2009 Banner-Herald All-Area Football Team

Posted: 12.19.2009 Our area of Northeast Georgia was full of prime-time performers in high school football this season. Here is a look at the cream of the crop. FIRST TEAM OFFENSE Quarterback ► Darius Minor, Jefferson , Senior ► Film study: Minor again led his team to a Region 8-AA title and perfect regular season under new coach T. McFerrin. He finished the season with 19 total...

Madison County crushes Monroe Area

Posted: 09.11.2009 Staff Reports MONROE -- At Monroe, Madison County rolled up 531 offensive yards (253 rushing, 278 passing) Friday as the Red Raiders defeated the Purple Hurricanes 45-15, winning their second consecutive Region 8-AAAA game. Madison County quarterback Jacon Owens completed 13 of 21 passes for 220 yards and a touchdown pass. He also rusned seven times for 20 yards and a score. On the...

Cochran: Warriors, Titans should play during season

Posted: 08.23.2009 The stands at Warrior Stadium on Friday night were as packed as they have been for almost any regular-season game. The respective student sections acted as if it were a playoff game. A passerby could never have guessed that it was just a scrimmage. The glorified practice between Oconee County and North Oconee had every appearance of a great rivalry game, right...

Cochran: Picking a Terrific Ten requires guesswork

Posted: 08.19.2009 Any kind of preseason selection or prediction ultimately winds up being a guessing game. All you can do is up that your guesses are as educated as you can make them. That was my approach to selecting this year's preseason Terrific Ten, which you can find photographed in beautiful high definition in the Banner-Herald's 2009 High School Football Preview. OK, I was...

2009 Softball Preview: Green ignoring title pressure at Oconee

Posted: 08.16.2009 By Chris Starrssports@onlineathens.com As the team's No. 1 pitcher during her four years at Georgia earlier this decade, Michelle Green thrived on pressure situations, setting school records in wins (104), ERA (1.30) and strikeouts (1,070). But now the two-time All-American is facing a different kind of pressure as the first-year coach of defending Class AAA state champion Oconee County . Green, who spent the...