Area Sports

Photos by Meg Wood The Jeff Davis cross country middle school program made a clean sweep of competition at the Frazier-Hite Invitational in Statesboro last Thursday. The JD boys dominated the field besting second place Richmond Hill by 38 points, meanwhile the girls team slipped by Southeast Bulloch and Richmond Hill squads for first as…

By BETH DAVIS Cheerleading Coach Football still centers on advancing the ball into the end zone. Basketball is still about putting the ball through the hoop, and baseball still comes down to hitting, fielding and crossing home plate. The rules and strategies of those sports have certainly evolved, but the games themselves would still be…

The Jeff Davis cross country program hosted the 6th Annual Peach State Preview Aug. 15. Almost 700 runners participated in the event, while they represented 21 high school and 14 middle school programs. The JD squads had a good showing to open the season. The HS boys were 8th, the HS girls 6th, the MS…

Two years ago, twins Jaqueline and Jasmine Villasenor played softball for Jeff Davis High School as sophomores. They moved away as juniors last year. Last week, as seniors at Bacon County they took the field against their former Lady Jacket teammates with Jaqueline on the mound and Jazmine behind the plate. With two outs in…

Jeff Davis High had few problems disposing of Vidalia High Friday night in Hazlehurst as the Yellow Jackets rolled to a 37-0 victory in the season opener for both schools. Coach Lance Helton’s charges controlled the line of scrimmage on offense and defense as the Indians never threatened to score throughout the game and the…

Last Friday night, Jeff Davis and Dublin met in Hazlehurst for the Yellow Jackets’ 2nd preseason scrimmage. Dublin squeaked out a 7-6 lead in the 2-quarter varsity encounter with the Irish dominating the 3rd quarter second team battle. The youngest players took the field in the final quarter. The Jackets got a gift early in…

Jeff Davis High’s softball team won a pair of games last week, defeating Emanuel County taking a 9-7 win over Greenbrier of Augusta Saturday in Vidalia. A Monday game against Effingham County in Springfield was rained out. The makeup game is scheduled for Oct. 8. The Lady Jackets also played West Laurens Saturday in Vidalia…

At last Friday night’s preseason football scrimmage between Jeff Davis and Appling County, there was little doubt in anyone’s mind that the Yellow Jackets were much farther along than the Pirates in their preparations for the opening of the 2026 season. Coach Lance Helton’s charges dominated the 2-quarter matchup between the varsity players and the…

Jeff Davis High opened the 2026 softball season last Wednesday with a 16-1 drubbing of Wilcox County in Rochelle. But Monday in East Dublin, the Lady Jackets fell to East Laurens 4-2. The Lady Jackets of Coach Brooke Taylor needed only 3 hits in the opener to get their 16 runs as three Wilcox pitchers…