Category: Sports

The Stephens County Lady Indians will play East Jackson’s Lady Eagles for the Region 8-AAA basketball championship following their 54-35 victory over the Lady Warriors of Oconee County Wednesday night at the Currahee Arena. The title game will be Friday night at 7:30PM and WNEG Radio will broadcast the game live, starting at 7:15PM In Wednesday’s win, Renajah Verdell, the […]

Braxden Strickland scored all 5 of his points in the overtime period, including a layup before the final buzzer, and Franklin County defeated Stephens County 54-53 in overtime Tuesday night in the Region-8 AAA boys quarterfinals in Watkinsville. Stephens County led by as many as nine points in the 4th quarter, but the Lions work on the boards gave them […]

The Stephens County High School Wrestling team competed in state competition this past weekend in Macon. The Indians had 10 wrestlers compete and finished 16th in the state out of 41 teams competing in AAA. Defending State Champion Athena Malek finished 4th in the girls 102 lb. weight class. On the boys side, Mason Norton finished 5th in the 160 […]

The Stephens County Lady Indians are the Region 8-AAA regular season girls’ basketball champions. Down 47-40 with four minutes to go, Stephens County scored the last nine points of the game, capped by Breanna Taylor’s runner with 6 seconds to go, to edge the East Jackson Lady Eagles 49-47 Friday night in Commerce. Kiki Howard led the Lady Indians with […]

The GHSA Girls State Wrestling Championships are being held Friday at the Macon Centreplex and will feature three Stephens County Indians. Athena Malek, the defending state champion at 102 pound weight class, has been seeded in the number one spot in the 102 weight class. She will get a bye in the first round and will face off against the […]

The Stephens County High School Indians and Lady Indians tennis teams swept all 10 events in Wednesday’s home match against the White County Warriors.  The Indian boys won by a shutout score of 5 to 0 by winning all 3 singles matches and both doubles matches.  The Indians overall season record is 3 & 0.  The Lady Indians got their […]

The Stephens County High School boys and girls tennis teams improved their overall season record to 2-0 by defeating area rival Habersham Central Tuesday.  The Indians won 3-2 by winning #1 singles and both doubles contests.  The Lady Indians got their second straight 5-0 shutout by winning all 3 singles matches and both doubles events.   The Indians and Lady […]

Tyrece Mackie’s 28 points helped lead the Stephens County Indians to a 75-65 victory over the Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes Tuesday night at the Currahee Arena. Trailing by four at the half, the Indians out-scored the ‘Canes 45 to 31 in the second half, despite five players for Monroe hitting double figures. Kenny Colwell had 14 of his 17 points […]

The Stephens County Lady Indians Competition Cheer team finished 3rd in the Region and 4th overall in Sectionals on Saturday at Hillgrove High School to earn a spot in the Georgia High School AAA State Cheer finals on Tuesday, February 16th in Macon.   East Jackson High School took the Region 8-AAA title on Saturday and Hart County finished in […]

The Stephens County Indians Wrestling team will be competing in the GHSA State wrestling tournament on Wednesday at the Macon Centerplex. The following Stephens County Wrestlers will be in action: Ben Beady has earned a bye through the first round in the 132 weight class. He will then face the winner of Brian Armstrong of West Hall or Avery Sullivan […]