Jackets off to 3-0 start
Jeff Davis High’s baseball team got off to an eye-opening start on the 2019 season, as the Class 2A Jackets blanked Class 3A Appling County 10-0 in five innings last Thursday in Baxley behind a no-hitter by Garrison Miles, and took a pair of wins over Class 5A powerhouses Jones County and Wayne County Saturday…
Read MoreSoccer wins one, ties one
Jeff Davis High’s girls soccer team is 1-0-1 after two games. The first game was against Treutlen (won 5-1) and the second game was against Appling (tie 2-2). In the photos, Angela Gonzalez (10) attacks and Keely Brownlow (6) boots a tie-breaker attempt.
Read MoreJayvees fall in eight to Wayne
Jeff Davis High’s jayvee baseball team fell to Wayne County 6-5 in eight innings last Wednesday in Jesup. The JD Jackets out-hit the Wayne Jackets 7-5 but six fielding errors doomed them. Cole Baucom led the offense with a pair of singles, Hamp Hayes had a single and two RBI, Andrew Aycock singled and drove…
Read MoreJDMS Blue improves to 3-0
Jeff Davis Middle School’s Blue Team improved to 3-0 Monday with a 12-0, 5-inning win over West Laurens in Hazlehurst. Alex Mason threw a 2-hit shutout and drove in four runs at the plate. He walked one and struck out 10 in five innings on the mound, at one point striking out five straight batters.…
Read MoreJDMS Gold falls 11-2
Jeff Davis Middle School’s Gold Team took it on the chin last Friday with an 11-2 loss to visiting Appling County. The young Jackets got three hits, singles by Haydon King, Holden Ellis and Dylan Carelock. Colby Beach pitched two innings, giving up three earned runs on five hits, walking one and striking out one.…
Read MoreWaters Signs With Truett McConnell
Caroline Waters last week signed a scholarship to play softball at Truett McConnell University in Cleveland, Ga. She is pictured with her parents, Cheryl and Brad Waters and siblings Kat and John Wesley.
Read MoreBlack History Month — By Margie Hill
Black History Month is a time to acquire new knowledge, review old knowledge, and share knowledge with those who simply don’t know. To study the history of African Americans is to study the history of the world, the history of all peoples, and the history of an oppressed yet overcoming people. So today, let us…
Read MoreUnder The Gold Dome — By Blake Tillery
This week in the Senate, we passed two pieces of legislation and heard several more in committee. I know many of you are excited to hear legislation concerning broadband and healthcare, and I can assure you that those are coming up shortly. Senate Bill 25 clarifies ambiguous language in last year’s House Bill 978 that…
Read MoreJD Forward Leadership Academy Begins
The Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Chamber of Commerce kicked off the JD Forward Leadership Academy last month with a team building and leadership retreat facilitated by Georgia EMC. The JD Forward Class of 2019 participants are Daniel Alejo (Arising Industries), Doug Alexander (Jeff Davis Middle School), Rory Chaney (Hazlehurst Main Street), Mike Coleman (SunOne Logistics), Noemi Garcia…
Read MoreSearch Begins For New Superintendent
The search for the next Superintendent of the Jeff Davis County School System is underway. Feb. 7, the Board held its first planning session with representatives of King-Cooper and Associates, a Georgia firm that will assist the Board with the search. The Board approved a tentative timeline that includes a deadline of March 8 as…
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