Area Sports
Jackets have 6-game win streak
Jeff Davis High’s baseball team has turned a 7-game losing streak into a 6-game win streak as they swept a hapless Sumter County team 15-0, 24-0 and 17-0 last week. The 15-0 win came Tuesday in Hazlehurst and the other two games, scheduled to be played Friday in Americus, were moved to Hazlehurst Thursday as…
Read MoreBlue team drops 2 of 3
Jeff Davis Middle School’s Blue Team lost two of three games last week, falling Monday to Bleckley County 5-3, defeating Bleckley 16-8 Thursday and falling to J.R. Trippe of Vidalia Monday 4-2. In the loss to Bleckley, the Jackets out-hit the Barons 5-4 but couldn’t get the runs they needed. Gio Torres had a double,…
Read MoreGold team wins 3 of 5
Jeff Davis Middle School’s Gold Team closed out the season with a trio of wins after a pair of losses early last week. The team lost to Coffee 11-7 last Monday, dropped an 17-6 game to Appling County Tuesday, avenged that loss Friday with a 12-7 win, then swept a double header against Thomas County…
Read MoreJDMS hosts 5-team meet
The JDMS track and field team hosted four other middle schools for their first home meet of the year. Appling County, Bleckley County, Dodge County, and J.R. Trippe (Vidalia) were all in attendance. The Lady Jackets had a good meet finishing 2nd overall to Appling County and just three points behind the Lady Pirates. Jeff…
Read MoreJayvees win one, lose one
Jeff Davis High’s JV baseball team defeated Wayne County 4-0 last Wednesday then dropped a 5-4 game to Coffee High Monday. Against Wayne, Dawson Moser shut out Wayne in six innings on the mound. He gave up five hits, walked none, hit one and struck out five. Ethan Baltazar pitched the final inning, giving up…
Read MoreNetters have busy week
Jeff Davis High’s tennis teams had a busy week last week. JDH Tennis traveled to Worth County March 12. The Jeff Davis Yellow Jacket boys and girls both defeated the Rams with a 5-0 sweep. JDH Tennis hosted Bleckley at home March 14th. Jeff Davis boys lost a tough one 1-4 on this date. However,…
Read MoreJackets win two from previously unbeaten Cook
The Jeff Davis High baseball team broke its 7-game losing streak Friday, winning two games over previously undefeated Cook High School, 5-1 and 1-0. The win in the first game gave Coach Paul Glass his 500th victory in 24 years as the Yellow Jackets’ head coach. And Monday the Yellow Jackets completed the 3-game…
Read MoreBlue team wins two
Jeff Davis Middle School’s Blue Team won a pair of lopsided games over Swainsboro last week, beating the Tigers 16-0 Monday in Hazlehurst and 10-3 Friday in Swainsboro. In Monday’s win, Peyton Jones was 3-for-3 at the plate with two singles a double and two RBI, and Jeremiah Davis homered twice and drove in…
Read MoreJayvees split games
Jeff Davis High School’s JV baseball team split a pair of games last week, defeating Toombs County 3-2 and falling to Pierce County 2-0. Noah Brantley hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the seventh to lift JD to its 3-2 win over Toombs. Zack Hulett had a pair of doubles and an RBI…
Read MoreLady Jacket tracksters dominate Fitzgerald meet
The Yellow Jacket Track and Field teams traveled to Fitzgerald for a weekday meet against six other schools: Fitzgerald, Highland Christian, Irwin County, Turner County, West Laurens, and Worth County. Both the boys and girls teams had a great showing in their first full meet of the year. The Lady Jackets dominated the meet…
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