Category: Sports

The Stephens County Indian boys’ basketball team scores its highest point total of the season in defeating the Habersham Central Raiders 78-34 on Saturday night at the Currahee Arena in Toccoa. Stephens County jumped out to an 18-7 lead and never looked back. Ty Nails led the Indians with 17 points and Micah Oglesby had 13 points. Caleb Hodges led […]

Wrestling season is underway at Stephens County High School. The Indian wrestlers held their first two dual meet matches of the year on Tuesday. Stephens County lost both matches, falling to White County, 48-30, and then losing to Banks County, 60-18. Jake Murray, Jay Stowe, and Tracey Lowery all won both of their matches on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Lee Massey and […]

The Stephens County Lady Indians won their first game of the season Tuesday night. After losing a 14-point lead in the second quarter, the Lady Indians managed to hold on to a 60-55 win over the Lady Warriors of White County at the Currahee Arena in Toccoa. Stephens County led 25-19 at the half, but White County stormed back and […]

Proposed regions released Tuesday by the Georgia High School Association would keep Stephens County in Region 8-AAAA, but that region will look a lot different. The new regions will take effect starting in the 2016-2017 school year. Stephens County was placed in a six-team Region 8-AAAA. Joining Stephens County is Jefferson, North Oconee, Oconee County, St. Pius X, and Madison […]

Stephens County splits a non-region basketball night with Franklin County. On Saturday night, the Indian and Lady Indian basketball teams hosted the Lions and Lady Lions in the home opener at the Currahee Arena in Toccoa. In the girls’ game, Franklin County led throughout on their way to a 39-29 win over the Lady Indians. The Lady Lions outscored the […]

Two Stephens County Lady Indian softball players receive first-team All-Region honors. According to accessnorthga.com, pitcher Emma Whitfield and utility player Natalie Morgan made first team All-Region 8-AAAA. The accessnorthga.com report states that infielder Brynn Roberts made the all-region second team and Peyton Terrell and Karly Smith both made honorable mention all-region. This past year, the Stephens County Lady Indian softball […]

The Stephens County Middle School 7th grade boys’ basketball team lost a close contest last Thursday to Banks County by a score of 43-37. Down by 8 at the half, the Rebels fought back and trailed by 2 at the end of the third. The Rebels took the lead with about 2 minutes left in the game, 37-35, but Banks […]

Eight Stephens County High School cheerleaders have received All-Region honors this year in Region 8-AAAA. They are Lauren Jameson, Emily Morgan, Marla Feaster, Chandler LeCroy, Lauren Voyles, Meghan Jameson, Caramie McFarlin, and Valerye Holcomb. Stephens County High School had the most cheerleaders on this year’s All-Region team. This honor wraps up what has been a very successful season for the […]

Stephens County will remain in AAAA under new classifications released this week by the Georgia High School Association. The GHSA released its proposed seven classifications on Wednesday that will take effect with the 2016-2017 school year. This year, the GHSA added a new classification, 7A, for the largest schools in the state. Under the numbers released this week by the […]

At Toccoa Falls College, cross country and volleyball wrapped up their seasons while the men’s and women’s basketball teams have gotten their season underway. The cross country teams participated at the NCCAA Division II national meet on November 14 in Houghton, New York.  The TFC women’s 5k was led by Jamie Smith, who placed 11th out of the 43 competitors.  Katie Zimmerman finished […]