Area Sports
Dade Run Rules Warriors, Hornets as Baseball Season Gets Underway
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverine baseball team played its home opener last week when the team hosted the Gordon Central Warriors. DCHS defeated the Warriors the week before by the final score of 17-4 and this would be another blow out win for the Wolverines. The visiting Warriors got…
Read MoreWolverines are Fourth Seed in State Tournament
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Wolverine basketball team traveled back to Armuchee on Tuesday, Feb. 14, for their final game in the Region 7 tournament against the Trion Bulldogs. The teams were playing for the third and fourth seeds for the upcoming state tournament that they punched their tickets for on Saturday, Feb. 11.…
Read MoreFive Dade Wrestlers Qualify for State Individual Championships
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County Wolverines have five wrestlers competing for an individual state championship in Macon this week. The Wolverines took ten wrestlers to Trion for sectionals, and five of the team qualified for state. Gideon Moore finished fourth at 132 pounds. Both of Moore’s losses were to the 132-pound wrestler…
Read MoreWolverine Baseball Team Opens Season with a Win Over Warriors
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverine baseball team opened the 2023 season last week when they traveled to Gordon Central to face the Warriors. The GHSA moved the baseball season up another week this year giving DCHS nine games in the month of February. Not sure what the GHSA’s thinking…
Read MoreWolverines Advance to State After Win Over Armuchee
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Wolverine basketball team traveled to Armuchee last Friday for their first game in the region tournament. This would be their biggest game of the season: win and advance to the state tournament, lose and the season is over. Dade County faced the Coosa Eagles, a team they had lost…
Read MoreDade Finishes Second as Team; Sends 12 Wrestlers to Sectionals
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County wrestling team competed in the Area 7 Traditional Tournament this past weekend, and several Wolverines will be moving on to sectionals. On Friday, the Lady Wolverines traveled to Alexander High School in Douglasville to compete in the inaugural girls Area Championship. Maleah Wilson placed third at 100…
Read MoreWolverines Open Baseball Season Tomorrow At Gordon Central
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverine baseball season got off to an early start this week when they traveled to Ellijay on Tuesday to face Gilmer County in a scrimmage game. Regular season play gets underway on Thursday when they travel to Calhoun to face Gordon Central in a non-region…
Read MoreLady Wolverines Face Coosa in First Game of Region Tourney
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Lady Wolverine basketball team hosted the Lady Indians of Armuchee High School last week, and it turned out to be a tough night for the Lady Wolverines who could not get their shots to fall, hitting just one of 19 three-point attempts in the game for just 5.3 percent.…
Read MoreWolverines Secure Third Seed Heading Into Region Tournament
By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Wolverine basketball team hosted the Armuchee Indians last week in the last home game of the 2022-23 season. Dade got off to a fast start and never looked back, taking the early lead and outscoring the Indians 23-10 in the first quarter. Armuchee recovered somewhat in the second quarter,…
Read MoreGolf Teams Awarded Grant
Photo courtesy of Dade County Schools – Through the work of golf coaches Alicia Bell and Stan Gibby, the Dade County girl’s golf program (both middle and high school) has received a $500 grant from the Georgia Women’s Golf Association. Superintendent Josh Ingle reported, “Golf is one that we consider a minor sport. There’s no…
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