Lake Oconee Academy senior golfer Drew Williams signed a letter of intent last Wednesday in front of friends and family to continue his career on the greens at the University of Tennessee-at Martin.

The Lake Oconee Academy volleyball team had one of its best seasons in recent memory despite an early first-round exit in the GHSA Class A Division II state playoffs a few weeks ago.

Lake Oconee Academy hosted its third annual Homecoming football game this past Friday night. During halftime of the Titans’ game against Augusta Prep, the school named its Homecoming king and queen.

At Lake Oconee Academy, volleyball is another program that is quickly on the rise, and it has shown why in the past month. Since August 22, the Lady Titans have only lost one match a few weeks ago to Oglethorpe County.

Over the last two years, Greene County has seen a 6.5 percent increase in population with over 20,000 residents now living in the area. With the recent steady increase in families moving into Lake Country, the Greene County recreation department has seen the number of its participants increase to three times the size it was just a handful of years ago.

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.

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.

The Lake Oconee Academy boys golf program was recently able to follow up its impressive performance in the area tournament with dominant showings in this year’s GHSA Class A Division II state championship.

The Lake Oconee Academy girls’ golf team traveled to Thomson to play at the Belle Meade Golf Club for the GHSA Class A Division II state championship earlier this week. The Lady Titans came into the two-day event as the reigning two-time state champions and defended their title as such.

Lake Oconee Academy recently hosted its area’s GHSA Class A Division II golf tournament at Harbor Club at the beginning of last week and continued its dominance on the course.