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The 11-12 Girls beat Cook County by a score of 6-5.
The 7-8 Girls were defeated by Wilcox County by a score of 8-7 and then defeated by Reidsville today.

In their second game, the 11-12 Dodge County All Star Team defeated Jeff Davis, 17-0 in 3 innings. They are 2-0 in the state tournament.
They will play on Thursday at 4:00 p.m. The defeated Appling County, 11-2 in their first game.
The 13-14 Dodge County Girls Allstar Team was just defeated by Adele-Cook by a score of 5-4. Their next game is scheduled for Thursday, July 7, 2011.

Age: 65

Died: Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Arrangements: Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home, Eastman, Georgia

The Eastman-Dodge County Recreation Department will be hosting the 2011 Class C 7-8 Girls Softball Tournament beginning Thursday, July 7.
Teams that will be competing will be Alma-Bacon, Bowdon, Dodge, Pickens, Reidsville, Screven, Trion and Wilcox.
Opening ceremonies will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday and Macy Pruett will be singing the National Anthem.
A parade is scheduled for Saturday, July 9 for all Dodge teams that are playing in state softball tournaments. The parade will leave the Dodge County Courthouse at 7:00 p.m.
For more information on activities at the recreation department contact director Bodie Gray at 478-374-4696.

The Dodge County Middle and High School archery teams attended the National Archery in Schools Program (NASP) National Tournament in Louisville, Kentucky in May. The tournament was held at the Kentucky Exposition Center.
The high school archers attending were Blayre Durden, Michele Sheffield, Alicia Linzy,
Kaitlyn Pittman, Kelly Weathersbee, Chris Hightower, Justin Frost, Jud Taylor, Michael Phillips, Jay Cravey, Christian White, Tyler Belflower, Jake Stokes, Calen Dennis, Blake Woodard and Kyle May.
The middle school archers attending were Jadie Gay, Jennifer Smith, Taylor Thomas, Destiny Blizzard, Emily McEntyre, Joshua Peterson, Willis Tanner, Morgan Graham, Landon Martin, Bobby Butler, Jerald Gay, Trey Bowen, Corvon Parker, D.J. Sheffield, Jed White, Kain Kirkley, Tyler Gruben and Trey Pittman.
The coaches for this event were Ginny Tanner, Tony Taylor, Tom Cranford, Melani Roberts and Jerome Peterson.
The teams represented Dodge County with good standings in the NASP Program in scores and sportsmanship. The teams are changing lives one arrow at a time.

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