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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.
SCHS girls golf team members are (seated from left) Reagan Elrod, Taylor Beatty, Miley Carter, Allison Minchew, Macie Davis, Ivey Jackson and Cydney Addison. On the second row are boys team members Austin Minchew, Bryce Carignan, Cooper Pless, Connor Wallace, Baylor Whitfield, Isaac Champion and Skyler Phillips. At rear are coach Kirk Rogers, Nathan Burgess, Noah Brown, Drew Daves, Tate Bartmas, Luke Waters, Owen Hornick, Carter Rickman, Peyton Ritchie, Britt Jenkins and coach Jerry Underwood.

SCHS girls golf team members are (seated from left) Reagan Elrod, Taylor Beatty, Miley Carter, Allison Minchew, Macie Davis, Ivey Jackson and Cydney Addison. On the second row are boys team members Austin Minchew, Bryce Carignan, Cooper Pless, Connor Wallace, Baylor Whitfield, Isaac Champion and Skyler Phillips. At rear are coach Kirk Rogers, Nathan Burgess, Noah Brown, Drew Daves, Tate Bartmas, Luke Waters, Owen Hornick, Carter Rickman, Peyton Ritchie, Britt Jenkins and coach Jerry Underwood.

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Golf qualifies for state tournaments

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Friday, May 8, 2026
BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD   Both Stephens County High School golf teams have qualified for the state tournaments in girls and boys competitions.
The Stephens County Indians baseball team defeated the visiting Ringgold Tigers on Friday night in a five-hour battle that concluded with a game featuring 12 innings.

The Stephens County Indians baseball team defeated the visiting Ringgold Tigers on Friday night in a five-hour battle that concluded with a game featuring 12 innings.

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Five hour sweep

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Friday, May 1, 2026
BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD    It took the Stephens County Indians about five hours here Friday to dispatch the stubborn Ringgold Tigers during a first round state playoff series played at The Reservation.