Ms. Virginia Jo Clance Hand, 78
Ms. Virginia Jo Clance Hand, 78, of Hazlehurst, passed away Feb. 13 at Hazlehurst Court Care in Hazlehurst. Ms. Hand was born July 17, 1943, in Jeff Davis County. She is preceded in death by her parents, Otis Arthur Clance and Mary Newham Clance, husband, the Rev. James Edison Hand, sisters, Rita Mae Rentz Lowe…
Read MoreMrs. Linda Jones, 74
Mrs. Linda Jones, 74, of Hazlehurst, died Feb. 17 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Mrs. Jones was born May 19, 1947, in Jeff Davis County. She is preceded in death by her parents, Howard Sandiford, Magalene Smith Sandiford, sister-in-law, Barbara Wood, brother-in-law, Wayne Jones. She was employed with Jeff Davis County School System and was a…
Read MoreTurner’s Walk-Off Double Lifts Jackets To Victory
Hayden Turner hit a walk-off double to center to break a 3-3 tie and give Jeff Davis a 4-3 win over Wayne County Thursday in Hazlehurst. But the Jackets dropped two games during the week, falling 4-1 to visiting Bleckley County last Tuesday and dropping a 10-3 home game to Lee County Saturday. The Jackets…
Read MoreJDMS Blue Wins Two
The Jeff Davis Middle School Blue Team had no problems rolling to a 14-1, 4-inning win over East Laurens Middle School last Thursday in East Dublin. And Monday at home, they spotted Arthur Williams Middle School of Jesup to a 3-0 lead and then came from behind to win 11-4. Ethan Baltazar and Reese Mullis…
Read MoreJDMS Gold Wins And Loses
Jeff Davis Middle School’s Gold Team won one of three games last week, losing 11-6 to Wheeler County Middle School last Thursday, falling 6-5 to Ware County Middle School Friday in Hazlehurst, and rolling to a 13-0, 2-inning win over Toombs Middle School Saturday in Hazlehurst. Against Wheeler Jeff Davis led 6-3 entering the bottom…
Read MoreJayvees Down West Laurens 7-6
Jeff Davis High’s junior varsity baseball team squeaked out a 7-6 win over West Laurens Monday in Hazlehurst. A big 4-run second inning vaulted the Jackets into a 6-3 lead and they held on from there. Jude Worthington drove in what proved to be the winning run in the sixth as Dylan Carelock was hit…
Read MoreBoth Basketball Teams Qualify For State
Both Jeff Davis High basketball team qualified for the 2022 Georgia High School Association Class AA State Playoffs by finishing fourth in the Region 2-AA tournament played last week in Vidalia. The girls of Coach Nikki Perry struggled for much of the season but entered the tournament as the No. 5 seed after finishing the…
Read MoreLady Jackets Improve To 5-0
In a busy week of action the Lady Jackets soccer program remained undefeated. The JV squad improved to 4-0 with a solid win over Wayne County, while the varsity squad improved to 5-0 and 1-0 in Region with solid wins over East Laurens, #7 Bleckley County, and Appling County. The JV hosted Wayne County Monday.…
Read MoreTennis Action
Jeff Davis High School tennis played the Appling County Pirates at home. Jeff Davis High boys lost a close match at 2-3. JDH girls won 4-1 against the Pirates. Coach Mary Katherine Kemp bragged on the play from Marquez Patterson and Lexi Girtman at their singles positions. JDH traveled to Ware County. The boys won…
Read MoreMemories — By Tommy Purser
I love football and softball in the fall and the winter brings us lots of basketball and wrestling action. But spring is my busiest time of the year, as spring sports consumes a lot of my time. I don’t get to go to all the games and matches, I can’t spread myself that thin. But…
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