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Even though it wasn’t what they hoped for, the East Jackson Lady Eagles tennis team had some success Monday afternoon, as it recorded one match win over Jackson County at EJCHS.
It comes down to communication for the Lady Leopards on the soccer field.
The Jefferson girls track team bested Commerce and Banks County Tuesday to win their season opener, scoring 102 points to Commerce’s 33 and Banks County’s 28.
The Commerce diamond Tigers hope the first five games of the season are not indicative of the rest of the baseball season.
The first few weeks of the season has had its ups and downs for the Jackson County Lady Panthers tennis teams.
The road ends in Macon as the Jefferson boys' basketball team falls 69-43 to Thomasville.
The Madison County boys’ tennis team (5-1, 3-0) made quick work of Habersham Central Tuesday, winning four of five positions in straight sets in a 5-0 victory to remain unbeaten in subregion play. 
The Madison County High School girls’ tennis team had to rely on its depth to keep its undefeated season alive. 
The East Jackson Lady Eagles golf team hopes to rebound from a loss last week to Banks County, 57-70.
In a strong showing last weekend, the Commerce Lady Tigers’ track team beat out host East Jackson as well as local competition Jackson and Banks counties at the Eagle Invitational.
The start of the 2010 tennis season has been favorable for the Lady Leopards. 
The Jefferson Lady Dragons lost one and won won with their last two matches, falling to Oconee County before defeating Lakeview.
The Jackson County Panthers golf team picked up two wins last week to go 2-0 on the season, defeating Jefferson and Clark Central.
If the pre-entry list is any indication, Saturday’s Champion Racing Association (CRA) Super Series Super Late Model event is going to produce plenty of thrills for fans attending the season-opening race at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson this Saturday.
The strong start to the season continues for the Jackson County Panthers, as they go 7-0 overall after picking up four victories last week, including one over East Jackson.
It was a split week for the Banks County diamond Leopards as the baseball team avenged an earlier loss over Elbert, but fell behind to West Hall. Banks’ record is now 4-2 with only region games remaining scheduled for the season. 
Jefferson defeats Westminster, Callaway
After nine years and 110 victories, Jackson County girls head basketball coach Chad Pittman has decided it’s time to move away from the JCCHS basketball program.
eason opening wins, the East Jackson Eagles hoped to carry momentum into their next two games.
A region championship, a historic win over Jefferson, a 23-8 season and an elite eight finish — not bad for the Commerce boys’ basketball team this season.
Yes, it still very early in the 2010 baseball season for Winder-Barrow High School. 
As Mike Cavey continues to build the Apalachee High School baseball program, he knows wins are important for a number of reasons.
Coach Brian Smith’s Winder-Barrow High School Diamond Doggs completed their non-region schedule playing about as well as possible.
There are a couple of new teams waiting to face the Black and Gold gridiron Tigers in the 2010 season, but none have coach Steve Savage particularly worried.
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CARROLLTON -- For about a half Friday night, Madison County appeared to be in Final Four form.
A victory Friday night in Dalton over Callaway means the Jefferson Dragons will be heading to the basketball Final Four playoffs for the first time since 1983.
It wasn’t the start to the season that the Jefferson soccer teams were hoping for, as both the boys and the girls teams fell to Jackson County last week.
The Jefferson Dragons split their opening two games of the 2010 season, losing their opener to Oconee County before recording a victory on the road over Madison County.
The Jefferson golf teams got their season underway Monday afternoon at Lane Creek Golf course against Oconee County.
The baseball Eagles of East Jackson Comprehensive High School are off to the best start in their short school history, going 2-0 to start their 2010 campaign.
The Winder-Barrow High School varsity girls soccer team will begin the region portion of its schedule Friday against Heritage at home.
It’s been a strong start to the season for the Jackson County soccer teams, with both the boys and girls recording wins over Jefferson in their season-openers last week after matches with East Jackson were postponed due to rain.
The Jackson County tennis teams were on the road last week.
Banks County’s tennis season began Monday as the Leopards hosted Dawson County.
With two losses under their belts and a whole season in front of them, the Commerce baseball Tigers are still looking for the big finish. 
After seeing Tuesday’s boys’ game with Riverside postponed due to wintry weather, the Jefferson tennis teams will next play host to North Oconee on Thursday. 
It was a cold start for the Banks County Leopards last week as the baseball team went 3-1 in the first four games of the season.
Kevin Morris will be the first to tell you the 2009-2010 season in no way went the way he had hoped for his Apalachee High School Wildcats.
Far too often, a sports season is remembered by the final game.
The East Jackson soccer teams got their seasons under way last week.
After leading for most of the game, the Jefferson Dragons worked hard in the final seconds to hold off a late charge by Westminster to pick up a 58-56 win Wednesday night, and advance into the Elite Eight in AA state playoffs.
Diamond Raiders enter region play riding three-game winning streak