Category: Sports

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 […]

The TFC men’s basketball comes up just short in a special game at a special site. Toccoa Falls played NCAA Division III school LaGrange College Tuesday at Phillips Arena, the home of the Atlanta Hawks. The Screaming Eagle men led late in regulation, but LaGrange came back and defeated TFC in double overtime, 87-82. Jon Sauls had 21 points and […]

  White County sweeps Stephens County in weeknight basketball. Tuesday, the Indians and Lady Indians made the trip west to Cleveland for games against the Warriors and Lady Warriors. In the girls’ game, Stephens County shot under 20 percent from the field in a 34-22 loss to White County. The Lady Indians did not score more than seven points in […]

Region 8-AAAA champion Buford remains alive in the state AAAA football playoffs. The Wolves moved into this coming week’s semi-finals by defeating Marist in the quarterfinals on Friday night, 30-6. Buford will travel to Cartersville for Friday’s semi-finals. Cartersville came back to beat Sandy Creek,, 35-31. Region 8-AAAA runner-up North Oconee came up just short in its bid to advance […]

Wrestling season is getting underway at Stephens County High School. The Indian grapplers have a new coach, Rob Stowe. He said the team should be able to fill all of the weight classes for matches heading into the season. Stowe said the team shows a lot of promise. “Coaching at Rabun County, we wrestled a lot with Stephens and they […]

A number of area teams will continue their march towards a possible state football championship tonight. First, two Region 8-AAAA teams remain alive in the state AAAA bracket. Region 8-AAAA champion Buford will host Marist in one quarterfinal game, with the winner to play whoever wins between Sandy Creek and Cartersville. Meanwhile, Region 8-AAAA runner-up North Oconee is on the […]

The Toccoa Falls College women’s basketball team will be in action this weekend against a NCAA Division I school. TFC will travel to Georgia Southern on Saturday. Monday, the Screaming Eagle women hosted Wesleyan College and won 64-50. TFC took the lead about halfway through the opening half and did not let it go for the rest of the game. […]

The Toccoa Falls College men’s basketball team will be in action tonight. That’s after playing two games last weekend. Last Friday, the TFC men defeated Warren Wilson College by a score of 66-62. Then on Saturday, the Screaming Eagles fell to Piedmont, 83-77, at home. Josh Barrett led TFC with a season-high 39 points to lead all scorers. Barrett also […]