Albany Herald

Mitchell Madness

After winning the 1-A titles, Mitchell County sends both its boys and girls teams into this week’s GHSA state tournaments as No. 1 seeds and this could be just a beginning for the soaring Eagles and Lady Eagles.

Lee’s Anthony finishes 2nd at state

Lee County's Rashaud Anthony finishes second in the Class AAAA 113-pound state championship and ends his career as the all-time winningest wrestler in Lee County history.

Pelham football team sends two players to Missouri Valley

Pelham football players Robert Dill and Elijah Haywood sign college scholarships this week.

REGION 1-A TOURNAMENT CONSOLATION GAMES: R-C boys, girls sweep consolation games as Lady Red Devils coach Acree gets 200th win

Lady Red Devils girls coach Jennifer Acree gets her 200th career win and Randolph-Clay’s boys and girls sweep the consolation games in the Region 1-A tournament to secure No. 3 seeds in next week’s state tournament.

GISA STATE TOURNEY ROUNDUP: Sherwood, Westwood, Crisp Academy boys all fall in Elite 8

Southwest Georgia won't be represented in the GISA boys basketball Final Four tournament after Sherwood, Westwood and Crisp Academy lose on Saturday.

Mitchell girls upset Pelham in 1-A finals

Mitchell County, which had lost to Herald No. 4 Pelham by 18 and 20 points during the regular season, stuns the Lady Hornets, 54-48, on their home floor to win the Region 1-A championship late Saturday night.

Fly like an Eagle

Mitchell County’s Eagles soar out of the locker room and blitz Herald No. 5 Calhoun County on Saturday, ripping the Cougars, 69-44, to win the Region 1-A championship in runaway fashion.

Lee County wrestling makes something out of nothing

Lee County’s wrestling program — the biggest powerhouse in Southwest Georgia — found a new beginning with an old, run-down building and a summer program of dedication that has made the Trojans the king of the mat in this part of the state, and their 113-pound star Rashaud Anthony is one win away from a state championship.

REGION 1-AAA TOURNAMENT, BOYS FINAL: Cougars trounce Tornadoes, win first title in school history

One season after falling short of the Region 1-AAA championship against Monroe, Crisp gets revenge Friday night in Albany to bring the school's region title in school history back to Cordele.

REGION 1-AAA TOURNAMENT CONSOLATION GAMES: Monroe girls slip by Dougherty, while Westover routs Dougherty boys in 1-AAA third-place games

Monroe's girls and Westover's boys get the No. 3 seeds in next week's Class AAA State Tournament by virtue of their wins Friday night against Dougherty in the Region 1-AAA consolation games.

REGION 1-AA TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP: Early edges Cook, 45-42, and AHS girls rebound from 1-AA semis loss

Herald No. 2 Early County has a furious start but loses the lead before coming back to beat Cook and grab the No. 3 seed in the Region 1-AA tournament Friday at Brooks County, while Albany High's girls basketball team nails down a No. 3 seed.

Holloman on Thomas: Darton getting one of the ‘hardest working kids I’ve ever coached’

Early County star catcher Hill Thomas will join the Darton baseball team, thanks to a meeting with first-year coach Scot Hemmings.

Leesburg’s Tosky sisters to continue running careers at Truett-McConnell

Sisters Lauren and Ashley Tosky both signed scholarships to run cross country next season for Truett-McConnell, a four-year NAIA program in Cleveland, Ga. Ashley is closing out her sophomore season at Darton, while Lauren is a senior at Lee County.

REGION 1-A, 1-AAAA TOURNAMENT ROUNDUPS: Pelham girls get revenge on Seminole, get back to title game; Bearcats lose 1-AAAA title in heartbreaker

After a controversial game last Saturday night in Donalsonville between Pelham’s and Seminole County’s girls teams, the Lady Hornets — who suffered their only Region 1-A defeat of the season in that contest — paid back the Lady Indians on Friday night in the tournament semis to advance to tonight’s title game against cross-county rival Mitchell. (ADDS: roundup items on 1-A tournament semifinals between Mitchell County-Randolph-Clay girls, Mitchell-Randolph-Clay boys and Calhoun-Pelham boys, plus Lee-County Bainbridge girls and Bainbridge-Northside, Warner Robins boys)

GISA CLASS AAA, AA & A STATE TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP: DWS girls dropped in Elite 8; Westwood, Crisp Academy, Terrell Academy girls all march on

The Deerfield girls are upended Friday night in the GISA Class AAA State Tournament Elite 8 round, while Terrell Academy rolls to an easy win in Class AA and Westwood and Crisp Academy both reach the Final Four in Class A.

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