Area Sports
State Champions
Jeff Davis County’s 8-and-under baseball team won the State Championship of the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association Tournament. Members of the team are, from left, front row, Rem Long, Josel Rentz, Liam Knowles, Kross Taylor, Kolton Miles and Anson Graham. Second row, Michael Brookins, Maverick Kersey, Knox Helton, Hudson Crawford, Jaylen King, Tate Adams, Kaden…
Read MoreSwimmer compete at district
Jeff Davis County swimmers are competing this week in the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association (GRPA) Class C District Swim Meet hosted by the Appling County Parks and Recreation Department. Top finishers qualify for the GRPA State Meet July 21-22. (Photos compliments of Dustin Atkinson)
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Two compete in North/South All Star Game
Jeff Davis High School’s softball team had two players to compete in the Annual Georgia Athletic Coaches Association North/South All-Star Game. Lady Jacket shortstop Jenna Miles and third baseman Jaci Underwood, both rising seniors on the 2023 Class AA State Championship softball team, competed with the South Team in the annual event. Underwood, Miles, 2023…
Read MoreLADY JACKETS WIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!
Jeff Davis High School’s girls tennis team won the Georgia High School Association’s 2023 Class 2A State Tennis Championship Saturday at the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College. The Lady Jackets squeaked out a 3-2 win over Berrien High School in the championship match. Jeff Davis and Berrien were both representatives of Region 1-AA, the…
Read MoreHernandez is State Champion
Jeff Davis High School’s girls tennis team was not the only 2023 Georgia High School State Champion as junior Laisha Hernandez brought home an individual state championship in the 300 meter hurdles at the GHSA State Track Meet May 11-13 at McEachern High School in Powder Springs. And she blew away the field in winning…
Read MoreTennis girls advance to state finals
Jeff Davis High School’s Lady Jacket tennis team defeated Brantley County 3-0 last Friday to advance to the finals of the 2023 Georgia High School Association Class AA State Tournament. The championship round is an all-Region 1-AA finals as the Lady Jackets will face fellow Region 1-AA member Berrien High School. When the Lady Jackets…
Read MoreMt. Paran eliminates Jackets
Jeff Davis High School’s baseball team will have to wait until next season to hand Head Coach Paul Glass his 500th career victory as the Yellow Jackets lost a double header to Mount Paran Christian School 2-0, 2-0 Saturday in Hazlehurst. The losses eliminated the Jackets from the 3023 state playoffs, ending their 2023 season…
Read MoreBoys in Final 8, Girls in Final 4
Jeff Davis High school varsity guys hosted Vidalia April 24th for the second round of the state playoffs. The Jacket guys defeated the Indians 4-1 and are now in the Elite Eight. Coaches Alan Mims and Mary Katherine Brown both agree the guys are playing really well. They are on fire, and they play smart at all seven…
Read MorePitching lifts JD over Toombs
The Toombs County baseball team couldn’t handle Jeff Davis High’s pitching in the second round of the 2023 Georgia High School State Playoffs Saturday as the Yellow Jackets swept the Bulldogs 6-0, 5-1 to advance to the quarterfinals. Junior pitchers Duke Stone and Alex Mason shut down the Bulldog bats as Stone hurled a 2-hit…
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