Within the GHSA, South Georgia has a slew of teams that will be looking to punch their ticket to a final four next week, including the Bulldogs from Thomasville.
Spring practice is in full swing for many high school football teams in South Georgia and the Lowndes Vikings will close out their spring camp this week.
Brookwood holding a celebration Thursday evening to honor their spring sports, the region championships and state titles won, but to also honor those that will be taking their talents to the next level.
One high school athlete in southwest Georgia made history Thursday. In Thomasville, the Thomas County Central’s Yellow Jackets celebrated one of its own.
The Georgia Southwestern softball team finished with 24 hits, sweeping Flagler College in their last game of the season by scores of 5-1 and 7-5 at Flagler Field Sunday afternoon.
The No. 2 Valdosta State softball dropped a 5-3 decision in the regular season finale Sunday at No. 18 Alabama Huntsville. With the loss, VSU shares the regular season Gulf South Conference title with Auburn Montgomery as both teams finished 25-5 in league play.
While Georgia Southern didn’t see any players taken in the 2021 NFL Draft, soon after it ended, they had two former players get signed to teams as free agents.
Medina Spirit fought off three challengers in the stretch to win the Kentucky Derby by a half-length, making Bob Baffert the winningest trainer in the race’s 147-year history with seven.
As a young basketball player the dreams are always the same, make it to the NBA. Camilla native and SEC Basketball Hall of Famer, Jumaine Jones knows what it takes to get there. Spending 16years in the league.
Thursday night was an exciting night for Tift County and Blue Devils young and old as former Tift County star wideout Rashod Bateman was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the NFL Draft.
The state title is officially on the line. Playoffs for high school baseball inside the GHSA have already begun. Worth County Rams in familiar territory, ready to host another round of playoff games.
The No. 2 Valdosta State softball team belted seven home runs in a 15-2 rout of Christian Brothers to sweep the three-game series. VSU improved to 32-3 on the year and 25-2 in Gulf South Conference play, while it ran its winning streak to 21 games.
Up in Americus this has been an exciting weekend for the GSW golf team. The guys learning that they have earned a bid to play in the NCAA South/Southeast super regional.
Ducky Wall made his mark in the Good Life City and across Georgia early on in his career. Wall spent 26 years with WALB before retiring, was the head golf pro at Doublegate Country Club, and loved Georgia football as much as the next guy.
An open records request WALB filed through the GHSA reveals the five players ruled ineligible for next season signed affidavits stating they were not recruited or influenced to transfer to Valdosta.
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.
The No. 2 Valdosta State softball team swept the season series with West Georgia on Senior Day with a 5-0 victory in a resumed game from Saturday and a 9-0 victory. The Blazers hit 11 home runs in the series and outscored UWG 25-0.
The Valdosta State Blazers won its fourth straight game by a final score of 7-6 against the West Georgia Wolves off a Jacob Harper walk-off single. The Blazers (18-12, 16-11 Gulf South Conference) were led by Ben Rowdon who finished the day with three hits.
The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to change the long-standing rule that has often deterred players in high-profile sports from switching schools, sources said.
The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets turned a narrow three-point first-half lead into a rousing 87 – 59 victory over the NJCAA Region 10 champion Spartanburg Methodist Lady Pioneers in the Hangar Saturday.
Behind nine home runs, including three each from junior Nicole Pennington and sophomore Kiley Robb, the No. 3 Valdosta State softball team swept a doubleheader from visiting West Alabama, 10-1 in six innings and 10-0 in five innings Sunday afternoon at Steel’s Diamond at Blazer Park.
The Valdosta State Blazers rallied to take both games of Sunday’s doubleheader with a walk-off 7-6 win during game one, followed by a 19-4 win in game two. With the second games win, VSU head coach Greg Guilliams won his 400th game at VSU.
The Valdosta State baseball team has had a rough two weeks where they recorded six straight losses, putting them at 14-12 with a month to go in the regular season.
Georgia Southwestern State University junior Chase McLain and Lee County Native was named the Peach Belt Conference Golfer of the Week by the league office on Thursday afternoon.
You could call Valdosta State softball’s 2021 season the Lady Blazers’ revenge tour. After the pandemic ended their season so abruptly the number four ranked team in the nation is roaring back with a vengeance.
The commission voted to launch an investigation into the Valdosta High School head football coach on Thursday. In March, the commission received a formal complaint against Propst.
The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets earned their fifth consecutive NJCAA Region 17 tournament championship but it took a last-second three-point shot by Imani McNeal to force the game into overtime and allow the Lady Jets to pull off a hard-fought 80 - 71 overtime.
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association released its NCAA Division II National Players of the Week awards for the week ending on March 28, 2021.
The University of Louisville and the University of Georgia on Wednesday announced they will play each other in two football games in the near future, according to multiple reports.
Behind two home runs from freshman Aniston Gano, including a grand slam, the No. 7 Valdosta State softball team defeated No. 17 West Florida, 10-3 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
The Georgia Southwestern softball team finished with 14 hits, including four doubles and three home runs as they beat the University of Montevallo 12-9 Sunday afternoon at Lady Canes Field.
The struggle was real after undergoing surgery for two torn ACLs in two years and at times Kamya Hollingshed doubted if she would ever be able to return to the basketball court as a player for the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets.
A very poor three-point shooting percentage left the South Georgia Technical College Jets on the losing end of the stick Thursday night as the East Georgia State College Bobcats clawed their way to an 83 – 72 victory in Swainsboro.
New insight into when and who at Valdosta City Schools knew about the infamous recording and a 64-page deposition against head football coach Rush Propst.
Brown, the number five dual-threat quarterback in the nation has committed to the University of Miami. Friday morning he made the announcement in front of family in friends.
Westwood’s Taylor Wray signed a letter of intent to take her talents to the next level. Wray is headed north to join the Georgia Southern University rifle team.
