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Friday, June 14, 2013  The countdown is ticking away. Seven weeks remain before the GHSA’s first official high school football practice in pads.

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.

Saturday, December 22, 2012  Updated with video; Just eight days ago, Westover and Monroe met for early season dominance with the Tornadoes keeping their record unbeaten. On Saturday, in the U-Save It tournament championship, the two met again- and the beat went on for Monroe.

Saturday, December 22, 2012  Updated with video; On Friday, the Westover Patriots continued their high-flying act and the Monroe Tornadoes dominated Dougherty setting up a rivalry rematch in the U-Save It Tournament Championship.

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.