Category: Sports

The Stephens County Indians and Lady Indians basketball teams lost their home openers Tuesday night at the Currahee Arena by double digit figures. Three Lady Indians scored in double figures , but could not contain the two top scorers for Tallulah Falls. The Lady Indians from the Falls defeated the Stephens County Lady Indians 66-50.Mikiya Knox led Stephens County with […]

Four teams from the Stephens County Recreation Department’s football program have made it to the championship games of the North Georgia Youth Football Association. The games will be played this Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. at Oglethorpe County High School. Stephens County competes with teams from Elbert County, Appalachee, Rabun County, North Hall, Hart County, Franklin County, Oglethorpe County, and […]

The Stephens County Middle School Rebels 7th grade boys improved to 1-1 on Monday with a 53-38 win over Rabun County Middle School. Colson Ivey led the Rebels with 15 points and Carmelo Renfroe added 13. In the 8th grade boys game the Rebels lost a tight battle with Rabun 58-55. Zykemian Durham led the 8th grade Rebels in scoring […]

Proposed region alignments for the next two school years from the Georgia High School Association would result in a major change for some northeast Georgia football teams, including Stephens County. With East Jackson moving to AA next school year – leaving just five current Region 8-AAA teams – Stephens County, along with current region 8-AAA rivals Franklin County and Hart […]

For the first time since 2014, the Stephens County Indian football team is in to the second round of the state playoffs. Friday night, the Indians, seeded fourth out of Region 8, defeated Region 6 champion Rockmart, 27-13 in a first-round AAA state playoff game on the road. Stephens County Head Coach Wesley Tankersley says it was a total team […]

The Stephens County Indians will play in the first round of the state AAA playoffs tonight as they travel to Rockmart to play the Yellow Jackets. Kickoff will be at 7:30. Rockmart is the Region 6-AAA champs with a record of 9 & 1. Stephens County is the number 4 seeded team from Region 8-AAA.  The Indians have an overall record of […]

Our Stephens County Farm Bureau Player of Game with Oconee County is Bryson Trimier.   Our Stephens County Farm Bureau Player of Game with East Jackson is Armand Cunningham.     Serina Porter from Farm Bureau is pictured  presenting Bryson and Armand with a football.

The Stephens County Middle School boys teams dropped openers to Franklin County Middle School. In the 7th grade boys game, Franklin County won 48-34. The Rebels 7th grade was led in scoring by Colsen Ivey with 8 points and Duke Collins with 7. In the 8th grad boys game, Franklin downed Stephens 49-39. The Rebels 8th grade boys were led […]

The Stephens County Middle School girls’ basketball season is underway.  Monday night, the eighth-grade girls lost to Franklin County, 26 to 16. Lanesia Verdell led Stephens County with 7 points, followed by Lauren Schell with 3. Navaeh Holland, A’nya Dupree, and Ivey Jackson each added 2 points. The Stephens County seventh grade girls also came up short in a very close […]

The Stephens County High School football team is headed back to the state playoffs. Friday night, the Indians overcame a slow start to beat East Jackson on the road, 24-0. “I was apprehensive about the game because we beat them by so much last year,” said SCHS Head Coach Wesley Tankersley. “I feel like the kids came out in the […]