Sports

Tallulah Falls’’ LB Kafsky sends a ball deep following one of her 13 saves Wednesday. LANG STOREY/Staff

Tallulah Falls’’ LB Kafsky sends a ball deep following one of her 13 saves Wednesday. LANG STOREY/Staff

Indians soccer teams fall in tight 2nd round games

Another dominant soccer campaign came to a halt Wednesday at Tallulah Falls’ Amick Field, as both the Indians and Lady Indians were bounced from the GHSA Sweet 16. Each squad fell to Mount Vernon by a 2-1 margin.    The TFS soccer program had a unique postseason.
Habersham Central’s Piper Turner (left) and Emylie Nichols celebrate a goal during the Lady Raiders’ dominant first-round playoff win. LANG STOREY/Staff

Habersham Central’s Piper Turner (left) and Emylie Nichols celebrate a goal during the Lady Raiders’ dominant first-round playoff win. LANG STOREY/Staff

Raider Stadium to host Sweet 16 party

For all the rightfully earned hype that went into both region champ Habersham soccer teams hosting State playoff matches last week, the games themselves were about as lackluster as they come. That is unless you like lopsided scores and mercy rules.
Opinion/Editorial. FILE

Opinion/Editorial. FILE

Y’all smell smoke?

When it rains, it pours, so the saying goes. It’s an old adage I admittedly use way too liberally in life, but that’s because it’s often true.
The Lady Raider 4x800 relay team of (from left) Abigail Hotard, Dulce Rojas, Ember Ivester and Audrey Hotard finished first Saturday. SUBMITTED

The Lady Raider 4x800 relay team of (from left) Abigail Hotard, Dulce Rojas, Ember Ivester and Audrey Hotard finished first Saturday. SUBMITTED

Nine Raider track athletes advance to sectional meet

The Habersham Central Track & Field team traveled to Apalachee (Winder) Thursday and Friday for region championships. Nine Raider athletes – one relay team and six individuals punched their tickets to GHSA state sectionals early next month.    Audrey Hotard continues to tear it up on the oval.
Paisley Cathey and the Lady Raiders had a big challenge Thursday against Roswell. LANG STOREY/Staff

Paisley Cathey and the Lady Raiders had a big challenge Thursday against Roswell. LANG STOREY/Staff

Raider baseball, Lady Raiders soccer battle in Thursday playoff tilts

Habersham Central's baseball team split with South Paulding in their first-round series on the road Thursday night. The Raiders won Game 1 8-3 and fell 10-1 in the nightcap.    The Raiders will play a sudden death Game 3 on Friday night to determine who will advance.
Chase Pollock and the Indians are hosting the playoffs against Oglethorpe. AUSTIN POFFENBERGER/Special

Chase Pollock and the Indians are hosting the playoffs against Oglethorpe. AUSTIN POFFENBERGER/Special

Tallulah Falls baseball team hosts playoff first-round series

Tallulah Falls' baseball team swept Oglethorpe 10-0 and 7-2 in a state playoff doubleheader on Tuesday after press time to advance to the second round. The No. 2 seeded Indians will play on the road if the No. 1 seed from the opposite bracket wins.
Habersham’s Josh Burris slams a serve in Wednesday’s state match against Newnan. LANG STOREY/Staff

Habersham’s Josh Burris slams a serve in Wednesday’s state match against Newnan. LANG STOREY/Staff

Raider tennis teams dance way into Sweet 16

With a win to clinch their spot in the GHSA Sweet 16, the Habersham Central boys tennis team added another milestone to an increasingly successful spring in Raider athletics.    The boys breezed past Newnan in the first round matchup and advanced to take on Johns Creek next week.
Freshman midfielder Kale Borchers receives a celebratory hug from his teammate Landon Hall after scoring his second goal in a win over Prince Avenue Christian in the first round of the GHSA Class A Division I State Playoffs. Borchers was one of two Indian players to record hat tricks in the match. GREG FINAN JR./Special

Freshman midfielder Kale Borchers receives a celebratory hug from his teammate Landon Hall after scoring his second goal in a win over Prince Avenue Christian in the first round of the GHSA Class A Division I State Playoffs. Borchers was one of two Indian players to record hat tricks in the match. GREG FINAN JR./Special

Indians dominate in first-round rout

Tallulah Falls’ boys soccer team trounced Prince Avenue Christian 10-0 to advance to the Sweet 16 for the second consecutive season Wednesday night.
Tallulah Falls striker Bailey Crumley dribbles around a defender on her way to scoring the Lady Indians’ first goal in a 2-1 win over Prince Avenue Christian. GREG FINAN JR./Special

Tallulah Falls striker Bailey Crumley dribbles around a defender on her way to scoring the Lady Indians’ first goal in a 2-1 win over Prince Avenue Christian. GREG FINAN JR./Special

Lady Indians down Prince Avenue Christian to advance to Sweet 16

The top-seeded Tallulah Falls girls varsity soccer team punched its ticket to the Sweet 16 round of the GHSA Class A Division I State Playoffs after the Lady Indians pulled out a 2-1 first round victory against the Region 5 fourth-seeded Lady Wolverines of Prince Avenue Christian at Amick Athletic...
Maggie Vena takes a corner kick during the season finale. ZACH TAYLOR/Special

Maggie Vena takes a corner kick during the season finale. ZACH TAYLOR/Special

Raider soccer teams host first-round playoff games

Habersham Central's girls soccer team ran roughshod 10-0 over Paulding County on Thursday night in the first round of the state playoffs to reach the Sweet 16 for the first time.    The Raider boys take on Douglas County Friday night in their first-round matchup.