Category: Sports

The Stephens County Indians will host the Banks County Leopards tonight in a pre-season football scrimmage game. It will start at 7:30, and this will be the final game-type scrimmage before the Indians open the season next Friday, August 20th, at home against White County. The format tonight will be similar to a real game, but no live kickoffs or […]

The Stephens County Indians football team played the first of 2 pre-season scrimmage games Friday night as they traveled to Elbert County to play the Blue Devils.  After giving up a field goal to Elbert County in the first quarter, Stephens County’s Ben Stowe connected with his brother, Bailey, on a 38 yard touchdown pass.  Braden Morris added the extra […]

The Toccoa Little League 11U All-Star team overcame a 9-0 deficit to tie Cartersville at 9-9 before falling in extra innings 18-9 and were eliminated from the state 11U tournament in Dudley on Monday night. Cartersville led 7-0 after 2 innings and 9-0 heading to the bottom of the 4th, but Toccoa then rallied. In the bottom of the 4th, […]

The Toccoa Little League All-Stars opened 11U state tournament play suffering a tough 9-8 loss to Northern of Columbus on Sunday in Dudley, Georgia. Toccoa trailed early 2-0, but came back to grab a 4-2 lead after 3 innings and an 8-2 lead after 4 innings. Toccoa was aided by 9 Northern walks in the two innings and scored the […]

The Hart County Junior League baseball team has won the right to go to the State Tournament by defeating Toccoa 6-1 Monday night. Again, Toccoa outhit their opponent but couldn’t score enough runs. Toccoa did get the first run of the game by loading the bases in the top of the third inning. Riley Parshall, who was the starting pitcher, […]

Franklin County’s 12 and under Little League baseball team won the District 7 championship by going undefeated in three games at Doyle Street Park, after beating Hart County 5-2 Thursday night, Franklin County defeated Toccoa’s All-stars 5-2 Friday. Pitching was key for both teams as Franklin County managed only three hits and Toccoa only got two hits. Brian Waldrop didn’t […]

The Toccoa Little League Junior League All-Stars left 14 on base and was shutout by Hart County 5-0 in Game 1 of the best two out of three District 7 Championship series  Saturday at Doyle Street Park in Toccoa. Hart County scored 5 runs on just 3 hits and can clinch the championship with a win in Game 2 on […]

Franklin County scored two runs in the top of the first inning and never trailed downing Toccoa 5-2 in the 12 and under Little League District 7 Tournament at the Doyle Street Park in Toccoa on Friday night. John DiNapoli struck out 10 Toccoa batters in relief after Hudson Huff pitched the first two innings for Franklin County. With only […]

The Toccoa Little League 11 and under baseball team won the District 7 Championship defeating Hart County 6-4 Wednesday night in Hartwell. Hart County jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning taking advantage of 3 hit-by-pitches, a walk, and two hits. Toccoa scored one in the bottom of the inning on Duke Collins Sacrifice […]

The Toccoa 11 and under Little League All-Stars won the opening game of the best of three District 7 championship series defeating Hart County 8-2 Tuesday night in Hartwell. Duke Collins was outstanding on the mound pitching 5 2/3 innings and allowing only 2 runs on six hits while striking out 8. Isaiah Patterson got the final out of the […]