Entries from May 2017
Baseball: Richmond Hill upends Winder-Barrow, advances to quarterfinals
Sunday, May 7. 2017
Top-ranked Winder-Barrow's season came to an abrupt end Saturday afternoon as the Bulldoggs lost to Richmond Hill 7-2 in the third game of a GHSA Class AAAAAA second-round playoff series. The Wildcats will now travel to Lee County for a quarterfinal series starting Wednesday. The winner of that series will face Allatoona or Johns Creek in the ... [Full Story »]
Deputy dismissed following court ruling
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Deputy Brent Register has been fired from the Banks County Sheriff's Office following a court ruling in a case that he was involved in. "Our agency's recent administrative review of the Scott case ruling has resulted in the dismissal of Brent Register from Banks County Sheriff's Office," sheriff's office spokesman Carissa McFadden ... [Full Story »]
Baseball: Leopards' season ends in second round of playoffs
Friday, May 5. 2017
The Banks County Leopards' season ended in heartbreak Friday night in the second of the Class AA state tournament. The Leopards fell 12-2 in Game 1 vs. the Toombs County Bulldogs and trailed 6-5 in the final inning of Game 2. But, the Leopards battled to get the tying run with two outs in the seventh and send the game to extra innings and ... [Full Story »]
Baseball: Leopards' season ends in extra innings
The Banks County High School baseball team was two outs away from sending its second-round series vs. Toombs County last Friday to Game 3 on Saturday. But, costly mistakes in the field opened the door for the Bulldogs' opportunistic bats to seize the moment, and seize they did. The Bulldogs scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning ... [Full Story »]
Deputy on leave after judge dismisses case against former Hawks player
A Banks County Sheriff's Office deputy is reportedly on administrative leave after a Superior Court judge dismissed a case against former Atlanta Hawks player Mike Scott. The deputy made an arrest on Scott and his brother on drug charges after stopping them on I-85 in 2015. Superior Court Judge Currie Mingledorff also ruled that "The court ... [Full Story »]
Baseball: Game 3 between Winder-Barrow, Richmond Hill pushed back to Saturday
The third and decisive game of a GHSA Class AAAAAA first-round playoff series between Winder-Barrow and Richmond Hill has been pushed back to a second day in a row. The game will now be played at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Charles W. Maddox Baseball Complex in Winder. The teams, which split the first two games of the series Wednesday, were ... [Full Story »]
BASEBALL PHOTOS: Jackson Co. vs. Ringgold
Joe Morris (05-03-17)
Thursday, May 4. 2017
Joe Dorsey Morris, 100, was ushered into Heaven on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. He is a veteran of World War II and is survived by a son, Joe Donald Morris (Billie), and four daughters, Delores (Dee) Osborne, Linda Brown (Dwight), Carol Smith (William), Debbie Drake (Tim). He was preceded in death by his wife, Agnes Carter Morris; and a grandson, ... [Full Story »]
Track and Field: Nine athletes from Apalachee, six from Winder-Barrow qualify for state meet
Nine athletes from Apalachee and six from Winder-Barrow placed in the top eight in their events last weekend at the GHSA Class AAAAAA sectionals at Heritage High School in Conyers, earning themselves spots in the state meet May 11-13 at Carrollton High School. Apalachee sophomore hurdler Eli Morris won his heat in the boys 110-meter hurdles and ... [Full Story »]
Baseball: Knights top Monsignor Donovan 19-4 in regular-season finale, will open up playoffs at Frederica
The Bethlehem Christian Academy baseball team gave its seniors a proper send-off Tuesday night. The Knights smacked 19 runs on the board to defeat Monsignor Donovan Catholic 19-4 before the end of the third inning. "We were really aggressive at the plate. If the first pitch was there, we were swinging at it and making contact which is always ... [Full Story »]