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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 »] 

By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School Indians basketball team had three games on the schedule last week as they hosted Washington County on Tuesday, January 24 in a region game and then hit the road over the weekend for two non-region silvery games against Telfair County on Friday, January 27 and Hawkinsville on Saturday, January 28. The Indians are now 11-8 and 4-5 in the region after two losses and one win this week. The Indians lost, 49-71 to Washington County and 54-61 to Hawkinsville and defeated Telfair County, 69-61. [Full Story »] 

The Dodge County Middle School and the Dodge County High School teams won first on Saturday at the National Archery in Schools Program Regional Tournament. [Full Story »] 

By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School basketball teams each won three games last week. The second ranked Squaws improved their record to 17-2 overall and 8-0 in Region 3AA with wins over Southwest Macon, East Laurens and West Laurens. The Squaws defeated region foe Southwest Macon at home Tuesday, January 17 by score of 60-38 and region foe East Laurens, 70-53 on the road Friday, January 20 and defeated non-region foe West Laurens, 70-60 in Eastman on Saturday, January 21. [Full Story »] 

By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School basketball teams had two Region 3AA games on the road last week. The 2nd ranked Squaws improved their record to 14-2 overall 6-0 in Region 3AA with dominant wins over two ranked teams Washington County, 58-37 and Dublin, 67-41. The Indians didn’t fair as well as they lost both games. They lost 51-86 to Washington County and 53-66 to highly ranked Dublin. The Indians are now 7-6 overall and 2-4 in Region 3AA. [Full Story »] 

In wrestling there are two state tournaments to be completed, team and individual. The Dodge County Wrestling team accomplished something they have never done before. They qualified for the team competition at the state level. The Indians have been working to create a better team all year as they have been aiming for January. Wrestling is broken down into four areas in AA with the Indians falling into area two. [Full Story »] 

By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School basketball teams started the New Year off with two Region 3AA games last week. Dodge traveled to Northeast Macon on Tuesday, January 3 and then hosted Bleckley County on Saturday, January 7. The third ranked Squaws improved to 12-2 and 4-0 in the region with two big wins, as they defeated Northeast 60-21 and Bleckley County, 69-43. The Indians defeated Northeast 69-62 but fell in overtime in front of a packed house in Eastman on Saturday, 57-59. The Indians are now 7-4 overall and 2-2 in the region. [Full Story »] 

By Chad W. Smith
The 3rd ranked Dodge County High School Squaws basketball team had a great showing in the Volume Hyundai Holiday Classic Tournament this past week at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville and took the second place trophy. The 3rd ranked Squaws improved their record to 10-2 overall with wins over Class AAAAAA Northside-Warner Robins and Class AAAAA Veterans High before facing 6th ranked Class AAAAA Maynard Jackson (11-1) in the championship game and suffering their second loss of the season and first loss in the tournament. [Full Story »] 

By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School basketball teams had one game last week before a Christmas break. The Squaws and Indians traveled to Jesup on Tuesday, December 20 for non-region games against the AAAAA Wayne County Yellow Jackets. The Squaws pulled out a 50-45 win for their second win against the Lady Jackets this season. Wayne County only has two losses this season so far and they both are to the fourth ranked (AA) Squaws. The Squaws are now 8-1 overall and 2-0 in region 3AA.
The Indians fought hard but came up one point short to the Yellow Jackets as they lost 57-58 as they missed a shot with four seconds left that would have won the game for Dodge. The Indians are 6-3 overall and 1-1 in region 3AA. [Full Story »] 

The Dodge County wrestling team took to the mats on Friday, December 16 and Saturday, December 17 in Soperton. Nineteen teams attended this year’s tournament. The tournament is scored by having a pool of five matches for each wrestler and then taking the top four from each weight class and placing them into a four man bracket for medals. [Full Story »] 

By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School Squaws basketball team won three games last week to improve their record to 7-1 and 2-0 in region 3AA. The Squaws are ranked 5th in the latest state AA poll. The Squaws defeated West Laurens 66-44 on Tuesday, December 13 in a non-region game. The Squaws rolled over Hawkinsville 91-35 on Friday, December 16 in Eastman and then defeated the 8th ranked (A) Wilcox Lady Patriots 69-35 in Rochelle on Saturday, December 17. [Full Story »] 

The Dodge County High School wrestling team traveled to Dexter for the annual Raider Invitational at West Laurens High School. The Indians opened the first round of competition by winning nine of its twelve matches. The Indians would finish pool play with four undefeated wrestlers and number one seeds for the medal rounds on Saturday, December 10. [Full Story »] 

By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County Indians basketball team are 4-1 and 1-1 in Region 3AA after three games last week. The Indians won two and lost one game. The Indians defeated Wilcox County, 67-64 at home on Tuesday, December 6 and won a very important region game 59-26 over East Laurens on Saturday, December 10. Dodge lost a close battle with archrival and region foe Bleckley County, 52-55 in Cochran on Friday, December 9. [Full Story »] 

The Dodge County High School wrestling team traveled to Hazlehurst Friday, December 2 and Saturday, December 3 to compete in the 10th annual Yellow Jacket Duals hosted by Jeff Davis High School. There were 20 teams from all over the state of Georgia competing this year. [Full Story »]