Chaz Bridges pitched six solid innings and went two for three at the plate with 2 RBI’s to lead Stephens County to an 11-5 win on a cold Thursday night at Walhalla. The Indians, playing in their only scheduled game in a different state this year, trailed 2-0 after one inning, but scored seven runs in the 2nd inning on […]