THOMASVILLE —
Yellow Jackets win pair in tourney
BAINBRIDGE — Thomas County Central’s boys basketball team defeated Wakulla (Fla.) 68-52 on Saturday in the Georgia-Florida Shootout in Bainbridge.
Allen Wade paced Central (3-3) with 16 points. Denzel Grogen added 11, and Matt Priest finished with 10.
Central’s win on Saturday followed a 57-53 victory over Cottondale (Fla.) on Friday.
Priest led the Yellow Jackets with 17 points. Teammate Devin Jones added 10.
Cairo wins wrestling tourney
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Cairo Syrupmakers wrestling team won the second annual BL Fletcher Invitational at Godby High school in Tallahassee, Fla. on Saturday for the second straight year. Cairo tallied 146 points, followed by Leon High School (Fla.) with 96 points, Godby High School (Fla.) with 89 points and Rickards High School (Fla.) with 88 points.
The Syrupmakers had seven champions crowned. They were Ryan Roberson at 120 pounds, Mateo Francisco at 126 pounds, Wilder Elliott at 132 pounds, Luke Elkins at 138 pounds, Reggie Burden at 145 pounds, Paul Coleman at 160 pounds and Marcus Gaines at 170 pounds.
The Syrupmakers had two to finish in second place. They were Harley Ponder at 106 pounds and Maurice Gaines at 285 pounds.
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Special Finish
A special teams mistake costs White team in Thomas County Central's 28-27 spring game.
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Walk-off winners
Brookwood bounces back from a 13-3 loss to edge Stratford Academy 2-1 in nine innings to win GISA Class AAA quarterfinal series.
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Old faces in new places
Central utilizing players on both sides of the ball during spring, which concludes Tuesday.
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Warriors turning to Strickland for Game 2
Leading series 1-0, Brookwood hosts Stratford Academy at 11 a.m. today.
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Walk-off Warriors
James Casanova's one-out home run in the bottom of the seventh wins Game 1 of a second-round series for Brookwood as the Warriors edge Stratford Academy 10-9.
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English starts strong at Byron Nelson
Thomasville's Harris English is tied for third after Thursday's first round in Irving, Texas.
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Thomasville’s Stone aims to execute plan at state
Carson Stone, a freshman, and Jack Weiss, a sophomore, will represent the Bulldogs at Class AA tournament on Monday.
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Warriors keeping pace early this spring
Brookwood adjusting to fast tempo of spread offense during spring drills.
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All ‘Fore’ One
Thomas County Central girls golf team hoping fourth straight state championship tournament leads to first crown.
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Warriors wary about facing Eagles again
Brookwood hosts Stratford Academy in second round playoff series that begins today at 5 p.m.
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