Category: Sports

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. […]

It was a case of deja vu for the Stephens County Indians. Back in December at the Currahee Arena, St. Pius jumped out to a huge lead early and never trailed on their way to a 14 point victory over the Indians. On Friday night, St Pius outscored Stephens County 19-8 in the first quarter and led throughout the contest […]

Matt Moore, an 8th grader at Stephens County Middle School, competed last Friday, Jan. 12, in the 2018 International Bowl with USA Football at AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas. He was a member of the US National Under 14 Stars team. His team had an impressive victory over the Stripes team, 63 to 48. The 63 points were the most […]

The NEGIAA Basketball Tournament continues today (Fri) at Franklin County Middle School. Today’s games begin at 4:30 with 7th grade boys game-number 4 seed Stephens County playing number 5 seed Madison County. At 5:45, it’s the 8th grade boys game—number 4 Madison County against number 5 Stephens County. 7th grade and 8th grade boys’ semi-finals will be played Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. 7th grade […]

Stephens County High School picked up a couple of awards at The Georgia Dugout Club Awards Banquet held Saturday in Marietta.   Lady Indians Softball pitcher, Emma Whitfield, was named Class AAAA Player of the Year, along with Hannah George of Northside-Columbus.   Lady Indians Head Softball Coach, Katie-Jo Gentry, was named Class AAAA Coach of the year, along with Brandon Jenkins […]

Franklin County Middle School sprinted out to a 27-12 halftime lead and rolled to a 42-27 win over the Stephens County 7th Grade Middle School boys Thursday evening at Stephens County Middle School. AJ Russell led Stephens County with 9 points.  Camron Lacy had 4.  Christopher Curry, Aiden Figueroa, and Ben Stowe added 3 each.  Cornelius Curry and Evan Dumaine […]

Stephens County picks up a sweep in varsity basketball. Friday night, the Indians and Lady Indians both came away with home wins over North Oconee in Region 8-AAAA basketball at the Currahee Arena in Toccoa. In the girls’ game, Tynajiah Eades was fouled with 0.8 seconds left and hit one free throw to give the Lady Indians a 41-40 win […]