Girls down Toombs, Metter; fall to Bryan
Jeff Davis High’s girls won two of three games last week to move back into a tie for fourth place in the Region 2-AA standings. The Lady Jackets defeated Toombs County last Tuesday in Lyons 64-44, took the measure of Metter 47-43 Friday in Hazlehurst, before falling 55-29 to region-leading Bryan County Saturday in Hazlehurst.…
Read More2020 JDMS Gold 6 Schedule
2020 Middle School Gold 6 Team Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Site Time 2/10 Ware Co. Hazlehurst 4:00 2/13 Coffee Co. Hazlehurst 4:00 2/17 Appling Co. Hazlehurst 4:00 2/19 Wayne Co. Jesup 4:00 2/20 Appling Co. Baxley 4:00 2/22 Wayne Co. Jesup 10:00 2/25 Vidalia Hazlehurst (MS Field) 4:00 2/26 South Tattnall Glennville 4:00 3/3 Ware…
Read More2020 JDMS Gold 7 Schedule
2020 Middle School Gold 7 Team Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Site Time 2/10 Ware Co. Hazlehurst 6:00 2/11 Telfair Co. McRae 4:00 2/13 Coffee Co. Hazlehurst 6:00 2/17 Appling Co. Hazlehurst 6:00 2/19 Wayne Co. Jesup 6:00 2/20 Appling Co. Baxley 6:00 2/22 Wayne Co. Jesup 12:00 2/26 South Tattnall Glennville 6:00 3/3 Ware Co.…
Read More2020 JDMS Blue Schedule
2020 Middle School Blue Team Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Site Time 2/6 Fitzgerald Fitzgerald 4:00 2/10 Fitzgerald Hazlehurst 4:00 2/11 Toombs Co. Lyons 4:00 2/18 West Laurens Dublin 4:00 2/20 Swainsboro Hazlehurst 4:00 2/24 Bleckley Co. Hazlehurst 4:00 2/25 Richmond Hill Richmond Hill 4:00 2/27 Vidalia Hazlehurst 4:00 3/2 Dodge Co. Eastman 4:00 3/4 Richmond…
Read More2020 Jayvee Baseball Schedule
Jeff Davis High School Baseball 2020 JV Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Site Time 2/12 Wayne Co. Jesup 6:00 2/14 Appling Co. Baxley 5:00 2/20 Toombs Co. Lyons 6:00 2/24 Vidalia Hazlehurst 6:00 2/27 Bleckley Co. Hazlehurst 6:00 2/29 Statesboro Hazlehurst 1:00 3/7 Appling Co. Hazlehurst 11:00 3/10 Ware Co. Waycross 5:00 3/11 Toombs Co. Hazlehurst…
Read More2020 Varsity Baseball Schedule
Jeff Davis High School Baseball 2020 Varsity Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Site Time 2/4 Pierce Co. (Scrimmage) Blackshear 6:00 2/11 Bleckley Co. Hazlehurst 6:00 2/13 Appling Co. Hazlehurst 6:00 2/15 Lee Co. Leesburg 2:00 2/15 Wayne Co. Leesburg 4:30 2/18 Appling Co. Baxley 6:00 2/21 Heard Co. Franklin 6:00 2/22 Callaway LaGrange 1:00 2/26 Bleckley…
Read MoreLife 100 Years Ago — By Tommy Purser
What was life like in Jeff Davis County 100 years ago. I’ve given short snippets of news that made the pages of the Ledger’s forerunner The Hazlehurst News each week in “The Ledger Looks Back” feature on this page. The last names that appear in those old, tattered pages certainly are familiar even today. Because…
Read MoreFighting Climate Change — By John Reed
Fighting Climate Change In keeping with my resolution to be positive, let’s begin with climate change. I’m positive the weather is changing: it’s warmer in the daytime and cooler at night. Beyond that, experts can’t agree. Many say it’s getting warmer overall, yet some don’t. It doesn’t help the doomsayers when some of their data…
Read MoreJosey is parade Grand Marshal
Pastor Henry Josey has been chosen Grand Marshal of the Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Parade. A Son of the House of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, he also serves as Mount Calvary’s Outreach Minister, pastor of Tremount Temple Missionary Baptist Church of Lumber City, interim pastor of Level Green Missionary Baptist Church…
Read MoreBoard hears facilities update
At a called meeting Monday afternoon, the Jeff Davis County Board of Education heard an update from School Superintendent Chris Roppe on plans for athletic fields and renovation of the 20-year-old Jeff Davis High School. Roppe said he was looking for answers on whether or not the school system should begin working on land recently…
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