Area Sports

Cairo High School’s Teresa Edwards, who led the Cairo Syrupmaids to a girl’s state basketball championship and also led the Georgia Lady Bulldog Basketball to national prominence in the 1980s and is the only U.S. basketball player to participate in five Olympic Games, has been selected for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of…

The Cairo Syrupmakers and Syrupmaids continue to dominate region 1-AAA in soccer as both teams notched shutout wins over Americus-Sumter last Thursday at West Thomas Stadium. The Maids defeated the Lady Panthers 9-0, and the Makers were 10-0 winners over the Panthers.The Syrupmaids picked up nine goals from seven different players as the girls spread…

The Syrupmakers picked up another region baseball win with a 10-0 shutout over the Monroe Tornadoes in five innings Monday night at Cairo High School. Cairo scored three runs in the first inning, four in the second, including a three-run homer by Patrick Asbell. Cairo added two more in the third and one in the…

The Cairo Syrupmakers and Syrupmaids took another giant step toward the region 1-AAA championships with wins over Westover Friday night at West Thomas Stadium. The teams also recognized their senior players between games. The Maids were 2-1 winners over the Lady Patriots, and the Syrupmakers pulled out an exciting 4-3 overtime win over the Patriots.In…

The Friends of Soccer invite all Grady County students to come watch the varsity soccer matches on Friday, March 25, for FREE. Any Grady County school student who wears their favorite soccer jersey, Grady County Recreation Dept. or local school T-shirt, gets in the gate free on March 25, 2011.  Cairo will play Westover varsity girls…

The Grady County Sports Hall of Fame now has five new members after the third annual induction banquet this past Saturday night at the Grady Cultural Center. Inducted at the dinner banquet were Lewis Gainey, Stephanie Hines-Smith, the late Joe Knight, Melvin Ray,and Larry Green. The 1946 state champion Syrupmaker football team was also recognized…

Tickets for the third annual Grady County Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet are now on sale from any Hall of Fame board member or at Cairo High School. Tickets are $25 each, which includes a reception and meal.The Grady County Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet will be held Saturday, Mar. 12, 2011, at…

Cairo businessmen Nat Higdon and Joe Porter qualified for the granddaddy of all marathons, the Boston Marathon, this past Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla., when they posted their personal best times in the Jacksonville Bank Marathon.Higdon and Porter, both avid runners, had competed in other marathons, but the key to this race was to finish under…

 The 2010-2011 basketball season is now underway for the Cairo High School Syrupmakers and Syrupmaids. The teams traveled to Thomasville to take on Thomas County Central last Saturday night. Unfortunately, both the Syrupmaids and Syrupmakers came up short. The Maids lost 39-37 and the Jackets slipped by the Syrupmakers 53-51.In the first game of the night, the…

The Cairo Syrupmakers and Syrupmaids hit the hard court this Saturday night at 6 p.m. as the 2010-2011 basketball season tips off with a visit to Thomas County Central to take on the Jackets and Lady Jackets. Longtime Cairo coaches Lucy Baker and Isiah Chance are back to lead the Maids and Makers, and both…