Area Sports
Tennis teams fall to Valdosta
The varsity Yellow Jacket tennis team traveled to Valdosta High March 30. Both teams lost 0-5 to the Wildcats, but both played close matches against the Cats. Cori Mims, playing the number 2 singles spot for the Lady Jackets, lost a close match 6-7 (4-7 tiebreaker) and 6-7 (5-7 tiebreaker). Noel Munoz and Presley Cox…
Read MoreBaseball team downs Bleckley, Toombs
Jeff Davis High’s baseball team ran its win streak to nine last week with a 5-1 win over Bleckley County Thursday in Hazlehurstand a come-from-behind 6-4 win over Toombs County Friday in Lyons. The wins left the Jackets with a 15-5 record. The Jackets led the entire game against Bleckley but the Toombs game was…
Read MoreTennis teams fall to Valdosta High
The varsity Yellow Jacket tennis team traveled to Valdosta High March 30. Both teams lost 0-5 to the Wildcats, but both played close matches against the Cats. Cori Mims, playing the number 2 singles spot for the Lady Jackets, lost a close match 6-7 (4-7 tiebreaker) and 6-7 (5-7 tiebreaker). Noel Munoz and Presley…
Read MoreRec ball begins
Jeff Davis County’s Recreation Department baseball program opens seasons.
Read MoreJackets sweep Indians
Jeff Davis High School’s varsity baseball team blasted out of a tie with Dodge County for the Region 1-AA lead as the Yellow Jackets swept the Indians 14-0, 15-0 and 8-3. The wins left the Jackets with a 13-5 overall record and gave them the region lead with a 8-1 record. Dodge fell to 5-4…
Read MoreJackets pad their stats
Jeff Davis High’s 3-game series sweep of Dodge County did a lot to help the Jackets with their season stats. Carter Mullis led the series at the plate, going 7-for-10 with eight RBI, lifting his batting average to a team-leading .389, with a team-leading RBI total of 18. Duke Stone was 4-for-6 with seven RBI,…
Read MoreTennis teams face Berrien
The High School Yellow Jacket Netters traveled to Valdosta to play Berrien at McKey Park last Tuesday. The Yellow Jacket guys finished with a clean sweep against the Rebels (5-0). Coach Alan Mims and Coach Mary Katherine Brown both applauded the play of all the boys. The guys team has really rallied together, and they…
Read MoreJackets sweep Sumter County
Jeff Davis High swept a 3-game series with Sumter County last week to improve to 10-5 overall and 5-1 in Region 1-AA. The Jackets opened the series with a 21-6, 5-inning win in Americus and won a pair of games Friday in Hazlehurst, 16-1 in three innings and 8-0. Jacket head coach Paul Glass gave…
Read MoreTennis teams have busy week
Jeff Davis Varsity Netters faced off against Worth County at home March 14. Jeff Davis girls swept Worth with a 5-0 win. Aleah Parker and Noel Munoz played first doubles for the Lady Jackets winning in a tiebreaker for the 3rd set. Jeff Davis boys won 4-1 against Worth. Marquez Patterson played the 1st singles…
Read MoreExtra inning games featured in JD, Cook series
What a series! Jeff Davis High and Cook High baseball teams went toe-to-toe in a 3-game Region 1AA series last week with three 1-run games that took 29 innings to complete. The series opener held Tuesday in Hazlehurst went 11 innings with the Jackets scoring a single run in the bottom of the 11th to…
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