Area Sports
Lady 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…
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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…
Read MoreJackets named to All-Region Tennis
The seven boys and girls tennis coaches in the region voted to honor the Region 1-AA tennis award recipients for the 2024 season, including Player of the Year, the Doubles Team of the Year, and the All-Region Teams. All four of the Region 1-AA boys teams advanced to the second round of the state playoffs.…
Read MoreJackets lose heartbreaker
Jeff Davis High’s baseball team suffered a pair of heart-breaking losses to North Cobb Christian School Monday in Hazlehurst to end their hopes of a state championship. North Cobb came into the game with a 30-4 record and the No. 1 ranking among the state’s Class AA teams. The Eagles downed the Yellow Jackets 7-2…
Read MoreTennis boys win thriller over Appling
On April 26, Jeff Davis Boys’ Soccer hosted Appling County for a Sweet 16 matchup. This is the first time that both teams faced each other in the playoffs and the first time in boys’ program history that they hosted a Sweet 16 match. Jeff Davis came into this match with a chip on their…
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