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Dragons post-season ends with losses to Titans

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Brandon Reed
Thursday, May 14. 2009
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The Jefferson Dragons saw their season come to a close Wednesday night, as they were swept in post-season action by the Titans of Blessed Trinity.

The Titans won the first game of the doubleheader 10-8, and the second 2-0.

The Dragons end their season as the 8-AA champs, with a 22-5 overall record.

For more on this story, see the May 20 edition of The Jackson Herald.

Getting over the hump?

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Ben Munro
Thursday, May 7. 2009
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Raiders look to break playoff losing streak

Madison County has won 109 games since the start of the 2004 season — none of which have come in the playoffs.

The Raiders (20-6) host Sprayberry (20-5) in a best-of-three series starting Friday with hopes of ending an extended cold streak in the Class AAAA state tournament.
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JHS boys bested by Blessed Trinity; girls fall to GAC

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Brandon Reed
Wednesday, April 29. 2009
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Both JHS tennis teams fell in the second round of state play this week. The boys lost to Blessed Trinity at home on Tuesday while the girls came up short against GAC Wednesday afternoon.

Last week, the girls began state play last week by defeating Rockmart while the boys also won in the first round of state play against Model.

Both teams posted strong regular season play, falling only to top-ranked Athens Academy on their way to the state's round of 16.

‘This is what it’s all about’

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Ben Munro
Friday, April 24. 2009
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Tight region baseball race enters final stretch

If Monday night’s Raider win is any indication, the final stretch of the region baseball season is headed for a photo finish.

Madison County kept pace in the tight Region 8-AAAA playoff race with a walk-off, two-out, game-winning single in the bottom of the seventh inning from Matthew Robinson against Rockdale County. [Full Story »] 

Diamond Tigers Are Number Two In The Region

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Justin Poole
Thursday, April 16. 2009
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After defeating Athens Academy and Prince Avenue, last week the Commerce baseball Tigers are sitting comfortably in the number two spot in 8-A, just behind Lakeview Academy.

The Tigers are 7-1 in region play and 10-6 overall, with region opponent Town County coming up on Thursday.

Towns County (1-5; 3-9) will host Commerce April 16 at 5:30 at Young Harris College.

The Tigers have won the past seven meetings between the schools, including a 3-0 shutout in March. [Full Story »] 

Jefferson netters start region play Thursday

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Brandon Reed
Wednesday, April 15. 2009
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The Jefferson netters continued their winning ways this week, as they swept Buford on Monday.

The boys won 4-1, with Zach Bost winning at number one singles 6-3, 6-1. Blair Buffington won at number two singles 6-0, 6-0. Sky Porter won at number three singles 6-1, 6-2.

The number two doubles team of Trevor Castellaw and Cason Thurmond also won 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. [Full Story »] 

Lady Raiders breezing through schedule

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Ben Munro
Friday, April 10. 2009
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MCHS moves to 7-0 in subregion play


The Madison County Lady Raider netters continue to steamroll the rest of the subregion.

The girls’ team (9-2) trounced Apalachee 5-0 Tuesday, losing just four games the entire afternoon to move to 7-0 in the 8A-AAAA standings.
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McFerrin hired as new JHS head football coach

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Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 17. 2009
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T. McFerrin, winner of over 300 high school football games, has been hired as the new head football coach for the Jefferson Dragons.

McFerrin, a native of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, has been in retirement since 2004. He comes to Jefferson with a 301-93-38 record, and with 11 region and one state championship in his career.

The head coaching position came available after Bill Navas recently announced he would be taking the position as Athletic Director in Duluth after a seven season run at JHS.

For more on this story, see Wednesday's edition of The Jackson Herald.

Navas resigns as Jefferson head football coach

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Staff Writer
Friday, March 6. 2009
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Bill Navas, who coached the Jefferson Dragons football team to the 2008 8-AA title, has announced his resignation as head football coach.

In an email released Friday, Navas announced that has accepted an administrative position at Duluth High School.

He will serve as Duluth's Director of Athletics. [Full Story »] 

CHS Boys’ Playoff Trip Cut Short With 49-30 Loss

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Justin Poole
Wednesday, March 4. 2009
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The Commerce Tigers’ ended their 2008-09 campaign with a break-even record Saturday night as they fell to Paideia in the first round of the state playoffs, 49-30.
Commerce finished with a 13-13 record. The Tigers were 12-7 in Region 8A.

After a very competitive first half, Paideia pulled away to take 19-point win.

“I was really proud of the effort,” said coach Chad Bridges. “[The boys] played hard and gave everything they had.”


For more on Tigers' basketball see this this week's edition of The Commerce News.
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