Area Sports

Two of the top teams in Georgia are set to face off this Friday night as the Cairo Syrupmakers travel to Carrollton to take on the Carrollton Trojans in an 8 p.m. showdown for the right to advance to the semifinals in AAA. Both teams are undefeated at 12-0, and both are ranked as one…

USA Swimming, a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee, has announced that Cairo High School senior James Bowen has been named to the 2010 USA Swimming Scholastic All America Team.Bowen, a member of the Cairo High School swim team and the Area Tallahassee Aquatics Club, was nominated by his coach in Tallahassee. The award is…

Cairo High School Athletic Director Carlton Gainous has been named Athletic Director of the Year for region 1-AAA. This is the second time in Gainous’ 11 year career as CHS A.D. that he has been recognized by the group. The Cairo High School athletic director was tapped in 2001, as well. Coach Gainous will be recognized…

The Cairo Syrupmakers (10-0) have completed their fifth perfect regular season in school history and their 13th region championship. They are now set to host the Richmond Academy Musketeers (7-3) this Friday night in round one of the state AAA playoffs. Coach Tom Fallaw and his staff have won four of the 13 region championships and…

The Cairo Syrupmakers face a very important region test Friday night as they travel to Cordele to take on the Crisp County Cougars. The Cougars are riding a two-game region win streak with a 14-3 win over Westover and a 14-13 decision over the Monroe Tornadoes last week. Crisp County has lost just one region game, 31-28…

The Cairo Syrupmakers (7-0, 3-0) will face the Westover Patriots (2-5, 1-2) this Friday night at West Thomas Stadium for Homecoming. The Syrupmakers are coming off a 42-7 win over Worth County, and the Patriots were defeated by Crisp County 14-3.The Patriots got off to a good start in region 1-AAA with a 13-0 win over…

Area golfers are invited to take part in the 11th annual Cairo-Grady County Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament to be played at Cairo Country Club on Thursday, Oct. 28, beginning with a shotgun start at 1 p.m.The format for the tourney will be a four-person scramble with cash prizes for first, second and third place…

The Cairo Syrupmakers might not have gotten a shutout Friday night, but they certainly recorded a shutdown. Cairo overcame a 7-0 deficit and defeated the Worth County Rams 42-7 last Friday night in Sylvester. With the win, the Syrupmakers are now 3-0 in region play and 7-0 overall on the season. After briefly falling behind,…

The 8th grade Washington Tigers lost to Thomas County Middle School in overtime for the second time this season, this time 22-20.  The Tigers will now face that same Thomas County Middle School team in the annual Middle School Championship on October 23rd in Thomasville.The Tigers hosted the Yellow Jackets at West Thomas Stadium in…

The Cairo Syrupmakers (6-0) load up Friday night and head to Sylvester to take on the Worth County Rams (4-3) at 7:30 p.m.. The Rams are riding a two game winning streak and are 2-1 in region play.  The Syrupmakers enter Friday night’s region battle undefeated at 6-0 and 2-0 in region play.The Rams got…