Area Sports

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer Dade County High School’s Lady Wolverines softball team traveled to Pepperell on Tuesday, Sept. 13 to face the Lady Dragons in a big region game. The pitcher’s duel saw the game go scoreless for the first five innings before Dade took a 1-0 lead only to see the Pepperell tie…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Lady Wolverines softball team traveled to Mt. Zion on Tuesday, Sept. 6 for their only game of the week. After a scoreless first inning Dade put three runs on the board on four hits to take a lead they would never give up. In the…

By MELISSA CUMMINGS Georgia DNR Time to start filling the freezer! The statewide archery deer hunting season began Saturday, Sept. 10, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). Last year, 83,000 archery hunters harvested over 44,000 deer. Statewide, hunters can use archery equipment throughout the entire 2022-2023 deer season. “Archery…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sentinel Sports The Dade County High School Lady Wolverine volleyball was busy last week, playing eight matches in five days – three of those were 1A D1 Region 7 match ups. DCHS opened the week against Etowah from Attalla, Ala. The Lady Wolverines took the match in two competitive sets, 25-18 and…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverine football team traveled to Jasper, Tenn., last Friday night to face the Marion County Warriors in a big area match up. The Warriors chose this game as their homecoming, which turned out to be a big mistake as Dade dominated the game from the…

By MELISSA CUMMINGS Georgia DNR First established in 1972 by the U.S. Congress and President Richard Nixon, this year National Hunting and Fishing Day will celebrate 50 years of helping recognize generations of hunters and anglers for the time and the money they donate to wildlife conservation programs, according to the Georgia Department of Natural…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer Dade County High School’s Lady Wolverine volleyball team had a pair of big matches last week as they hosted LaFayette and Ridgeland. Neither of the teams are in Dade’s area but were important matches as this team works for that all important spot it the state playoffs at the end…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Lady Wolverine softball team traveled to Trion High School on Tuesday to face the Lady Bulldogs in a region match up between two of the top teams in Region 7-A D-1. Unfortunately, the rains came early, and the game had to be postponed. So, on…

As the month of July neared an end and August was just around the corner, Sarah Moore, Golf Tournament Co-Chair reported “we are pushing it and the field of teams is almost full.” Much to the delight of the Optimist Club membership, Sarah’s predictions came true. The 34th Optimist Club Golf Tournament was at capacity…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverine football team traveled to North Sand Mountain on Friday night to face the Bison as both teams were looking for their first win of the season. DCHS dropped a hard-fought game to Athens Academy last week while NSM lost to Valley Head in week…