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Jackson County racers face off at Dragway

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Thursday, June 17. 2010
Atlanta Dragway played host to the inaugural NHRA Unleashed event, a televised four-event series for 2010 featuring 10 classes of racing for all makes of automobiles this past weekend. It was an all Jackson County showdown in the 13.00 Index class, as Jacob Rutledge of Hoschton faced off against Jeff Wagner of Braselton. Rutledge came away the ... [Full Story »] 

Little Lady Leopard camp kicks off summer basketball

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Wednesday, June 16. 2010
Banks County girl’s basketball team have a full month and summer ahead. The summer kicked off with the Little Lady Leopard’s camp. The camp, for rising third through sixth graders, intended to build individual and team fundamentals in the girls. Coach Jerry King along with several varsity players spent the week instructing the girls and ... [Full Story »] 

BCHS football begins summer training

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Saturday, June 12. 2010
Banks County’s gridiron Leopards have just started the Pride of Summer workouts this week. The boys are on the practice field training from 8 a.m. until noon and spending time weight training in anticipation for the coming football season. On Wednesday morning, the Leopards’ linemen were spending time preparing for approaching Lineman ... [Full Story »] 

Summer baseball practice in full swing

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Thursday, June 10. 2010
Banks County’s diamond Leopards continue their summer training this week as the boys prepare to play the summer series with their first games next week against Commerce and Franklin. The Leopards will play their first game of the summer on Tuesday as Banks takes on Commerce in a doubleheader at Commerce. Game one starts ate 5:30 p.m. Next ... [Full Story »] 

Danielsville’s Onda Wins Super Pro Class

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Wednesday, June 9. 2010
Not even a brief rain delay could slow the fast cars and fast times at the Atlanta Dragway in Commerce last weekend, highlighted by Jim Onda’s consistency in his Super Pro paying off and by two long-time Junior Dragster racers claiming their first wins. Super Pro saw an all-dragster finale, with Onda, from Danielsville, and Buford’s Don ... [Full Story »] 

Live wrestling at Leopards’ Den

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Wednesday, June 9. 2010
The Mat Leopards are going strong in summer practice. On Tuesday, June 8, grapplers from both the Banks middle and high school programs were on the mats in the Leopards’ Den gym. The exhibition against grapplers from Habersham and Stephens County, the Leopards were warming up for a full month of activity. This Friday, the Banks County ... [Full Story »] 

Summer wrestling underway

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Thursday, June 3. 2010
The Banks County mat Leopards are starting off the summer with their nose on the grindstone. Grapplers began summer practice on Tuesday and hit the mats for live wrestling on Thursday at Clarke Central. The summer match begins at 5 p.m. Thursday. While coach Kasey Hanley and the varsity wrestlers prepare for next season and hopefully the state ... [Full Story »] 

Homer’s Bowman Wins At Dragway

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Wednesday, June 2. 2010
A threat of wet weather didn’t prevent the racers from coming out for the Summit ET event at the Atlanta Dragway Saturday. Howard Bowman of Homer cruised to the Motorcycle finals on his ’02 Harley, next to Brian Wilson of Tallapoosa, on an ’82 Suzuki. Bowman got the handicap tree due to his 15.10 dial-in against Wilson’s 8.80-second ... [Full Story »] 

Goodwin takes over as head coach

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Thursday, May 27. 2010
With summer baseball less than one week away from starting, the Banks County diamond Leopards were introduced to their new head coach and assistants on Monday. Coach Dean Goodwin will step into the role left by former head coach Joe Lord, who resigned to pursue other interests, earlier in the month. A parent meeting with the new coaching staff ... [Full Story »] 

Five compete in Nancy Jo tourney

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Friday, May 21. 2010
Three Banks County High School students recently competed in the Nancy Jo Tennis Tournament at Stephens County High School, along with other county residents. The ninth annual benefit tournament was held April 30-May 2. The proceeds go towards the American Cancer Society the tourney is named for the late Nancy Jo Huelsman of Toccoa, who was an ... [Full Story »] 
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