WALB Sports Team
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WALB Sports Team
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The game, which is part of the GISA state baseball championship, has been moved up to 10:30 a.m.
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Coach Charles Truitt will be replacing Scott Swantic and plans to upgrade the football program from top to bottom.
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Zach Grage is leaving his post as the head football coach of the Thomasville Bulldogs.
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The first Wednesday of February is always a busy one in the sports world because it is National Signing Day. Athletes from all over the country, sign their national letters of intent to extend their playing careers and we had a plethora across South Georgia taking part.
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On Wednesday, Worth County Schools announced head football Coach Phil Ironside will be stepping down from his position.
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Kerry Morris, formerly a defensive football coach for Early County High School, has been hired to take over as head coach for Southwest Georgia Academy (SGA).
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Those in the program will also be students on TU’s campus in Thomasville, earning undergraduate degrees and members of the newly formed Night Hawks football team.
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Ashley Henderson has joined the Jasper County/Monticello Athletic Department as the head football coach at Monticello High School.
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The Colquitt County Board of Education voted to approve hiring Sean Calhoun as the new head coach.
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Tremaine Jackson was named as the 11th head football coach in Blazer history.
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On Sunday, Valdosta State University (VSU) head football coach Gary Goff announced he has taken the head coaching position at McNeese State in Lake Charles, La., according to VSU Athletics.
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He is the high school's first Black head football coach.
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Four Southwest Georgia high school football teams took to the Atlanta gridiron for the GHSA State Championships.
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We are down to the final four in each classification.
The Dogs extended their season this past Friday night by taking down the number one team in 2-A.
We’re getting to that point where we find out who’s truly the best in the GHSA as the third round of the playoffs begins Friday.
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He was named head coach in 2018. He coached the Yellow Jackets for four seasons.
On Friday, more than 50 schools attempted to appeal the new Georgia High School Association classifications for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years.
Friday marks the last week of regular season play for Southwest Georgia high school football teams.
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Georgia Tech and Georgia Southern softball teams are going head to head in Adel for their final fall game.
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It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time to highlight our Player of the Week.
The Week 8 Game of the Week brings us to Douglas for easily one of the best matchups the state has to offer. Coffee playing host to Ware County with a border war trophy on the line.
Westover and Dougherty are set to meet at Hugh Mills Stadium with a lot of bragging rights on the line.
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Every week during football season we will get the chance to highlight a player who stepped up and helped lead their team to victory. Following week three one player stood out from the rest.
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He was one of five players that were ruled ineligible following a GHSA investigation into Rush Propst, the former Valdosta High School head football coach.
The syrup pitcher is on the line in the City of Roses. The Cairo Syrupmakers will face off against the Thomasville Bulldogs in tonight’s Game of the Week.
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Sports Director Paige Dauer explains how to cast your vote in our video walkthrough.
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The hearing is to determine if Ty’Li Lewis will be eligible to play this upcoming season.
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Shafreda Hall filed the lawsuit against GHSA after Ty’Li Lewis, her son, was ruled ineligible to play for the Wildcats in April 2021.
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It was a battle of the Busch brothers at the Quaker State 400 here at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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The Crisp County Cougars are stacking the days with hard work and even higher hopes.
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The school board renewed some of Michael Sneed’s coaching duties along with his teaching contract.
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Ducky Wall was an icon in the Georgia sports world and especially at WALB News 10, where his legacy grows each day.
VCS Superintendent Dr. Todd Cason confirms to WALB News 10, representatives of Valdosta City Schools plan to appeal at the next level, which is the State Executive Committee. At this time, a date has not been determined for that appeal hearing.
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At Albany Tech Thursday afternoon the Lady Titans basketball team celebrated four making the move to the next level.
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GHSA issued a penalty letter to Valdosta High School Superintendent Dr. Todd Cason about the ruling.
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Fort said the future is very bright for Pelham Hornet football.
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The High School basketball season came to an end Saturday in Macon. Two Southwest Georgia teams looked to bring home the state championship trophy.
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The title game is as close as it’s been all year for high school basketball. Friday night GHSA final four action takes the court as Southwest Georgia teams continue their March to Macon for the championship.
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In Albany, the Micro Wrestling team brought their tour to the Merry Acres Event Center Thursday night.
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Inside the Storm Dome at Georgia Southwestern State University, Final Four action for GISA girl’s basketball was underway, Thursday. Three Southwest Georgia teams hit the hardwood to take their shot at a spot in the title game.
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Wednesday night the boys took center stage for the high school basketball quarterfinals. Several Southwest Georgia teams are still in contention, all looking to punch their ticket to the final four.
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The sports impacted include men’s and women’s basketball, tennis, golf, track and field, baseball, and softball.
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The Georgia Southwestern Hurricanes are back home Wednesday night, inside the storm dome and ready to take to the hardwood for some conference play.
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South Georgia Technical College sophomore point guard Veronica Charles came off the bench to score 19 points in the first half. Which was more than the entire Andrew College Fighting Tigers scored in the same time frame.
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It’s Wednesday, February 3rd and that means only one thing. It’s National Signing Day. Dozens and dozens of Southwest Georgia high school football players put pen to paper Wednesday, all eager to continue their football careers.
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The South Georgia Technical College Jets traveled to Tallahassee Community College and came up short in an 81–60 loss to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) second place Division I team Monday night. The Jets dropped to 1–4 overall while the Eagles moved to 5–0 on the season.