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Madison County’s girls’ golf team found the fairway, found the greens and found the region trophy — again.

The girls’ golf team won the region championship for the third straight year. This tournament was held at Double Oaks Golf Course in Commerce.

“Winning the third region title in a row is a testament to how committed these girls are to the game,” said coach Doug Kesler. “We posted the three lowest scores of the day. With Cortney, Kelsey and Katie Jane, we have 3 girls who are playing pretty much year-round. They deserve all the credit and praise.”

Cortney Boggs was the region low medalist with a score of 73. This is one of the lowest scores ever recorded in region 8AAAA girls’ golf tournament, and this is an 18-hole school record for Madison County. [Full Story »] 

Madison County’s Lady Red Raider golfers played their final regular season match Wednesday against Banks County at Hammers Glen in Homer.
Results from the final round were unavailable at press time.

The Lady Red Raiders next compete in the region tournament Monday, April 18, at Double Oaks. Tee-off time is set for 8:30 a.m.

On Monday, April 11, the girls defeated Habersham, North Oconee and Clarke Central at Double Oaks. Madison County scored the low 80, led by Katie Jane Phillips in her career best 38. Cortney Boggs completed with a 42.

Habersham shot 92 for second, followed by North Oconee recording 108 and Clarke Central with a 136.

The boys were scheduled to take on Clarke Central and Oglethorpe Monday, but results were unavailable at press time. The Red Raiders also competed in the season closer against Banks County, Wednesday.

Madison County’s diamond Red Raiders suffered a hard loss to Winder-Barrow Monday night at home. The Red Raiders were offed by the Bulldoggs, 20-1 in a three inning game.

Haden Martin landed the sole run for Madison County with a home run.

Madison County managed three hits from 11 batters, while Winder put 13 hits into play. The Bulldoggs scored 14 runs in the third and final inning.

Madison County now looks to shake off Monday’s performance as the team enters the final stretch of the regular season. The Red Raiders have to win the remaining games for a chance to advance into the region playoffs at the end of the season. [Full Story »] 

The varsity Red Raiders’ soccer team played two very different games in the week prior to spring break.

In the March 23 game with Habersham Central, the Red Raiders played a strong effort and forced the Habersham Raiders to work for the 3-0 win.

“We lost to Habersham last year, 10-1, so I was proud of the progress that we made,” said coach Trevor Mangan. “We had a few chances during the course of the game, but were unable to take advantage of them. The backline had a good game overall, as did our goalie Sebastian Jones.”

In the Friday game before the break, Apalachee defeated the Madison County boys 6-1.
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