Category: Sports

The Stephens County Indian baseball sweeps a weekend of non-region play at the Reservation in Toccoa. On Friday, the Indians picked up their first win of the season with a 9-2 victory over Habersham Central. A five-run sixth inning was the big one for Stephens County, with Cole Beitzel delivering the big hit with a bases loaded triple. Dylan Simpson […]

Lumpkin County takes two matches from Stephens County High School on the tennis courts. Wednesday afternoon, the Indian and Lady Indian tennis teams hosted Lumpkin County. Stephens County lost both the boys’ and girls’ matches by a score of 4-1 to Lumpkin County. On the boys’ side, freshman Ben Smith won the #1 singles match for Stephens County in straight […]

Fueled by an eight-run fourth inning, the Franklin County Lions defeated the Stephens County Indians, 15-7, Wednesday night at the Reservation. Three Franklin County pitchers scattered eight Stephens County hits, while the Lions had 10 hits. Konnor Quick led the way for Stephens County with a couple of hits and two RBIs. Kooper Briley, Bryson Fowler, Houston Mullinax, and Zach […]

The Stephens County Indians opened the 2016 baseball season with a loss on the road at Banks County, 6 to 5. The Leopards took an early 1 to 0 lead, but Stephens County tied it up in the top of the third inning on an RBI triple by Konner Quick. The Indians would take the lead in the top of […]

The Indians tennis teams opened their 2016 on Thursday, Feb. 11 at Jackson County. The Lady Indians lost 1-4. Senior Sarah Whitworth got the only girls win at #1 singles. The Indians lost 2-3. Freshmen Ben Smith and Noah Heaton got singles wins for the boys. Next match is at home vs. Lumpkin County on Wed, Feb. 17.

The basketball season ended for both the Indian and Lady Indian basketball teams in the quarterfinals of the Region 8-AAAA tournament Wednesday. On the boys’ side, Stephens County lost to Monroe Area, 60-59, at Buford. The Indians trailed by six at the half, but outscored Monroe Area 23-6 in the third to take an 11-point lead into the fourth. However, […]

Winter weather delays the start of the Region 8-AAAA basketball tournaments. Officials postponed the girls’ region quarterfinals on Tuesday due to winter weather in areas of the region. All of those girls’ quarterfinal games will now be played today, along with the boys’ quarterfinals, which were scheduled for today all along. That means both the Stephens County boys and girls […]

Boys’ soccer season is underway at Stephens County High School. On Monday, the Indian JV and Varsity Boys’ Soccer teams faced Franklin County. The Indian varsity team came away with a 1-1 tie against the Lions. Stephens County’s lone goal was scored by junior Austin Garcia late in the second half. Meanwhile, the Indian JV boys’ soccer team lost to […]

Four Stephens County High School wrestlers will head to this week’s state AAAA wrestling tournament. This past weekend, the Indian Wrestling team had five wrestlers participate in the sectional wrestling tournament at West Laurens High School. At the sectionals, 16 wrestlers from four regions compete in each weight class, with the top eight at each weight class advancing to states. […]

Both the Stephens County Indian and Lady Indian basketball teams lost their final regular season games at the Currahee Arena on Friday night. First, the Lady Indians took the Lady Trojans of North hall into double overtime before dropping a 47-44 decision. The two teams were tied at the end of the third period and also at the end of […]