VALDOSTA — Tift County’s string of Region 1 swim title sweeps sped to seven Saturday. The Swim Devils torched the competition at the conference meet, held at the Valdosta YMCA.
TIFTON - Tift County's Lady Devils were knocked from the unbeatens, but the Blue Devils won a thrilled in Friday night's series with Lowndes.
Reaction to the death of one-time home run king Hank Aaron. He died Friday at the age of 86:
TIFTON — CHESS Academy won two recent games against Lighthouse Christian and Corinth Christian (Fla.).
ATLANTA (AP) — A timeline of Hank Aaron’s life and career:
ATLANTA (AP) — Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth’s home run record and gracefully left his mark with 755 homers and a legacy as one of baseball’s greatest all-around players, died Friday. He was 86.
TIFTON — Tift County’s basketball schedule has seen another change.
ATHENS (AP) — Andrew Garcia scored 16 points, and former Tift County Blue Devil P.J. Horne a made a go-ahead layup with 1.3 seconds left, and Georgia snapped a 14-game losing streak against Kentucky with a 63-62 victory on Wednesday night.
TIFTON — The Tift County Blue Devils head for Newnan Saturday morning and the first round of the state wrestling duals. The Blue Devils, No. 3 out of Region 1-7A, will face South Gwinnett, No. 2 from Region 4 at noon.
TIFTON — Tift County's athletic department announced Wednesday morning that Saturday's Tift-Coffee hoops games are off.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Sutton, a Hall of Fame pitcher who was a stalwart of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ rotation spanning an era from Sandy Koufax to Fernando Valenzuela, died Tuesday. He was 75.
TIFTON — Temperatures have been a bit chilly lately and the wind has been biting.
TIFTON - CHESS Academy played a series of games against Valdosta's Open Bible Jan. 7 and Grace Christian's middle school team Jan. 8.
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons have chosen offense and youth as the calling cards of their new coach.
KINGSLAND — Tift County's basketball teams split their Region 1-7A games at Camden County Friday.
CHULA - Mike Patrick's Tiftarea Academy Panthers dropped two of three games this week, but the win was a big one. Tiftarea shocked Brookwood Friday night in their GISA Region 3-AAA opener, 63-60.
CHULA - Tiftarea Academy almost pulled the upset, but Georgia Christian held on Thursday for a 57-54 victory on the Panthers' Senior Night.
BRUNSWICK — Tiftarea Academy competed at the Coastal Georgia Invitational swim meet Jan. 9, sending a handful of swimmers to Brunswick.
TIFTON — Tift County’s middle school swim team took on Lee County Jan. 6 in a swim meet and emerged victorious. The Swim Devils combined for 487 points to Lee’s 314. The boys’ points were close, 176-175 Tift, but the girls coasted, 311-139.
TIFTON — Saturday’s Tift County-Turner County basketball games have been canceled.
CHULA - The Tiftarea Academy Lady Panthers were in trouble Tuesday night.
KINGSLAND — Tift County swim teams took a double victory Saturday at the Camden Winter Invitational.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Wesley McGriff has a new home with the University of Florida’s football team.
TIFTON - Colquitt County struck first, but Tift County's basketball teams staged two comebacks Saturday to win a pair of Region 1-7A games at home.
TIFTON — The Tift County Middle School wrestling program closed out 2020 on a high note.
VALDOSTA - Tift County is 1-0 in Region 1-7A after escaping Lowndes Friday night, 53-50.
TIFTON — Tift County and Tiftarea Academy basketball teams spring back into action this weekend, with a limited scheduled.
TIFTON — The Tift County Lady Devils are looking for an opponent Friday night. Head coach Julie Conner said their game against Lowndes has been postponed.
LEESBURG - Good things happen when the Tift County Blue Devils and Lady Devils get together. Tuesday, they swept Lee County on the road in a pair of basketball games.
TIFTON - Twenty days ago and 45 miles to the west, the Monroe Tornadoes trounced the Tift County Blue Devils in a basketball game to the point that head coach Tommy Blackshear couldn't think of anything positive to say.
TIFTON — Tift County basketball remains busy this week, with four different opponents on the schedule.
TIFTON — Tiftarea Academy celebrated its football team Dec. 17 with a banquet.
ADEL - For the first time in the 2020-21 season, the Tift County Blue Devils and Lady Devils played the same opponent on the same night. Both will be eager to repeat the experience as Tift swept Cook Wednesday, the Lady Devils winning 59-17 and the Devils earning a 56-31 victory.
ATLANTA — Fitzgerald’s quest for its first state football title since 1948 will have to wait at least one more year. The Purple Hurricane saw their dreams — and perfect season — dashed by Callaway in the Class AA finals Tuesday, 22-17.
TIFTON — Tift County’s Lady Devils returned to the basketball court last week. It had been a month since they had last played a game.
WARNER ROBINS - The Lady Devils kept on rolling Tuesday afternoon, taking a 53-42 decision over Warner Robins at the hosts' school.
ATLANTA — Derrick Taylor intercepted a pair of passes and the Irwin County Indians won their second straight Class A public school state championship Monday. Irwin defeated region rival Brooks County, 27-19 at Center Parc Stadium.
WARNER ROBINS — The Tift County Lady Devils are now 4-0 after a blowout win Monday over Veterans High School in Warner Robins.
ATLANTA (AP) — Phil Niekro threw a pitch that baffled hitters and catchers.
ATLANTA — Beau Bengston and Eden Troxell were the big individual winner for Tift County Saturday at the Maddie Brown swim meet.
TIFTON — Three Tiftarea Academy football players were named All-State in the Georgia Independent School Association’s end-of-season awards.
TIFTON — Santa Claus is not scheduled to arrive just yet, but Fitzgerald and Irwin County football fans might believe he has already made his way down the chimney. The two schools punched their ticket to the Georgia High School Association state football finals, to be held early next week in…
MOULTRIE — Tift County’s Lady Devils made a successful comeback off coronavirus quarantine Monday afternoon. They defeated Monroe 48-33 at the Vereen Classic in Moultrie.
ATLANTA (AP) — Coach Luke Fickell believes No. 6 Cincinnati has a lot on the line in its Peach Bowl game against No. 6 Georgia, even though the Bearcats didn't land in the College Football Playoff.
TIFTON - Tift County's Blue Devils came from behind Saturday night, taking a 56-50 decision from the invading Westover Patriots.
TIFTON — The Tift County Blue Devils played nine football games in 2020. They may have played the toughest schedule in the history of the school.
TIFTON — Tift County’s middle school wrestling team won its invitational wrestling tournament Saturday.
TIFTON — Fitzgerald and Irwin County move into familiar territory this week: the Georgia High School Association semifinals.
CHULA — McKenna McCard signed with Elon University Tuesday morning, continuing the softball career of one of Tiftarea Academy’s most honored players.
TIFTON — Tift County’s wrestling team is continuing to work hard after its lone home event of the year.
ALBANY - Tift County's return to Albany's Monroe High did not go so well Tuesday night.
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