June 1 was a little too soon to allow students back on school campuses for voluntary summer workouts for some on the Georgia High School Association Board of Trustees. 

One of Baldwin County’s most dominant athletes made her collegiate destination official last week.

John Milledge Academy senior Jackson Carter smiled as he flipped his Emmanuel College baseball cap onto his head Friday. 

What started as a father teaching his son about gun safety years ago has turned into a big collegiate opportunity for one local high school student-athlete.

I realize that the official summer fishing season is still about a month away according to the calendar. However, with some hot weather arriving this week, the fish will begin thinking about where they will locate for the summer months. 

Lacking the numbers to make an impact when it came to the team aspect of competition, the 2019-20 GMC Prep wrestling team took to the mat with a different mission in mind. 

Other than its win-loss record, how deep a team makes it into the post-season is usually the best barometer for success.

The GMC Prep boys basketball team surprised some, including their veteran head coach, with the 2019-20 season it was able to put together.

The Baldwin High School boys and girls cross country teams continued their respective streaks of putting together solid seasons last fall.

Baldwin High School softball faced an up-and-down season in the fall.

After earning just one win, Baldwin High School volleyball did not have too much to celebrate in 2018. 

No one did it better than the John Milledge Academy football team in the 2019 season.

Anglers competing in the Berry’s tournament at Lake Oconee on May 2 were competing there for the second week in a row due to rescheduling caused by COVID-19. 

Twenty wrestlers qualifying for state duals, seven claiming individual region championships, six qualifying for the traditional state competition, two team region championships and two wrestlers winding up on the podium at state — those big numbers provide good insight into the Baldwin High School 2020 wrestling season. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The COVID-19 pandemic closed local schools before they could hold their banquets honoring winter sports student-athletes, so coaches have agreed to announce postseason team award recipients here in the newspaper. We’re kicking off our coverage this weekend with Baldwin High Sc…

EDITOR’S NOTE: The COVID-19 pandemic closed local schools before they could hold their banquets honoring winter sports student-athletes, so coaches have agreed to announce postseason team award recipients here in the newspaper. We’re kicking off our coverage this weekend with Baldwin High Sc…

EDITOR’S NOTE: The COVID-19 pandemic closed local schools before they could hold their banquets honoring winter sports student-athletes, so coaches have agreed to announce postseason team award recipients here in the newspaper. We’re kicking off our coverage this weekend with Baldwin High Sc…

Expectations were kind of all over the place for the 2019-20 Baldwin High School boys basketball team.

Georgia College baseball’s Jason Eller announced that he would be resigning Wednesday as head coach of the Bobcat Baseball Program. 

Whether you’re a student or a grown adult this pandemic has forced you to be flexible. 

The hashtag #findaway has been popular among the John Milledge Academy football team in recent weeks.

Bella Price, a team gymnast at Elite Gym USA, recently did a fundraiser using her love for gymnastics to help raise money to purchase masks for health care and community heroes.

With the safety of staff and all of the young student-athletes involved in mind, the Georgia College Department of Athletics has cancelled summer camps for the upcoming season.

Senior Rebecca Lawrence (Vidalia) of the Georgia College softball team is an amazing scholar-athlete with several academic accolades in her college career, this lefthander added another big one over the weekend.

Georgia College forward Kohl Roberts is normally not much of a gambler. 

The Berry’s Trail tournament had to cancel an April 4 tournament scheduled for Lake Oconee due to the COVID-19 virus.

Five new opponents have made their way onto the GMC Prep football schedule for the 2020 season set to begin in August. 

It did not take long for former GMC Prep head football coach/athletic director Steven Simpson to get back into those familiar positions in his new location.

Last week I shared a few thoughts and predictions heading into the 2020 NFL Draft, which was held last Thursday through Saturday. Now it’s time to revisit those prognostications and see just how well your local sports editor stacks up.

John Milledge Academy Class of 2016 graduate Harrison Bryant is headed to Cleveland.

Georgia College Director of Athletics Wendell Staton announced Tuesday that he will take over as interim head coach for the Bobcat cross country program for the 2020 season. 

John Milledge Academy has named its new head coach for varsity softball.

A Berry’s Trail Tournament was held on Lake Sinclair with special COVID-19 rules that required social distancing at the launch ramp and during the weigh-in at the Dennis Station facility on Dennis Station Road. Contestants were told violations of any of the special rules would result in disq…

John Milledge Academy Class of 2016 graduate Harrison Bryant is headed to Cleveland.

More than six million people tuned into ESPN last Sunday to watch the 24/7 cable sports network’s new documentary on the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls and the team’s star, Michael Jordan.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) announced the Women’s Tennis Team of Academic Distinction Wednesday, with Georgia College putting three members on the squad, half of their roster size.

Any high school coaches who got excited when they heard the word “gym” included in Gov. Brian Kemp’s list of places allowed to reopen Friday had their hopes for team workouts quashed pretty quickly.

Consensus college football All-American. Mackey Award winner. National Football League draft selection?

We’ve missed the Masters, bypassed baseball’s Opening Day and flirted with the idea of professional basketball in a “bubble city.” 

For Baldwin High School junior Javon Bullard, the recruiting process began after his sophomore season with an official offer from Troy University.

Spawning for all the lake’s game fish is spread out between a water temperature beginning at around 58 degrees and ending at around 80 degrees. 

The Baldwin Braves had a little rebuilding to do on the basketball court once the Class of 2019 graduated.

Although not classified as a spring sport, high school football will feel the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

This marks my fourth week working from home.

Soccer has a custom where the team that wins its league championship adds a gold star to its logo. 

Spawning for all the lake’s game fish is spread out between a water temperature beginning at around 58 degrees and ending at around 80 degrees. 

Senior Sutton Eady was a leader in every sense of the word for the 2019-20 John Milledge Academy girls basketball team.

The Georgia College Athletic Department is proud to announce that a whopping 10 members of the Bobcat Athletic family have been initiated into the Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society.

WAYCROSS, Ga. – After a well-decorated career including All-Southeast Region honors, former Georgia College pitcher Bradly Cammack (2019) has been named an assistant coach at South Georgia State College.

The hammer was dropped on the GHSA spring sports season last week.