Sports

By Meredith Hutcheson
The Northeast Macon tennis team travelled to Dodge County on Tuesday, February 28. The girl’s team won every match played. Number one singles player Meredith Hutcheson won her match 6-1, 6-0. Number two singles Mary Beth Dopson won 6-0, 6-2. Jessie Thomas who was number three singles won 6-1, 6-0. [Full Story »] 

By Chris Sabia
On Friday, March 3, the Indians and the Washington County Golden Hawks traded licks and kicks through regulation, two over times and the shoot out. Heavy contact turned the pitch into a battlefield. The Indians played without defense man Juan Jimenez who has missed the last two games. Jimenez is recovering from an ankle injury he suffered against Toombs County and the Indians anxiously await his return. Terrill Wrease shot four times in the game and with a 1-0 deficit he scored his first goal of the season and tied the game late in the second half. Keeper Peyton Bush stopped 19 shots and defensive back Cade Fountain denied three attempts. Christian Macias was solid with many free kicks, corner kicks and one spectacular save. Tucker Rogers had six shots, Saul Mendieta had four shots and Lance Rogers had two shots. Christian Garcia had one shot for the evening and scored the first shoot out goal for the Indians. Christian Macias scored the second shoot out goal but the Golden Hawks won in the shoot out and defeated the Indians 2-1. [Full Story »] 

By Chris Sabia
On Friday, February 24, the Dodge County soccer teams travelled to Lyons and played the Toombs County Bulldogs. The Lady Indians played with record high temperatures of 82 degrees. Haley Holloway scored the first goal for Dodge County in the first half assisted by Haleigh Pavesich. Julianna Bellflower had a great defensive stop in the first half to keep the Lady Bulldogs in check. The aggressive competition continued on in the second half. Leah Creech, Jaida Ashley and Macy Rogers shot but came up empty. Haley Holloway scored again this time assisted by Leah Creech. Jade Dowdy, Mason Law and Dasmyn Rolland worked to keep their defensive zone clear. Ana Rodriguez showcased her footwork and the team fought hard but ultimately fell to the Lady Bulldogs 3-2. [Full Story »] 

By Jessie Pruett
On February 21, the Indians traveled to Treutlen County. Chip Burch got the start for the Indians throwing five and one third innings allowing two runs on four hits and striking out four. Gary Pittman came on in at one and two third inning of relief not allowing any hits or runs while striking out one. Hitting for the Indians were Craig Barton, who hit the first home run of the season for the Indians; Cam Coleman who had a double; Gary Pittman and Chandler Davis who both added singles. The Indians won 5-2. [Full Story »] 

By Meredith Hutcheson
The Dodge County High School tennis team travelled to East Laurens High School on Tuesday, February 1st. The girls dominated their opponents pulling out wins in every match. First singles Meredith Hutcheson, second singles Mary Beth Dopson and third singles Jessie Thomas won their matches 6-0, 6-0. First doubles Madelyn Pruitt and Abby Christian Manning and second doubles Abbey Manning and Ellie Jones won their matches 6-0, 6-1. The boys also defeated East Laurens. First singles Brock Woodard won a close match against a tough opponent with a score of 6-4, 7-5. Second singles Nathan Newman won his match 6-4, 6-3. Third singles Christian Grauberger dominated his opponent with a score of 6-0, 6-0. First doubles John Barclay Jessup and Crosse Bearden won their matches 6-1, 7-5. [Full Story »] 

By Meredith Hutcheson
The Dodge County High School tennis team traveled to Peach County on Thursday, February 16. The teams completed their match from the previous week that had to be rescheduled due to inclement weather and played another match to keep them on schedule. [Full Story »] 

By Chris Sabia
The Indian soccer teams played their first home game of the season against the Central Macon Chargers on Friday, February 17. “We knew they were quick and aggressive,” explained coach Meghan McCranie, “so the Lady Indians put in extra time to develop a solid plan and defeat the Central team 2-1.”
Jaida Ashley produced the only goal of the first half and keeper Jacey Dowdy, named player of the game, fended off 11 shots in the first and four more in the second. Mason Law assisted Macy Rogers to score just 30 seconds into the second half. The ladies shot a total of 27 times in their victory. [Full Story »] 

On Wednesday, February 8, Dodge County High School (DCHS) senior Theron Cooper signed a letter of intent to play football at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Cooper signed as an offensive lineman and is expected to play offensive tackle for the Hoyas. [Full Story »] 

By Meredith Hutcheson
The Dodge County High School tennis team kicked off their season on Tuesday, February 7 with a match against Peach County. The match was postponed due to inclement weather and will be completed on Thursday, February 16. [Full Story »] 

By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School Squaws basketball team won one and lost one game in the Region 3AA tournament last week. The Squaws ended up as Region 3AA Runner-ups. The Squaws entered the tournament at 12-0 and the number one seed. Dodge defeated the 4th seeded Dublin Lady Irish, for the third time this season, in the semifinals on Friday, February 10 by a score of 70-59. The win advanced the Squaws to the Region Championship game on Saturday, February 11 against the third seeded Bleckley County Lady Royals who had defeated the second seeded Washington County Lady Hawks in the semifinals on Friday. This was also the third time facing Bleckley County this season and the Squaws came up short by a score of 54-61 and ended up as region runner-ups. [Full Story »] 

By Chris Sabia
The Indians soccer teams played their season opener non-region game at Jeff Davis High School in Hazlehurst this past Friday. [Full Story »] 

The Dodge County High School Wrestling team traveled to Lyons on Saturday, February 4, to compete in the 2AA Sectional Tournament at Toombs High School. This is the Individual Sectional Tournament and essentially the first rounds of state competition. The Indians qualified five wrestlers for this event. The top four finishers in each weight class will move on the state tournament. [Full Story »] 

By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School Indian basketball team finished their regular season with one win and two losses last week. The Indians fell, 57-67 to the Southwest Macon on the road on Tuesday, January 31 and rebounded at home with a win over Northeast Macon, 78-66 on Friday, February 3 and then fell short to Dublin, 59-65 on Saturday, February 4. [Full Story »] 

The Dodge County High School Wrestling team traveled to East Laurens High School on Friday, January 27th to compete in the Individual Area Tournament. As a wrestler you must finish in the top four at area to qualify for the next step toward state, sectionals. The Indians entered the tournament with several seeded wrestlers. [Full Story »]