Area Sports

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Lady Wolverine basketball team traveled to Fannin County on Tuesday, Feb. 15 to face Model’s Lady Blue Devils in the Region 7-AA Tournament. The winner would not only advance in the tournament but to the state tournament as well. The top four teams from each…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverine basketball team traveled to Fannin County on Tuesday, Feb. 15 to face the Fannin County Rebels in the first game of the Region 7-AA Tournament. A win qualified them for a state tournament spot for the second year in a row while a loss…

The Covenant College Athletics Department announced on Feb. 18 that it will move its intercollegiate programs to the newly-formed Collegiate Conference of the South, beginning in the 2022-23 academic year. Nine member institutions of the USA South Athletic Conference have officially formed and approved by the NCAA as a new Division III athletic conference, following…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverine basketball team traveled to Fannin County on Tuesday, Feb. 8 to face the Rebels in a key Region 7-AA game. It was also a good game to get use to the court that the region tournament will be played. It was a real battle…

Dade County High School Wolverine wrestling team took 11 wrestlers to Macon for the state tournament this past Saturday, and brought home four champions, a fourth finisher, and two fifth place finishers. The Wolverines finished second in the team standings behind private school Lovett. “The kids kept joking that we were the AA public school…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Lady Wolverine basketball team traveled to Fannin County on Tuesday, Feb. 8 to face the Lady Rebels. DCHS held their own early in a low scoring game that was tied 9-9 at the end of the first quarter. The Wolverines were playing without Stella Henry…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverines wrestling team competed at sectionals in Cartersville Saturday. The team had 13 wrestlers competing after senior Jake Gatlin was scratched out of the tournament due to a knee injury earlier in the week. Wrestlers advancing to state finals were: Hayden Langley (106 pounds), Gideon…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Lady Wolverine basketball team was back in action on Tuesday, Feb. 1 when they traveled to Coosa to face the Lady Eagles. Dade got off to a good start against the struggling Lady Eagles, taking a 14-6 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer Dade County High School Wolverine baseball coach Chris Brown previews the upcoming baseball season, which was set to get started yesterday, Feb. 8 with a scrimmage game against North Murray at Wolverine Field. Coach Brown stated, “The 2022 Dade County High School baseball team is going to surprise a lot…

By EDDY GIFFORD Sports Writer The Dade County High School Wolverine basketball team traveled to Coosa on Tuesday, Feb. 1 to face the Eagles in a big Region 7-AA game. DCHS got off to a good start as they jumped out to an early lead and by the end of the first quarter was up…