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Page 10 - Wednesday, June 7, 2023
The Jenkins County Times
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A Year of Success: Boys’ Basketball
2023 Football Schedule Reveal
Marcus Golphin, who was a senior for the War Eagles, skies above the
competition during a game this season. Golphin would later be named
to the 1 st team all-region team. Photo Submitted.
Right:
ZZ Wilson in his first game back
after an injury is shown shooting
during the War Eagles regional
semifinals. Later in the game, ZZ
would hit the game-winning shot
sending the War Eagles to the
championship. Photo Submitted.
two short months, the Jenkins County War Eagles will be back on the football field
Our conversation will turn from the long summer days to talk about “The Boys of
’ Looking over the schedule, fans will notice one difference over last season and that is
the number of home games the War Eagles will have this year. Last season, the War Eagles
only had four home games. This year that has flipped and they will only have four on the
road; five if you count the scrimmages.
War Eagle fans will get their first look in a home scrimmage on August 11 th ; however,
it will be Treutlen that will be the first regular-season game. Looking through the schedule,
the War Eagles will travel to Johnson County in what will be one of the toughest opponents
the team will face this season. Last season, Johnson County was eliminated in the state
semifinals and gave the War Eagles won of the worst losses of the season last year which
was only by two touchdowns.
The War Eagles will host ECI this season, after a win in Twin City last year, the War
Eagles will try to make it two years in a row over the Bulldogs. The season for the War
Eagles will end at Portal. Just like last year, there are five teams in the region and four out
of those five will make it to the GHSA State Playoffs. One media source, two weeks ago,
released their predictions and have the War Eagles winning the region.
In the coming weeks, we will highlight more of these matchups and some interviews with
coaches as we prepare ourselves for the 2023 football season.
Date
Opponent
Location
Time
August 4
Bryan County (Scrimmage)
Away
7:30
August 11
Glascok (Scrimmage)
Home
7:30
August 18
Treutlen
Home
7:30
August 25
Johnson County
Away
7:30
September 1
East Laurens
Home
7:30
September 8
Cross Creek
Home
7:30
September 15
Screven County
Home
7:30
September 22
Claxton
Away
7:30
October 6
McIntosh County Academy
Home
7:30
October 20
Montgomery County
Away
7:30
October 2 7
ECI
Home
7:30
November 3
Portal
Away
7:30
The War Eagles hosted the first round of the GHSA State
Playoffs after an excellent 21-7 season.
Pictured is Courtney Smith going up high for a shot! Photo
Submitted.
Sophomore guard James Allen was named to the
1st team all-region. He will be one of the returning
players for next year’s team. Photo Submitted.
Right:
The War Eagles hosted the first round
of the GHSA State Playoffs after an
excellent 21-7 season.
Pictured is Courtney Smith going up
high for a shot! Photo Submitted.
Demontre Moore, one of the seniors for the War
Eagles, looks to make a pass during one of the games
this season. Demontre was named to the second team
all-region tea. Photo Submitted.
As the successful
football season came to
an end in the month of
November, the highly
anticipated basketball
season began for the
Jenkins County War Eagles.
The previous season ended
in a heartbreaking two-
point loss in the second
round of the state playoffs.
Before the playoffs began,
the War Eagles made a run
to the region tournament
championship losing
only by four points. The
2022/2023 season was
expected to be full of
similar success.
The season started off
with two wins over teams
from South Carolina, then
after a loss to Treutlen,
the War Eagles would go
on a ten-game winning
streak dominating every
opponent during that time.
The War Eagles would then
lose only three regional
games during the season,
two to Portal and one in
overtime to McIntosh
County Academy. This set
up the War Eagles as the
number two seed heading
to the regional tournament.
The regional tournament
games may have been
some of the most exciting
games of the entire
season. The first game
for the War Eagles was
against McIntosh County
Academy. The War Eagles
jumped out to an early lead
just before
MCA came
charging back. Down by
one point, with seconds
remaining. Coach Sweet
called a timeout. The play
that was drawn up worked
to perfection. Junior ZZ
Wilson, on his first game
back from an injury, caught
the ball and pulled up for
a three-point shot. As the
hom sounded, the ball
went through the net and
the War Eagles celebrated
a two-point win.
The regional
championship would
be played on the very
next night and would be
played before a sold-out
crowd. The War Eagles
would fall that night, but
their second-place finish
in the tournament set up
the War Eagles to host the
first round of the playoffs.
The first round of playoffs
was against Telfair County
and did not end as the War
Eagles had expected. The
War Eagles lost 64-57.
At the end of a great
season, three War Eagle
players were named to
all-region teams. Senior
Marcus Golphin and
Sophomore James Allen
were named to the first
team all-region; Senior
Demontre Moore was
named to the second team
all-region. The War Eagles
did lose some seniors,
but a lot of the team will
return for the 2023/2024
season which will have an
anticipated start sometime
in late November.
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The championship game is shown with a large Portal crowd shown in the
background. The War Eagles took an early lead, but they lost the game
by a total of 11 points. Photo Submitted.
