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Baseball season over

The 2009 Tiger baseball season ended last Friday with a doubleheader loss to Banks County, 15-5 and 18-5, in Dawsonville. The team finished the season with a 7-11 overall record. The team lost six of their last seven games.

April 29, 2009 | Pam Jacobs | SPORTS


Former local standout leads Presbyterian College

Former Dawson County Lady Tiger Kasay Holbrook led Division I Presbyterian College to a 8th place finish in the Big South Conference tournament April 15 in Ninety-Six, S.C.

April 29, 2009 | Pam Jacobs | SPORTS


Cunningham wraps up spring practice

University of Tennessee punter Chad Cunningham averaged 42 yards per punt April 18 as the Vols wrapped up spring training with the annual Orange and White game at Neyland Stadium.

April 29, 2009 | Pam Jacobs | SPORTS


Kimbrell named to NCAA national championship tournament

Former Dawson County Tiger wrestler Thomas Kimbrell was named to one of 52 total at-large qualifiers for the 2009 NCAA Division-I Wrestling National Championships, announced Wednesday, March 11 by the NCAA.

March 31, 2009 | Pam Jacobs | SPORTS


Kimbrell named to NCAA Wrestling National Championship

Former Dawson County Tiger wrestler Thomas Kimbrell was named to one of 52 total at-large qualifiers for the 2009 NCAA Division-I Wrestling National Championships, announced Wednesday, March 11 by the NCAA.

March 17, 2009 | Pam Jacobs | SPORTS


All-Star basketball game set

The North Georgia High School All-Star Basketball Game will be held at 7 p.m. WEdnesday at Dawson County High School.

March 17, 2009 | | SPORTS


Athlete named to Olympic program

Twelve-year old Anela Melton has been named to the Georgia Olympic Development Program.

February 04, 2009 | | SPORTS


Sportsmen support youth hunting

The Amicalola Longbeards Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will hold its sixth annual Hunting Heritage Banquet at 6 p.m. Jan. 23 at Rock Creek Sports Complex.

January 21, 2009 | Michele Hester | SPORTS


Roderick to run CRA, GAS Late Model Races at SpeedFest

Casey Roderick, driver of the No. 9 Ford for the Bill Elliott Driver Development team, is gearing up for an action-packed weekend at SpeedFest 2009 at Lanier National Speedway Jan. 23-25 in Braselton.

January 21, 2009 | | SPORTS


Local players compete in junior golf event

Dawson County High School Tiger Wesley Bearden and Lady Tiger Charley Whitmire placed in the Inaugural Rudolph Junior Golf Classic at the Chattahoochee Country Club Dec. 22.

January 06, 2009 | Pam Jacobs | SPORTS


Racing brother named race track manager

Dawsonville's Elliott family racing franchise began a new chapter in local racing history Monday when Dan Elliott was named General Manager of the newly purchased Peachstate Speedway in Jefferson.

December 31, 2008 | Michele Hester | SPORTS


The year in sports

The year 2008 was exciting for high school and middle school sports in Dawson County.

December 30, 2008 | Pam Jacobs | SPORTS


Red Dirt Dash set for Saturday

WOODSTOCK - Legendary racecar driver Bill Elliott is returning to the racetrack where his illustrious career began more than three decades ago to host the "Bill Elliott 50 Red Dirt Dash" late model race on Saturday.

November 02, 2008 | | SPORTS


Chase for cup comes to Atlanta

The Chase for the Cup comes to Atlanta Motor Speedway next weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pep Boys Auto 500 and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series E-Z-Go 200 highlight what is the biggest racing weekend in Georgia.

November 02, 2008 | By Ira Miller For the Dawson Community News | SPORTS


Cunningham named player of the game

Dawson County graduate Chad Cunningham had the game of his life against Auburn Sept. 27.

October 19, 2008 | Pam Jacobs | SPORTS


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Big league dreams

Kaleb Holbrook was preparing for his second game as a catcher for a summer league in Connecticut on June 8 when his phone began to ring with calls and text messages of congratulations.

June 19, 2013 | Michele Hester | SPORTS


Wilson going strong at Union College

Former Dawson County standout Levi Wilson will enter his junior season at Union College in Barbourville, Ky. this year. He is the son of Karen and Gary Wilson.

June 18, 2013 | Pam Jacobs | SPORTS


Post 247 falls to Buford

American Legion Post 247 dropped its first game of the season to a hard hitting Buford team last Saturday by a score of 16-9.

June 11, 2013 | Pam Jacobs | SPORTS


Elliott wins Pocono ARCA race

Dawsonville's Chase Elliott continued to make racing history when he became the youngest superspeedway driver to take the checkered flag in an ARCA Series race at Pocono on Saturday.

June 11, 2013 | Michele Hester | SPORTS


Team picks up win

The American Legion Post 247 baseball team opened the season on Sunday with a 9-8 victory over Peachtree City in a game played in Dawsonville.

June 04, 2013 | Pam Jacobs | SPORTS


Girls prepare for new year

Dawson County High School varsity girls basketball coach Steve Sweat's Class AAA runners-up Lady Tigers team is busily preparing for another successful season.

June 04, 2013 | Pam Jacobs | SPORTS


Elliott runs fourth at Dover

Dawsonville's Chase Elliott recorded his highest finish in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series on Friday after crossing the finish line in fourth-place on the Monster Mile at Dover International Speedway in Delaware.

June 04, 2013 | By Michele Hester mhester@dawsonnews.com | SPORTS


Hall of Fame to announce 2013 inductees

A Dawsonville man is among 15 semifinalists for the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame's 2013 class of inductees.

May 22, 2013 | Michele Hester | SPORTS


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