The Piedmont Academy B-team basketball squads hosted Covenant Christian Friday to complete their 2011-2012 seasons.The B-Team Lady Cougars were led by Jordan Chandler’s six points in a 24-14 loss. Cheyenne Galloway finished with four points while Matti Smith and Anna Martin both scored two points.Haley Tyler, Savannah McGinnis, Taylor Swart, Morgan Leach and Bridgette Phillips…
The Piedmont Academy basketball teams closed out the regular season Friday hosting Covenant Christian. The Piedmont boys dropped a close 42-41 contest despite a game-high 22 points from Bobby Mitchell. Justin Wilson added 15 points but the Cougars could not quite earn the win. Mitchell tried to rally the team with 15 points in the…
The Piedmont Academy Lady Cougars kept their season alive Tuesday with a 30-26 win against Monsignor Donovan in the opening round of the Region 1-AA tournament. Piedmont led by nine points after the third quarter and then held on in the final eight minutes for the win. The Lady Cougars also led 17-12 at halftime.…
SENIOR MAT CANES ARE HONORED FOR FINAL SEASON The Mat ‘Canes traveled to Madison last Saturday for the 4-AA Traditional Regional Tournament, and although they finished behind Morgan, in second place, they still qualified 12 wrestlers to advance to the AA East Traditional Sectional Tournament scheduled for this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10-11 at Dublin…
The Lady ’Canes had a high scoring game Tuesday night defeating the Crawford Co. Eagles 55-27. The lady starters came out ready to play and took an extensive lead in the first quarter, 21-3. The second quarter did not see much change as the Lady Canes played hard, and forced several turnovers adding 10 to…
District 5 Commissioner Alan Cox was elected chairman of the Jasper County commission for 2012 by a 3-2 vote of the commission Monday. It is the commissioners’ policy to elect a chairman at the first meeting of the new year each year. However, in January, 2012 and 2011, the five voted two-two with one commissioner…
The Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program honors high school seniors for excelling on the SAT, the standardized test for college admissions. In turn, each student who is chosen as STAR for his or her school, names a teacher who he or she feels has been most instrumental in the students’ academic success. This year’s…
Angela Walsh has announced her intention to seek the post of Jasper County Tax Commissioner this year. Merry Faulkner, who has held that position for some time, has said she is retiring. Mrs. Walsh grew up in Jasper County, the daughter of Mark and Rebekah Stone, and is a graduate of Jasper County High School.…
Former Jasper County banker Thurman L. Willis, Jr., appeared in Jasper Superior Court Tuesday, with Judge Hugh V. Wingfield, III, presiding. He pled guilty as a first offender to two charges of deposit account fraud and two charges of theft by deception. Mr. Willis was sentenced to three years each on the two deposit account…
Mary Florence Reid Wood, 85, of Wayside, died Friday, January 27, 2012, at Lynn Haven Nursing Home in Wayside. Ms. Wood was born in West Palm Beach, FL, to the late Irvin Columbus Reid and Ethel Hammock Reid. She was a member of Wayside Presbyterian Church. Before retirement, she was a nurses’ aide for Middle…