The Piedmont Academy Lady Cougars will look to continue the improvement they showed on the tennis court a year ago as the 2011 season approaches.Coach Robert McMichael said earlier this week the new season begins March 1 against Brentwood in a home match at 4 p.m. Piedmont’s home matches will be played at Turtle Cove.“Our…
The Piedmont golf team will return to the links March 2 with a road match against Monsignor Donovan in Athens. Coach Ryan Berg said Monday the players are currently practicing for the start of the new season. “We have 10 golfers competing for our top five spots,” Berg said. “We will have competition throughout the…
The curtain fell on the 2010-2011 basketball season for the Piedmont Academy Cougars last week in the opening round of the GISA Class AA state tournament.Facing the No. 1 team in the state, Piedmont dropped a 61-24 decision to First Presbyterian Christian Academy last Thursday in a game played in Cochran at Middle Georgia College.…
CHRIS POPE By Diane Glidewelldglidewell@myjpa.comChris Pope, a 2009 Jackson High School graduate, played four years for the Red Devil football team and earned All-Region honors on the JHS team that went 10-1 his senior year. While also a standout on the basketball court, Pope signed to play football with the Valdosta State University Blazers after…
Ralph Lee Gotel, Sr., 87, of Monticello, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, at his residence.Mr. Gotel was born August 1, 1923 in Jasper County, to the late Kelsey and Gertrude Gotel. He proclaimed his faith in Christ at an early age and joined Springfield Baptist Church in Monticello. He was later ordained a Deacon. He…
MARY WILLIAMS Mary Frances Williams graduated from the Jasper County Training School in Monticello in 1967 as class valedictorian. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Clark College in 1971, with honors. After a brief span as a classroom teacher in Georgia and a counselor at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., she decided…
A Jasper County Grand Jury convened Monday, and in a Special Presentment, indicted Brandon Thompson on the counts of Aggravated Child Molestation, Aggravated Sodomy and Child Molestation. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) alleged the crimes occurred last summer.An indictment by the Grand Jury is not an indication of guilt, but rather that sufficient evidence…
Three suspects in the armed robbery of Susie Q’s Convenience Store on January 11, have been arrested by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO). Miles X. Campbell, 19, of Monticello, Kyle Daniel Anderson (aka Kyle Byrd), 20, of Monticello, and Haley Noelle Blackmon, 17, of Covington are all three in custody and charged with armed…
Jasper County High School is represented by Phillips Workman, a native of Monticello who has attended Jasper County Public Schools since kindergarten.Mr. Workman has been named as a Georgia Merit Scholar, Discover Clemson Scholar, Furman University Scholar, Baylor University Presidential Scholar and has been accepted to both the UGA Honors Program and the Calhoun Honors…