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| Sports | | | | | Friday, April 06 | | Soccer teams set to finish
Jones County High girls’ soccer player Sarah Simmons battles with a Stockbridge opponent for the ball in the Lady Greyhounds’ 6-0 loss to the Lady Tigers March 24 in Gray. | With two games left, the Jones County High girls’ soccer team has had to refocus after failing to qualify for the region 4-AAAA tournament. A 5-1 loss to Upson-Lee March 20, a 4-2 loss to Northside March 23, and a 6-0 loss to Stockbridge March 24 put the Lady Greyhounds out of contention to finish as one of the top four teams in sub-region 4B-AAAA and earn a spot in the April 14 region tournament. “To qualify you have to be in the top four, and looking at it now, we would have had to win all three of those games and have some help,” head coach Will Mitcham said. ...
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| ’Hounds move to 3-0 in sub-region play
Jones County High leadoff hitter Trey Whitehead had a home run in the ’Hounds’ 7-6 sub-region 4B-AAAA victory over Stockbridge March 28. | The Jones County High baseball team improved its record to 10-2 overall and, more importantly, 3-0 in sub-region 4B-AAAA play with a pair of very different wins over Westside and Stockbridge. This past Monday in Macon, the Greyhounds defeated the Seminoles 4-0 in an effort that has typified the play of coach Barry Veal’s team thus far this year. Starting pitcher Joey Jones worked six-and-two-thirds innings of hitless baseball in a complete-game one-hitter in which he struck out a career-high 14 batters and walked four. “Joey pitched a great ballgame,” Veal said. ...
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| Boys’, girls’ track teams earn trophies at Baldwin Invitational
The Jones County High track teams traveled to Milledgeville this past weekend and managed to secure trophies in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions. The boys’ team, led by senior Willie Ross, narrowly missed taking second by a scant four points, slipping to third behind Nort ...
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| Boys’ tennis team completes undefeated sub-region schedule
Jones County High doubles’ player Max Donnan unleashes a serve during the ’Hounds’ match against Stockbridge March 22. | The Jones County High boys’ tennis team has completed a key portion of its schedule without a loss and is just two matches shy of finishing the regular season with an undefeated record. With a 3-2 victory over Stockbridge March 22, the Greyhounds improved their sub-region 4B-AAAA record to 6-0 and locked up the number-one seed for the region tournament, which begins April 16 in Stockbridge. “It means a lot to be undefeated in the sub-region,” coach Lance Pittman said. “Coming in, I thought we’d be strong, but I didn’t know how we’d match up wi ...
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| Sports Calendar
JCHS Baseball vs. Houston Co. April 5, 6 p.m. @ Baldwin April 6, 5:30 p.m. vs. Northside April 9, 5:30 p.m. @ Dutchtown April 11, 6:30 p.m. JCHS Golf vs. Washington Co. April 10, 4 p.m. vs. Baldwin April 12, 4 p.m. JCHS Soccer @ Mary Persons April 10, ...
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