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Ahmir Ivey was the difference maker in the SCHS boys basketball team's one-point win last week.

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Boys basketball secures nail-biting win

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Thursday, January 8, 2026

BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD Stephens County boys basketball coach Greg Wilson said last week’s victory over Oglethorpe County there was indeed a big win for the Indians, but much improvement remains to be done over the second half of the season.

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Basketball has evolved in 50 years

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Friday, January 2, 2026

BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD The Stephens County Lady Indian wrestling team captured second place in an 11-team field of the Arrowhead Classic on Dec. 20 at Currahee Arena.

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Girls wrestling has great tournament

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Friday, January 2, 2026

BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD The Stephens County Lady Indian wrestling team captured second place in an 11-team field of the Arrowhead Classic on Dec. 20 at Currahee Arena.

Stephens County High School got a new football coach this year in Thomas Flowers, who was the team’s defensive coach when former head coach Wes Tankersley was in charge. The gridiron gang performed well this fall, ending the season with a 6-6 record.

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Surprises dominated sports in 2025

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Friday, January 2, 2026

BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD The sports year in Toccoa-Stephens County included multiple successes in the spring, a football departure in early summer followed by some stunning gridiron surprises in the autumn.

Jake Thornton, a Stephens County native, is headed to Iowa State University to be an offensive line football coach.

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Stephens County native headed to Iowa State University as offensive line coach

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Friday, December 26, 2025

BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD I’ve never written these words before, but I’m doing so right now. In news straight from Ames, Iowa, Stephens County High graduate and former Indian football standout Jake Thornton has been named offensive line coach at Iowa State University.

Guard Jasmine Russell (right) battles a pair of West-Oak players for posession of the basketball.

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Girls basketball bouncing back

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Friday, December 26, 2025

BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD What a difference a year has made in the Stephens County Lady Indian basketball program. A year ago at the holidays, the Lady Indians had won just two of 12 games and, at times, struggled mightily.

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Wrestlers capture first place at Arrowhead

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Friday, December 26, 2025

BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD Two Stephens County Indian wrestlers captured first place in their weight divisions of the Arrowhead Classic staged Saturday at SCHS. Garrett Krous captured first place in the 150-pound classification as he won all four of his matches.

Despite the desperation shout of a West-Oak defender, Jaylen Haney (0) of the Indians registers a layup for a score.

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Indians basketball drops three

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Friday, December 26, 2025

BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD The Stephens County Indians led at times in the first half of two basketball games played last week, but a full 32 minutes is still required to post victories in high school basketball. The result was the Indians dropped all three games last week to West-Oak, S.C.

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Stockton finishes seventh in Heisman voting

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Friday, December 26, 2025

BY WESLEY BRANCHCNI NEWS SERVICE Former Rabun County and current University of Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton has had an excellent first season as the full-time starting QB for the Bulldogs – most recently finishing seventh in the coveted Heisman Trophy balloting.

Ella Fletcher (4), left, drives to the hoop against Elbert.

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Rebels girls basketball split by Elbert County, Granite City

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Thursday, December 11, 2025

BY TOM LAWTHE TOCCOA RECORD Stephens County Middle School girls basketball teams split a pair of conference games over Elbert County here Thursday, Dec. 4. The eighth grade girls overpowered the Lady Rams 50-15 while the seventh grade Lady Rebels fell 34-16 to the Granite City visitors.