The Canes traveled to Macon last Friday to take on the Vikings of First Presbyterian Day. Unfortunately the Canes came up short again, with the score being 9-6. It was again a heart breaker with the game being called just after halftime. The Canes have lost their first three games this season by a total…
The Piedmont Academy football team will face perhaps its toughest opponent of the regular season this week when the Cougars travel to face Class AAA John Milledge Academy. The Trojans, coached by former University of Georgia football player J.T. Wall, have been impressive on their way to a 4-0 start this season. JMA has scored…
The Junior Varsity Hurricanes defeated the Greene County Tigers, 30-26, in their first game of the season last Thursday. Ethan Huff, Jasper County native and former Hurricane athlete, coaches the JV team while assisting the varsity squad. “The boys played hard, it was good to give them some playing time and get some experience,” said…
The Piedmont Academy elementary school football team posted a 28-0 win against Creekside Christian Academy in McDonough last week. “The kids really worked hard and needed the confidence boost after the loss in the previous week’s game,” said coach Justin Owens. Ryan Holder scored on the first play offensively for the Cougars on a 54-yard…
Piedmont Academy’s varsity softball team was back on the field Tuesday, falling to Flint River 9-7 in a home region contest. The Lady Cougars found themselves in an 8-1 hole in the third inning only to battle back to pull within two runs at one point. Flint River added one more run in the top…
Business was light and brisk for Tuesday’s motion day calendar cases in Jasper County Superior Court. Judge William Prior, Jr. presided over five probation revocation cases: Laura Jean Ramey, failed to make consistent probation payments. She must pay $1,000 within 60 days or spend 60 days in confinement. William Howard McNerney, III, failed to report…
A Jasper County resident arrived home Sunday evening after being gone for more than a week to find all her possessions had been removed from the property that she rents. Missing from the address in Turtle Cove were televisions, living room and bedroom furniture, appliances, electronic equipment, and more, even the rugs were taken from…
BRUCE HENRY Jasper County Commissioner Bruce Henry has announced his re-election campaign to serve the people of the 2nd District for a full, four year term. Regarding his service on the commission, Mr. Henry said, “Serving the people of Jasper County has been one of the greatest privileges of my life. I humbly ask for…
I’m Fixing To Play Dead (Part 16). Here I was, dead, as far as the whole world was concerned, that is, except my new friend Leon, who had transported me from Birmingham to Atlanta, after I had walked away from the big jet plane crash. And now I had successfully sneaked into my house during…
Many people claim that unhealthy eating habits are the result of economic hardship. Others say that healthful food is more expensive than processed food which limits options for the economically disadvantaged. Both schools of thought may be right: however, when long term effects on health are factored in—it becomes more difficult to discern. Is cheap…