Area Sports

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Lady Wolverine soccer team picked up a big first round win last week as the state tournament got underway. Dade County hosted Elbert County who had made the long bus ride from Elberton to face a very good Lady Wolverine team. It did not take…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverine track team hosted the Tri-State Run last week. Teams attending were Fannin County, Gilmer County, South Pittsburg, Tenn., and Heritage High School from Catoosa County. The Tri-State Run is a new tradition that the school is hoping will get traction at DCHS. “Because of…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverine baseball team had a three-game series with the Pepperell Dragons last week with the first game being played at Pepperell on Tuesday, April 4. Dade County went down in order in the top of the first inning. Pepperell came to bat, and after the…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer This is a big week for Wolverine athletics with several sports in action and several of those events will be at home. The biggest game of the week was on Tuesday, April 11, at Wolverine Stadium when the Lady Wolverine soccer team hosted the Elbert County Blue Devils in the…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverine track team participated in the Gordon Lee Invitational meet last week and came away with another good showing that they continue to improve with each meet. The meet had 11 schools competing, and the Wolverine boys finished fourth overall as a team. The three…

It is a maxim in the soccer-verse that a 2-0 scoreline represents the most dangerous lead in the game. Opposition snags a goal back, and suddenly momentum shifts, often ending with catastrophic results. The Wolverine men came face-to-face with the pitfall of a two-goal cushion as they hosted the Chattooga Indians in a must-win region…

Congratulations to the Lady Wolverines soccer team! They finished off a perfect season in region play on Thursday, March 30 by defeating Armuchee 4-0 and claiming the 2023 Region 7A-D1 title. Way to represent Dade County on and off the field. The Lady Wolverines finished the season with an overall record of 13–2.  The team’s…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverine baseball team had a three-game series with the Darlington Tigers last week, a region foe, and things did not go well for the Wolverines. The first game of the series was at home on Tuesday, March 28, and the Tigers wasted little time as…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County Wolverine tennis teams traveled to Rome last week for the regional tennis tournament for both girls’ and boys’ varsity tennis teams. Both teams worked hard all season improving their ground strokes, net play, and serves. Their first match was against Pepperell High School.  The Wolverines had lost to…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverine baseball team got a week off from region play last week. They still managed to get in three games with area teams traveling to South Pittsburg, Tenn., on Monday to face the Pirates. DCHS got off to a good start, scoring a pair of…