The Piedmont Academy varsity basketball teams are just about ready to enter the region tournament.Both the Cougars and Lady Cougars will close out the regular season Friday when they host Windsor Academy beginning at 6 p.m. The region tournament will begin Monday, Feb. 16, at Brentwood in Sandersville although the complete brackets have not yet…
Piedmont Academy’s Middle School basketball teams closed out the season Friday with boys earning a 43-31 home win against Briarwood. An 11-point game by Connor Olson helped lead the Middle School Cougars while Dylan Coe added seven points and J.T. Webb and Owen Brady scored six. Piedmont led by a point after the first quarter…
The Shiloh Christian Academy junior varsity boys entered their region tournament last Saturday ranked #2 in the GICAA D-2A North with a regular season record of 12-3. The Knights played Friendship Christian Academy at North Georgia Christian School in Flowery Branch. The Knights jumped out to a 14-4 lead with the help of Trent Raines…
The Jasper County Middle School Canes went undefeated this season to become Piedmont Athletic Conference (PAC) Champions Saturday in a redeeming win over Morgan County 42-31 in Eatonton on Saturday. Scorers were Tyrin Lawrence and Jay Fleetwood each with 16 points; Malik Crawford, 6; Ray Thurman and Devin Jackson, 2 each. Coach Rufus Whitlock said…
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A Grand Jury convened Monday in Jasper Superior Court under the jurisdiction of newly appointed Ocmulgee Circuit Court Judge Alison Burleson. The Grand Jury considered 27 bills of indictments of which all except one were returned as true bills. The 23 individuals selected and sworn in to serve on the grand jury were instructed and…
Martha King Brinson, age 64, of Hillsboro, died Thursday, February 5, 2015, at her residence. Martha Brinson was born in Philippi, West Virginia. Her father was the late Clayton Frank King. She was a member of Hillsboro Baptist Church and sang in the church choir. After graduating with a nursing degree, Martha worked in several…
Edgar Lyvone Griffith, age 89, of Jackson, Ga., passed away Monday, February 2, 2015, at his residence. Edgar Lyvone Griffith was born in O’Hatchee, Ala., to the late Frank and Mattie Griffith. Ed was a decorated U.S. Army, World War II Veteran. He served in the Pacific Theatre in both the Philippines and Japan as…
Reverend L. C. Warren, Jr. of Oxford, formerly Atlanta, passed away at age 98, February 2, 2015. He was born January 30, 1918 to Lovic Cyril Warren and Sadie Neal Warren in Atlanta. He was predeceased in 2003 by his wife of 67 years, the former Alfreda Bell Warren, daughter of Dr. James Addison Bell…
Larry Michael “Mike” Whitmire, age 70, of Shady Dale, died Friday, January 30, 2015, at his residence. Mike Whitmire was born in Dry Pond, GA, to the late Paul Whitmire and Kate McDougal Whitmire. He served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam Conflict. Beginning their lives together in Florida, Mike and Beth began…