Category: Sports

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 […]

Toccoa Falls College’s basketball teams are back in action following the holiday break. The men’s team played three region games in Florida last week. The Eagles topped Johnson of Florida 69-49 and Trinity College 56-47, but fell in overtime at Trinity Baptist 66-61. Meanwhile, the TFC women’s basketball team traveled to Wesleyan College and Trinity Baptist College for its games […]

Travis Noland is speaking out on his decision to leave Stephens County High School for the head football job at Oconee County High School. The Oconee County Board of Education approved Noland’s hire Monday night. He said leaving Stephens County High School after nine seasons was a difficult decision to make. “In this business, nine years is a long time […]

Five Stephens County Indian football players are on this year’s Region 8-AAAA all-region first or second team. Offensive lineman Ben Cleveland was the only Indian named to the first team Meanwhile, four Indians made second team All-Region. They are running back Sapario Reese, offensive lineman Thomas Lowery, linebacker Desmond Wheeler, and punter Kenneth Brock. This year’s Region 8-AAAA Offensive Player […]

It appears that Stephens County High School is in the market for a new head football coach. The Athens Banner-Herald is reporting today that Monday night, the Oconee County, Georgia Board of Education approved the hire of Travis Noland as the new head football coach at Oconee County High School. Noland has been at Stephens County High School since the […]