Category: Sports

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. […]

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 […]