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Sports
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September 27, 2023
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Section B
Upcoming
local
sporting
events
UPCOMING SPORTS
FOR THE WEEK OF
SEPT. 27-OCT. 4
COMMERCE HIGH
SCHOOL
Football
Sept. 29 Tigers vs.
First Presbyterian Day
7:30 p.m.
Softball
Sept. 28 Tigers vs.
Athens Christian
5:30 p.m.
Volleyball
Sept. 28 Tigers vs.
Clarke Central. 6 p.m.
Tigers vs. Lanier 7 p.m.
EAST JACKSON
HIGH SCHOOL
Football
Sept. 29 Eagles
@ Banks County
7:30 p.m.
Softball
Oct. 3 Eagles @ Provi
dence Christian Acad
emy 5:30 p.m.
Volleyball
Sept. 28 Eagle vs.
Union County 5 p.m.
Eagles vs. Athens
Academy 7 p.m.
Oct. 3 Eagles @ Union
County 7 p.m.
JACKSON COUNTY
HIGH SCHOOL
Football
Sept. 29 Panthers @
Habersham Central
7:30 p.m.
Softball
Oct. 3 Panthers @
North Forsyth 4:30
6 6:30 p.m. (dou
ble-header)
Volleyball
Sept. 28 Panthers
vs. Madison County
5 p.m.
Panthers vs. East Hall
7 p.m.
JEFFERSON HIGH
SCHOOL
Football
Sept. 29 Dragons
@ Winder-Barrow
7:30 p.m.
Softball
Sept. 28 Dragons vs.
Eastside 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 2 Dragons
@ Clarke Central
5:30 p.m.
Oct. 4 Dragons vs. Lo-
ganville 5:30 p.m.
Volleyball
Sept. 28 Dragons @
Flowery Branch
Dragons vs. Winder
Barrow
Cross Country
Sept. 28 Dragons @
Mountain Invitational
(Unicom State Park)
CHS Football
Photo by Amy Flint
Jaiden Daniels rushes into Banks County defenders last week for the CHS
Tigers. See more photos on page 10B.
Tigers down Banks 38-21
By Hannah Caudell up a fourth down near their goal line and made
The Commerce Tigers football team will a decision to use Tolbert’s expertise for a field
host First Presbyterian Day this week in a goal. Tolbert’s attempt was successful, bring-
non-region matchup. The Tigers are 4-1 on the ing up a score of 17-7 in the Tigers’ favor,
season going into this week’s game. Afterwards, it didn’t look like the Tigers
The Tigers are coming off of a big 38-21 would be able to widen the gap any more in
homecoming victory over rival Banks County the first half until Daniels (#6) once again made
last week. During that game, Tiger kicker Ivy a touchdown with one minute and 41 seconds
Tolbert notched her 100th career point for the left on the clock. Tolbert once again stepped up
team. to the ball for another successful PAT, giving the
CHS VS. BANKS COUNTY Tigers a 17-point lead of 24-7.
Tigers Stadium was packed under the Fri- After the homecoming festivities, the football
day night lights with Tiger and Leopard fans teams returned to the field to battle out the final
alike, so much so that spectators had to park 24 minutes of the game. The student sections
their cars on the lawn, and many members of for both sides began to shout for their teams as
the audience congregated on the hill overlook- they took their positions once again,
ing the football field and along the fenceline to Wiggins (#44) once again made it into the
catch a glimpse of the rivalry gameplay. Tigers endzone for the Tigers after running over 50
fans came out in their signature black and gold yards, scoring a touchdown. With another suc-
attire in support of their hometown team as cessful PAT by Tolbert, the Tigers were 31-7
they took to the field in the hopes of winning against the Leopards. The Tigers ended the third
their annual rivalry against the Leopards. quarter with a 24-point lead.
Things started out hot for the Tigers once The Leopards would come back in the fourth
the game clock began ticking. The Tigers were quarter by scoring a touchdown in the first few
on offense first and took that opportunity to seconds of the quarter and another to conclude
make their first touchdown, courtesy of Jaiden the game. But their efforts weren’t enough to
Daniels (#6). Kicker Ivy Tolbert added to that catch up to the Tigers’surplus in points and with
score with a successful point-after-touchdown, a final touchdown by Dawson Legg and a suc-
giving the Tigers a seven-point lead with seven cessful PAT by Tolbert, the Tigers finished off
minutes and 56 seconds left on the clock. the rivalry game with a 17-point lead of 38-21.
A fumble by the Leopards during their first “We understand that this is a big rivalry game
offensive play brought the Tiger offense back for both schools,” said Tiger head coach Mark
just moments after their first touchdown. With- Hollars. “It’s exciting for both communities and
in two minutes, Tysean Wiggins (#44) made it especially the players to come out on a Friday
back into the endzone for the Tigers. At five night and see both stands filled the way they
minutes and 45 seconds, Tolbert put another were. That to me is what high school football
PAT on the board, giving the Tigers a 14-point is all about. We’re very pleased with the way
lead in the first quarter. we played, and we were happy to come out
The second quarter began with a touchdown with a victory, but that Friday night environ-
from the Leopards in an attempt to catch up ment should be what high school football is all
with the Tigers. On offense, the Tigers brought about.”
JHS Softball
A Jefferson High School Dragons softball player hits the ball during recent
play.
Lady Dragons softball team facin
critical games in coming days
The Jefferson High
School softball team is set
for two weeks of critical re
gion play as the team heads
toward the end of regular
season play.
Among the key games up
coming is a Sept. 28 match
against Eastside (10-2 in
region), a key competitor
in the region for the Lady
Dragons.
On Monday, the Lady
Dragons downed Wind
er-Barrow 12-1 in a region
contest. The team was to
face Flowery Branch on
Wednesday in another re
gion matchup.
Last week, the Dragons
lost a non-region game
against North Oconee 10-2.
At 13-4 on the season and
9-2 in region play, the Lady
Dragons are ranked 54th
in Georgia Class 5A going
into the final two weeks of
regular season competition
where all the games are
against region opponents.
The Dragons are slated to
face Eastside on Sept. 28,
Clarke Central on Oct. 2
and a critical rematch with
Loganville on Oct. 4. The
Lady Dragons lost to Lo
ganville 6-5 in 9 innings on
Sept. 14 and hope to even
the score next week.
JCHS Volleyball
Hannah Stovall (left) and Siena Berthold go up
for a block during recent Jackson County High
School volleyball action.
Jackson Co.
team
earns 25th win
The Jackson County
High School volleyball
team reached the 25-win
mark on the year with a
three-set domination of
North Hall on Thursday
(Sept. 21) on the road.
The Panthers (25-5,
4-1 Region 8-AAAAAA)
took the first set 25-11 and
won the final two 25-11.
Two Jackson County
players recorded dou
ble-doubles in the non-re
gion win. Ruthie Fowler
totaled 14 kills and 10
digs, and Paisley Gilles
pie finished with 13 kills
and 10 digs. Sydney Mc-
Cutcheon contributed 24
assists, seven digs and six
aces.
The Panthers are sched
uled to host Lanier on
Tuesday (Sept. 26) in re
gion play and non-region
foes Madison County and
East Hall on Thursday
(Sept. 28) to close the reg
ular season.
EJCHS Football
Photo by Christian Rodriguez
Eagle Talan Jackson stretching out to make the
catch during a game against Franklin County
recently.
Eagles finish
non-region
schedule 5-0
East Jackson’s football
team closed out non-re
gion play with a perfect
5-0 record following a
42-0 victory over John
son High School last Fri
day night.
The Eagles open region
play Friday on the road at
Banks County (4-1).
East Jackson scored all
42 points against Johnson
in the first half, fueled by
a massive 35-point sec
ond quarter.
East Jackson tallied
434 yards of offense on
the night, led by quarter
back Drew Richardson’s
273 yards through the
air with a pair of touch
downs. Richardson also
added a score on the
ground.
Braxton Goolsby and
Branturan Callahan each
hauled in scores. Gools
by finished the night with
a team-best 153 yards re
ceiving, which included a
96-yard score late in the
second quarter.
Quay Hill scored a
pair of rushing touch
downs, a 24-yard run
in the first quarter and a
5-yard touchdown run in
the second quarter. Hill
finished the night with 11
carries for 64 yards.
Defensively, the Eagles
forced three turnovers.
Javon Huff intercepted a
Johnson pass in the sec
ond quarter, returning it
44 yards for a touchdown
to give the Eagles a 28-0
lead.
