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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Updated with video; In the past four years, discussions about Albany prep basketball have usually circled around one player.

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Updated with video; The GHSA Girl’s State track meet hit the field events Friday and Tift County’s Katelyn Utley took center stage.

Saturday, April 13, 2013  Updated with video; The Westover Patriots and the Valdosta Lady Wildcats seized the momentum at the Westover Relays Friday.

Saturday, March 23, 2013  The Westover boys earned top honors at Albany's first track meet at Hugh Mills Stadium Saturday. The Patriots handily defeated the competiton pulling away from closest team, Bainbridge, by 30 points.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Updated with video; The leaders and the force of the Monroe football team have found a college football home. Like working on the defensive line, Hakeem Porter and Cortez Banks, have done it together.

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

Thursday, February 14, 2013  Updated with video; Monroe football player Jawaski Randle signed with Miles College Thursday putting the student part way ahead of the athlete.

Sunday, February 10, 2013  Updated with video; The Monroe Tornado basketball team finished the region season the way they started- without a blemish on the record.

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 26, 2013  Updated with video; The Monroe Tornadoes just keep checking items off the list. In its final regular season home game, Monroe clinched the region’s top seed with a superior performance against Crisp County.

Saturday, January 19, 2013  Updated with video; The Monroe Tornadoes are still running through the region undefeated. On Friday, Deerfield-Windsor's Ramello Carter was as dominant as any player in Deerfield basketball history.

Sunday, January 13, 2013  Monroe and Jabari McGhee drove past the Patriots 66-62 Saturday at the Albany Civic Center.

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.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  Updated with video; In the aftermath of the “Rising Seniors” Georgia Junior Bowl, local talent didn't go unnoticed.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  On the last day of 2012, the top high school juniors in the state closed out the football season with one last talent showcase.