Shaw, Central split
Published on: 11/30/08Monique Jackson led Central with 14 points, and the Lady Red Devils beat Shaw 54-36 on Saturday night.
Monique Jackson led Central with 14 points, and the Lady Red Devils beat Shaw 54-36 on Saturday night.
The opponent is familiar — Dell McGee will not soon forget the Cairo Syrupmakers, the team his Carver Tigers defeated 16-13 for the GHSA Class AAA football title last December.
It was a game of big plays. The Gainesville Red Elephants came into A.J. McClung Memorial Stadium Friday night with a reputation of having a big-play offense.
Mercedes Sumbry and Sade Walker combined for 29 points to help Russell County notch a 44-43 victory against Central on Friday.
Central coach Ron Nelson began eyeing his retirement several years ago.
A year after winning the Georgia High School Association’s 2007 Class AAA volleyball championship, Columbus High coach Donna Fleming was faced with building a suitable successor without the benefit of several outstanding hitters who were now playing on the collegiate level.
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Gainesville High senior Josh Jackson remembers the last time he played in a third-round playoff game.
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You could liken the Carver defensive backfield to a high school football version of the Strategic Air Command.
The Kendrick girls basketball team began their defense of the Class AAA title with an overtime loss to Hardaway 54-53 Wednesday night.
Kendrick High girls basketball coach Sterling Hicks identified the biggest challenge faced by a team trying to repeat as state champions:
PRATTVILLE, Ala. — Columbus High’s wrestling team defeated Bob Jones 35-26, Thompson County 40-34, Tuscaloosa 54-18 and host Prattville 31-28 Saturday.
After going 0-for-3 in coin flips the past two years, Carver coach Dell McGee finally won one Saturday morning. As a result, his Carver Tigers will be at home next Friday for the GHSA Class AAA quarterfinals against unbeaten Gainesville.
Brookstone built a perfect regular season on short, consistent runs and made it through the first round of the playoffs with the same formula.
BALDWIN, Ga. — With only four minutes left to play, the battle between the Shaw Raiders and Baldwin Braves looked like a scene from a movie: Baldwin leading by three points but Shaw threatening, first-and-10 on the Baldwin 36-yard line.
You could call Carver’s Jarkuis Morgan “Thunder” and his teammate Isaiah Crowell “Lightning.” But that description wouldn’t be completely accurate.
Bryce Dial plans to play college baseball at Georgia Southern University next year, but before then, the Columbus High School senior feels there is a little unfinished business.
Carver offensive lineman Chris Hubbard will not be the only Tiger player participating in the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl Jan.2 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.