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College Softball: Reinhardt, Monroe advance to NAIA Softball Championships
CLINTON, Miss. — In a heart-stopping finale, Kelsey Floyd pitched the game of her life, going 6.1 innings and allowing one unearned run as the No. 8 Reinhardt University softball team clinched a be...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Former Calhoun standout Da'Rick Rogers goes through a drill during Buffalo Bills' rookie minicamp at the team's facility in Orchard Park, N.Y. (Bill Wippert, Associated Press)
NFL: Former Calhoun High standout Rogers says he will make best of opportunity with Buffalo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Eager to put behind his troubled past, receiver Da’Rick Rogers is grateful to the Buffalo Bills for providing him a shot at a future. And this, the undrafted rookie openly ackn...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Calhoun goalkeeper Raul Moreno stretches out to make a save on a penalty kick in the first half of Wednesday's Class AA Final Four game against GAC. (Larry Greeson, CalhounTimes.com)
Prep Soccer: Jackets headed to state finals after beating GAC in penalty-kick shootout
80 minutes of regulation wasn’t enough. Neither was an extra 10 minutes of overtime. After Calhoun and GAC cancelled each other out and were tied 0-0, it came down to a penalty-kick shootout to dec...
May 15, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 45 45 recommendations | email to a friend
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Calhoun quarterback FIelds Chapman (in red) drops back during a play on Monday during Calhoun's spring game. (Alex Farrer, CalhounTimes.com)
Prep Football: Defense steals the show in Calhoun Spring Game
It wasn’t the high-scoring offensive show Calhoun fans have come to expect. It was the defense, rather, that stepped up and stole the show at the Jackets’ Black vs. White Spring Game on Monday afte...
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Georgia Tech's Mott Hyde (right) is congratulated by head coach Danny Hall as he rounds third on Friday night after hitting a walk-off home run to defeat North Carolina, 5-4. (Danny Karnik, GT Sports Information)
College Baseball: Former Calhoun standout Hyde's walk-off shot gives Jackets win over No. 2 North Carolina
ATLANTA — Mott Hyde smashed a walk-off home run to left field in the ninth inning, and Georgia Tech stunned No. 2 North Carolina, 5-4, Friday night in the opener of a three-game ACC series at Russ ...
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Gordon Central's Haley Reynolds stands next to her winning distance in the shot put on Thursday at the Girls State Track Meet in Albany. It was the second straight year Reynolds has been the state champion in both the shot put and discus. (Contributed Photo)
Prep Track: GC's Reynolds, Sonoraville's Cheeks earn second straight state titles
For the second straight weekend, several local track athletes took a road trip in search of state medals. This time around, it was the girls turn as 10 locals from Calhoun, Gordon Central and Sonor...
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Calhoun's Chris Tarpley (left) hugs teammate Tina Jones after winning her doubles match on Saturday. (Brittany Hannah, RN-T.com)
Local Tennis: Calhoun teams compete at USTA Adult State Championships
The USTA Adult League State Championships were held in Rome last weekend and two local teams from Calhoun were among the squads in action. Jennifer Cole captained a Women's 2.5 team from the Calhou...
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Gordon Central head coach David Humphreys (right) instructs the quarterbacks and running backs during a drill on Tuesday at spring practice. This is the first spring practice for the Warriors under Humphreys. (Alex Farrer, CalhounTimes.com)
Prep Football: Warriors, Phoenix start spring drills ready for improvement
Whistles were sounding, pads were popping, routes were being run, throws were being made and coaches were giving instruction (sometimes loudly) at the two local Gordon County high schools this week...
May 11, 2013 | 3 3 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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College Signing: Gordon Central's Reynolds signs track scholarship with Miss. St.
by staff reports
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Gordon Central senior Haley Reynolds (front row, center) signed a full track scholarship on Tuesday with Mississippi State (Starkville, Miss.). Reynolds said of the signing: "I'm very excited. I d...
Local Highlights: Attack Pink wins tournament at Northwest Whitfield
by staff reports
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
The Attack Pink basketball team was tournament champions of The Attack Basketball Tournament held May 3-4 at Northwest Whitfield High School. The team is 13-1 in their last 14 games. The Attack Pin...
College Signing: Calhoun's Langston sisters sign with Alderson Broaddus
by staff reports
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Calhoun seniors Kristen and Katelyn Langston (seated, center) signed an acrobatics/tumbling scholarship on Wednesday with the Alderson Broaddus College (Philippi, West Va.). Katelyn said of the si...
Prep Track: Slaton, Willer, Fightmaster headline big weekend for locals at Boys State Track Meet
by Alex Farrer, Calhoun Times Sports Editor
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Several local athletes traveled to the Boys State Track Meet in Jefferson this past weekend in search of a state title. Three returned to Gordon County with gold medals around their neck, and two o...
Prep Soccer: Location changed for Calhoun playoff game
by staff reports
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Due to flooding at the Calhoun River Park Soccer Complex, the Calhoun High Boys' second-round state tournament matchup against Rabun County has been moved to the Sonoraville Recreation Complex. The...
Prep Basketball: Cheeks, Smith, Palmer named to GACA All-State Team
by staff reports
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The prep basketball season may have ended over two months ago, but the postseason honors continued to pour in recently. Sonoraville's Payton Smith and Carrie Cheeks were both named to the Georgia A...
College Tennis: Calhoun's Elphingstone helps Tusculum win conference
by Tusculum reports
May 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Calhoun High School alum Joseph Elphingstone and the Tusculum College men’s tennis team rattled off a 12-game winning streak at the end of the regular season to capture the 201...
College Track: Jude helps Shorter finish second at Outdoor National Championships
by staff reports
May 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Calhoun alum Sarah Jude competed on the big stage this past weekend as she ran for Shorter in the NCCAA Outdoor National Championships in Joliet, Ill. Jude finished second in the 400 Meter hurdles...
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