Category: Sports

The Stephens County Lady Indian basketball team will head into the second half of the Region 8-AAAA schedule at the top of the standings. Down by nine points early in the second half, the Lady Indians rallied and held on to beat North Oconee Tuesday in Bogart, 61-58. The Lady Indians made 28 of 41 free throws overall and 18 […]

The Stephens County Lady Indian basketball team bounced back from its first region loss on Friday with a win over a rival on Saturday. Friday night, the Lady Indians led by four points in the fourth quarter, but Oconee County ended the game on a 10-0 run to win 43-33 in region play in Watkinsville. Renajah Verdell led the Lady […]

The Stephens County Middle School Rebels basketball teams won 3 of the 4 games played vs. Elbert County Middle School Thursday at SCMS. The 7th grade boys team moved to 8-0 on the season with a 46-40 win over Elbert County. Javin Gordon led the Rebels with a game high 17 points, Andrew Keown added 12, Tripp Underwood 8, Semaj […]

story by Ted Taylor THE STEPHENS COUNTY LADY INDIANS KEPT THEIR WINNING STREAK ALIVE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS WITH WINS OVER ST. PIUS AND EAST HALL. THE 59-41 WIN FRIDAY NIGHT OVER ST. PIUS WAS MOST IMPORTANT AS IT WAS A REGION WIN, THE SECOND FOR THE LADY INDIANS. RENAJAH VERDELL LED STEPHENS COUNTY WITH 19 POINTS. SHE WAS JOINED […]

The Stephens County Indians boys and girls basketball teams picked up two wins each in the East Jackson Christmas tournament this past weekend. The Indian boys won two close games downing Elbert County 60-57 on Friday, and followed that with a 66-64 win over Loganville on Saturday afternoon. The Indians improve to an overall record of 6-9. The Stephens County […]

Pictured are: (Right of Hudson) – Mom Mollie (Left of Hudson) – Sister Riley, (Standing) – Dad Harrison.   Hudson Spurlock, the leading rusher this past season for the Stephen County Indians football team, will attend and play for the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, next year. In a signing ceremony last Friday, Spurlock says he always wanted […]

The Stephens County Indians wrestling team placed 3rd at the recent Arrowhead Classic hosted at Stephens County High School. 13 teams competed– Habersham Central won the tournament—Rabun Gap came in second. The following Indians placed in their weight division—Athena Malik, 1st—Mason Edmonds, 3rd—Trey Blackwell, 2nd—Mason Norton, 3rd—Nathan Walker, 3rd—Tyler Fulbright, 3rd. In another recent tournament before Christmas, Stephens County won […]

  IT TOOK FIVE YEARS, BUT THE STEPHENS COUNTY LADY INDIANS FINALLY DEFEATED THE HART COUNTY LADY BULLDOGS BASKETBALL TEAM FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THEY DID IT IN FINE FASHION. BREANNA TAYLOR SCORED SEVEN THREE-POINTERS AND 23 POINTS AS THE LADY INDIANS POSTED A 65-33 VICTORY OVER HART COUNTY. RENAJAH VERDELL HAD 19 POINTS AND NA NA EADES CONTRIBUTED 14 POINTS. […]

Stephens County High School held its annual Football Awards Ceremony at the Tugaloo Center last Sunday afternoon. Each player on the varsity and J-V teams was recognized. Members of the All-Region Team received plaques as did each of the senior players. WNEG presented our Player of the Year Award to senior M.J. Jones, who was a starter at running back […]

Habersham Central swept two games against Stephens County last night in high school basketball at Mt. Airy. In the girls game, Stephens County held the lead for most of the game, but with 4 minutes to go, Habersham Central took the lead for good at 42 to 41, and cruised to a 56 to 43 win. The Lady Indians only […]