Area Sports

THREE CAIRO BOYS ARE HEADED TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP next week in Americus. Tyler Mirick, Nick McCorkle and Seth Hurst play on the Rose City Little League 9- and 10-year-old All-Star Team from Thomasville. Rose City won the District 8 South sub district title last week in Americus, beating Albany National Little League…

Former Cairo High School Syrupmaid and Georgia Lady Bulldog Teresa Edwards was named to the Class of 2009 for the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame by the U.S. Olympic Committee and Allstate Insurance Company, the organization’s presenting sponsor, on Wednesday. This year’s class is comprised of five Olympians, one Paralympian, one team, as well as…

Every summer young athletes give up valuable summer vacation days to stay in shape for the upcoming season of their chosen sport. Weight room workouts, summer ball, conditioning, camps are all a part of a high school athlete’s summer. However, imagine if you will the excitement felt by four Cairo athletes when they learned part…

The Cairo Syrupmaid softball team is having a very busy summer. The team is playing every Tuesday and Thursday at Cairo High School. “We have been able to get some valuable playing time in this summer, and we have used a lot of our younger girls to give them some experience, as well,” said CHS coach…

Football games are played in the fall, but most coaches agree the games are won in the summer, when off-season dedication makes the difference under future Friday night  lights. The Syrupmakers have been filling the weight room each week as they prepare for the upcoming 2009 season that begins Aug. 22, 2009, against Bainbridge.Sophomores, juniors and…

Finishing the region in second place, Cairo will face Northside -Columbus this Friday in a double header.  The first game is scheduled to begin at 4pm with the second game to follow and a noon game on Saturday if necessary.  All games will be played at Cairo High School and will be broadcast on WGRA…

The CHS Syrupmaker soccer team won their second round playoff game for the first time in school history.  Cairo defeated Spalding County 5-0 Wednesday night at West Thomas Stadium.  Cairo will now face Oconee County this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in round three of the state AAA playoffs. Cairo’s Lee Ponder scored two goals and…

The Cairo Syrupmaker baseball team took anther step toward clinching the region 1-AAA championship for the second year in a row with a 8-0 shutout over Crisp County Tuesday night at Cairo High School. Hugh Russell Lee picked up the win, walking one and allowing only three hits, Lee also helped himself at the plate…

The Cairo Syrupmaker soccer team advanced to Round Two of the state AAA playoffs Friday night with a 4-0 shutout of Troup County. Troup County was coached by a former Syrupmaker coach and educator, Glenn Quiggle.   The Syrupmakers got two goals from Mose Willis, one from Joel Bass and one from John Holt to…

The Syrupmaker soccer team won their final game of the season 4-2 over Lowndes County yesterday at West Thomas Stadium. The Makers are set to host Troup County in round one of the state AAA playoffs next Friday. In other sports news, Cairo’s baseball game with Dougherty was changed to Wednesday April 15th. The Syrupmaker…