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The EC 11-12 Baseball team defeated Oglethorpe County 12-2 Friday Night to win the Georgia District 6 Championship in Augusta. Elbert County will now advance to the Georgia State Baseball Tournament that will begin on July 22 in Peachtree City, Georgia

Elbert County Blue Devil Daniel Lavender pitched a no-hitter against a tough Rabun County team on Tuesday evening. Lavender walked two batters and hit one batsman in the 6-0 win. Lavender also recorded nine strikeouts in the seven inning complete game win. The game could have been much closer if …

Georgia has been here before and, it will be here again. The Bulldogs, like all teams,sometimes lose to a team they should never lose to. Nit of l;ate they do it more often than other times in History. That does nothing to stop any concerns that were seen in Saturday’s 17-16 loss …

The Elbert County High School Blue Devils suffer a loss to Madison County Friday Night in the Granite Bowl. The Game was a hard fought struggle with the Devils inching out points with field goals and only one touchdown in the game. The Final Score was Madison County Over Elbert …

Jack Davis has died. His name is familiar to Georgia Bulldog fans around the state, Athens and all of Georgia.. Davis illustrated the famous and numerous Georgia Bulldog cartoons that are prominent in Athens and all across Georgia. Davis, who rose to prominence via his role at Mad Magazine, was …

Defending Masters champion Jordon Spieth takes 2-shot lead going into todays second round of play at Augusta National

Behind a 17-2 fourth-quarter run that was sparked by nine points from Tiaria Griffin, the Georgia Lady Bulldog basketball team (17-6, 5-5) pulled the upset over No. 21 Missouri (18-5, 6-4) by a 65-50 tally on Thursday night at Mizzou Arena.   Caliya Robinson registered a double-double in the contest …

It’s official Mecole Hardman Jr. Has committed to the University of Georgia in a press Conference at the Elbert County Comp. High School. The announcement was made shortly after 8:30 am this morning  

Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban made a visit to the Granite Capital on Thursday along with his new defensive Coordinator Jeremy Pruitt to recruit Elbert County’s football standout Mecole Hardman Jr. Saban fresh off his National Championship victory was on a recruiting trip and landed at the Elbert County Airport. …

Kirby Smart met the media Wednesday in Athens, speaking for the first time as the full-time coach of the Georgia Bulldog football team. Smart has spent the past several weeks splitting duties between Athens and Tuscaloosa, wrapping up his tenure as defensive coordinator for the Alabama Crimson Tide. The Tide …