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By Joey Marchant
For the first time this season, we had a beautiful week of weather that did not interfere with baseball practice or scheduled games. However, a new obstacle has arisen. The COVID-19 virus has made its way to Georgia. On Thursday March 12th, the Georgia High School Association (GHSA), “strongly recommended” that Georgia high schools suspend all sports activities for the next two weeks. According to GHSA Executive Director Dr. Robin Hines, this recommendation was the result of Governor Brian Kemp’s earlier press conference, in which he recommended all schools close for two weeks.
At that time, the ball was left in the court of the Dodge County School System. All sports competitions with other schools were immediately postponed. However, at that time, the team could still practice. The ability to practice ended when Dodge County Schools opted to close indefinitely on March 16th. Later that day, Governor Kemp issued an executive order closing all schools through March 31st. That is where we currently stand.
Now let us look back at the action on the field. Dodge hosted West Laurens on March 9th. West Laurens sent its ace Bradley Wilson to the mound. He is committed to play collegiately for Mississippi State. Wilson’s Perfect Game Baseball profile shows his fastball has been clocked at 90 miles per hour. I would estimate he was around 88 mile per hour for this game as I watched him pitch Friday at Jeff Davis where he was clocked at 88. He kept his fastball down against Dodge and used a nice curveball to keep the Dodge lineup off balance. Parker Dixon got the only hit off Wilson for Dodge as he stroked a double over the head of the West Laurens centerfielder. Davis Marchant squared Wilson up twice, but was robbed of a hit both times when West Laurens made nice defensive plays. Noah Mincey had an infield hit off Tyler Franks who relieved Wilson. Other than that, there was no Dodge offense of which to speak. Brendan O’Connor started on the mound for Dodge where he made his fifth appearance in as many Dodge games. O’Connor pitched four and one-third (4 1/3) innings surrendering five runs, all earned, on six hits. He walked two and struck out one. Garrett Durden relieved O’Connor. Durden pitched one and two-thirds (1 2/3) innings allowing three hits. He was charged with two runs allowed, both earned. He walked one batter and hit one batter. Noah Mincey relieved Durden. Mincey pitched one inning allowing two runs on two hits while walking one batter. West Laurens defeated Dodge 9-0.
Dodge hosted Bleckley County on March 10th. Landin Crummey started on the mound for Dodge and pitched well. Crummey breezed through the first three innings. Meanwhile, Dodge blew a golden opportunity to take and early lead in the second inning. Davis Marchant led off with a base hit to centerfield. Noah Mincey followed with a base hit to right field. Brodie Woodard laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners to second and third. Coach Herring called for the suicide squeeze, but Dodge could not get the bunt down in fair territory. A strikeout and a fly out ended the threat for Dodge, as the game remained scoreless. This failure to score would loom large at the end of the game.
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By Joey Marchant
Dodge kicked off the 3AA Region schedule by taking two games from Dublin last week in what should be the last time we see these two old rivals play on the diamond for a while. The baseball rivalry between the two towns dates back to at least 1898. Dublin High has a proud baseball history. The fence at Bush Perry Field is adorned with the names of several former college and professional players from Dublin High as well as recognition of several Region Championship teams. However, as kids have fled the City School District in favor of Laurens County Schools, enrollment has dwindled and many of the Dublin High athletic programs have suffered. Dublin Baseball has not posted a winning season since 2015. With Dublin dropping down to the Single A classification, there is no reason for Dodge and Dublin to continue playing in baseball as these matchups do nothing to challenge Dodge. This is my personal opinion only. We will see what happens. I am sure the rivalry will continue in football and basketball.
The coaches worked hard to get these games in. Dodge was scheduled to travel to Dublin on March 3rd and host Dublin on March 6th. Due to the weather forecast for the week, the first game was relocated to Dodge and moved up a day to March 2nd. Light rain started to move in just as the first game was supposed to start. However, the light rain moved through leaving just enough of a window to complete the game before three days of heavy rain moved in.
Landin Crummey started on the mound for Dodge seeking to put behind him the uncharacteristic lack of control that plagued him in his last relief appearance against Crisp County. Crummey did that to some degree as he pitched five and one-third (5 1/3) hitless innings while striking out 12 Irish batters. Crummey did issue 5 walks. Crummey may well have completed the no hitter as he had a pitch count in the high eighties, but there was no sense in stressing his arm this early in the season after he had pitched in relief two days earlier.
Brendan O’Connor continued to be a great table setter for Dodge as he led off with a walk. Garrett Durden also walked. Cole Cranford continued to swing a hot bat as he singled to right field to load the bases. Noah Mincey drew a walk to drive in O’Connor and give Dodge a 1-0 lead. Unfortunately, Dodge was unable to break the game open as the next two batters filed out leaving the bases loaded. Dodge added two more runs in the third inning. Cranford reached on a throwing error by the third baseman and ended up on third on the play courtesy of a throwing error by the first baseman. Noah Mincey reached on an error by the shortstop as Cranford had to hold at third. Davis Marchant hit a fly ball on the infield that should have been easily caught but was allowed to drop. Mincey was forced out at second on the play as he had to assume the ball would be caught. Likewise Cranford remained at third. Davis Marchant stole second, and Dublin foolishly threw to second allowing Cranford to trot home easily from third. Marchant advanced to third on a wild pitch. Crummey drew a walk. Cossett came in as a courtesy runner for Crummey. Cossett intentionally broke for second early to try and draw a throw from the pitcher, which worked as planned. Meanwhile, Marchant trotted home from third. Dodge led 3-0.
Dodge scored gain in the fourth when O’Connor had a base hit. He moved to second on a botched pickoff attempt. Brodie Woodard hit a fly ball to left field allowing O’Connor to tag and advance to third. Garrett Durden drove him in with a single giving Dodge a 4-0 lead.
Dodge added to the lead in the fifth. Mincey hit a routine fly ball to left, which the left fielder dropped allowing the hustling Mincey to make it into second base standing. Mincey advanced to third on a passed ball and was driven home by a sacrifice fly from Crummey. Dodge led 5-0.
Dodge scored its final run in the sixth. Woodard led off with a walk. Garrett Durden reached on an error. Cranford grounded out to advance the runners to second and third. Mincey reached on an error allowing Woodard to score. Dodge led 6-0.
Crummey was removed after allowing a one out walk in the sixth. O’Connor came on in relief. The first batter he faced was called out for interfering with the Catcher Parker Hardin as he was attempting to throw out the runner stealing second base. O’Connor struck out the next batter to retire the Irish in the sixth. The Irish did manage to score three runs in the bottom of the seventh to make the final margin 6-3 Dodge County. With all the help from Dublin, this game should not have been close. Dodge could manage only four hits in the game. [Full Story »] 

By Joey Marchant
After having a game at Vidalia rained out, Dodge traveled to Cordele on February 29th for a doubleheader with Crisp County High and Southland Academy of Americus. It was a beautiful day, but the wind was terribly strong and affected the play on the field at times.
Dodge got off to a good start against Crisp as Brendan O’Connor led off the game with a single to right field. Brodie Woodard got down a sacrifice bunt, but with the first baseman charging, the second baseman was late rotating over to cover first and could not handle the throw from the pitcher. Garrett Durden hit a sacrifice fly to score O’Connor from third. Parker Dixon hit into what should have been a fielder’s choice, but the second baseman did not have his foot on the bag when he received the throw leaving Woodard safe at second and Dixon safe at first. Andrew Lowery later served a single into right field scoring both Woodard and Dixon. Dodge led 3-0.
Lowery pitched another great game as he went 5 scoreless innings striking out 7 and giving up 1 hit and 1 walk. Lowery has now pitched 19 innings and given up only 1 earned run giving him a miniscule ERA of 0.3684.
Dodge added a run in the fourth. Garrett Durden led off with a base hit by a diving third baseman. Dixon grounded out advancing Durden to second base. Noah Mincey doubled, but Durden had to hold at third. Lowery got down a suicide squeeze bunt, and Durden was safe at the plate sliding under the tag. Dodge led 4-0.
Dodge added to the lead in the fifth. Griffin Durden and Davis Marchant each drew walks to start the inning. Landin Crummey would hit a sacrifice fly to score Durden. O’Connor would hit a sacrifice fly to score Marchant. Dodge led 6-0, and it appeared the Indians were headed for an easy victory. However, the wheels were about to come off for Dodge.
In the top of the sixth, after Garrett Durden reached on an error and Dixon singled, Lowery got down a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners. As Lowery hustled down the line, he appeared to tweak something. It is unclear if the decision had already been made to pull Lowery off the mound and save him for the region schedule starting this week, but he was definitely done pitching now.
Crummey came in from right field to start the bottom of the sixth on the mound as Lowery replaced him in right. Crummey just didn’t have good command on this day. Garrett Durden came in to relieve Crummey, and he struggled as well. By the time the inning was over, Dodge had issued 7 walks and hit another batter in the inning allowing the Cougars to close the gap to 6-4 without a single hit recorded in the inning. Dodge could have easily squandered the entire lead, but with the bases loaded and one out, Durden got a sharp ground ball to Dixon who fielded it and alertly stepped on third base for the second out before firing across the diamond to complete the double play at first base.
Dodge got some much needed insurance in the top of the seventh. Bases on balls were now the order of the day as Parker Hardin, O’Connor and Woodard all walked to load the bases. Garrett Durden then walked to score Cole Cranford who had entered as a courtesy runner for Hardin. Dixon grounded out to shortstop to drive in O’Connor giving Dodge an 8-4 lead.
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Dodge had to shuffle its schedule as weather threatened to leave them without a single game last week. A game at West Laurens was cancelled when West Laurens cancelled classes for students on Wednesday. By rule, class cancellations prohibit a school from hosting sporting events on that day.
Dodge offered to host West Laurens, but the Raiders declined. On Friday, Dodge County was forced to cancel classes due to weather preventing the Indians from hosting Berrien County as scheduled. Berrien invited the Indians to travel down to Nashville for the second time in seven days. Eager to avenge a gut wrenching defeat at the hands of Berrien, Dodge took the Rebels up on the offer. The Indians took advantage of the hospitality by defeating Berrien 6-1.
Andrew Lowery started on the mound for Dodge and had another excellent performance. He would run his consecutive scoreless innings streak to ten and two thirds (10 2/3) innings before giving up a solo home run with two outs in the third inning. Lowery followed that by hitting a batter, giving up a base hit, and issuing a walk to load the bases with two outs. Lowery got the next batter to fly out to Brendan O’Connor in left field for the third out. Lowery would go on to pitch three more scoreless innings to earn his second win of the season finishing with six innings pitched allowing three hits and one run while striking out three, walking two and hitting one batter. Landin Crummey came into pitch the seventh inning and retired all three batters striking out one.
Offensively, Dodge eventually took advantage of several Berrien miscues while hitting the ball a little better than last week. Dodge also ran the bases well. Dodge wasted a leadoff single by O’Connor and a single and stolen base by Garret Durden who was bumped up to the two-spot in the batting order.
In the second, Dodge wasted a leadoff single by Brodie Woodard. A would be extra base hit by Davis Marchant landed inches foul down the right field line. Marchant then hit into a fielder’s choice erasing Woodard. Marchant was erased when Crummey hit into a fielder’s choice. A Dodge strikeout ended the inning.
In the Dodge third, O’Connor led off with another base hit. He was erased when Durden hit into a fielder’s choice. Parker Dixon flew out to deep center for the second out. Lowery and Noah Mincey drew walks to load the bases. Then Brodie Woodard drew a walk to plate Durden. With the bases still loaded, Coach Herring gave the go ahead for Seth Cossett to attempt a straight steal of home plate. Cossett has good speed and had entered earlier as a courtesy runner for Lowery.
The right handed pitcher was pitching from the windup with the bases loaded, which meant there was nothing he could do but deliver to the plate once he started his motion. Cossett timed it up and went on first movement sliding into the plate before the catcher could receive the pitch and tag him. For good measure, the left handed Crummey feigned a bunt attempt to try and distract the catcher. Mincey and Woodard stole second and third respectively thus completing the rarest play in all of baseball, the “straight triple steal.” Dodge led 2-0.
Dodge would add another run in the fourth. Marchant reached on an error by the third baseman when he hit a high pop up into the swirling wind. The third baseman didn’t have a chance. It looked like something you would see at old Candlestick Park. Timmy Johnson came in as a pinch runner for the designated hitter Marchant and would take his spot in the batting order thereafter. O’Connor then hit one hard to third base that was scored an error as the third base man misplayed the hop. The speedy Johnson advanced to third on the play. With two outs, Parker Dixon doubled to left scoring Johnson and giving Dodge a 3-1 lead.
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By Joey Marchant
It was a mixed bag for Dodge County Baseball as they opened the regular season. There were highs and lows. The good news is that Dodge pitching gave up only one earned run in three games and starting pitching and produced two complete games. The bad news is that Dodge struggled at the plate at times and committed a few errors in the field. All in all, the team showed a lot of promise.
Dodge opened at home with Hawkinsville. Andrew Lowery took the mound for Dodge and pitched a complete game shutout giving up only two hits while striking out five and walking two. Lowery was efficient throwing only around seventy pitches. Hawkinsville came out very aggressive at the plate as the first three batters swung at the first pitch. A base hit and an uncharacteristic Dodge error set Hawkinsville up with a chance to take an early lead with runners at first and second base with one out. However, things ended abruptly when Lowery got a ground ball to second base that Garrett Durden fielded and flipped to Brodie Woodard covering second base for the second out. Woodard threw on to Noah Mincey at first for out number three to complete the double play.
Dodge wasted no time taking a first inning lead. Woodard reached on an error by the shortstop. Parker Dixon hit a two run homerun to left field to drive in Woodard. Lowery walked and was replaced by courtesy runner Timmy Johnson. Mincey singled in the gap between first and second base, and the right fielder allowed the ball to roll under his glove all the way to the fence. The speedy Johnson came all the way around to score despite taking a tumble rounding third. Mincey ended up on third where he would remain stranded, but Dodge led 3-0.
Lowery was on cruise control from the second through the sixth innings retiring fourteen of the fifteen batters he faced.
Meanwhile Dodge padded the lead at the plate. In the bottom of the second, Catcher Parker Hardin hit a fly ball to left, which was dropped by the left fielder. Hardin hustled into second base where he was relieved by courtesy runner Kade Harpe. Davis Marchant grounded out to the right side moving Harpe to third. Brendan O’Connor doubled to left center scoring Harpe. With two outs, Durden hit a fly ball on the infield, which inexplicably fell between the first and second basemen for a cheap hit. O’Connor was running on contact, but he had to hold at third due to stumbling rounding the bag. Dixon placed a two strike pitch into left field for a single plating O’Connor and giving Dodge a 5-0 lead.
Woodard walked in the bottom of the fourth and scored from first on an RBI double by Durden. Dixon had an infield hit. Lowery hit a pop up on the infield, which the second baseman seemed to lose sight of before making an unsuccessful attempt to catch it. Durden scored on the play to give Dodge a 7-0 lead.
Dodge added a final run in the bottom of the sixth when Durden led off with a standup triple. Lowery grounded out to third scoring Durden. Mincey followed with a double, but he was stranded. Dodge led 8-0.
Lowery came out for the seventh to try to close out the game. He looked to be tiring as he gave up a base hit and a walk. He later gave up a deep fly ball to center, but Landin Crummey immediately turned and ran the ball down in the air for the crucial second out. Fittingly, Lowery fanned the last batter for his fifth strikeout to preserve the win.
Leading hitters for Dodge were as follows: Parker Dixon was 3 for 4 with a homerun, 3 RBI and 1 run scored. Garrett Durden was 3 for 4 with a triple, a double, 1 RBI and 1 run scored. Noah Mincey was 2 for 3 with a double. Brendan O’Connor was 1 for 4 with double, 1 RBI and 1 run scored. Davis Marchant was 1 for 3.
Dodge later made a trip to Swainsboro to take on the Tigers. Brodie Woodard took the mound for Dodge, and he also hurled a complete game. Woodard scattered six hits while walking one batter and hitting one batter. He struck out one batter, and he gave up only two unearned runs.
This game should not have been close as Dodge would leave eleven runners on base. Dodge wasted base hits by Garrett Durden and Parker Dixon in the first inning when Durden was thrown out trying to steal home. It was a good idea as Dixon intentionally tried to get himself in a rundown between first and second in order to allow Durden to score from third. Dodge tries this often and has stolen many runs this way. This time Swainsboro played it well.
Woodard got through the first two innings fairly easily giving up only a double and a single and holding Swainsboro scoreless. Dodge loaded the bases in the top of the third inning. Brendan O’Connor led off with a base hit and was able to advance to second on a ground out by Woodard. Durden and Dixon each walked, but Dodge could not score.
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By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School Squaws basketball team traveled to Northeast Macon on Tuesday, February 4 for the second round of the Region 3AA tournament to face the  third seeded Raiderettes. The Squaws had defeated Dublin on the night before, 64-46 to advance in the tournament. 
The Squaws lost twice to Northeast in the regular season, but Dodge fought hard in the game to only lose 88-89 in overtime.
Dodge trailed 12-19 after one quarter and was led by Kaonta Goolsby with eight points in the quarter. The Squaws outscored Northeast 16-10 in the second quarter to close the score to 28-29 at halftime. Goolsby had 11 of her game high 31 points in the quarter. 
Sophomore Sanaa Searles led the Squaws in the third quarter with eight of her 15 points as Dodge trailed 45-49 headed to the fourth quarter. Kylie Hart led the Squaws with nine points in the fourth along with Goolsby’s eight points to tie the game at 69-69 at the end of regulation. Searles again led Dodge in the overtime period with six points followed by Cheyenne Hunt with four points as the Squaws dropped a hard fought game 88-89. 
Scoring for the Squaws was: Kaonta Goolsby, 31 points;  Kylie Hart, 17 points including three three-pointers; Sanaa Searles, 15 points; Cheyenne Hunt, 10 points; Ileisha Mitchell, eight points; Altierra Gooch, six points; Ambria Simmons, three points. The Squaws end their season with the loss.

By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School (DCHS) basketball teams played two games last week and one game in the first round of the Region 3AA Tournament on Monday. The Squaws and Indians hosted Wheeler County on Tuesday, January 28 and Bleckley County on Saturday, February 1 for senior night. On Monday, February 3 the Squaws hosted Dublin, while the Indians host East Laurens in the first round of the region tournament.
The Squaws lost 62-76 to the highly ranked Lady Bulldogs of Wheeler County and lost 44-59 to Bleckley County. The Squaws defeated Dublin, 64-46 in the first round of the region tournament.
Scoring for the Squaws against Wheeler County was: Cheyenne Hunt, 18 points; Altierra Gooch, 15 points; Kaonta Goolsby, 14 points; Jazmyne Mizell, six points; Ileisha Mitchell, four points; Sanaa Searles, three points; Kylie Hart, two points; Ambria Simmons, one point.
Squaws scoring against Bleckley County was; Kaonta Goolsby, 11 points; Altierra Gooch, 10 points; Kylie Hart, seven points; Ambria Simmons, seven points; Sanaa Searles, five points; Ileisha Mitchell, two points.
Scoring for the Squaws in the win over Dublin was: Chyenne Hunt, 15 points; Kylie Hart, 13 points including three three-pointers; Altierra Gooch, eight points; Kaonta Goolsby, eight points; Sanaa Searles, six points; Carson Ethridge, five points; Ambria Simmons, five points; Brooke Dixon, two points; Jazmyne Mizell, two points.
 The Indians lost to Wheeler County, 56-75 and lost to Bleckley County, 39-56 and lost to East Laurens in first round of Region tournament, 48-58.
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By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School (DCHS) basketball teams played three games last week. The Squaws and Indians hosted Washington County on Tuesday, January 21 and then traveled to East Laurens on Friday, January 24 and then to Hawkinsville on Saturday, January 25 for a non-region game.
The Squaws lost 27-69 to the Lady Golden Hawks of Washington County and lost 36-54 to East Laurens and defeated the Lady Devils of Hawkinsville, 47-33.
Scoring for the Squaws against Washington County was: Kaonta Goolsby, 12 points; Sanaa Searles, eight points; Kylie Hart, three points; Ileisha Mitchell, two points; Ambria Simmons, two points; Altierra Gooch, one point.
Squaws scoring against East Laurens was; Kaonta Goolsby, 13 points; Altierra Gooch, 10 points; Ileisha Mitchell, five points; Kylie Hart, four points; Sanaa Searles, four points.
Scoring for the Squaws in the win over Hawkinsville was: Kaonta Goolsby, 11 points; Ileisha Mitchell, 11 points; Kylie Hart, seven points; Altierra Gooch, five points; Sanaa Searles, five points; Ambria Simmons, four points; Carson Ethridge, two points; Brooke Dixon, two points.
The Indians lost to Washington County, 45-93 and lost to East Laurens, 52-69 and defeated Hawkinsville, 58-41.
Scoring for the Indians against the Washington County was: Timmy Johnson, 18 points including three three-pointers; Kevin Sykes, seven points; Keldrick Beck, six points; Sir Brown, five points; Lamarie Mitchell, four points; Ja’lon Jaynes, three points; Keshawn Mincey, two points.
Scoring for the Indians at East Laurens was: Timmy Johnson, 18 points; Kevin Sykes, 17 points; Lamaurie Mitchell, nine points; Demron Gordon, four  points; Keldrick Beck, two points; Sir Brown, two points.
Scoring for Dodge in the win over Hawkinsville was: Timmy Johnson, 21 points; Lamaurie Mitchell, 11 points; Demron Gordon, eight points; Kevin Sykes, seven points; Dontavian McMillian, five points; Keshawn Mincey, two points.
Dodge was scheduled for the following games this week: Tuesday, January 28 at home against Wheeler County and Saturday, January 25 at home against Bleckley County for senior night. All girls’ games start at 6:00 p.m. Boys’ games always follow immediately after the girls. 
The Region 3AA Tournament will begin next week. Checkout Dodge County High School Basketball on Facebook for tournament schedule.

By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School (DCHS) basketball teams played three games last week. The Squaws and Indians hosted Northeast Macon on Tuesday, January 14 and then traveled to Dublin on Friday, January 17 for a region match-up and then to Telfair County on Saturday, January 18 for a non-region game.
 The Squaws lost 33-68 to the Lady Raiders of Northeast and lost 54-66 to Dublin and defeated the Lady Trojans of Telfair County 40-37.
Scoring for the Squaws against Northeast was: Chyenne Hunt, eight points; Kaonta Goolsby, seven points; Altierra Gooch, seven points; Carsen Ethridge, five points; Ileisha Mitchell, four points; Ambria Simmons, two points. 
Squaws scoring against Dublin was; Kaonta Goolsby, 27 points; Ambria Simmons, seven points; Chyenne Hunt, six points; Jazmyne Mizell, five points;  Sanaa Searles, five points; Carsen Ethridge, two points; Altierra Gooch, two points.
Scoring for the Squaws in the win over Telfair was: Kyle Hart, 15 points including three three-pointers; Kaonta Goolsby, seven points; Jazmyne Mizell, six points; Sanaa Searles, four points; Chyenne Hunt, two points; Ileisha Mitchell, two points; Jazmyne Mizell, two points; Altierra Gooch, two points; Ambria Simmons, two points.
 The Indians lost to Northeast Macon, 29-62 and lost to Dublin, 45-84 and defeated Telfair County, 52-47
Scoring for the Indians against the Northeast was: Demron Gordon, 10 points; Timmy Johnson, five points; Lamarie Mitchell, two points; Kavarris Hall, two points; Kevin Sykes, two points; Caleb Singletary, two points; Keldrick Beck, two points; Javan Smith, two points; Sir Brown, two points.
Scoring for the Indians at Dubin was: Timmy Johnson, 15 points; Kevin Sykes, 11 points; Demron Gordon, nine points; Keldrick Beck, eight points; Dontavian McMillian, two points.
Scoring for Dodge in win over Telfair was: Mikhail Carr, 15 points; Kevin Sykes, 15 points; Timmy Johnson, 12 points; Keldrick Beck, six points; Sir Brown, two points; Demron Gordon, two points.
Dodge was scheduled for the following games this week: Tuesday, January 21 at home against Washington County; Friday, January, 24 at East Laurens; Saturday, January 25 at Hawkinsville and then return home on Tuesday, January 28 to face Wheeler County.
All girls’ games start at 6:00 p.m. Boys’ games always follow immediately after the girls.

By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School (DCHS) basketball teams played one game last week.
They traveled to Southwest Macon on Friday, January 10 for a region match-up. The Squaws faced, the first place in Region 3AA and eighth ranked in state, Lady Patriots and lost 32-62 while the Indians hung tough but lost 59-63 against  coach Robert Cotton’s Patriots.
Scoring for the Squaws against Southwest was: Kylie Hart, nine points; Sanaa Searles, seven points; Altierra Gooch, four points; Jazmyne Mizell, four points; Ileisha Mitchell, four points; Cheyenne Hunt, two points; Ambria Simmons, two points.
Scoring for the Indians against the Patriots was: Timmy Johnson, 21 points; Lamarie Mitchell, 14 points; Keldrick Beck, nine points; Keyshawn Mincey, eight points; Sir Brown, three points; Dontavian McMillian, two points; Caleb Singletary, two points.
Dodge was scheduled for the following games this week: Tuesday, January 14 at home against Northeast Macon; Friday, January, 17 at Dublin; Saturday, January 18 at Telfair County and then return home on Tuesday, January 21 to face Washington County.
All girls’ games start at 6:00 p.m. with the exception of Saturday at Telfair which will begin at 4:00 p.m. Boys’ games always follow immediately after the girls. 

By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School (DCHS) basketball teams played six games over the Christmas break.  They traveled to Washington County on Tuesday, December 17 and then hosted non-region foes Hawkinsville and Telfair County on Friday, December 20 and Saturday, December 21. DCHS played in one game of the Turner County Christmas Classic against Worth County on Monday, December 30 and then hosted East Laurens on Friday, January 3 and traveled to Bleckley County on Saturday, January 4.
The Squaws picked up two wins during that time period as they defeated Hawkinsville, 55-49 and Telfair County, 59-52 and lost games against Washington County, 39-75; Worth County, 41-61; East Laurens, 36-51 and Bleckley County, 49-58.
Scoring for the Squaws against Washington County was: Kylie Hart, 11 points including two three-pointers; Cheyenne Hunt, 11 points; Altierra Gooch, four points; Sanaa Searles, four points; Ambria Simmons, four points; Jazmyne Mizell, three points; Kaonta Goolsby, two points. 
Scoring for the Squaws in the win over Hawkinsville: Kylie Hart, 24 points including four three-pointers; Altierra Gooch, 13 points; Sanaa Searles, eight points; Carson Ethridge a three-pointer; Brooke Dixon, three points; Gabby Hilburn, two points; Jazmyne Mizell, one point; Ambria Simmons, one point.
Squaws scoring in the win over Telfair County was; Altierra Gooch, 13 points; Kyle Hart, 11 points including three three-pointers; Sanaa Searles, 10 points; Carson Ethridge, nine points including two three-pointers; Jazmyne Mizzell, nine points including two three-pointers; Ambria Simmons, seven points.
Scoring for the Squaws against Worth County was: Kylie Hart, 16 points including two three-pointers; Kaonta Goolsby, 12 points; Ambria Simmons, eight points; Jazmyne Mizell, three points; Sanaa Searles two points.
Scoring for the Squaws against East Laurens was: Kylie Hart, 11 points including three three-pointers; Kaonta Goolsby, six points; Altierra Gooch, five points; Jazmyne Mizell, five points; Ambria Simmons, four points; Ileasha Mitchell, two points; Sanaa Searles, two points; Brooke Dixon, one point.
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By Joey Marchant
The Dodge County Indians officially turned the page on their 2019 football season with a banquet and awards ceremony. Players and their families enjoyed a meal catered by The Butcher Block. Seniors were presented with their home football jerseys.
Coaches gave the following awards. Senior Hunter Rahn and junior Patrick Stevenson were awarded academic awards for their hard work in the classroom. Senior Jamal Mahan was recognized for being named to the Scout Smart Academic Team by Georgia High School Football Daily. This team is made up of players from all seven classifications whom excel both on the field and in the classroom.
Freshman Hunter Kirkley was presented the Junior Varsity Offensive Award. Sophomore Jackson Bowen was presented the Junior Varsity Defensive Award. Senior Noah Pace was presented the Most Improved Offensive Player Award. Freshman Lamarie Mitchell was presented the Most Improved Defensive Player Award. Senior Timmy Johnson was presented the Special Teams Award. Junior Kevin Sykes, Jr. was presented the Hustle Award for Offense. Junior Rico Caines was presented the Hustle Award for Defense. Senior Jayleen Lemon was presented the Coach’s Award for Offense. Senior AJ Melvin was presented the Coach’s Award for Defense. Senior Colby Lee was presented the Offensive Lineman Award. [Full Story »] 

By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School (DCHS) basketball teams had three games at home last week. They hosted region rival Dublin on Tuesday, December 10; AAAAA Wayne County on Friday, December 13; and then Wilcox County on Saturday, December 14 for another non-region game.

The Squaws picked up their first win of the season against Dublin, 79-59; the Squaws kept things close with AAAAA Wayne County but lost 47-56; and then defeated Wilcox County, 75-63 for their second win of the week.

Scoring for the Squaws in the win against the Dublin Lady Irish was: Kylie Hart, 17 points including five three-pointers; Altierra Gooch, 15 points; Kaonta Goolsby, 11 points including a three-pointer; Cheyenne Hunt, nine points including a three-pointer; Jazmyne Mizell, seven points including a three-pointer; Sanaa Searles, seven points; Carson Ethridge, five points including a three-pointer; Ambria Simmons, five points including three-pointer. 

Scoring for the Squaws in the loss against Wayne County was: Kylie Hart, 18 points including four three-pointers; Kaonta Goolsby, 12 points including a three-pointer; Altierra Gooch, five points; Cheyenne Hunt, four points; Sanaa Searles, four points; Jazmyne Mizell a three-pointer; Ambria Simmons, one point.
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