THOMASTON — A day after a preliminary plan was approved by the Class A committee, the full reclassification committee approved it at a meeting of the Georgia High School Association Wednesday.

CHULA - Tiftarea Academy opened the 2021-22 basketball season with style, breezing by invading Crisp Academy in a pair of varsity games Tuesday night.

CHULA — As one sports season concludes, another one begins at Tiftarea Academy. The Panthers and Lady Panthers open the basketball season Tuesday at home against Crisp Academy.

TIFTON — Tift County’s varsity and junior varsity volleyball teams were honored with a banquet on Nov. 17 at the high school.

CHULA — This week can be it. Tiftarea Academy can knock down the GISA’s giant and they can break their own curse.

TIFTON — Ask any Georgia high school football coach and he will tell you that he will trade a Thanksgiving break for practicing. If a team is having to moderate its turkey and pie, that means it is deep into the state playoffs.

TIFTON — Quick! Which Tift County sport has the longest run of consecutive region titles?

THOMASTON — Class A remains in limbo after the Georgia High School Association opted not to go forward with any plans for reorganization.

TIFTON — Three area teams moved into the second round of the GHSA football playoffs last Friday.

CHULA — Tiftarea Academy is a GISA football semifinalist, but not the way head coach Erik Soliday intended.

TIFTON — A little yellow duck bearing No. 156 was the quickest in lane four last Thursday, earning Pam Haskins $10,000 at the Ducktona 300.

TIFTON - Saturday's games were only scrimmages, but the Tift County Blue Devils and Lady Devils can only be pleased with the results. The teams swept Carver of Columbus, with the girls earning a 59-57 decision in overtime and the boys breezing to a 57-28 win over the Tigers.

MARIETTA - Jackson Strickland had his best passing game of the 2021 season, but it was the Marietta Blue Devils who advance to the second round of the Class 7A state tournament. Marietta defeated Tift County, 28-14, at Northcutt Stadium.

TIFTON — Eden Troxell’s star has always burned bright. On Nov. 10, it turned into a flame as the Tift County athlete signed to swim with Liberty University.

TIFTON — Georgia high school state tournaments get started this week, sending many of the state’s schools to the football fields where the goal is a simple one: Win or go home.

CHULA — Family means much to Tiftarea Academy’s Hayden Murphy. The senior baseball player was surrounded by family Wednesday morning as he signed a baseball scholarship with Auburn. And it was the family environment at Auburn, said Murphy, that influenced his decision.

TIFTON — The 2021 Region 1-7A softball season belonged to Colquitt County and the Lady Packers earned most of the honors in the conference awards.

TIFTON — Tift County High’s swim debut at the Baldwin Drive Aquatic Center was quite the success Tuesday evening. The Swim Devils swept competition in a four-team meet to start 2021 with a bang.

TIFTON — Last week’s drop in temperature can only mean a few things in southern Georgia: real football weather and that basketball is on the horizon.

HAHIRA - Tiftarea Academy's gameplan against the Valwood Valiants on a rainy Friday night was a simple one: give the ball to Dylan Harbort and let the senior quarterback do his thing.

TIFTON — The final week of high school football’s regular season strangely may be the quietest in this area. Four teams are idle. Another plays a non-region game. Only one contest will likely have much impact on the upcoming state tournaments.

TIFTON — Both Tiftarea Academy and Tift County will compete at their respective organizations’ state cross country championships Saturday.

CHULA — Days after accepting the GISA Class AAA state softball runner-up trophy, Tiftarea Academy head coach Rob Flick reflected on the season.