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Jefferson came out on top of a 24-team field in the Panther Invitational.

Jefferson won, scoring 321.5 points. Second place Gilmer county scored 169.

JHS had 11 wrestlers reach the finals out of 14 classes. Six of those picked up championships, with the other five finishing second. [ Full Story » ] 

This weekend marks the next chapter in the history of the Jefferson Dragons wrestling team.

The defending Class A Duals and Traditional champs will start their 2008-09 campaign on Friday with the Panther Invitational at Jackson County Comprehensive High School, and hope to get their season off to a strong start.

Jefferson coach Doug Thurmond says the season is here, but he’s waiting to see if his team is 100-percent ready. [ Full Story » ] 

What a difference a few days makes.

After a hard start to the season, falling to Heritage in the opening game of the Tabo’s Tip-Off Tournament, the Jefferson Dragons boys basketball team fought back to win their next two games, and finish fifth overall in tournament play.

The Dragons now look ahead to their next match up, as they’ll play host to Hart County Friday night. [ Full Story » ] 

Girls Basketball
Nov. 24 - The Lady Dragons suffered their second loss of the Tabo's Tip-Off Tournament Monday, as they fell to Oconee County 32-25.

For more on these stories, see the Dec. 3 edition of The Jackson Herald.

The Dragon Nation saw their hopes for a trip to the Georgia Dome dashed Friday night, as the Dragons fell for the first time all year, losing 34-24 to the Lovett Lions in freezing temperatures.

The Dragons ended their season with an 11-1 overall record, and went undefeated in nine games in region play. Jefferson picked up their first region title since 1977 in their first season of 8-AA play. [ Full Story » ] 

After a strong season last year, the Jefferson Dragons basketball team is hoping for more of the same this year.

The Dragons roll into ’08-09 off of a season that saw them go 8-2 in the region, and 15-14 overall, including a victory over Athens Academy in region tournament play before eventually falling in a close 53-50 game to Trion.

While the team had an up and down start, going 3-2 before hitting a four game losing streak from Dec. 7 through Dec. 14, they came on strong at the end, winning five games in a row between Feb. 5 and Feb. 15, defeating Tallulah Falls, Prince Avenue, Hebron, Athens Christian and Athens Academy. [ Full Story » ] 

For the first half of last Friday’s round one playoff contest between the Jefferson Dragons and the Coosa Eagles, it looked like Coosa could still find a way to rain on Jefferson’s parade, as they held the region 8-AA champs to a ten-point lead going into the third quarter.

But the Dragons turned up the heat, and came away with a whopping 31-13 victory to advance to the second round of playoff action.

The win means Jefferson extends its win streak to 11 in a row, the longest in school history. [ Full Story » ] 

It was a successful trip to state competition for the Jefferson Dragons girls’ cross country team Saturday, as they placed sixth in Region AA competition out of a field of 29 teams.

Alison Missler placed 26th out of 182 runners taking part with a time of 21:55; Jessica Runkle finished 33rd with a time of 22:14; Kathy Buffington finished 36th with a time of 22:23; Lauren Phillips placed 47th with a time of 22:50; Mariah Porras finished 54th with a time of 23:20; Laura Price placed 70th with a time of 24:06; and Caitlin Meads finished 78th with a time of 24:33. [ Full Story » ]