Category: Sports

Stephens County splits with Madison County in Region 8-AAAA basketball action. Friday, the Indians and Lady Indians traveled to Comer to take on the Red Raiders and Lady Red Raiders. In the girls’ game, Stephens County went on a 23-0 run in the first half to take a 16-point halftime lead. However, Madison fought back to within four points and […]

Stephens County Middle School’s basketball teams wrap up the regular season. Last Friday, Stephens County Middle School played Franklin County. In 7th grade boys’ action, the Rebels beat Franklin 30-28.  Ty Nails led the Rebels with 16 points and Dawson Sorrells added five points. In 8th grade boys’ action, the Rebels defeated Franklin County 42-15.  Montavius Thornton scored 11 points […]

Stephens County comes up just short in a basketball doubleheader in Dahlonega. It was a battle of the Lady Indians and Indians as Stephens County traveled west Friday night to visit Lumpkin County in a Region 8-AAAA match-up. In the girls’ game, Stephens County fought back from an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter to tie the game, but Lumpkin […]

The Stephens County Middle School basketball teams will return to action Friday against Franklin County. Last weekend, Stephens County Middle School’s teams took on Madison County Friday and Elbert County on Saturday. In 7th grade girls’ action, the Lady Rebels were defeated by Madison County Friday 43-27.  Kiki Bowman and Ashton Ayers had 6 points each. On Saturday, the 7th […]

Stephens County High School is moving quickly to start the process of hiring a new head football coach. School Superintendent Sherrie Whiten outlined the process for filling the vacancy at Tuesday’s Stephens County Board of Education meeting. Stephens County is looking for a new football coach after Travis Noland resigned last week to take the head job at Oconee County […]

The Stephens County Lady Indians finally got off to a good start, scoring 16 points in the first quarter and pulling away to defeat the Lady Eagles of Eastside 43-23 Tuesday night at the Currahee Arena. Audresha Merritt led Stephens County with 12 points and Emily Mote had 10 points. Jymara Smith and DeJanue Saintilus each had five points for […]

The Toccoa Falls College Eagle men’s basketball team drops a home game. Toccoa Falls lost to Emmanuel College Monday at home, 84-62.  Josh Barrett led the Eagles with 16 points. That wraps up a busy few days for the Eagle men. Last Thursday, TFC’s men defeated Pensacola Christian 98-92 in overtime.  Josh Barrett had 22 points in that game for […]

The Franklin County Lady Lions scored the first 20 points of the game Saturday night en route to a 62-18 win over the Stephens County Lady Indians at the Currahee Arena. The Lady Indians only scored five points in the first quarter and could not score more than six points in any quarter of the game. Kayla Russell scored 18 […]

A trip to Walnut Grove results in two close losses for Stephens County basketball. In the girls’ game Friday, Audresha Merritt put Stephens County on top 55-54 with a free throw with less than seven seconds to go in the game after the Lady Indians trailed by as many as eight points in the second half. However, Walnut Grove’s Milana […]

Stephens County Middle School drops three out of four to Hart County in basketball action. In 7th grade girls’ action Tuesday, the Lady Rebels defeated Hart County 20-18.  Treasure Lone scored 6 points.  Kayley Sellers and Kiki Bowman each had 5. Meanwhile, the 8th grade Lady Rebels lost to Hart County 30-29.  Morgan Lee had 10 points and Tykia Thompson […]