Valdosta beats Warner Robins by 20 points
WARNER ROBINS — Valdosta High’s boys basketball team defeated Warner Robins 85-65 Friday night.
Jay Rome led the Wildcats with 24 points. Thoullit Hunter scored 18 for Valdosta, while Cameron Venus added 16. The Wildcats remained undefeated with the victory.
Valdosta (14-0) hosts Northside tonight, with the girls game beginning at 6 p.m.
LHS defeats Houston
WARNER ROBINS — Lowndes High’s girls basketball team improved to 11-2 with a 46-28 win over Houston County Friday night.
Scoring was balanced for the Vikettes. Kendra Thornton, D’Arcy Williams and Keira Peak each scored 10 points, while Amanda Harper had nine.
Lowndes hosts Colquitt County Tuesday.
Brooks, Cook split
QUITMAN — Clarion Macon scored 14 points, while Jasmine Mapp had 10, leading Brooks County’s girls to a 38-33 win Friday night. Quanesha Smith led Cook with 11 points.
Cook’s boys defeated Brooks, 42-36. Broderek Henry led Cook with 14 points, while Rashad Rose had nine for Brooks.
Echols sweeps Irwin
STATENVILLE — Echols County’s basketball teams swept Irwin County Friday night.
Jacob Brantley scored 24 points, leading Echols County’s boys to a 67-65 win over Irwin. JoJo Tucker scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while Staten Levings scored 11.
Echols’ girls dominated most of the game, and won 67-43 Friday. Shericka Nobles scored a game-high 20 points for the Lady Wildcats, and also had seven steals. Ciera Staten had a double-double, scoring 17 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. Glennie Wicks added 11 for Echols (6-4).
Echols’ junior varsity girls annihilated Irwin, 46-11. The Lady Wildcats held Irwin to just one point in the first half. Breanna Highsmith led Echols with nine points.
Echols hosts Ware Magnet tonight and Bacon County on Tuesday.
Lanier beats Atkinson
LAKELAND — Emmanuel Ezoua scored 15 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, leading Lanier County to a 63-47 win over Atkinson County Friday.
Anthony Ethridge scored 12 points, while Malik Kone added 10.
Lanier (11-4, 5-0) hosts Ware Magnet Tuesday.
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Valdosta boys, Lowndes girls win
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Dario Franchitti wins Indy again
Dan Wheldon couldn’t win his third Indianapolis 500. Dario Franchitti did it for him.
And if it wasn’t going to be Franchitti, then it would be Scott Dixon. Maybe even Tony Kanaan.
No matter what, one of Wheldon’s best buddies was going to Victory Lane. -
VSU teams hosting summer camps
The national champion Valdosta State softball team will host two separate summer camps this summer, as well as weekly clinics throughout the summer.
The two summer camps will be held on June 11-13 and July 9-11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The camps will cost $100 each. -
David Dean Youth Camp begins next week
The David Dean Youth Football Camp is quickly approaching.
The fourth annual camp will be held May 29-June 1 at the Athletic Fieldhouse off Mary Street. -
National champion head coach rewarded with new truck
National champion head coach rewarded with new truck Valdosta State head softball coach Thomas Macera was rewarded with a new Toyota Tacoma from Valdosta Toyota on Wednesday for his team’s 4-1 victory over the University of California-San Diego in the Division II Softball National Championship Game.
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Valwood’s Savino, Elliott named All-State soccer
Two Valwood boys’ soccer players have been named to the GISA Class AA All-State team.
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All-American again
Go ahead and add another award to resume of this year’s Valdosta State softball team.
Between conference player of the week awards, a national player of the week award, All-Conference and All-Region honors and four All-American awards, the national champion Blazers had plenty of individuals honored for performances throughout the season, which ultimately led to VSU’s first ever softball national title. -
Local area events coming soon
Several local area runs will take place in the coming weeks.
Monday, May 28, there will be a Memorial Day 5K, which will begin at 8 a.m. from the VECA School located on the corner of Azalea Drive and College Street. -
Tech bound
Donjahae Jones gets it done in the classroom and on the track.
One of the top students in her class, and one of the top track and field competitors in the state, Jones will be taking her talents to the Division I level after she signed a track and field scholarship with Georgia Tech on Tuesday. -
Blazers garner All-Region honors
Two Valdosta State baseball players have been named All-South Region while a third has garnered Academic All-Region, according to announcements made by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and the Collegiate Sports Information Director's of America (CoSIDA) this week.
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Lowndes' Phelps named tennis Coach of the Year
Lowndes tennis coach Heath Phelps has been named the Region 1-AAAAA girls’ and boys’ tennis Coach of the Year, after he guided both teams to region championships.
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