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PAGE 2B THE JACKSON HERALD WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 SPORTS ROUND-UP Football REGION 8-A PUBLIC W L PF PA Lincoln County 3 1 95 66 Towns County 3 1 129 74 Wash.-Wilkes 3 1 143 81 Greene County 3 2 107 116 Social Circle 3 2 110 75 Commerce 1 2 32 64 REGION 8-AAA Rgn Ovr GB Hart County 1-0 4-0 0 Monroe Area 1-0 4-0 0 Oconee County 1-0 4-0 0 Stephens County 0-0 5-0 0.5 Franklin County 0-0 3-1 0.5 East Jackson 0-0 2-3 0.5 REGION 8-AAAA W L PF PA Jefferson 4 0 157 44 Flowery Branch 3 1 143 70 Madison County 3 1 93 82 Chestatee 2 2 125 118 East Hall 1 3 118 177 North Oconee 1 3 94 124 Cedar Shoals 0 2 37 63 REGION 8-AAAAA Rgn Ovr GB Clarke Central 1-0 1-2 0 Eastside 1-0 3-1 0 Loganville 1-0 2-2 0 Walnut Grove 1 -0 2-2 0 Apalachee 0-1 0-4 1 Greenbrier 0-1 1-3 1 Jackson County 0-1 2-2 1 Johnson 0-1 0-3 1 Hart County 3-3 4-10 3 East Jackson 2-3 4-5 3.5 Monroe Area 1-5 3-11 5 Stephens County 0-5 1-11 5.5 REGION 8-AAAA Rgn Ovr GB North Oconee 7-2 13-6 0 Madison County 6-2 13-3 0.5 Flowery Branch 6-3 10-4 1 Jefferson 4-5 8-8 3 East Hall 2-6 8-9 4.5 Cedar Shoals 0-7 0-9 6.5 REGION 8-AAAAA Rgn Ovr GB Loganville 8-1 12-2 0 Eastside 7-1 10-2 0.5 Walnut Grove 4-3 11-4 2.5 Jackson County 5-4 7-6 3 Apalachee 3-3 8-6 3.5 Greenbrier 2-8 6-11 6.5 Clarke Central 0-9 4-10 9 Wednesday Commerce 14, Lincoln County 0 Madison County 10, Jefferson 2 Friday Social Circle 7, Commerce 6 Jefferson 8, Madison County 7 Saturday Commerce 11, Dawson County 1 Wednesday East Jackson at Stephens Co., 6 p.m. Jefferson at Winder-Barrow, 6 p.m. Thursday Lake Oconee at Commerce, 5 p.m. East Jackson at Monroe Area, 5:30 p.m. Eastside at Jackson Co. (DH), 4 p.m. Cedar Shoals at Jefferson (DH), 5 p.m. Wash.-Wilkes 0-4 0-5 4.5 REGION 8-AAA Rgn Ovr GB Oconee County 6-0 27-4 0 Hart County 7-1 21-2 0.5 Stephens County 2-2 3-8 3 East Jackson 1-4 2-14 4.5 Franklin County 1-5 4-12 5 Monroe Area 0-6 3-24 6 REGION 8-AAAA Rgn Ovr GB Flowery Branch 4-0 18-7 0 Jefferson 5-1 15-8 0.5 North Oconee 1-1 8-12 2 Chestatee 0-1 19-9 2.5 East Hall 1-3 9-16 3 Madison County 0-2 18-8 3 Cedar Shoals 0-3 0-16 3.5 REGION 8-AAAAA Rgn Ovr GB Loganville 2-0 19-9 0 Greenbrier 1-0 19-1 0.5 Clarke Central 1-1 6-13 1 Jackson County 1-1 12-11 1 Eastside 0-0 11-9 1 Johnson 0-0 11-5 1 Walnut Grove 0-1 8-15 1.5 Apalachee 0-2 12-13 2 Wednesday Loganville 3, Jackson County 2 Thursday Union County 2, Commerce 0 Oglethorpe County, Commerce 0 Jefferson 2, East Hall 0 Jefferson 2, North Oconee 1 Tuesday Rabun County 2, Commerce 0 Last Friday East Jackson 56, East Hall 27 Walnut Grove 16, Jackson Co. 14 This Friday Mt. Paran at Commerce, 7:30 p.m. Clarke Central at Jackson Co., 7:30 p.m. Flowery Branch at Jefferson, 7:30 p.m. Softball REGION 8-A PUBLIC Rgn Ovr GB Social Circle 5-0 10-5 0 Commerce 3-1 10-5 1.5 Wash.-Wilkes 4-2 8-5 2 Lake Oconee 3-3 6-10 2.5 Lincoln County 1-4 1-6 4 Towns County 0-6 1-11 5.5 REGION 8-AAA Rgn Ovr GB Franklin County 6-0 13-4 0 Oconee County 5-1 7-8 1 Monday Towns Co. at Commerce, 5 p.m. Stephens Co. at East Jackson, 6 p.m. Walnut Grove at Jackson Co., 6 p.m. Jefferson at East Hall, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday East Jackson at Franklin Co., 6 p.m. Jackson Co. at Greenbrier, 5 p.m. Jefferson at Flowery Branch, 5:30 p.m. Volleyball REGION 8-A/AA Rgn Ovr GB Union County 5-0 8-5 0 Banks County 4-1 12-12 1 Lake Oconee 3-1 8-6 1.5 Oglethorpe Co. 2-2 6-11 2.5 Putnam County 2-2 4-6 2.5 Rabun County 2-2 8-15 2.5 Elbert County 1-2 3-11 3 Commerce 0-4 2-17 4.5 Stephens County 2, Commerce 0 Jackson County 3, Apalachee 0 Jefferson 2, Chestatee 0 Jefferson 2, Cedar Shoals 0 Thursday Rabun Co. at Commerce, 5 p.m. Putnam Co. at Commerce, 5 p.m. East Jackson at Winder-Barrow, 5 p.m. Greenbrier at Jackson Co., 6 p.m. Saturday Jackson County @ Gainesville, 8 a.m. Monday Brookwood at Jefferson, 5 p.m. Hebron at Jefferson, 7 p.m. Tuesday Commerce at East Hall, 5 p.m. Monroe Area at East Jackson, 5 p.m. Franklin Co. at East Jackson, 7 p.m. Jackson Co. at Clarke Central, 6 p.m. Jefferson at Mill Creek, 5:30 p.m. Dragons split games with Madison Co. Photo by Zach Mitcham Taylor Spivey throws a pitch during Jefferson’s 10-2 loss to Madison County on Wednesday (Sept. 15). By Kyle Funderburk kyle@mainstreetnews. com The Jefferson softball team picked up its biggest win of the season Friday, defeating Madison County in extra innings. The win came two days after the Dragons lost to the Red Raiders in five innings. The victory helps Jeffer son maintain fourth place in the Region 8-AAAA standings heading into Tuesday’s game at home against East Hall. The Dragons aren’t yet out of contention for the regu lar-season championship with games against mad- ison County, Flowery Branch and North Oconee still on the schedule. JEFFERSON 8, MADISON COUNTY 7 Rallies in the seventh inning and eighth inning lifted Jefferson over re gion rival Madison Coun ty on Friday (Sept. 17). Jefferson (8-8, 4-5 Re gion 8-AAAA) was down to its last out in the sev enth inning and trailing 5-3 when Taylor Spivey took the plate with no one on base. She singled on a line drive to right held to fire up the offense. Maleia Truelove followed with a walk and Audrey Burton singled up the middle to load the bases. Anslee Pittman drove in two runs when her hard ground ball was mis- helded by the Red Raid er defense. Truelove and pinch-runner Maddyx Thornton reached home plate to tie the game at 5-5. Madison County re gained the lead in the top of the eighth inning via a lead-off walk, RBI triple and a sacrifice ground ball. Jefferson trailed 7-5 going into the bottom of the eighth inning. The Dragons were down to their last out once again when Truelove came to the plate. However, this time Jefferson had Elbe Kinlaw and Avery Hays standing on first and sec ond base. Truelove hit a fly ball to deep center field, bringing both run ners home to tie the game 7-7. Truelove hurried home to score the winning run when Burton hit an other hard grounder up the middle. Jefferson defeated the Red Raiders 8-7. Jefferson led for most of the game after a big first inning. Madison Coun ty took an early 2-0 lead, but the Dragons fired back with three runs in the bot tom half of the inning. Truelove batted into a fielder’s choice to bring Kinlaw home, cutting the score to 2-1. Burton tied the game at 2-2 with a single to right field which brought Spivey home. Savannah Smith walked with bases loaded to give the Dragons a 3-2 advan tage. Madison County scored three runs in the fifth in ning to gain a 5-3 lead pri or to Jefferson’s rally in the seventh inning. MADISON COUNTY 10, JEFFERSON 2 Jefferson fell to 3-5 in Region 8-AAAA play when it lost to Madison County on Wednesday (Sept. 15). The Dragons scored the first run of the game via a double by Maleia True- love which brought Elbe Kinlaw home from second base. Jefferson led 1-0, but lost the lead when Madi son County scored three runs off a pair of doubles in the bottom of the third inning. Jefferson cut the lead to 3-2 in the top of the fourth inning when Audrey Bur ton scored on an error at third base when the Red Raiders tried to catch the Dragons stealing bases. Jefferson had just one out when Burton scored, but Madison County caught Anslee Pittman at third base and struck out Emma Kate Sorrells to lessen the damage. Madison County made Jefferson pay for not add ing more runs when it had the chance. The Red Raid ers extended their lead to 5-2 with a base-clearing triple in the bottom of the fourth inning, and they scored five more runs in the bottom of the fifth in ning to beat Jefferson 10-2. APALACHEE VQLL APALACHEE VOLLEYBALL APALACHEE VOLLEYBALL 1 v 1 T 1 | | J8 Photo by Kyle Funderburk Sydney McCutcheon (#21) and Grade Herrin (#23) jump in the air for a block Tuesday (Sept. 21) at Apalachee. Volleyball continued from IB The Wildcats led for the first and only time of the night during the second set. They claimed a 1-0 lead off the first serve, but it didn’t last. Jackson County imme diately jumped ahead 2-1. The game re mained close with Apalachee constantly tying the game until the set was knotted at 5-5. The Panthers dominated the rest of the set, outscoring the Wildcats 20-8 to claim a 25-13 victory. Jackson County didn’t let up in the third set, jumping out to a 12-0 lead before an error gave Apalachee a point. That mistake did little to flip the momentum as the Pan thers went n to win 25-4. “We had some really good matches with them last year,” Fowler said. “Coach Al fonso, year after year, does a great job. We knew coming in that we had to play really good volleyball if we wanted to walk out of here tonight with a win. To do it in three sets and sweep them was great.” “The big thing for us is confidence. When we play with confidence, we exe cute and the girls have fun. The end result is really good. I thought last Wednesday we played a little too tight at times and just didn’t have that confidence. So we’ve really been preaching since the Loganville game, have confidence in our ability and confidence in what we’re going to do. If we keep that confidence, I think we’re the most dangerous team.” Jackson County continues its Region 8-AAAAA schedule Thursday (Sept. 23) at home against Greenbrier (19-1, 1-0 Re gion 8-AAAAA). The Wolfpack are the deafening region champions and they ad vanced to the state quarterfinals last sea son. Cross country continued from IB Powell ran the course in a 20:51.25. Lillian Parker (24th - 22:35.20) was the only other Dragons to finish in the top 25 in the girls’ race. Kate James (29th - 22:38.95), Isabel Vanderpool (31st - 22:52.50), Emily Bird (33rd - 23:01.76), Lauren Hailey (41st — 23:29.23) and Mia Hilley (55th - 24:22.46) all contributed to Jefferson’s second-place finish. The squad scored 126 points overall, beating Loganville by two points, but were 56 points shy of Norcross High School. JACKSON COUNTY GIRLS FINISH SIXTH Eric O’Brien’s (21:58.96) 20th place finish led the Jackson County girls cross country team to a sixth-place finish overall. Anna Warren (35th - 23:07.93), Morgan Eldridge (43rd - 23:44.99) and Kamryn Shaw-Foreman (50th - 23:54.08) rounded out the top 50. Silas Gillespie (71st - 19:47.08) and Blake Martin (79th - 20:04.19) were Jackson County’s highest finishers in the boys’ race. Jackson County’s boys’ cross country team finished 20th over all. NEXT WEEK East Jackson, Jackson County and Jefferson are all on course together next week at the North Oconee Invitation al, on-campus at North Oconee High School. The varsity boys race at 8 a.m. and the girls follow at 8:30 a.m. Jefferson continued from IB up. We played the best we had all season when we got that one point.” Jefferson (13-8, 3-1 Region 8-AAAA) dropped its first set against North Oconee 26-26. The set featured multiple lead changes, but Jefferson couldn’t find the points at the end to prolonged or ulti mately take the lead. The Dragons re sponded in the second set by squashing the Titans 25-18. Burrage capped that game with a hard spike behind North Oconee’s front line. “We’ve been working really hard to make sure she’s playing within her lane,” said head coach Brittani Lawrence. “It’s great to have such a tab, tremendous young lady, especially in that middle po sition in our offense and in our defense. “We’ve been working really hard to make sure our setter-hitter connection has been fine-tuned and, which is ex actly what you saw tonight. Just a pure connection between the two girls, and between the whole team in coverage as web.” Jefferson opened the evening with a 2-0 win over East Hall. 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