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Saturday, February 16, 2013  Fourth time's a charm- Westover wins region championship over Monroe. Tift County sweeps the competition in Valdosta.

Saturday, February 09, 2013  Updated with video; The Westover Lady Patriots snap Dougherty's eight game winning streak. While the Monroe Tornadoes close in on a perfect region record.

Saturday, January 19, 2013  Updated with video; Deerfield-Windsor cruises to another blowout victory, 102-61. Mitchell County pulls away from Albany, 65-50.

Saturday, January 05, 2013  Updated with video; Paired up against the big names and big classifications of South Georgia, Mitchell County basketball hasn't walked away from a fight yet.

Saturday, January 05, 2013  Updated with video; Tift County basketball has been all over the map this season, and everywhere they've been- the Blue Devils have won.

Friday, December 21, 2012  Monroe, Westover and Dougherty cruise to quarterfinal victories at the U-Save It Basketball tournament in Albany. While the Albany Indians fall to Statesboro 64-55.

Monday, August 06, 2012  Updated with video; Moving from 2A to 4A competition, the Albany Indians have jumped in to the deep end of high school football.

Monday, July 23, 2012  Albany High quarterback Emmanul Byrd is heading for a breakout senior season.

Friday, July 20, 2012  Updated with video; Official practice for GHSA high school football begins next week. But most teams, that are successful, have been putting in work throughout the summer.

Saturday, May 19, 2012  Updated with video; Albany High's Larry Sanford had the luxury of choosing between football and basketball for a college scholarship. In the end, his decision wasn’t all too difficult.

Thursday, March 01, 2012  Albany buried Bleckley County 68-41 at Albany High Wednesday night. The Indians advance to the AA- State quarterfinals against Vidalia Saturday at 8:30 PM.

Monday, February 06, 2012  Updated with video; A critical win Friday night at Thomasville moved the Albany basketball team in to the AA-1 driver seat. With one more win on the weekend, the Indians could be moving that title out of sight of the opposition.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  The Albany basketball teams escaped with two wins against Mitchell County Saturday night.

Friday, January 06, 2012  Albany and Monroe weren't clicking on the offensive end, but both teams did enough for a Friday win at the Albany Civic Center.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011  Westover guard Dequan Green hits a tiebreaking three pointer with seconds remaining to vault the Patriots over Albany 54-51. Westover's TJ Cromer was named tournament MVP.