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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, May 04, 2013  Updated with video; According to some state baseball polls, the Crisp County Cougars are the best baseball team in the GHSA-AAAA classification.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Any decision Black made, as one of the state's best outfielders, he was setting a new mark for the Patriots baseball program.

Sunday, April 14, 2013  Westover boys soccer used a team effort to defeat Crisp County 4-1 Friday night in Albany.

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.

Saturday, March 16, 2013  Updated with video; Deerfield Windsor responds after loss to beat Sherwood Christian in five innings.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Westover football player Nytrellis Ross has earned his chance at college football. Although during his senior season, the idea always seemed an arm-length away.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  Updated with video; Two local teams sent home after losing in state playoffs Wednesday night.

Sunday, February 24, 2013  Updated with video; Clearly, Tift County didn’t forget the 2012 first round loss to Westlake, and the team proved it Saturday. Westover tallied its second double-digit playoff win Saturday pulling away from Westside, Macon 78-63.

Friday, February 22, 2013  Updated with video; Few teams know the feeling of actually winning a state championship. Westover head coach Dallis Smith knows-- he's led two teams to GHSA-AAA state titles.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  Updated with video; The playoff lights were shining brightest at the Palace in Tift County. Par for the 2012-13 season, the sort of special attention didn’t bother the Blue Devils.

Saturday, February 16, 2013  Westover defensive tackle Trenton Thompson attended Georgia's Junior Day just excited about the opportunity in front of him.

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.