Category: Sports

Two Region 8-AAAA teams remain alive in the state baseball playoffs. Buford and North Hall will play in the quarterfinal round scheduled to start today. Region 8-AAAA champion Buford will play Region 4-AAAA champion Locust Grove at Locust Grove. Meanwhile, Region 8-AAAA runner-up North Hall will be on the road as well, facing Region 5 champion Whitewater. The other quarterfinal […]

The Toccoa Falls College baseball team will now wait to see if it makes the NCCAA World Series after falling just short of an automatic bid at the region tournament. Last Thursday through Saturday, the Toccoa Falls Screaming Eagles traveled to Palm Beach Atlantic University to participate in the NCCAA South region tournament. With an automatic bid to the NCCAA […]

Five Stephens County High School student athletes announce choices on where they will continue their athletic and academic careers in college. The five signed at an event Wednesday at the high school media center. First, Jered Brown signed to play soccer at Emmanuel College. He said tradition and location were two reasons he chose to play there. “It is close […]

The state baseball playoffs are underway. First round games took place this past Friday and Saturday throughout the state. At the AAAA level, Region 8-AAAA teams split first-round series with teams from Region 7-AAAA in the best-of-three series. Region 8 champ Buford swept Heritage of Catoosa, while Region 8 runner-up North Hall swept Pickens. However, Region 8’s third-place team Madison […]

The Stephens County High School Track Team has qualified 7 girls and 1 boy for the Class AAAA Sectional Track Meet at Eagles Landing High School in McDonough, Ga., this Saturday.  They qualified by finishing in the top 4 in their respective event at the Region 8-AAAA meet held last week at Monroe Area High School. Junior Marla Feaster, along […]

It appears as if the Stephens County Indian baseball team will come up just short in its bid for the AAAA state baseball playoffs. The Indians had a 2-0 lead on Buford heading into the bottom of the fifth inning Thursday at Buford. However, Buford sent 15 men to the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning and scored […]

The Stephens County Indians will wrap up the regular season tonight and look to get a spot in the AAAA state baseball playoffs. Wednesday, three Buford pitchers combined to no-hit the Indians as the Wolves won 11-3 on Senior Night at the Reservation. After Buford scored a run in the top of the first inning, the Indians tied it at […]

The Stephens County Middle School boys’ tennis team wins a region tournament title The Rebels won the title on Saturday, April 18. First, Stephens County defeated Hart County 3-0 in the semi finals, then they beat Elbert County 3-0 in the finals. The Stephens County Middle School boys’ tennis team finished its season with an unblemished 11-0 record. Nine of […]

Stephens County returns from its bye and starts off the home stretch of the Region 8-AAAA baseball season with a win. Ben Cleveland’s one-out grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning ended the game and gave the Indians a 14-4, six-inning win over Monroe Area High School Wednesday at the Reservation. The game was called due to the […]

Stephens County High School’s soccer teams come together to help kick cancer. Tuesday, both the Lady Indians and Indians wore pink jerseys in their soccer games against Region 8-AAAA opponent White County. It was the annual “Pink Game” to promote cancer awareness. Stephens County Boys’ Soccer Coach Derek Demmler said that they had a good crowd turn out to both […]