Sports

Coach wants more oomph from Lady Jacket offense

By Gary Corsair Sports Writer   The Hayesville varsity girls basketball team will shoot for offensive consistency during a stretch of three games in five days beginning with a visit from Franklin on Thursday.

JVs knock off Eagles, 49-40

By Gary Corsair Sports Writer   Six Yellow Jackets scored during a 20-point third quarter that propelled the Hayesville JV boys from a 1-point halftime lead to a 49-40 victory over visiting Hiwassee Dam on Tuesday, Jan. 7. “It was a great win coming off a long break.

Crouch makes Polk say ‘Ouch!’

By Gary Corsair Sports Writer   Polk County 91, Hayesville 69 Hayesville’s Slade Crouch posted career-highs with 32 points and 15 rebounds, but his heroics weren’t enough to counteract Polk County’s 15 3-pointers and 16 free throws on the final day of the annual Battle of the States Basketball...

Ladies bold comeback falls short, 43-40

By Gary Corsair Sports Writer   The Hayesville Lady Jackets trailed by 10 early in the fourth quarter before embarking on a stand-up-cheer comeback that came within a whisker of taming Towns County.

Lady Jackets win two of three

By Gary Corsair Sports Writer   For three quarters, Coosa threatened and Hayesville responded in their second-round match-up in the 30th Annual Battle of the States Basketball Tournament.

Crouch and Reynolds bring Jackets to brink of victory

By Gary Corsair Sports Writer   Coosa looked impressive dunking during warm-ups before facing Hayesville in the 30th Annual Battle of the States tourney on Saturday, but the pre-game rim-rattling wasn’t as impressive as the show Slade Crouch and Brady Reynolds performed in the actual game.

Hayesville’s JV Jackets pulverize Indians, 53-22

By Gary Corsair Sports Writer   Eight Yellow Jackets scored as the Hayesville JV boys spanked visiting Towns County, 53-22 on Friday, Dec. 6. Daemien Soto led the way with 14 points. Kabe Shaheen added 9 points. Carter Whitfield had 8 — all in the second half. E.J. Mapusua.

Strong second quarter carries Lady Jacket JVs to 36-33 win

By Gary Corsair Sports Writer   The Lady Yellow Jackets survived three Towns County 3-pointers in the final quarter as they hung on for a 36-33 JV girls basketball win at Hayesville on Friday, Dec. 6.

Turnovers ground Yellow Jackets, 70-52, at Cherokee

By Gary Corsair Sports Writer   Slade Crouch totaled 18 points and 13 rebounds and E.J. Abrams and Michael Colandrea played with intensity off the bench, but turnovers doomed Hayesville to a 70-52 boys basketball loss at Cherokee on Tuesday. “We didn’t take care of the ball well enough.

Exhaustive effort not enough at Cherokee

By Gary Corsair Sports Writer   Cherokee 84, Hayesville 13 — and the basketball game wasn’t as close as the score indicated.