Area Sports
Boys 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…
Read MoreGirls drop 2 games
Jeff Davis High’s girls dropped a pair of region games last week, losing to Brantley County by an inexplicable score of 81-4 and putting up a much better effort against a strong Thomasville team, falling 63-41. Both games were on the road. The Lady Jacket team that showed up in Nahunta last Tuesday was…
Read MoreBoys avenge loss but fall to Fitz
Jeff Davis High’s boys basketball team went 2-for-3 last week in region games, falling to league-leading Fitzgerald 71-50 Tuesday in Hazlehurst, edging Worth County 58-57 Friday in Sylvester and avenging an earlier region loss Saturday as they plastered Bacon County 66-30 in Hazlehurst. Saturday night’s game was interrupted briefly when senior point guard J.J.…
Read MoreGirls suffer 3 region losses
Jeff Davis High’s girls basketball team took a trio of region losses last week, falling to Fitzgerald 61-28 Tuesday in Hazlehurst, dropping a 76-44 game to Worth County Friday in Sylvester, and losing 58-40 to Bacon County Saturday night in Hazlehurst. The games left the Lady Jackets with a 5-15 overall record and a…
Read MoreJDHS swim team competes at UGA
The JDH Boys Swim team traveled to Athens today to swim at UGA in the 2026 Clarke Oconee Invitational. Jeb Wilkinson qualified for state in the 100 Fly swimming a 57.71, his second individual event and the relay team of Brayden Maddox, Jeremiah Davis, Aiden Rish and Jeb Wilkinson qualified for state in the 200…
Read MoreJackets take two from Berrien
After taking a week off from action, the Jeff Davis High cage teams took twin region wins over Berrien Saturday in Nashville. The Lady Jackets trailed throughout much of the game but rallied in the 4th quarter for a come-from-behind 49-47 victory. The Jacket boys played poorly in the 1st half and found themselves down…
Read MoreBoys suffer upset loss to Bacon; defeat Worth & Brantley
Jeff Davis High’s boys won 2-of-3 region basketball games last week. Their wins came over Worth last Tuesday 69-48 in Hazlehurst and Brantley County 65-41 Saturday also at home. But Friday in Alma, the Jackets suffered an upset as Bacon came from behind in the final quarter to take a 60-53 win. The Jackets finished…
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