Tigers beat Putnam, will rest before Greene
By JOHN LOVVORN
      Last Friday night the Washington- Wilkes Tigers won another close region game, defeating Putnam County by a score of 18-12. This is the Tigers first victory in Eatonton since 1996. The win puts Washington at an even 4-4 overall record and 4-1 in region play. W-W is still tied with Greene County fo...
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Tiger runners at end of season, now preparing for region meet
      On Thursday, October 18, the W-W Tigers held their last home cross country meet. Four teams representing Morgan County, Taliaferro County, Georgia Military College, and Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School competed at the local course.
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These guys won the golf tournament
      The Eta Omicron Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi hosted the "Playing FORE the Cure" Nancy C. Long Golf Tournament & Calcutta Dinner last weekend in an effort to help Wilkes County residents in their fight against cancer. The winning team of the tournament included (l-r) Rob Jackson, Jim Baston, Tim Crook...
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Johnson bags big game in Namibia
      Lloyd Johnson III of Master's Wildlife Services "took a quick trip" to Namibia earlier this month to hunt with Drikus Swanepoel of Ekuja Hunting Safaris in Windhoek, Namibia. While there he shot this southern greater kudu and also a steenbok, a blesbok, and a black wildebeest. He also reported tha...
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Powder Puff game set for tonight at 7 at Tiger Stadium
      The WWCHS Student Council will be hosting a "Powder Puff Football Game" on Thursday, October 25, at 7 p.m. at Tiger Stadium. The cost of admission is $3. "This is an open week for the Tigers, and we don't have school on Friday," said council advisor Amy Wheatley, "so we encourage everyone in the ...
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Southern Fried Football
with CLAUDE CLEATS
      Same song, 8th verse! The upsets just keep on coming! South Carolina, poised to move into the Nation's top fiveafter South Florida was upset by Rutgers, went down in flames to a plucky Vanderbilt team 17-6. Later in the day underdog Miami whipped FSU and Georgia Southern stopped giant killer Appal...
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Region 8-AA SCHEDULES and SCORES
      W.-WILKES 4-4 13 Warren Co. 33 6 Thomson 34 0 Lincoln Co. 32 34 Dawson 6 20 Banks Co. 13 12 Morgan 31 20 Oglethorpe 18 18 Putnam 12 11/2 Greene Co. 11/9 8-AA Playoff MORGAN 5-2 15 Portal 7 0 Salem 28 0 Franklin Co.
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Region 8-AA Standings
      Sub-Region A Record Sub-Region B
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THE DIXIE DOZEN
      The top 12 teams in the South this week area: 1. LSU 2. Florida 3. Virginia 4. South Florida 5. Virginia Tech 6. South Carolina 7. Clemson 8. Georgia 9. Alabama 10. Georgia Tech 11. Tennessee 12. Miami
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