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Blazers fail to claim share of GSC title
VALDOSTA — Despite not playing Saturday night, the Valdosta State football team was hoping to be able to celebrate more than Thursday’s win.
The Blazers (7-2) were hoping to celebrate a share of the Gulf South Conference championship.
Instead, the Blazers still trail West Alabama and need help. VSU would have clinched a share of the conference championship if West Alabama would have been upset by rival Delta State. Instead, the Tigers routed the Statesmen 37-7 in Cleveland, Miss. to remain undefeated in conference play.
Valdosta State can still clinch a share of the GSC title if West Alabama losses to North Alabama in two weeks.
The Blazers host Texas A&M-Kingsville Thursday night in their regular season finale.
Parrish, Herring to play in Rising Senior Game
QUITMAN — Brooks County football players Malkom Parrish and Derric Herring, current juniors for the Trojans, have been selected to compete in the AT&T Rising Senior Game on Dec. 31 in Atlanta.
Parrish and Herring are two of the top players on the Trojans football team, which clinched the Region 1-AA championship Friday night with a 35-21 win over rival Cook.
Brooks County (9-0) returns to action Nov. 9 at Berrien.
Viking Runners Club runs in St. John’s 5K
VALDOSTA — The Viking Runners Club, a county-wide feeder club to the Lowndes High School Cross Country team, ran in St. John's 5K in Valdosta Saturday morning.
Daniel Swilley,14, finished first in age with a time of 20:13; Steven Gross,15, placed fourth in age with a time of 20:20.
Kelsey Morse,10, came in first overall in the girls’ division with a time of 21:23.
Assistant coach Jerred Morse finished first in age with a time of 22:03 and head coach Melissa placed first in age with a time of 22:23.
Eryn Wilkey,10, finished first in age with a time of 23:04, Destiny Roe, 12, placed first in age with a time of 23:15,
Behind Destiny was Makenzee Page,13, placing second in age; Katelin Stecz,13, finished in third; Kamyrn Clayton,13, and Robert Montague,15, both placed fourth in age.
Other Runners from the Viking Runners Club were Savanah Stacks,14, and Shana Morgan,14.
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Blazers fall to Molloy in eight innings
With only one out remaining and trailing by three, the Molloy Lions strung together four hits to plate three runs in the seventh followed by another run in the eighth inning to defeat Valdosta State’s softball team 5-4 in the first round of the 2013 Division II Softball National Championship Tournament on Thursday in Salem, Va.
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Albritton, Johnson earn All-America honors
Valdosta State softball players Courtney Albritton and Morgan Johnson gathered multiple All-America honors late Wednesday night.
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Golfers take course for Wounded Warriors
Local patrons participated in the Wounded Warrior Project Golf Tournament at Stone Creek Golf Club in Valdosta on Thursday.
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Valwood football hosting 4-man scramble golf tourney
Head coach Ashley Henderson and the Valwood football team will be hosting a 4-man scramble golf tournament at Valdosta Country Club Friday, June 14.
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VHS football cheerleaders to host Junior Cheer Camp
The Valdosta High School football cheerleaders will be hosting a Junior Cheer Camp June 5 through June 7 at the W.G. Nunn Elementary School gymnasium.
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Gillespie, McPherson pleased with spring practices
Valdosta’s Rance Gillespie and Lowndes’ Randy McPherson both think their football teams got better during the recent 10 days of spring practice.
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Signing day at VHS
It was signing day galore at Valdosta High School Wednesday.
Six student-athletes signed national letter of intents to compete at the next level, while two VHS athletes both signed academic scholarships to Division I universities. -
Powell signs with Shorter
Robert Powell, a member of the basketball team on South Georgia State College’s Waycross Campus, has signed a letter of intent to continue his basketball career at Shorter University in Rome.
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Sending the Blazers off
The Valdosta State softball team made the long journey to Salem, Va. Tuesday, leaving Valdosta at 10:30 a.m. with devoted fans cheering them out of the parking lot.
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All-Region teams announced
Lowndes was one win away from a trip to the Class AAAAAA state semifinals, and the success by the Vikings this season showed when the All-Region 1 baseball teams were announced Monday.
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