Area Sports
Boys basketball finishes regular season at 18-9
The Jeff Davis High boys basketball team lost their chance to play for the 2026 region championship when they fell Thursday 47-40 to Thomasville in the region tournament semifinals. The Jackets bounced back the next night to defeat Brantley County 53-45 to finish the regular season with an 18-9 record. Jeff Davis plays tonight (Wednesday)…
Read MoreGirls soccer 5-0; boys 4-1
Jeff Davis Soccer went through a busy game week, as they played 3 games in 4 days. On Tuesday, the program traveled to Metter to start off the first of 3 games of the week. The girls team went on to win the game 3-1, with two goals from Alex Arano and Mayrani Trejo. The…
Read MoreSoccer play begins
Jeff Davis High’s girls opened with wins over Toombs County and Metter while the boys split their matches.
Read MoreBasketball Teams Close Out Regular Season Play
Jeff Davis High’s basketball teams closed out their regular seasons Friday night splitting their games with visiting Appling County. The Lady Jackets fell to Appling 52-43 while the Yellow Jacket boys breezed to a 70-49 win. Jeff Davis’ girls finished the regular season with a 5-20 record and played Monday night in Alma in the…
Read MoreGirls open region tournament with win
Jeff Davis High’s girls opened region tournament play Monday night in Alma with a 43-41 win over Berrien High, but the win didn’t come easily. The Lady Jackets took an early lead and their defense shut out the Lady Rebels from Nashville in the 2nd quarter to take a 17-10 lead into the dressing room…
Read MoreBaseball team is off to 0-3 start
Jeff Davis High’s 2026 baseball season got off to a 0-3 start last week as the Yellow Jackets managed only one run in three games, The Jackets opened with a 2-1 loss to Bleckley County last Friday in Hazlehurst. Saturday, the squad traveled to Gray and were shut out twice — 3-0 by Wayne County…
Read MoreBoys play is down and up
It was an up-and-down weekend Friday and Saturday for the Jeff Davis boys basketball team as the Jackets played poorly Friday, losing 83-43 to Fitzgerald in Fitzgerald, and then putting together a strong performance Saturday against visiting Thomasville to take a 57-50 win. The Jackets’ Saturday night performance was a complete turnaround from their play…
Read MoreLady Jackets fall to strong teams
Jeff Davis High’s girls fell to a couple of strong teams Friday and Saturday of last week as they lost 64-34 to Fitzgerald Friday in Fitzgerald and battled to the end Saturday in Hazlehurst before succumbing 52-38 to Thomasville. Fitzgerald doubled the Lady Jackets’ offensive output in each of the first two quarters Friday night…
Read MoreTennis opens season
The Jeff Davis High School Yellow Jacket tennis teams opened their seasons on the road Feb. 3 with a strong showing at the John Drew Tennis Center in Macon against ACE Charter. The Yellow Jacket boys earned a narrow 3–2 victory over the Gryphons in a closely contested match, while the Lady Yellow Jackets secured…
Read MoreJackets win handily over Herons, fall to Bulldogs
The Yellow Jacket boys basketball team split a pair of region games last week, downing Brantley County Tuesday in Nahunta in a low-scoring game, 46-30, and falling Friday night in Thomasville to the hot-shooting Bulldogs 73-50. The game moved the Bulldogs into second place in the region standings with an 8-1 record while the Jackets…
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