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Long County All-Stars win Lyons tournament

The Long County Recreation Department 12U All-Star team won the 49th annual Lyons Baseball Tournament on Monday with a 14-3 win over the Soperton All-Stars.

June 10, 2011 | Mike Riddle | Local sports


Time for NCAA to change the rules

It seems you can't turn around these days without someone getting in trouble with the NCAA for receiving what that all-powerful organization loosely calls "improper benefits."

June 10, 2011 | Jeff Whitten | Local sports


Scott’s All-Stars wrap up first spring

The Scott's All-Stars AAU basketball spring-league team wrapped up its debut regular season and fourth month of tournament play June 4 at the YMCA in Hinesville.

June 10, 2011 | Special to the Courier | Local sports


Several local players taken in MLB draft

Richmond Hills' Kevin Matthews was selected as the 33rd pick in the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft by the Texas Rangers on Monday, and as the selection process continued, other notable local players were selected as well.

June 10, 2011 | Staff report | Local sports


Morgan fit to win

Liberty County resident Tiffany Morgan has been a busy woman lately. Morgan placed first in her class at the 2011 Eastern Seaboard Bodybuilding, Figure, Fitness and Bikini Championship meet May 14 in Atlanta. Just one week earlier, she placed fifth in her class at the 2011 NPC Muscle Tech Pittsburgh Bodybuilding, Figure and Bikini Fitness Championship. It's an impressive feat for the 5-foot-6 Morgan, who as a novice in October took third at the 2010 ...

June 08, 2011 | Patty Leon | Local sports


Three Panthers sign with Brewton-Parker

MOUNT VERNON - Brewton-Parker College signed three Liberty County Panthers baseball players and a catcher from West Laurens High School last month in the Barons Fieldhouse.

June 08, 2011 | By Kelly M. Arnold Brewton-Parker College | Local sports


Scott’s All-Stars finish third

The Scott's All-Stars 11U basketball team recently finished third in the Memorial Day Classic in Orlando.

June 08, 2011 | Special to the Courier | Local sports


Richmond Hill ace drafted high

Just about everybody expected Richmond Hill High School senior Kevin Matthews to be selected in the 2011 Major League Baseball draft, the only question was when.

June 08, 2011 | Staff report | Local sports


Barracudas take second at Peach State tourney

The Hinesville Barracudas took second in the Peach State Diamond Sport Tournament in Cordele over Memorial Day

June 08, 2011 | Staff report | Local sports


RH pitcher goes in first round of draft

Richmond Hill High School's Kevin Matthews has been picked by the Texas Rangers as their first-round choice in Major League Baseball's first-year draft.

June 06, 2011 | Staff report | Local sports


A really fast learner

It's hard enough to play high school football, let alone play it well enough to earn a college scholarship. It's even harder when you are used to playing European style "dodge" football and it's your first year on the team.

June 06, 2011 | Patty Leon | Local sports


Stock to compete at nationals

With summer in full swing, many high school students are either going to the mall or going to the beach with friends.

June 06, 2011 | Mike Riddle | Local sports


Tigers celebrate baseball season

Lining up for hamburgers, hot dogs and soft drinks, Bradwell Institute baseball players celebrated a successful season with food and fun at the Stafford Pavilion and pool Thursday afternoon.

June 06, 2011 | Patty Leon | Local sports


Panther scores scholarship

Liberty County High School's Robbie Bacon signed a national letter of intent Wednesday to play soccer at the University of South Carolina–Salkehatchie.

June 03, 2011 | Patty Leon | Local sports


Teens show strength at lifting event

Long County teens Nick Stock and James Fox competed in the 2011 Rage Strongman Championship last weekend in New Bern, N.C.

June 03, 2011 | Mike Riddle | Local sports


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Reorganized, renamed girls’ team doing well

The Hinesville Hawks girls' basketball team was reorganized and renamed as the Lady Hawks this year to better represent the various communities the girls come from.

May 17, 2013 | Special to the Courier | Local sports


2014 football schedule includes trips to N.C. State, Ga. Tech

Kickoff of the 2013 Georgia Southern Football season is about 100 days away, but Eagle fans can lock in key game dates on their 2014 calendars.

May 17, 2013 | Special to the Courier | Local sports


Softball team opens NCAA tourney play today

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Georgia Southern's second-straight trip to the NCAA softball tournament will start against South Florida at 3:30 p.m. today in the Gainesville Regional.

May 17, 2013 | Special to the Courier | Local sports


Game Day May 17, 2013

Game day

May 17, 2013 | Staff report | Local sports


Game Day May 17, 2013

Softball tourney set

May 17, 2013 | Staff report | Local sports


Lady ’Landers claim the crown

After being denied the Georgia Independent School Association Class AA state title last year, the First Presbyterian Christian Academy girls' soccer team wasn't about to let another chance to earn the crown slip away.

May 15, 2013 | Patty Leon | Local sports


FBCA softball, volleyball player Hall signs with BPC

Faith Baptist Christian Academy's Brittany Hall on Thursday signed a letter of intent to play softball and volleyball for Brewton-Parker College in Mount Vernon.

May 15, 2013 | Mike Riddle | Local sports


Three Tigers receive all-region honors

Three Bradwell Institute baseball players were selected for Region 3-AAAAA All-Region honors

May 15, 2013 | Patty Leon | Local sports


Seventh-grade All*Stars take second at tourney

The Scott's All*Stars sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade basketball teams competed in the fourth annual Mother's Day Tournament, held May 11-12 in Hinesville, with the seventh-graders earning second place in their division.

May 15, 2013 | Special to the Courier | Local sports


Local youth bowler places second at Pepsi Tourney

Deniece Williams of Hinesville took first place in her age division at the 2013 Georgia State Youth United States Bowling Congress Pepsi Tournament, held April 27 in Columbus.

May 15, 2013 | Patty Leon | Local sports


Sport briefs May 15, 2013

Panthers need equipment

May 15, 2013 | Staff report | Local sports


Game Day May 15, 2013

Game day

May 15, 2013 | Staff report | Local sports


Hoop stars stress hard work, studies

Former Liberty County High School basketball players Rion Brown, Jordan McRae and Lamar Richardson dropped by the Shuman Center on Thursday evening and spoke to a group of young basketball players. The trio touched on the importance of working hard and maintaining good grades in order to play at the college level.

May 13, 2013 | Patty Leon | Local sports


Pre-K field day held on BI’s Olvey

For some time, the children at the Liberty County Pre-K Center watched as Bradwell Institute's new football stadium was built. Once it was complete, the students admired the new field and facility, which sparked an idea that came to fruition last week.

May 13, 2013 | Patty Leon | Local sports


Tigers name new athletic director

Bradwell Institute named former cross-country and golf coach Ken Griffin as the high school's new athletic director. Griffin fills the position once held by former Tiger football coach Jim Walsh.

May 13, 2013 | Patty Leon | Local sports


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