COUGARS WORK DURING FOOTBALL CAMP The Piedmont Academy football team completed its second week of preseason practice Friday and entered into a new phase of preparation Monday.The Cougars began full contact work this week and will cap week three with a scrimmage against Brookwood Friday at home. The scrimmage is set to begin at 6:30…
MCMICHAEL, THOMAS, CAMP, CLEMENT (L-R) Four varsity Hurricane baseball players, Brady McMichael, A.J. Thomas, Kevin Camp, and Patrick Clement, were named to the All-Region team for the 2012 season. Catcher Clement has a .332 batting average with 14 RBI. He threw out 61 percent of runners attempting to steal a base. Head Coach Chris Jenkins…
Athletic Director and Head Softball Coach Chris Jenkins is cautiously optimistic about the 2012 Lady ‘Canes being one of his best teams, even though he has seven starters returning from last year’s team. Last year was the seventh straight year the team has made it to the playoffs, however they were eliminated in the first…
Members of the Monticello Hurricane Football Team culminated their summer weight lifting program with the annual lift-a-thon on the Square Saturday. Hurricane coaches brought the weight benches to the square so the community could see firsthand what the young men have been doing in the weight room all summer. More than 40 Hurricane players were…
My 10 year old nephew was giving me the highlights of one of his baseball games this season. He told me he earned the game ball. When I asked why, he proclaimed, “Because I had an epic catch.” As I marveled over the Olympians this week and their epic feats, I realized we all have…
Jasper County schools begin classes tomorrow, August 10 to kick off the 2012-2013 academic school year. As there are each year, there are a number of additions to the faculty, calendar and daily procedures. Those teachers that are new to the system, and or school are pictured above. New teachers at Jasper County High School…
Bobby Hugh Sauls, 75, died Thursday, July 26, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Sauls was born in the Gladesville Community of Jasper County on April 8, 1937. His parents were the late George Grover Sauls and Sara Grace Niblett Sauls. After his father’s death, Bobby was raised by his mother and grandfather, the late Rev.…
Christopher Britt Capell, who was on probation for the conviction in September of 2008 on the charges of theft by taking and theft by receiving stolen property, was found guilty of the new felony offenses of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug related objects. He was…
The U.S. Postal Service disappointed The Monticello News staff last week, and every address in Jasper County did not receive a Monticello News Thursday or Friday. And, some which did receive the paper, did not receive it until well after it should have. However, it appears the vast majority of addresses in Monticello, Hillsboro and…
The Dollar Plus Store on Frobel Street was robbed at knife point last Saturday, July 28, at approximately 1:15 p.m., according to information received from the Monticello Police Department (MPD). The robber was described as a short dark person who was wearing a hat and a scarf covering his or her face. He/she was also…