BCHS Sports

As Banks County High School softball coach Josh Lord looks over the scorebook from his team’s most recent games he sees a trend.

The Lady Leopards have been involved in several close contests and have been finding ways to win them.

“This past week was a lot like the first weekend in many ways,” Lord said. “Once again we were involved in several close contests, but fortunately we came out on top this time”
BCHS went 5-1 in its recent stretch of games and learned a great deal in the process, Lord said.

“We feel we’ll be better prepared to start region play Sept. 2 against Jefferson,” the coach said. “We have to start scoring more runs and we will work hard to be more disciplined at the plate and have to be more disciplined at the plate and have more quality at bats.” [Full Story »] 

When all was said done last Friday night, Banks County High School head football coach Blair Armstrong took just what he wanted from his team’s preseason scrimmage against Johnson High School of Gainesville.

With two weeks remaining until the official season opener against Washington-Wilkes, Armstrong wanted to see where his team stood and see what areas the coaches still needed to work on. He got his answer.

“I was very impressed with the effort our players showed,” Armstrong said after he and the coaches spent the weekend breaking down the scrimmage. “We were in decent shape even though we had several players going both ways.” [Full Story »] 

When all was said done last Friday night, Banks County High School head football coach Blair Armstrong took just what he wanted from his team’s preseason scrimmage against Johnson High School of Gainesville.

With two weeks remaining until the official season opener against Washington-Wilkes, Armstrong wanted to see where his team stood and see what areas the coaches still needed to work on. He got his answer.

“I was very impressed with the effort our players showed,” Armstrong said after he and the coaches spent the weekend breaking down the scrimmage. “We were in decent shape even though we had several players going both ways.”

For more on this story see Thursday's edition of The Banks County News.

For the Banks County High School fast-pitch softball team, the time is now.

The time is at hand for a new season. Coach Josh Lord’s squad will begin the 2008 campagin Friday and Saturday at the annual Lanier Point [Full Story »] 

When the Banks County High School fast-pitch softball team takes the field for the 2008 season, coach Josh Lord will have several players with plenty of game experience.

Four full-time starters, all juniors, will help lead the Lady Leopards this fall. Lord will look to juniors Ashley Denton, Kim Thomas, Hayley Baird and Lauran Taylor as BCHS begins its new season Aug. 15-16 at the Lanier Point Tournament in Gainesville.

Denton is the team’s top returning offensive player having compiled a .400 plus batting average last season with 25 RBI. Denton is slated to bat third and will be counted on to drive in runs this season, Lord said. [Full Story »]