The Monticello Middle School Hurricanes baseball team beat Oak Hill 6-3 Friday in a team effort with what Head Coach John Graybill called “a much better hitting team this year.” The MMS Canes played fundamental baseball as Hunter Duke recorded the win for Hurricanes. He pitched two innings and surrendered one run. He struck out…
Hurricane soccer kicked into action last week with the Lady Canes earning their first region win during their first region competition. The Lady Canes defeated Macon County 8-0 last Tuesday for their first win of the season which was a region win. The team, coached by Amanda Paulk, suffered two previous losses to Jones and…
Piedmont Academy’s varsity soccer teams made their 2014 debut Tuesday hosting Westfield in non-region play. The Lady Cougars defeated Westfield 4-0 behind two goals by Jordon Blackmon and a goal each by Haley Tyler and Kaitlyn Young. “The girls played well,” said coach Jeff Kent. “We knew Westfield would be a good opponent. I think…
The season came to an end for the Piedmont Academy varsity girls basketball team in the first round of the state tournament last week. The Lady Cougars were defeated by Terrell Academy 47-22 in a game played at Abraham Baldwin College in Tifton. Piedmont finishes the season at 6-17 overall. The Lady Cougars entered state…
Piedmont Academy’s varsity baseball team ushered in its new season last week with a 12-3 road loss to Loganville Christian Academy. The Cougars jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first only to see LCA even the score in the bottom half. Piedmont added one more run in the top…
COMMISSION CHAIR (L) GENE TRAMMELL PRESENTS PROCLAMATIONS TO DEPARTMENT HEADS The Jasper County Commissioners Monday honored the employees and volunteers who worked during the recent ice and snow events to keep the roads open and people safe while responding to fires, downed trees and wires, accidents and more. Proclamations were presented to (left to right)…
DR. PRINCESS CLARKE Dr. Princess Clarke, Jasper County School System social worker, has received the 2014 School Social Worker of the Year Award for the 10th District of Georgia. The annual award is presented by the School Social Worker Association of Georgia 10th District. She will receive honors at the association’s conference to be held…
Labarron C. Farrar, who was on probation for conviction on the charges of possession of cocaine and simple battery, pled guilty to the new charge of possession of cocaine Tuesday in Superior Court with Judge James L. Cline, Jr., presiding. Mr. Farrar was sentenced to felony confinement for a period of three years at such…
Bernard Franklin “Bunk” Hardy, 79, died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, at the Retreat Nursing Home in Monticello. Mr. Hardy was born in Jackson to the late Azzie and Lovie Thomas Hardy. He moved to Monticello 58 years ago. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Hardy loved to fish, spend time with his grandchildren, and…
Demaris Keen Humphries, formerly of Turtle Cove, died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, 37 days before her 97th birthday. She was born March 17, 1917, in Dublin, the ninth child of William Albert and Nellie Keen. She married John David Humphries on January 18, 1941, in Atlanta. Before her marriage, she worked as a comptometer operator…