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Leopards hosts East Jackson Fri.

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Wednesday, February 11. 2009
The Banks County High School basketball team has one game left. Friday night in Homer is going to be big for the Leopards, as they host the regular season closer against East Jackson. Once Banks gets through with East Jackson, the Leopards can turn their attention to the region tournament next week. With a 5-7 region record and currently on ... [Full Story »] 

Lady Leopards wrap regular season on Friday

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Wednesday, February 11. 2009
Banks County’s Lady Leopards are confident that the number three seed for the region tournament is in the bag. While Banks still has a chance for the second seed, assistant coach Andy Brown thinks the odds are the ladies will take third. What this means for this week is that the Lady Leopards need to get through the final regular season game ... [Full Story »] 

Column: Griffin breaks record

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Thursday, February 5. 2009
Records were meant to be broken. BCHS senior Ryan Griffin has taken it a step past just breaking the record, to flat out shattering it. The previous record for most drawn charges in a season was 22. Griffin is currently two away from his personal goal. According to Griffin, at the beginning of the season, coach Mike Ruth urged him to break the ... [Full Story »] 

Lady Leopards edged by Fannin, look to beat Oglethorpe

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Wednesday, February 4. 2009
The Banks County Lady Leopards are fighting for a place in the region tournament. With three games left in the season, Banks County has one option available – win. The do or die game came Tuesday as the Lady Leopards hosted Oglethorpe County. “If we beat Oglethorpe,” coach Jerry King said, “we are guaranteed the third seed [in the ... [Full Story »] 

Mat Leopards place ninth at Coal Mountain

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Wednesday, February 4. 2009
Banks County Mat Leopards placed three grapplers in the Coal Mountain Classic over the weekend. For more see this week's Banks County News .

Coal Mtn. Classic ahead for grapplers

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Thursday, January 29. 2009
The Banks County Mat Leopards have shown a lot of determination and skill this season. In four years, the Banks program has climbed from the bottom rung into the top 10 teams in AA. This year the Banks grapplers finished tied for seventh place at the State Duals Tournament, Jan. 17. The Duals started off with Banks at a disadvantage, missing ... [Full Story »] 

Lady Leopards 2-1 last week with five games left

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Thursday, January 29. 2009
Banks County’s Lady Leopards went 2-1 last week to move to 8-11 overall as the season approaches the final weeks. The Lady Leopards fell to Jefferson last Tuesday, but rebounded to take a cross-region win over Dawson County and picked up a win over Jackson County the next night. This week, Banks faces sub-region opponent East Jackson and ... [Full Story »] 

Banks on the road this weekend to Dawson and Jackson

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Thursday, January 22. 2009
Banks County’s Leopards are 4-1 in the region, 12-4 overall and are currently number two in the sub-region. Banks sits behind 5-1 East Jackson, which the Leopards have yet to face. The East Jackson game is coming up on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at East Jackson Comprehensive High School. Before the Leopards worry about the Eagles, they have to face ... [Full Story »] 

Lady Leopards pick up sub-region win, prepare for Dawson Co.

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Thursday, January 22. 2009
Last week was rough on the Lady Leopards. The team went 1-2 against Oglethorpe, North Oconee and Stephens to leave the Banks County team 6-11 overall and with a 1-2 region record. This week the team hosted rival Jefferson on Tuesday. Scores were unavailable at press time. Friday night, Banks County travels over to Dawsonville to face ... [Full Story »] 

Leopards face region opponent North Oconee Friday

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Friday, January 16. 2009
Banks County’s varsity Leopards did something out of character as they got started back this past week. Against Riverside on Jan. 7, the Leopards played until double overtime, but were edged out 87-85 by Riverside. This marked the team’s third loss this season and the team remains at 3-1 for region play and 11-3 overall. This week the ... [Full Story »] 
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