Category: Sports

A golfer from Habersham County competes in the U.S. Open this past weekend. Clarkesville’s Lee McCoy was among those in the field at Chambers Bay this past weekend. McCoy missed the cut, which came on Friday after 36 holes of the 72-hole tournament. For the two rounds he played, McCoy shot a total of eight-over-par 148, shooting a 74 in […]

The Toccoa Rookie League baseball All-Stars make it all the way to the championship round in the Northeast Sectional All-Star tournament. Toccoa qualified for the sectional tournament by finishing second in the District tournament earlier this month. The Toccoa all-stars started the tournament with a loss to Franklin County, who had beaten them for the District 7 title. However, Toccoa […]

The first round of Little League baseball and softball tournaments is complete, with more district tournaments scheduled for later this month. Toccoa’s Rookie League baseball and softball All-Stars, along with the Toccoa Sandlot baseball 9 and under All-Stars participated in district tournament play in Hartwell last week. First in softball, the Toccoa All-Stars defeated Hart in their first game, before […]

The 2015 baseball season for Toccoa Falls College comes to a close in pool play action at last week’s NCCAA World Series in Mason, Ohio. TFC participated in its record seventh straight NCCAA World Series last Wednesday through Saturday. Seeded eighth in the ten-team tournament, TFC was grouped with defending national champions and top-seeded Fresno Pacific, fourth-seeded Palm Beach Atlantic, […]

The Toccoa Falls College baseball team will make its seventh straight NCCAA College World Series tournament appearance later this month. Monday, the school announced that the selection committee again chose the Screaming Eagles to attend the 2015 tournament in Mason, Ohio that begins Wednesday. TFC has made the NCCAA World Series every year since 2009. This year, the 26-21 Screaming […]

Two Region 8-AAAA teams remain alive in the state baseball playoffs. Buford and North Hall will play in the quarterfinal round scheduled to start today. Region 8-AAAA champion Buford will play Region 4-AAAA champion Locust Grove at Locust Grove. Meanwhile, Region 8-AAAA runner-up North Hall will be on the road as well, facing Region 5 champion Whitewater. The other quarterfinal […]

The Toccoa Falls College baseball team will now wait to see if it makes the NCCAA World Series after falling just short of an automatic bid at the region tournament. Last Thursday through Saturday, the Toccoa Falls Screaming Eagles traveled to Palm Beach Atlantic University to participate in the NCCAA South region tournament. With an automatic bid to the NCCAA […]

Five Stephens County High School student athletes announce choices on where they will continue their athletic and academic careers in college. The five signed at an event Wednesday at the high school media center. First, Jered Brown signed to play soccer at Emmanuel College. He said tradition and location were two reasons he chose to play there. “It is close […]

The state baseball playoffs are underway. First round games took place this past Friday and Saturday throughout the state. At the AAAA level, Region 8-AAAA teams split first-round series with teams from Region 7-AAAA in the best-of-three series. Region 8 champ Buford swept Heritage of Catoosa, while Region 8 runner-up North Hall swept Pickens. However, Region 8’s third-place team Madison […]

The Stephens County High School Track Team has qualified 7 girls and 1 boy for the Class AAAA Sectional Track Meet at Eagles Landing High School in McDonough, Ga., this Saturday.  They qualified by finishing in the top 4 in their respective event at the Region 8-AAAA meet held last week at Monroe Area High School. Junior Marla Feaster, along […]