Category: Sports

Stephens County splits a pair of close finishes at Chestatee. The Indians and Lady Indians’ games Friday night at Chestatee High School both came down to the final second. In the girls’ game, referees called a foul with three-tenths of a second to go when Emily Mote blocked a three-point shot by Chestatee’s Stephanie Briseno with the Lady Indians up […]

Region 8-AAAA will look to pick up a state football championship this weekend. The region champion Buford Wolves are in the AAAA state championship football game this weekend. Buford, 14-0 on the season, will take on St. Pius at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the Georgia Dome. St. Pius comes into the game with a record of 12-2. The Wolves advanced […]

The Toccoa Falls College men’s basketball team wins a double-overtime thriller. TFC beat Columbia International University in double overtime, 97-94, on Saturday. Down seven with just over two minutes left in the second overtime, TFC answered with an 11-2 run to take the lead en route to the win. Derek Westfall had 31 points and 11 rebounds to lead the […]

The Indian wrestling team picks up a dual meet win. Stephens County defeated Rabun County 45-27 in Tiger earlier this week. Winning by pins were Corey Kindel at 120 pounds, Javon Jones at 126 pounds, Cole Simmons at 132 pounds, Jay Stowe at 138 pounds, Jose Cannon at 160 pounds, Devin Burns at 182 pounds, and Gary Walker at 285 […]

The Stephens County Indian boys pick up their first win of the season. Rabun County jumped out early Tuesday night, but the Indians took the lead for good in the second quarter and never looked back on their way to an 87-71 win in non-region basketball play at the Currahee Arena. Stephens County put four players in double figures, led […]

Region 8-AAAA has announced its all-region team for competition cheerleading. Six Stephens County cheerleaders made that all-region team. They are seniors Ally Brock and Stephanie Collier, juniors Marla Feaster and Emily Morgan, sophomore Makenzie Dye, and freshman McKinley Bennett.

Wrestling season is underway at Stephens County High School. The Indians took home third place out of about 20 teams in the King of the Mountain tournament in Hiawassee this past Friday and Saturday. Devin Burns won the 182-pound weight class and Gary Walker won the 285-pound weight class, all by pins, to lead the Indians during the weekend tourney. […]

The Stephens County Middle School basketball teams split a series of games with Elbert County on Saturday. The 7th grade girls won 23-19. Brooklyn Deshazer had 12 points and Trinity Howard had four points for the Lady Rebels. Meanwhile, the 8th grade girls lost 39-18. Kaylee Sellers had eight points for Stephens County. Moving to boys’ action, the 7th grade […]

The Stephens County Lady Indians lost Saturday at home to the Lady Raiders, 53-46.  The Indian boys lost 56-43. The Lady Indians are now 2-2 on the year.  The Indian boys are 0-4. Next up is Rabun County at home on Tuesday.  Tip-off is at 6 p.m. for the girls’ game with the boys’ game to follow. Air time on […]

The Stephens County Lady Indians use a strong second quarter to pull away and pick up their second win of the season. Trailing 12-6 in the second quarter, the Lady Indians scored 20 straight points to take the lead over Johnson and go on to defeat the Lady Knights 60-34 Friday in Oakwood. Lexie Cash had a season high 17 […]