Area Sports
Sellers, Beach earn All-State honors
Two members of the 2024 Jeff Davis High School football team earned All-State Honors in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Class A, Divison 1 All State Team. Defensive back La’Trell Sellers, a 6′-2″, 210 lb. junior, was named to the First Team All State Defense. And senior quarterback Colby Beach was named an Honorable Mention All-State selection.…
Read MoreBasketball Teams Open 2025 With Wins
Jeff Davis High’s basketball teams got off to a good start with the 2025 portion of their schedules as both Coach KatyBeth Jordan’s and Coach Thomas McAboy’s teams defeated Berrien County Friday in Nashville and Toombs County Saturday in Hazlehurst. The wins boosted each team’s record to 6-5. In Nashville, the girls won 53-39 and…
Read MoreJackets open with win over Washington County
Jeff Davis High’s football team opened the 2024 season Friday night in Sandersville as the Yellow Jackets took a 22-6 victory over Washington County. The Jackets were impressive in their opening drive, taking the opening kickoff and marching 80 yards in 19 plays as the JD front wall dominated the line of scrimmage. Interior linemen…
Read MoreLady Jackets off to 0-5 start
Jeff Davis High School’s softball team dropped a 3-game Region 1, Class A, Division 1 series to Bacon County last week, losing 9-6 Tuesday in Hazlehurst and dropping both ends of a double header Thursday in Alma, 2-0 and 5-3. Saturday in Vidalia, the Lady Jackets suffered two more losses, falling 2-1 to West Laurens…
Read MoreCross Country Opens Season
The Jeff Davis cross country program opened the 2024 season by hosting the 4th Annual Peach State Preview Invitational. The event brought in over 400 runners from 16 high school and nine middle school teams from across south Georgia. The Yellow Jacket high school squads had a great showing in the first meet of the…
Read MoreGirls rec stars win state championship
Jeff Davis Recreation Department’s 17 and under softball team defeated Lanier Lanier County 7-0 in the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association state championship game Jeff Davis started out strong in the first inning with a triple by Cori Mims, followed by a double from Ava Bohannon to give the Jackets a 1-0 lead. The ladies…
Read MoreBaseball summer ball
Jackets participate in line camp
Jeff Davis High School was one of 17 schools represented at the Battle at the Beach OL/DL Camp held over the weekend at Jekyll Island Camp. Jeff Davis Head Coach Lance Helton said this week that 240 linemen from schools all over Georgia participated in the camp which began last Friday and ended Monday with…
Read MoreRec teams win district tournaments
The Jeff Davis County Recreation Department’s All Star baseball and softball teams played well in the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association District 2 tournaments last week. The 8U, 10U and 14U boys teams all won the their District 2 tournaments while the 12U team made it to the finals played Tuesday (too late for publication).…
Read MoreBaseball players honored at banquet
SENIOR BASEBALL PLAYERS Left to right, Holden Ellis, Carter Mullis, Duke Stone, Alex Mason, Jackson Sayer, Ethan Picanso, Kamden Munsayac, Tre Rea, Hayden Turner. Photo by Lauren Dixon. VARSITY BASEBALL AWARD WINNERS Front row: Noah Brantley- JV Offensive Player of the Year; Brayden Picanso- JV Defensive Player of the Year; Malachi Smith- JV Player…
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