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Erica Wilson works on front line play with Elbert County volleyball team members last week on the newly reconditioned floor at the high school. The Lady Devils will open the season against Athens Christian Monday beginning with a junior varsity match at 5 p.m. (Photo by Jones)

Erica Wilson works on front line play with Elbert County volleyball team members last week on the newly reconditioned floor at the high school. The Lady Devils will open the season against Athens Christian Monday beginning with a junior varsity match at 5 p.m. (Photo by Jones)

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Lady Devils volleyball team playing historic first match on Monday

Gary Jones
Monday, August 10, 2020
Elbert County Comprehensive High School’s Volleyball Lady Devils are set to make a historic debut Monday, Aug. 10 at the school’s gymnasium on the school campus.
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Softball coach grateful for ‘strong’ senior class

Gary Jones
Monday, August 10, 2020
Elbert County’s new softball coach, Drew Greer, says going into a new season he knows he has a “strong” senior class. The Lady Devil softball team will open its season at the Chick-fil-A Classic in Augusta on Saturday. The Lady Devils will take on  Greenbrier High School in Evans on Aug.
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Schedule revised, Devils to scrimmage the Lions

Rose Scoggins
Thursday, July 30, 2020
The Elbert County Blue Devils are now scheduled to kick off the 2020 football season at Franklin County High School in Carnesville for a scrimmage on Aug. 21 at 7:30 p.m., according to a revised football schedule sent out by Head Coach Shannon Jarvis on Sunday evening.
Elbert County football coaches Tommy Gilstrap (left) and Reuben Haynes (right) work with Blue Devil football players during voluntary player workouts Monday morning. Two groups of players worked out on Monday morning under guidelines issued by the state and the Center for Disease Control. (Photo by Scoggins)

Elbert County football coaches Tommy Gilstrap (left) and Reuben Haynes (right) work with Blue Devil football players during voluntary player workouts Monday morning. Two groups of players worked out on Monday morning under guidelines issued by the state and the Center for Disease Control. (Photo by Scoggins)

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Coach Jarvis and Blue Devils back to work

Gary Jones
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
For the first time since mid-March Elbert County Comprehensive High School (ECCHS) athletes are engaging in conditioning drills. “Safety is the top priority for the athletes,” new Elbert County Head Football Coach Shannon Jarvis said prior to workouts held at the high school Monday.
New Elbert County High School Head Softball Coach Drew Greer and his wife Halle Cheek Greer pose with their daughter Cienna Grace Greer. (Photo special to The Star)

New Elbert County High School Head Softball Coach Drew Greer and his wife Halle Cheek Greer pose with their daughter Cienna Grace Greer. (Photo special to The Star)

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Greer aims to take softball to next level

Cary Best
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
New Elbert County High School Softball Coach Drew Greer has some lofty goals. In his first five years, the former Emmanuel College catcher and first baseman seeks to have the Lady Diamond Devils Columbus-bound and in the state tournament. Greer doesn’t stop there.
Don Hurburt (front row, third from left) poses with his 1977-78 American All Star team in Lugano, Switzerland.

Don Hurburt (front row, third from left) poses with his 1977-78 American All Star team in Lugano, Switzerland.

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Old photo brings blast from the past

Cary Best
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
On a recent trip to see the Atlanta Hawks play, Elbert County High School Head Basketball Coach Don Hurlburt got a big surprise. An old team sent him a photograph via text that Hurlburt had never seen. “I was so excited I nearly jumped out of the car,” said Coach Hurlburt.
Diamond Devil senior Carson Pullen tags senior War Eagle Jeremy Humphries in the third inning of Elbert County’s 8-7 region win at Putnam County March 13 in Eatonton. (Photo by Cary Best)

Diamond Devil senior Carson Pullen tags senior War Eagle Jeremy Humphries in the third inning of Elbert County’s 8-7 region win at Putnam County March 13 in Eatonton. (Photo by Cary Best)

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Devils shine in possible season finale

Cary Best
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to end spring sports, the Diamond Devils were determined to win what might be their last outing of the year.
Blue Devil No. 1 singles player Kody Alcantar beat Purple Hurricane Conner Bradley 6-4, 6-1 during Elbert County’s region-opener win over Monticello at the B.F. Coggins Tennis Complex in McWilliams Park in Elberton. (Photo by Cary Best)

Blue Devil No. 1 singles player Kody Alcantar beat Purple Hurricane Conner Bradley 6-4, 6-1 during Elbert County’s region-opener win over Monticello at the B.F. Coggins Tennis Complex in McWilliams Park in Elberton. (Photo by Cary Best)

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Net Devils blow away Purple Hurricanes

News Staff
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
The Net Devils knocked the rust off in their region-opening victory over Monticello March 12 at the B. F. Coggins Tennis Complex at McWilliams Park in Elberton.