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The Jackson Herald
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Sports
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September6,2023
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Section B
Schedule
Upcoming
local high
school sports
Week Sept, 6-13
COMMERCE HIGH SCHOOL
Football
Off
Softball
Sept.7@Athens Christian 5 p.m.
Sept. 11 Lake Oconee 5:3D p.m.
Volleyball
Sept.7 @Prince Avenue Christian
Sept. 12 (ffiLoganville 5 p.m.
EAST JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL
Football
Off
Softball
Sept, 7 (ffiProvidence Christian Academy
5 p.m.
Sept. 12 Union County 5:30 p.m.
Volleyball
Sept. 7 @Banks County 5 p.m.
Fannin County 6 p.m.
Sept, 12 Providence Christian Academy
5 p.m.
JACKSON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
Football
Sept. 8 @ Mountain View 7:30 p.m,
Softball
Sept, 7 North Forsyth 6:30 p.m.
Sept, 12 (ffiGainesville 4:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.
Crosscountry
North Hall Invitational
Volleyball
Sept. 7 (ffiApalachee 6 p.m,
Sept, 12 North Forsyth 6 p.m,
JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL
Football
Sept. 8 Oconee County 7:30 p.m,
Softball
Sept. 7 (ffiEastside 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 12 (ffiClark Central 5:30 p.m.
Volleyball
Sept.7Seckinger6 p.m.
Sept, 9 South of Town Tournament @
Thompson HS(AL)
Cross Country (Boys/Girls)
Sept.7@North All Invitational 6:35/7:00 p.m.
Sept, 14 Dragon Invitational @Lamar Murphy
Park 5:30/6:00 p.m.
EJCHS football
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Photos by Christian Rodriguez
Eagles celebrating after a successful Quarterback keep for a touch
down against West Hall.
EJCHS stomps West Hall 42-7
Eagle quarterback Drew Richardson scram
bles for one of his two touchdowns against
West Hall.
The East Jackson Ea
gles improved to 3-0 for
the third time in program
history — and the first
time since 2019 — with
a massive 42-7 victory
over West Hall Sept.l.
The Eagles are idle
this week and will visit
Franklin County on Sept.
15, their first road con
test of the season.
Against West Hall,
sophomore quarterback
Drew Richardson com
pleted 21 of 25 passes
for 295 yards with two
touchdowns in the vic
tory. Richardson also
rushed for 55 yards and
a TD.
Fellow sophomore
Braxton Goolsby hauled
in 10 catches for 154
yards to lead the Eagles,
while senior Talan Jack-
son caught six passes for
108 yards and a score.
Senior Nate Heiss also
caught a touchdown.
On the ground, junior
Quay Hill scored two
touchdowns, while ju
nior Jazeil Lester added
a touchdown.
West Hall scored the
first touchdown of the
game, taking a 7-0 lead
at the end of the first
quarter.
East Jackson then
scored 42 unanswered
points, including 14 in
the second quarter and
21 in the third quarter.
East Jackson parents showing support for their Eagles
CHS softball
Photos by Amy Flint
CHS softballers celebrate a big 12-2 victory over Rabun County last week. Also pictured is Tiger Kaylee
Purvis as she smacks the ball during last week’s region victory over Rabun County.
Tigers roll Rabun in softball action
The Commerce Tigers softball 12-2. This week, the softball team will
team won a big region matchup last The team had a slow start to the face Athens Christian away on
week over Rabun County. season, but the victory over Rabun Thursday, Sept. 7, in another key re-
The Tigers (3-9) downed Rabun was the third win in a row for CHS. gion matchup.
JCHS volleyball
The Jackson County High School volleyball
team has moved to 19-1. It will face Apalachee
Thursday (Sept. 7) and North Forsyth (Sept.
12). Both matches are road contests.
JCHS volleyball
now 19-1 after
three more wins
The Jackson County High School volleyball team
pushed its record to 19-1 with three more wins as it
nears a pivotal region matchup with North Forsyth next
week.
The Panthers rolled past Archer (25-20, 25-19),
Mountain View (25-13, 25-8) and Madison County
(25-11, 25-15, 25-15) last week.
Ruthie Fowler led the Panthers over Archer with 13
kills. Paisley Gillespie added eight kills and 16 digs.
Sydney McCutcheon recorded a double-double with 18
assists and 10 digs.
Allyson Page tallied 10 kills in the lopsided win over
Mountain View. Gillespie had seven digs, and Mc
Cutcheon finished with 17 assists.
Paisley Gillespie sparked Jackson County with 12
kills against Madison County. Andrea Seagraves, Ava
Lesniak and Fowler all recorded seven assists. Mc
Cutcheon totaled 18 assists.
The Panthers have a Thursday (Sept. 7,6 p.m.) match
at Apalachee before a matchup with co-region leader
North Forsyth. The two teams are undefeated in region
play and will collide Tuesday (Sept. 12) at 6 p.m. at
North Forsyth (15-8).
Jackson County defeated North Forsyth for the re
gion title last year, but the Raiders ended up advancing
to the Class AAAAAA semifinals.
JHS football
Dragons blank
St. Pius X 42-0
The Jefferson Dragons handed Coach Travis
Noland a present last week in the form of his
200th career win by rolling over St. Pius X 42-0.
The Dragons, 3-0, are now preparing to face
Noland’s former school, Oconee County, at home
this week.
The Dragons are currently ranked #4 in the 5A
division in the state.
Last week, Jefferson dominated St. Pius X from
the start by scoring 14 points in the first quarter
and 21 in the second quarter.
The Dragons got another stellar performance
from junior quarterback Gavin Markey who com
pleted 10 of 14 passes for 174 yards and two
touchdowns. His top receiver against St. Pius X
was Rodney Hinton who had 98 yards on four re
ceptions and one touchdown. Markey also threw
touchdown passes to Zay Minish and Christopher
Law.
On the ground, the Dragons were again led by
senior Sammy Brown who had 13 carries for 86
yards and two touchdowns. Mickell Pittman had
12 carries for 66 yards while backup QB junior
Forest Ross had 29 yards on five carries and one
TD.
On defense, the Dragons were led by Brown
who had five solo and four assists on tackles fol
lowed by Rett Hemphill who had four solo and
three assists. Junior Kelan Butler also had a sack
for a five-yard loss.
After the first three games, Markey has com
pleted 24 passes in 45 attempts (53.3%) with Hin
ton having 138 yards receiving.
Brown has totaled 303 yards on 43 carries and
8 touchdowns so far this season.
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