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By Joey Marchant

For just the seventh time in 64 seasons, Dodge has won a region championship in football. Coach Ken Cofer becomes just the fourth coach in school history to accomplish the feat. It is his second overall as he won a region championship at Cook County in 2010. Coach Jerry Raines won the first for Dodge in 1976. While coach Raines is remembered for the 1976 championship team, he probably fielded a better team in 1975. However, then region rival Americus only allowed eight points all season in 1975 and defeated the Indians twice. Coach John M. Peacock came home to Dodge County in 1992 after winning three region titles at Montgomery County. Coach Peacock won region titles at Dodge in 1995, 1996 and 1999. Coach Rex Hodges won region titles at Dodge in 2015 and 2017. Both of Hodge’s championship teams were undefeated in the regular season.

On November 4, 2020, Georgia High School Football Daily published the Maxwell Computer Ratings, which gave Dodge only a 12.8% chance of winning Region 3AA. [Full Story »] 

According to the South Central Health District in Dublin, Dodge County now has 666 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus with 29 death reported.

Other counties around Dodge include Bleckley with 519 cases and 27 deaths, Telfair with 506 cases and 25 deaths, Wilcox with 262 cases and 25 deaths and Pulaski with 235 cases and 23 deaths.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that the public follow these guidelines to help stop the virus.

Clean your hands often, either with soap and water for 20 seconds or a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.

Avoid close contact with people who are sick.

Put distance between yourself and other people (at least 6 feet).

Cover your mouth and nose with a mask when around others.

Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash or cough or sneeze in your bent elbow - not your hands!

Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces daily.

CDC recommends that people wear masks in public settings and when around people outside of their household, especially when other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.

Masks may help prevent people who have COVID-19 from spreading the virus to others.