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Register, Tolle are this year’s STARs for CCHS
Clinch County High announced its STARs for 2019 Monday night. At a Clinch County Lions Club banquet, held at Homerville United Methodist Church, Caleb Register was announced as this year’s STAR Student. As his STAR Teacher, Register chose his English teacher, David Tolle. The STAR Student is the high school senior with the highest SAT…
Read MoreFinal Four Preview: Clinch girls to face Marion Saturday
The Clinch County Pantherettes will be facing Marion County Saturday in the Class A semifinals in Valdosta. Marion County (26-1) won their quarterfinal match Wednesday night, defeating Wheeler County 56-51 to advance to the Final Four. Clinch County advanced to the semifinals with a 69-60 win over top-ranked Greenville at Greenville Tuesday. Tipoff for the…
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Read MoreBehind The News podcast – February 21, 2019
In the inaugural Behind The News podcast, Len Robbins and Blake Pittman go “behind the news” to discuss the recent sentencing of former Atkinson County Probate Court Judge Margie O’Brien (3:30); talk about local teams making the Class A basketball playoffs (11:00); the House District 176 runoff (14:15); missing persons cases and unsolved deaths in…
Read MoreIt’s Playoff Time – Panthers edge Schley to advance; Pantherettes start Wednesday vs. Mitchell
Keshad Lee hit a bucket with seven seconds left – and the Clinch County Panthers survived two last-second shots from Schley County – to survive in the Class A playoffs Saturday, 53-52. Terrence George’s Panthers led most of the game, but allowed the Wildcats to take a lead in the fourth quarter. Schley had…
Read MoreHomerville UMC unveils ‘Blessings Box’
Valdosta Orthopedic makes major donation to state title rings
The 2018 Clinch County Panthers took a major step closer to paying for their state championship rings thanks to the generosity of Valdosta Orthopedic Associates. Thursday, Valdosta Orthopedic Associates presented a $5,000 check to coaches Jim Dickerson and Don Tison to go toward state title rings for the 2018 football team. Dr. Charles Sanderlin and…
Read MoreClinch state basketball tournament schedule (with brackets)
The Clinch County Panthers will start the Class A basketball playoffs Saturday, hosting Schley County at 6 p.m. The game will played at the CCHS gymnasium, pitting the tournament’s 12th seed (Clinch County, 17-8) vs. 21st-seeded Schley County (14-10). The winner will go on to face Region 7-A champ Wilkinson County (5th seed, 19-9) in…
Read MoreRobinson signs with LaGrange College
Above, Clinch County senior Dantonio Robinson is applauded by family, friends, coaches and administrators after signing scholarship papers to play football and attend LaGrange College Monday morning. Read more about it in this week’s Clinch County News, available Tuesday afternoon.
Read MoreTison chosen as next Panther head football coach
It didn’t take long for Clinch County to find a replacement for retiring head football coach Jim Dickerson. A week after Dickerson announced his retirement at a Clinch County Board of Education meeting, Don Tison has been named the next Panther head football coach. Tison was announced as the head football coach at a called…
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