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Kale Kurtz, Caleb Burton, Nolan Henderson, Madden Drake, Landen Adams and Carson Amabile finished first at the Cougar Invitational hosted at Mirror Lake Golf Club in Villa Rica. (Photo courtesy of Elbert County Golf)

Kale Kurtz, Caleb Burton, Nolan Henderson, Madden Drake, Landen Adams and Carson Amabile finished first at the Cougar Invitational hosted at Mirror Lake Golf Club in Villa Rica. (Photo courtesy of Elbert County Golf)

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Golf teams win trophies

Mark Wells
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Elbert County’s golf teams had a big tournament weekend as Blue Devils finished first overall  while the Lady Devils finished second overall at the annual Cougar Invitational hosted at Mirror Lake Golf Club in Villa Rica.
Brycin Hughes gets his swing around and makes contact with the ball during the first game of Elbert’s home doubleheader against Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy March 14. (Photo by Wells)

Brycin Hughes gets his swing around and makes contact with the ball during the first game of Elbert’s home doubleheader against Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy March 14. (Photo by Wells)

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Diamond Devils push streak to six

Mark Wells
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Elbert County’s Diamond Devils are riding a six-game winning streak after opening region play with back-to-back sweeps for a perfect 6-0 region record.
The Lady Devils swarm Victoria Medellin after she scored the game-winning goal in the second-half of extra time to beat Commerce 3-2 March 14. (Photo by Wells)

The Lady Devils swarm Victoria Medellin after she scored the game-winning goal in the second-half of extra time to beat Commerce 3-2 March 14. (Photo by Wells)

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Soccer teams sweep Commerce at home

Mark Wells
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
The Elbert County Blue Devils and Lady Devils soccer team swept the Commerce Tigers at home March 14 in a pair of games that saw a late winner for the Lady Devils and start-to-finish domination from the Devils.

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Tennis dominates BASA in sweep

Mark Wells
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Elbert County's tennis teams pulled off a clean sweep of Barrow Arts and Sciences Academy as both teams came away with wins on the road March 12.  The Lady Devils shutout the  Lady Flames as they won by a commanding score of 5-0.

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Track teams kick season off at East Jackson

Mark Wells
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Elbert County's track teams started their season by competing in East Jackson and bringing home a host of Top 5 finishes.  The Devils claimed a total of 18 Top 5 spots in different events throughout the day while the Lady Devils had 11 Top 5 finishers.
Kim Harper Bray (center) waves to the crowd during her jersey-retirement ceremony in between the Lady Devils softball team's doubleheader against Johnson March 12. (Photo by Wells)

Kim Harper Bray (center) waves to the crowd during her jersey-retirement ceremony in between the Lady Devils softball team's doubleheader against Johnson March 12. (Photo by Wells)

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Slow Pitch keeps rolling with a pair of doubleheader sweeps

Mark Wells
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
The Elbert County Lady Devils slow-pitch softball team picked up another pair of sweeps as they beat Johnson and North Oconee in a total of four games.  The Lady Devils' week started with a game at home against Johnson from Gainesville March 12.
Rylan Brown fields a ground ball before throwing over to first base for an out in the first game of Elbert’s doubleheader on the road against Athens Academy. (Photo by Wells)

Rylan Brown fields a ground ball before throwing over to first base for an out in the first game of Elbert’s doubleheader on the road against Athens Academy. (Photo by Wells)

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Diamond Devils sweep Spartans

Mark Wells
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
The Elbert County Blue Devils baseball team bounced back from their loss to Hart last week with a three-game sweep of Athens Academy to take a share of first place in Region 8A Division 1.  Elbert kicked off the series by beating Athens Academy at home by a score of 14-4 March 5.
Kim Harper Bray jersey retirement

Kim Harper Bray jersey retirement

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Softball team to retire Bray’s No. 20 tonight

Mark Wells
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
The Elbert County Lady Devils slow pitch softball team is set to retire the No. 20, previously worn by Kim Harper Bray, in between tonight’s doubleheader against Johnson High School at Wesley King Field.  The first game of the doubleheader is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.
Emily Poon returns a serve during her win in the No. 1 singles match against Washington-Wilkes March 6. (Photo by Wells)

Emily Poon returns a serve during her win in the No. 1 singles match against Washington-Wilkes March 6. (Photo by Wells)

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Tennis teams sweep Washington-Wilkes at home

Mark Wells
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Elbert County's Lady Devils tennis team picked up a big win at home over Washington-Wilkes March 6, winning four out of five matches played against the Lady Tigers. The Lady Devils saw wins in all three of their singles matches, picking up a sweep in each individual match.  The No.
Madden Drake, Kale Kurtz, Nolan Henderson, Caleb Burton and Carson Amabile finished sixth out of 21 teams at the West Georgia Invitational in LaGrange March 8. Kurtz finished with the sixth-lowest score of the tournament and was selected for the All-Tournament team. (Photo courtesy of Elbert County Golf)

Madden Drake, Kale Kurtz, Nolan Henderson, Caleb Burton and Carson Amabile finished sixth out of 21 teams at the West Georgia Invitational in LaGrange March 8. Kurtz finished with the sixth-lowest score of the tournament and was selected for the All-Tournament team. (Photo courtesy of Elbert County Golf)

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Devils golf divides and conquers around the state

Mark Wells
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Elbert County's Blue Devils golf team split up and competed in a pair of tournaments over the weekend, with one team competing in the West Georgia Invitational in LaGrange and the other competing in the Apple Mountain Invitational in Habersham.