Middle Grades football kicks off

Story courtesy of The Press Sentinel Wayne’s middle schools take to the gridiron in scrimmage AWMS’s Tyler Jenkins, No. 3, ran the ball hard against Waycross Middle. Published: Friday, August 31, 2012 3:11 PM CDT Wayne County’s middle school football teams were able to squeeze in most of their scrimmage games on Wednesday before poor weather rolled in.Both Arthur Williams and Martha Puckett middle schools started the jamboree with ties against Waycross Middle School. The ties were a good sign for the Wayne County programs since Waycross has dominated the Southeast Georgia Middle School Conference the past two years with undefeated...

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Penalties, turnovers lead to 14-14 Wayne Appling tie

Story courtesy of The Press Sentinel Penalties, turnovers lead to 14-14 Wayne-Appling tie Chris Cohen led all rushers with 144 yards on 21 carries. Published: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 4:07 PM CDT The Wayne County High Yellow Jacket football team drug the Appling Pirates up and down the field in Baxley Friday night, but untimely turnovers and a sea of yellow flags resulted in a 14-14 tie.The Appling Pirates would not agree to play overtime, and the game ended in a tie.The Jackets are off this Friday night and will host Glynn Academy on Sept. 14. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.“We have to put this one behind us and get ready for Glynn,”...

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1959 Football Teams to be honored by Sports Hall of Fame

  STAFF REPORT Published: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:29 PM CDT Wayne County’s high schools have fielded many fine football teams over the years. However, much of Wayne County’s football lore stems from the weekend of Dec. 11-12, 1959, when Jesup High School won a state AA title on Friday night and then Wayne County Training School followed with a state B title on Saturday night. Both games were played at Jaycee Stadium. The two teams will be honored Aug. 3 at Wayne County High as they are inducted into the Wayne County Sports Hall of Fame. The dinner will begin at 7 p.m. in the commons area and is sponsored by...

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High Attendance at Summer Workouts

Jackets putting in the hours this summer MARY MARLOW / Staff Levonte Larry lifts weights as others look on. STAFF REPORT Published: Monday, July 9, 2012 8:29 AM CDT With a little more than a month left on summer break, many of Wayne County High’s athletes have been spending their summer working harder than ever.The school has opened its gym and fields for several hours of weight lifting and conditioning each morning. Couple that with football passing leagues, summer baseball and basketball games and the young athletes have been kept very, very busy.“We have about 100 football, basketball and baseball players that are here...

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Scoreboard and Concessions Update

25 Second Playclocks The Base for the New Scoreboard New Concession Stand Though the season is still over a month away, construction at Jaycee Stadium on several TD club projects are going forward on schedule and will be completed in the coming weeks and in time for kickoff against Bradwell Institute in the scrimmage game on August 17th. The most noticeable additions are the base for the new scoreboard which will be one of the nicest in the area.  The scoreboard itself should be installed in the next couple of weeks.  It will feature a video screen allowing for live video feeds from the field to be played during the game. Not...

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2012 WCHS Varsity Football Schedule

2012 Varsity Football Schedule Date                      Opponent                                          Place          Time           08/17/2012             Bradwell Institute(Scrimmage)                        Home          ...

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Yellow Jackets put a wrap on Spring Football

With nearly 100 kids showing up for spring football, the Wayne County High Yellow Jackets were able to wrap up two weeks of practices with an intrasquad scrimmage game on Friday. In the controlled scrimmage, the white team bested the gold 18-6. “The spring has been quite productive,” said coach Jody Grooms. “We have finally developed some depth on our football team. Hopefully, this depth will allow us to be better equipped to handle injuries if they hit us as hard as they did this past year. We have had a very physical spring, and a lot of our kids are banged up and sore. We put on pads the first day and competed against each other daily for at least one hour. I believe that it has made us closer and forced us to appreciate competition.” Scoring highlights for the gold team included a...

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