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Toccoa Rookie League all-stars and their coaches celebrated the District 7 championship in Hartwell Monday night. Team members are (not in order) Kingston Schultz, Chase Hickman, Huck Thomas, Easton Koppin, Rex Youngblood, Grayson Turk, William Stein, Elijah Newkirk, Cohen Gastley, Jasper Ebadolahi, Emerson Edge and Cooper Teater. In the back are Toccoa Little League president Doug McCollum and all-star coaches Michael Koppin, Luke Youngblood, Kaleb Turk and Zac Stein.

Toccoa Rookie League all-stars and their coaches celebrated the District 7 championship in Hartwell Monday night. Team members are (not in order) Kingston Schultz, Chase Hickman, Huck Thomas, Easton Koppin, Rex Youngblood, Grayson Turk, William Stein, Elijah Newkirk, Cohen Gastley, Jasper Ebadolahi, Emerson Edge and Cooper Teater. In the back are Toccoa Little League president Doug McCollum and all-star coaches Michael Koppin, Luke Youngblood, Kaleb Turk and Zac Stein.

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Rookie League is district champion

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Thursday, June 4, 2026
BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD   The Toccoa Rookie League all-stars, District 7 champions, were scheduled to open play in the sectional tournament yesterday (Wednesday) in Martinez-Evans just outside of Augusta.
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Toccoa Little League all-stars open play

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Thursday, May 28, 2026
BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD   Four Toccoa Little League all-star teams open District 7 play this week.   The Coach Pitch baseball all-stars will begin play Friday, May 29 in Elbert County while the Coach Pitch softball all-stars also begin district play on Friday in Elberton.
Jasaiah Wiley makes a move during the spring game.

Jasaiah Wiley makes a move during the spring game.

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Room for improvement

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Thursday, May 28, 2026
BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD   The Stephens County football Indians will use the May 8 spring game with North Hall as a catalyst to improve during summer workouts.   “I thought the spring game gave us exactly what we needed –– a chance to compete,” Indians head coach Thomas Flowers said.
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Four coaches retiring from SCHS

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Thursday, May 28, 2026
BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD   The Stephens County Indian football program won’t have two veteran coaches to help guide them through offseason workouts this summer or help prepare them for the season opener.
Indians running back Ashton Winters looks for running room.

Indians running back Ashton Winters looks for running room.

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North Hall scrimmage showcases upcoming football

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Thursday, May 21, 2026
BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD           The Stephens County Indian football team continued to display a penchant for making explosive plays during last Friday’s spring scrimmage with North Hall at The Reservation.
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Baseball falls to Morgan County

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Friday, May 8, 2026
BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD     What started so well and appeared headed for glory instead ended in devastating defeat for the Stephens County Indians in the decisive game of a state playoff series Friday night in Morgan County.
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Ward delivers a bulldog-like performance on the mound

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Friday, May 8, 2026
   For the last month of the 2026 high school baseball season, every time I watched Indian senior Findley Ward pitch, I would get this feeling he reminded me of some other pitcher I had seen along the way in more than 65 years of watching games from T-league to the major leagues.
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Track sending nine to state

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Friday, May 8, 2026
BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD   The Stephens County Indians will send a record number of participants to the state track meet scheduled Thursday, May 14 at the University of Georgia’s Spec Towns Track.   Nine Indians qualified for the state meet after sectional competition staged Saturday.