Area Sports

By: Michael Best and Pat Wind (Wed., Feb. 4) The Cairo Syrupmakers defeated the Dougherty Trojans on the hardcourt last night in Albany 57-50, while the Syrupmaids were beaten by the Lady Trojans 58-46.  The Syrupmakers, are now 14-6 overall with a 7-4 region record. Cairo’s Kiyauna Masten led the Maids with 10 points, while…

By Lindsay Field Two local swimmers led Brookwood School to a second place finish, and one broke two state records in the GISA State Swim Meet over the weekend. Hunter Hinson, 17, and Jackson Brannon, 15, both of Cairo, led the way for  Brookwood, tying for second place in the 2009 GISA State Swim Meet…

Several members of Cairo High School’s 2008 state championship football team are set to sign Letters of Intent to attend college and play football. The event will be this Wednesday at the largest National Signing Day ceremony ever held at Cairo High School.The program will begin at 2 p.m. in the Cairo High gym as…

The Cairo High School swim teams brought home second place finishes in the region 1-AAA swim meet held Tuesday at Albany State University.  The Makers were just 4.5 points behind region winner Westover, and the Syrupmaids finished second tied with Perry High School and were named runners up by virtue of a coin toss. The…

The Cairo Syrupmaids and Syrupmakers picked up two big region wins on the road Tuesday night at Crisp County  in Cordele.  The Syrupmaids beat the Lady Cougars 56-53 while the Makers defeated Crisp County  67-62. Cairo’s JaCourtney Alexander led all scorers with 17 points, while Lakisha Simon scored eight of her 11 points in the…

Syrupmakers slip by Westover in overtimeBy: Michael Best The Cairo Syrupmakers got two free throws from Brian Walker with less than one second to play Tuesday night to force overtime against region leading Westover.  Cairo then outscored the Patriots 6-4 in overtime to beat Westover 51-49 in a big region 1-AAA contest at the Cairo…

The Cairo Syrupmakers defeated the Thomas County Central Yellow Jackets last Saturday in Thomasville 60-58. The Syrupmaids were defeated by the Lady Jackets in the first game of the night 49-69.Cairo’s Kiyauna Masten scored 14 points for the Maids in game one of the night and Kierra Addison added 11, but it wouldn’t be enough…

The Cairo Syrupmakers defeated the Bainbridge Bearcats last Saturday night before a packed house in the Cairo Gym 71-69 in overtime. The Syrupmaids were beaten 64-27 by the Lady Cats in the first game of the night.Despite being out of school for the Christmas holidays, fans nearly filled the Cairo High gym to see Bainbridge…

“The Zone,”a high school sports magazine, is sponsoring the first ever South Georgia-North Florida Senior Bowl on Jan. 3, 2009, at Thomas County Central High School. Forty of the finest high school senior football players in southwest Georgia and Florida’s Big Bend will line up against each other at 2 p.m. in the first Florida-Georgia…

The Cairo High School Syrupmakers Saturday night in Atlanta completed its (14-0) perfect season and won the Georgia state AAA high school football championship by defeating the Flowery Branch Falcons 28-14.