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Cross Country
Sept. 30 - The East Jackson Eagles cross country teams bested three other teams in competition at a meet at Banks County Tuesday. Eagles boys topped 49 runners, while the girls topped 34 runners.

Softball
Sept. 30 - The Lady Eagles added a final region win to their tally Tuesday night with a decisive 3-0 victory over the Jefferson Lady Dragons. The win gave East Jackson a 6-2 region record going into the post season, second only to North Oconee's unbeaten record.

Oct. 1 - With the region pressure off, the Lady Eagles entered Wednesday's regular season closer looking to come out healthy for post season game. That may have helped Loganville, who took the win 8-3. But then, Loganville game in as the leader in their region, with an unbeaten region record.

The Lady Eagles' overall record ended up at 21-7-1.

For more scores and stats, check the Oct. 8 edition of The Commerce News and The Jackson Herald.

There’s no other word for it. For the East Jackson Eagles, Friday night was painful. The pain was dished out by the Eagles of Riverside Military Academy, who trounced the “Pride of the East Side” 44-6 in Gainesville.

The Eagles will have to put the loss behind them this week, as they prepare to host the Banks County Leopards Friday night. The Leopards come into Friday night’s match up off a 12-7 loss to North Oconee. Side by side, the Leopards have scored 132 points to East Jackson’s 31. However, the Eagles have allowed fewer points to be scored against them than the Leopards, 134 to 140.

Game time Friday night is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

For more East Jackson football see Wednesday's edition of The Commerce News or The Jackson Herald.

The Lady Eagles of East Jackson continue to roll over opponents and toward the postseason, winning twice last week to improve their region record to 5-2, and 20-6-1 overall.

East Jackson was scheduled to travel to Jefferson for the final region match-up, against the Lady Dragons. Results of that pairing were not available at press time. Check www.mainstreetnewsports.com for scores and updates throughout the week.

East Jackson will wrap up its regular season today (Wednesday) with a trip to Loganville. The first pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.
East Jackson started off the week with a trip to Homer to face the Lady Leopards. Maybe it would be more appropriate to call them “Blanks County,” as the Lady Eagles kept the Banks bats silent with a 3-0 win.
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Softball
Sept. 23 - The Lady Eagles blanked the Lady Leopards of Banks County Tuesday, winning 3-0 in Homer. The win improved the Lady Eagles to 20-6-1 overall, and 5-2 in the region.

Sept. 26 - The Lady Eagles took every opportunity, and in the bottom half of the seventh inning, pulled out a come from behind win over the Fannin County Lady Rebels off of a late hit to win 2-1 Thursday night. It was a big win for East Jackson, as it was senior night, and their final home game of the regular season.

Volleyball
Sept. 23 - One week after recoding their first area victory, the Lady Eagles continue to search for their second area victory. So far, the well has been dry, as East Jackson lost 0-2 to Rabun County, and 0-2 to Hart County on Tuesday.

Sept. 26 - After coming very close to victory, the Lady Eagles lost to Tallulah Falls 0-2 Thursday night. East Jackson also faced Jefferson Thursday, losing 0-2 in that match as well.

For more scores and stats, check the Oct. 1 edition of The Commerce News and The Jackson Herald.

It was a busy and successful week for the East Jackson Lady Eagles as they won five games and tied one game in their last eight outings.

The Lady Eagles were scheduled to travel to Homer to face Banks County Tuesday afternoon. Results were unavailable at press time.

Up next for East Jackson is their final home stand of the regular season Thursday against Fannin County at 5:55. Check the East Jackson Eagles Sept. 25 Scoreboard for score updates. [Full Story »]