Category: Sports

The Stephens County High School wrestling team pulls in its highest finish in decades. As a team, the Indians took 17th place at this past weekend’s state AAAA wrestling tournament in Macon. This year’s finish was five points away from a top 12 finish, the highest since 1969. Also, the Indians had their first state runner-up since 1992 when Gary […]

It was a busy weekend for athletics at Toccoa Falls College. First, the TFC baseball team lost two of three games with Truett McConnell. TFC won the one game, 2-1, but lost the others 10-7 in 10 innings and 14-4. Meanwhile, the Toccoa Falls men’s basketball team had a huge win on Friday night, beating region-leading Trinity Baptist College, 93-80. […]

It is on to the state playoffs for four Region 8-AAAA basketball teams after the Region tournament wrapped up Saturday at Johnson High School in Oakwood. Accessnorthga.com reports that the Johnson High School boys’ won the region title Saturday night, beating Buford 81-69. Meanwhile, the Buford girls beat Chestatee for the girls’ title 26-10. In third place games, accessnorthga.com reports […]

The basketball season is over for the Stephens County Lady Indians. Stephens County came up just short in the Region 8-AAAA quarterfinals Wednesday against Madison County at Buford High School, losing 47-43. It was a close game with several lead changes. The Lady Indians led by two at halftime and by three with one quarter to go. But with the […]

The Stephens County Indian boys’ basketball season ends in the Region 8-AAAA quarterfinals. Top-seeded Johnson used a big third quarter to pull away and beat the Indians Tuesday night at Johnson, 71-50. Leading by seven at the half, Johnson outscored Stephens County 32-14 in the third quarter. Tay Jones led Stephens County with 14 points and Deandre Singleton had 11 points. […]

A former Stephens County football standout will now lead the football program on the other side of Currahee Mountain. According to the Northeast Georgian, the Habersham County Board of Education voted Monday night to name Benji Harrison as the new head football coach at Habersham Central High School. Harrison is a former Stephens County High School quarterback. For the last […]

The Stephens County Indians led 19-9 after the first quarter and held North Oconee to just five points and no field goals in the second quarter to grab a 35-14 halftime lead on their way to a 73-51 win over the Titans Monday night in the Region 8-AAAA boys’ play-in game at the Currahee Arena. Stephens County was led in […]

Two Stephens County Indian wrestlers are sectional champions. This past weekend, a number of Indian wrestlers took part in the Sectional AAAA Wrestling Championships. Winning titles in their weight classes representing Stephens County were Devin Burns and Gary Walker. Meanwhile, Jake Murray finished fourth in his weight class and Blake Peeples finished seventh place in his weight class. By finishing […]

The Stephens County Indian and Lady Indians will now turn their attention to the Region 8-AAAA tournament after wrapping up the regular season Friday with two tough losses. Both the boys’ and girls’ teams lost to their counterparts from North Hall on the road Friday night. The girls’ game was a back and forth affair, but North Hall went 8 […]

The Toccoa Falls College basketball teams pick up a road sweep. TFC’s men’s and women’s teams traveled to Clearwater Christian College for region games Thursday. In the girls’ game, Katie Calloway put up 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Screaming Eagle women over Clearwater Christian, 71-52. TFC’s women shot 56 percent and the first half to open up […]