Sports

By Jessie Pruett
On February 28, the Dodge County High School (DCHS) Indians traveled to Dublin to take on the Irish. Dodge County lost a close one to the Irish in the late innings. Jonathon Perdue was the starting pitcher for the Indians and allowed only three hits and four earned runs striking out nine. Hitting for the Indians were Jonathon Perdue two for two; Andrew Hardy two for four with a double; Cain Peterson two for four with a double; Lance Pruett had a double and two runs batted in (RBI’s); Tad Honeycutt a single and two RBI’s; Dathan Sheffield and Austin Clements both had singles and drove in a run for the Indians.
March 3, the Indians traveled to Bleckley County for one of the oldest rivalries in central Georgia. Like many games the Indians have had this year it was an emotional roller coaster with some successes, some missed opportunities and some strange and questionable calls by the guys in blue. Ultimately it goes down as a loss with a score of five to two. [Full Story »] 

By Angie Bland
The Dodge County Indians are on the right track this year for region playoffs. The Lady Indians took a hard loss to Thomson on Friday night, but that doesn’t diminish their hopes of coming out on top. With some extra hustling and the innate desire to outperform the others, they can still rise to the challenge. It will be tough, but definitely not impossible.
The girls had a lot of time spent on defense Friday night. After 20 minutes into the game, Brooke Best came out of goalie to run the middle of the field and stir up some support for the Lady Indians. Sydney McRee went in as goalie and held her own. She is proving to be a valuable asset to the Lady Indians and has a future with them for sure. Caitlyn Smith was doing a great job on the field but with a sore ankle it makes it hard to track down your opponent, so she eventually came out of the game.
Our offense didn’t get much time in the first half of the game. Dodge had 11 shots at goal and Thomson had six. At the end of the game, we had 18 shots to their 18. With two minutes left to go in the game, Thomson had a five to zero lead over the Lady Indians, however, they didn’t just lay down and die, the Indians kept fighting. Aja Murray from out of nowhere, got the ball to drop into the goal, pretty as you please. They turned right around and did it again. Taylor Hall, from 60 yards out, put that famous kicking leg into action and launched a pass that just got touched by Haley Holloway landing it in the goal. Our girls sometimes get down, but they never give up. [Full Story »] 

By Frank Erwin
The Dodge County High School (DCHS) Indians tennis teams hosted Washington County on March 11, 2014. The boys won four to one and the girls won five to zero.
Winners for the boys were number one singles, Jacob Danforth, six to zero in the first set and six to zero in the second set; number two singles, Dallas Hardin, six to one in the first set and six to zero in the second set; number one doubles, Vic Mizell and Corvon Parker, six to zero in the first set and six to one in the second set; and number two doubles, CJ Kemp and Brandon Roland, six to zero in the first set and six to two in the second set. [Full Story »] 

By Angie Bland
On Friday March 14 the Dodge County High School (DCHS) soccer teams played Jefferson County, which turned out to be the best defensive games of the year. The girls only allowed Jefferson County to take eight shots during the entire game. DCHS Lady Indians came away with a four to one victory.
Brooke Best had one block at goal and Sydney McRee had six blocks and allowed only one goal. Other stats for the game were Best with three shots, one goal, two corner kicks and one assist; Aja Murray had four shots, one goal and one assist; Caitlyn Smith had one save; Haley Holloway five shots and two goals; Kaitlyn Mullis six shots; Sam Campbell three shots, one assist and three corner kicks; and Kiley Dix one assist. [Full Story »] 

The Dodge County Middle School Warriors remained undefeated on their baseball season with four region wins. Dodge recorded a nine to zero home win over Bleckley County and a 15 to three win over Dublin. The Warriors recorded a pair of road wins as well with an eight to three win over Toombs County and a ten to one win over East Laurens. Dodge will begin post-season play this Thursday at home with a 4:00 p.m. game. It is not known who they will play at this time. The championship game is scheduled for this Saturday. [Full Story »] 

By Angie Bland
The Dodge County High School (DCHS) soccer teams had an outstanding week. The teams traveled to Bleckley County last Tuesday to take on the Royals. This game is looked forward to each year, as it is a rivalry. The games between these teams are intense even though it does not count toward a region win or loss.
The Lady Indians started out the game quickly falling behind by a point. This point was quickly rectified and Aja Murray put the Lady Indians on the scoreboard. Brooke Best and Haley Holloway each scored two goals giving the Lady Indians a win over Bleckley County. This win would not have been possible without the assistance of our offensive team that helped out by assisting. [Full Story »] 

By Frank Erwin
The Dodge County High School (DCHS) Indians tennis teams hosted the Hawkinsville Red Devils March 3, 2014. The boys lost two to three and the girls won five to zero.
Winners for the boys were number one singles, Jacob Danforth, six to two in the first set and six to four in the second set; number two singles, Dallas Hardin, six to zero in the first set and six to one in the second set. [Full Story »] 

The Dodge County Middle School (DCMS) Warriors ran their record to four and zero with a pair of home wins last week. On Monday, Dodge defeated Vidalia five to four in their first region game of the season. On Friday, Dodge once again defeated Vidalia six to two. This second game didn’t count toward the region standings. Wet field conditions prevented Thursday’s region game at Swainsboro. The seventh grade Warriors defeated Vidalia seven to five on Friday night in their first game of the season. [Full Story »] 

The Dodge County Archery teams competed in the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) regional tournament in Johnson County on February 15, 2014.
Placing first in the high school division, Dodge County High School’s archery team fired a 3,175 to beat five other schools.  Placing first in the middle school division, Dodge County Middle School’s archery team scored 3,032 beating three other schools. These wins qualify both teams for the eighth annual Georgia-NASP state tournament April 8 at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry.
The Dodge County teams also excelled on individual levels. Dodge high’s Joshua Peterson arrowed a 286 (out of 300) to win the overall high-scoring male title at the regional and Dodge high’s Chelsea Barrentine shot a 281 to take home top female honors. [Full Story »] 

Dodge County High School Senior Nicholas Evans, and member of the DCHS Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) leadership team, shared a time of devotion and ministry at the recent Ocmulgee FCA board meeting on Tuesday, February 11.  
Evans has been a key leader in the FCA Campus Ministry at the high school for several years and also at Dodge County Middle School while there. He shared the different ministry events such as “Fields of Faith” that was held October with around 100 in attendance; huddle meetings they have done in the last couple of weeks and the possible upcoming concert in April. Evans and the leadership team are an essential part of the FCA ministry in Dodge County.
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The Eastman-Dodge County Recreation Department is holding baseball and softball registration from now until Friday, February 21, 2014.
Kids between the ages of five and 14 are eligible to sign up. The season is scheduled to start on Saturday, March 29, 2014.
For more information call the recreation department at 478-374-4696.

Recently two Grappling Indians representing Dodge County Wrestling Club travelled to Atlanta to compete in the prestigious Georgia Grind Wrestling Tournament. This annual tournament draws the best of the best from the South East and is billed as one of the toughest tournaments in the south.
Representing Dodge County this year was Jared Cannon and McCay Turner. Cannon turned in a near perfect performance on the day fighting his way through the consolation bracket to win third place. Not stopping there, he was able to challenge for second place and defeated his opponent in grand fashion to bring home a second place finish.
At 85 pounds, Turner battled some seasoned opponents all day and never quit. He won his opening match quite impressively before being sent to the consolation bracket. Scrapping his way through the bracket he needed to win every match to stay in the tournament. By the time the dust settled, Turner had defeated all-comers and emerged victorious in the consolation finals to earn a third place trophy.