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Lady Titans' head coach Chris Ingle talks to his team during a timeout in a region match against Washington-Wilkes last season. LANCE MCCURLEY/Staff

Lady Titans' head coach Chris Ingle talks to his team during a timeout in a region match against Washington-Wilkes last season. LANCE MCCURLEY/Staff

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Lady Titans prepare for playoff push

Brendan Koerner
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Since the GHSA-mandated “dead week” period at the beginning of July, the Lake Oconee Academy volleyball program has been making strides toward becoming a better team. Last season, the Lady Titans finished the regular season with a 12-15 record.
Lake Oconee Academy was recently awarded the Female Directors Cup, and the overall Directors Cup was presented by the Georgia Athletic Directors Association. CONTRIBUTED

Lake Oconee Academy was recently awarded the Female Directors Cup, and the overall Directors Cup was presented by the Georgia Athletic Directors Association. CONTRIBUTED

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Lake Oconee Academy awarded Directors’ Cups

Brendan Koerner
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Last week, Lake Oconee Academy was awarded the Female Directors Cup, and the overall Directors Cup was presented by the Georgia Athletic Directors Association (GADA). Titans’ athletic director Chris Ingle told the Lake Oconee News that it’s a great honor to be recognized for this award.
Lady Titans' rising junior Georgia Bosart (3) at the free-throw during last season's state championship game against Clinch County. LANCE MCCURLEY/Staff

Lady Titans' rising junior Georgia Bosart (3) at the free-throw during last season's state championship game against Clinch County. LANCE MCCURLEY/Staff

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Lady Titans wrap up summer workouts

Brendan Koerner
Thursday, July 20, 2023
After coming up short in last year’s GHSA Class A Division II state championship game, the Lake Oconee Academy girls basketball team has taken this offseason to develop its weaknesses.
Eatonton’s Max Dupree will compete for the second time next month in the US Amateur tournament, held this year in Colorado. CONTRIBUTED

Eatonton’s Max Dupree will compete for the second time next month in the US Amateur tournament, held this year in Colorado. CONTRIBUTED

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Eatonton golfer to play U.S. Amateur championship

Ian Tocher
Thursday, July 20, 2023
With a seven-under-par finish last month in the Rice Planters Amateur at Snee Farm Country Club in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., Eatonton’s Max Dupree punched his ticket to play in the U.S. Amateur Aug. 14-20, at Denver’s Cherry Hills Country Club and Colorado Golf Club.
Morgan County head football coach Clint Jenkins (left) with camper Markei Peaks (right) after he won the camp MVP award on day one. CONTRIBUTED

Morgan County head football coach Clint Jenkins (left) with camper Markei Peaks (right) after he won the camp MVP award on day one. CONTRIBUTED

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Morgan County hosts youth football camp

Lance McCurley
Thursday, July 20, 2023
The Morgan County football team recently hosted a youth camp for potential future Bulldogs. The camp ran Monday through Wednesday last week and about 40 kids came out for the fun. Morgan County head coach Clint Jenkins said he was excited to see so many young faces at the football camp.
Georgia head coach Kirby Smart takes the podium in the main ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Nashville during 2023 SEC Media Days. (Photo courtesy of the SEC)

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart takes the podium in the main ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Nashville during 2023 SEC Media Days. (Photo courtesy of the SEC)

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Three-peat isn't at forefront of Georgia's mind

Lance McCurley
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tenn. —Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart doesn’t want his team to get complacent, especially as the Bulldogs are currently the back-to-back defending national champions.
Georgia defensive back Smoke Bouie (31) during Georgia’s practice session in Athens, Ga., on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA)

Georgia defensive back Smoke Bouie (31) during Georgia’s practice session in Athens, Ga., on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA)

Report: Smoke Bouie, Georgia mutually part ways

Lance McCurley
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
NASHVILLE — Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart said on Monday morning with local media at SEC Media Days that safety Smoke Bouie is not with the team anymore. Per the back-to-back national championship-winning coach, Bouie hasn’t been with the team for a while.
Jaturi Brown (front row - left) and TJ Thomspon (front row - right) with two Morgan County assistant coaches at their signing ceremony on Wednesday, July 12. CONTRIBUTED

Jaturi Brown (front row - left) and TJ Thomspon (front row - right) with two Morgan County assistant coaches at their signing ceremony on Wednesday, July 12. CONTRIBUTED

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Brown, Thompson find home at Thomas University

Lance McCurley
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Morgan County basketball’s Jaturi Brown and TJ Thomspon recently decided where to attend college. The two recently-graduated Bulldogs committed to Thomas University on Monday and signed their letters of intent to play basketball for the Nighthawks during a ceremony held two days later.
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