Lady Cougars Advance in Playoffs
Lady Hurricanes Conclude Post Season Action
The 2019-2020 season for the Lady Canes has come to an end. In a season that saw hard losses, exciting wins and improvement and growth by the Lady Canes, they finished 7-17 for the year. Last Thursday, the Lady Canes’ run in the state tournament came to an end with a double header loss in…
Read More7/8 ’Canes Undefeated, Playoffs Start Tuesday
The football season for the 2019 Jasper County Recreation Department (JCRD) 7-8 Gray Canes has certainly been one for the books. They will be competing against surrounding counties in the playoffs next week after they finished their regular season this week with a 6-0 record. The first game is next Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 6…
Read MoreShotgun Team Competes in Sparta
Several of Piedmont Academy’s shotgun team members competed in the Youth Sporting Clay Championships recently at Old Hudson Plantation in Sparta. Eli Waits finished fourth in the super sporting division while Dylan Thompson finished second in junior varsity men. Rhett Harris took second place in the intermediate men division and Rayce Vaughn finished second in…
Read MoreJunior Pro Cougars Complete Season
Piedmont Academy’s Junior Pro Football team was outmanned in terms of roster numbers this season but put up a strong battle in each contest. The young Cougars fell 8-0 to Strong Rock on the road last week in their season finale. The game was evenly played throughout and was scoreless until the final two minutes.…
Read MorePiedmont Defeats Flint River
Piedmont Academy celebrated its 50th anniversary last Friday with homecoming and the outcome of that night’s football game made the occasion even more special. The Cougars blanked rival Flint River Academy 21-0 to improve to 2-4 overall. In a game coaches and players were all looking forward to, Piedmont played some of its most inspired…
Read MoreJanet Davis Wins Contest With 12 Right
ADAM McGINNIS, JANET DAVIS Picking the winners of the football contest got a little harder last week, apparently, as it only took 12 correct picks to win the contest, and only nine players got that many right. Mrs. Janet Davis did get 12 right, however, and was closest on the tie-breaker with her guess that…
Read MoreBobby Norris: A True Servant
MONTICELLOAN BOBBY NORRIS Bobby Norris has and will always be a neighbor to Jasper County…a necessary neighbor at that. The long time community and civil servant is locally born and bred. Mr. Norris was born in a brood of seven to Lottie Norris and the late Ulysses Norris, Sr. He and his wife, Brenda, are…
Read MoreMonticello High School Homecoming Festivities
Alicia Tripp was crowned Homecoming Queen and Kalyn McMichael was crowned Miss Hurricane at the annual homecoming festivities Friday evening for Jasper County High School. Emily Cavender was named first runner-up. The queens were crowned by last year’s homecoming queen and Miss Hurricane Kerri Bonner and MacKenzie Tripp, respectively. Members of the court were (left…
Read MoreLois Robare Owings
Lois Robare Owings, age 95, formerly of Columbia, S.C., passed away on Friday, October 11, 2019, at The Retreat Nursing Home after a long illness. Lois Owings was born on March 13, 1924 in Carleton, Nebraska to the late David Hamilton and Alma Zimmerman Robare of Geneva, Nebraska. In addition to her parents, she was…
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