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Region-8 AAAA has announced the All-Region Softball team. The Stephens County Lady Indians placed five players on the team. Senior Tyra Hunter, and Juniors Jasmine Lowery and Laney McGee earned 1st team honors. Seniors Aly Singletary and Kasey Westmoreland were named to the 2nd team. The Lady Indians were 13-14 this past season and finished 3rd in Region-8. The three […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Lady Indians basketball team ran their record to 3-0 Tuesday evening with a 57-37 win over the Lady Lions of Franklin County. Three Lady Indians were in double figures. Renajah Verdell had 17 points, Na Na Eades had 11 and Bre Taylor scored 10 points. Stephens County jumped out to an 18-5 lead and never looked back. […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Middle School Rebels basketball teams got off to a great start on Monday night winning three of the four games at Madison County. The 7th grade girls fought back from an early 12 point deficit to win 23-19. Maddison McGee and Lanesia Verdell led the 7th grade Lady Rebels with 6 points each, Kylie Glaze scored 4 […]
Read moreFarm Bureau’s Player of the Game vs. St. Pius was M.J. Jones. Presenting the ball to M.J. is Mark Kesler.
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Ranajah Verdell scored 22 points and Breanna Taylor added 16, including three 3-pointers, to lead the Stephens County Lady Indians Basketball team to a 59-56 victory over Banks County in Homer Saturday evening. The Lady Indians led a back and forth 1st half 31-27 at halftime. The Lady Indians extended the lead to as much as 10 in the 2nd […]
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The Georgia High School Association has released the proposed region alignments for the 2020-2022 athletic school seasons. As WNEG reported last week, Stephens County will be moving from the current AAAA classification to the AAA classification. In the proposed alignment from the GHSA, the Indians will be in the same region with long-time rivals Franklin and Hart Counties, along with […]
Read moreToccoa’s Ben Cleveland, Georgia Bulldogs junior right guard, has earned a weekly Southeastern Conference honor. Cleveland has been named the SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week after the Bulldogs’ blanked Missouri, 27 to 0, in Athens Saturday night. This is Cleveland’s first honor of this kind, as he graded out at 86 percent and only allowed a single pressure on […]
Read moreThe season comes to a close for the Stephens County Indian football team. Friday night, the Indians lost to St. Pius at home on Senior Night, 42-21. Stephens County Head Coach Wesley Tankersley said it is a tough way to end the season. “The kids played hard tonight,” said Tankersley. “Offensively, we played pretty well. Defensively, we’ve just got to […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Indians will play their final regular season game tonight at home at The Reservation against region-foe, St. Pius, in high school football. A victory by the Indians combined with a Madison County loss to Oconee County would create a 3-way tie for third place in the region between Stephens County, St. Pius, and Madison County. The third […]
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The Georgia High School Association has released the latest school enrollment numbers to place member schools into tentative classifications for the school years 2020-2022. According to the numbers released, Stephens County will move from the current AAAA classification to the AAA classification. Franklin County, Hart County, Habersham Central, Rabun County, and Banks County will remain at their current classification. The […]
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