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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 »] 

Intra-squad scrimmage ahead on Fri.

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Thursday, May 20. 2010
A preview of what to expect this fall from the Banks County gridiron Leopards is coming up this Friday as the team plays an intra-squad scrimmage on May 21. Friday night also features the middle school team scrimmage at 6:30 p.m. at the high school football field, with the high school playing at 7:30 p.m. To get into the games, each person’s ... [Full Story »] 

Dixon Picks Up 52nd Southern Nationals Victory

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Thursday, May 20. 2010
By Amy and Tim Glover It was a fast and furious weekend at the Atlanta Dragway in Commerce that saw records tied and winners crowned in victory lane in the Southern Nationals. Larry Dixon tied his role model, Joe Amato, on the all-time Top Fuel Dragster win list with his 52nd Top Fuel Dragster victory against former Southern Nationals winner ... [Full Story »] 

Leopards prepare for gridiron

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Friday, May 14. 2010
Football season is still a few months away, so now is the perfect time for the Banks County Leopards to start getting into shape. The Leopards started spring practice on Monday and even with the rain, coach Blair Armstrong had the players out and running drills. Banks is looking to improve on last season’s 2-8 record. Banks County suffered ... [Full Story »] 

Gowder places third at state

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Thursday, May 13. 2010
After being postponed due to weather, the state golf tournament managed to hold a full round on Monday. Banks County’s freshman Lady Leopard, Cara Gowder, brought home a third place victory after shooting an 85 during the competition. The state golf tournament was held at the Alpharetta Athletic Club. Coach Len Dalton said that Gowder ... [Full Story »] 

Southern Nationals set for this weekend

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Thursday, May 13. 2010
Atlanta Dragway will host Top Fuel Dragsters and Fuel Funny Cars during this weekend for the 30th annual running of the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals. Top Fuel Dragsters and Fuel Funny Cars will headline the show, along with Pro Stock Cars and Pro Stock Motorcycles. New for 2010 is the Pro Modified class, along with hundreds ... [Full Story »] 

Track team takes 7th and 9th at region

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Friday, May 7. 2010
Banks County’s boys’ track team finished its region meet Tuesday in Jefferson. Due to the inclement weather over the weekend, the first day of the competition was held on Friday. The Leopards finished with 34 points across 16 events for seventh place. North Oconee took the region championship with 143 points over Oglethorpe (105) and ... [Full Story »] 
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