Area Sports

Tickets are now on sale for the 2nd annual Grady County Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet. The banquet will be held Saturday, March 13, at the Grady Cultural Center. A reception will be held at 6 p.m. followed by the dinner, catered once again by Ebony Delight Catering.This year’s inductees include Dr. Perry Simmons, Art…

Three swimmers from Brookwood School competed against 30 other teams in the Georgia Independent School Association State Swim Meet the first weekend in February. Brookwood’s Hunter Hinson and Jackson Brannon placed 5th overall in the boys’ division, and Emmaline Brannon placed 8th in the girls’ division at the GISA event held at the Georgia Tech…

The Grady County Middle School Soccer team, only in its third year of existence, in its home opener Monday earned a pair of wins over Brookwood at Barber Park. The Grady County boys defeated Brookwood 2-0 and the girls knocked off the visitors 5-0. The local middle school soccer team opened the season last week…

The Cairo Syrupmaker swim team won the region 1-AAA championship last Tuesday in Albany, outscoring Westover 129-93. James Bowen qualified for the state swim meet again this year and will represent Cairo High School at Westminster High School Feb. 12-13.  The Syrupmaids finished third overall in the girl’s division behind Westover and Perry High School.…

The Washington Middle School Tiger wrestling team finished the season undefeated at 10-0 with a couple of wins last week over Turner County and Riversprings Middle Schools.In the first match against Turner County, the Tigers won by a score of 56-3. Winners for the Tigers included Wilder Eilliott, Ryan Roberson, Nick Rathel, Juan Pascual, Luke…

Cairo High School has released its 2010 football schedule. Region 1-AAA has a new look with Peach County and Perry High School leaving the region, replaced by the addition of Americus High School. Cairo now has six region games and four nonregion games. This year’s schedule will feature five games at home and five away.The…

Cairo High School is set to host the first ever Syrupmaker Invitational Wrestling Tournament at the Cairo High gym this Saturday, Jan. 30. Cairo wrestling coach Kevin Elliott is excited about the event. “We are looking forward to bringing in some good teams and have a great day of wrestling,” said Elliott.According to Elliott, weigh-ins…

The Washington Middle School wrestling team has been busy in the new year, hosting Lee County last Thursday, traveling to Moultrie on Friday and Wakulla on Saturday.Thursday’s match with Lee County saw the Tigers improve their record to 4-0 with a 57-42 win over the Trojans. Winners for the Tigers included Read Elliott, Ryan Roberson, Wilder…

Isiah Chance’s Cairo Syrupmaker basketball team is undefeated heading into the 2010 part of the season and meat of the schedule after wins over Chiles and FAMU High Schools last week in the Capital City Classic Basketball tournament in Tallahassee. Cairo blasted Chiles High School last Tuesday 70-46 and beat FAMU on Wednesday 58-37.“It was…

The Washington Middle School Tiger wrestling team placed second at the Tomcat Invitational Wrestling Tournament at Valdosta Middle School last Saturday. Over 200 wrestlers and 11 teams competed in the tournament. Valdosta finished first, with WMS second, Suwanee third, and Lowndes finished fourth.Twelve of of Washington’s 18 wrestlers placed in the top four places in…