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The Dixie Nationals Wrestling Championships were recently held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Several Dodge County wrestlers competed in the national level event attended by wrestlers from across the United States.
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The Dodge County High School (DCHS) Grappling Indians recently took to the mats in a long two-day show down at the Viking Invitational in Treutlen County. This invitational tournament has become an annual tradition for wrestlers from DCHS to attend.
Bringing only nine wrestlers to the invitational the Grappling Indians managed to battle to an eighth place finish out of 16 teams from across Georgia. After the first five rounds of wrestling three Indians emerged with a seed into the medal rounds.
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The Dodge County High School (DCHS) Grappling Indians took to the mat recently competing in the eighth annual Yellow Jacket Duals at Jeff Davis High School in Hazlehurst. After two days of very tough wrestling the team managed to defeat Brantley County, Montgomery County, Vidalia, Jeff-Davis and tied with Appling County 41-41. [Full Story »] 

Mitch Tanner, a senior, was named the special teams player of the year. Tanner’s numbers on the season were one touchdown, eight field goals and 34 point after touchdown kicks. He also had seven receptions on the year for 93 total yards; one fumble recovery; and three carries for 19 yards. Tanner also made an impact on the defensive side of the ball as he has 46 total tackles, of those 39 were solo and 14 were assists; 11 sacks on the season; 15.5 tackles for losses; and six pass break-ups.
Six DCHS Indians, Landon Martin, Kyle Glover, Cain Peterson, Jacob Gurien, Devonta Floyd and Roscoe Wilcox were named to the first team All Region for 1AAA. Martin, senior quarterback, played 12 games and had 116 rushing attempts for 632 yards and 11 touchdowns; completed 54 passes of 91 attempts for 607 yards and five touchdowns and five interceptions; and scored 11 touchdowns and one two-point conversion. Martin forced one fumble and recovered two fumbles on the season.
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Basketball season continues for the Dodge County Middle School (DCMS) Warriors. The teams played four games over the past week. The Lady Warriors remained undefeated and the Warriors split four games.
The week began as the Warriors and the Lady Warriors hosted Toombs County. Let’s start with the girls’ game. This game was over in a hurry. Dodge would jump out to a 33 to zero lead at the half. Yes, it was a shutout at the half. The dreams of the shutout would end as Toombs hit a pair of free throws in the final minute of the third and Dodge coasted to a 41 to five final.
Here is a look at the Dodge scoring: Destanee Wright had 15 points; Nessia Mitchell, 14 points; Europe Brown, eight points; Precious Coleman, three points; Cheyenne Hunt, two points; Kylie Hunt, two points; and Lashauna Coley, one point. [Full Story »] 

The Dodge County High School Indians basketball team split games on the road over the weekend. The team traveled to Jenkins High School of Savannah and to Cochran to take on the Bleckley County Royals. Jenkins County beat the boys 73 to 31 but the Indians rebounded with a win over their local rivals, Bleckley County 59 to 56 on Saturday, December 6.
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