Hoops season is finally upon us, and the defending GISA Region 3-AAA champion Baldwin Bravette basketball team is about to benefit from 18 holes of golf at Little Fishing Creek.

Oh, how sweet it is!
Friday night was Senior Night for the Baldwin Braves as their stadium maxed out with a capacity crowd of 5,000-plus to watch the Braves take on undefeated region rival Washington County for a Region-3AAA clinching duel.

With the smell of fair popcorn lingering in the background, the Bulldogs, sponsored by Jimmy’z Barber Shop, punctuated one of the finest seasons in Baldwin County Youth Football history by beating the Gators 16-0 Thursday.

When you go into a new season in any sport all you can ask for is a chance and an opportunity. And that is exactly what head coach Garry Couch and the Georgia Military Lady Bulldogs have each year thanks to a feeder system from middle school on up.

For those who think you have to travel miles and miles to see good football, the youth of Baldwin County has made a major statement in the 2009 recreation department football season to the contrary.

Louisburg College (from North Carolina) strutted into Davenport Field Saturday with a 5-2 record and the nations No. 3 ranked defense and dreams of spoiling GMC’s Alumni celebration. The atmosphere was ripe and the Bulldogs knew something special was about to happen — after all, they had a week to think about it.

Are you ready for some fun and highly entertaining professional wrestling in Milledgeville?

HIAWASSEE — There is nothing better than the sweet taste of victory, and Friday night GMC Prep got a big spoonful of it as they defeated Towns County 15-0. The game was just another in a long line of fantastic defensive showings by the Bulldogs this season, but Friday’s performance was nothing short of a masterpiece.

Everything was clicking Thursday night for the GMC JC Bulldogs as they toned up their execution on both sides of the ball, routing the Valdosta State JV Blazers 34-7 at a slushy, mushy Davenport Field.