The Georgia Department of Education recently announced the 2021 Georgia Scholar’s List, and three Carroll County students are on it: Dylan Camp and Joshua Mitchell from Temple High School and Jerrick White from Villa Rica High School.
Carroll County’s high school seniors will have in-person graduation ceremonies when the semester ends in less than four weeks.
By Staff Reports
Like so many student-athletes, Temple High’s Daiyanna Cooper had to play a waiting game in 2020. She was even on her way to New York for a major track and field competition the infamous weekend of March 13 when she and her family were told to stay put in Georgia.
Right: Pictured, from left, are Temple High School football seniors Scooter Tanner (University of the Cumberlands), Wyatt Bixler (Berry College), Justin Isler (Appalachian State), Ty Brown (University of the Cumberlands), Phillip Johnson (Army) and Deagtrick Cook (University of the Cumberlan…
Several key games were played last week with Heard, Bowdon, and Mt. Zion taking key wins.
Heard County 21, Bremen 14 (Final)
Bremen 28, Haralson County 14 (Final)
Carrollton 55, Winder-Barrow 7 (Final)
This week’s football schedule kicked off with a rare Tuesday night game as Haralson County won the Region 5-AA contest 36-29 against Callaway.
It will go down as rivalry week, and it lived up to the billing with several dramatic showdowns.
Rivalry week might be the best way to describe this week’s football action for local teams.
With Carrollton, Central, Bowdon, Mt. Zion, and Heard County off last week, there were only four local teams in action Friday.
Local high school football teams continue to gear up for the final weeks of the season with just one thing in mind — finishing in the top four of their respective regions to earn a spot in the playoffs.
Bowdon 23, Gordon Lee 21 (Final)
Central 49, Villa Rica 28
Carrollton 34, Rome 12 (End 3Q)
Bowdon 14, Heritage School 9 (Final)
Temple High School on Tuesday celebrated its recent National STEM Certification by the National Institute for STEM Education (NISE).
There were some impressive wins and some disappointing losses as teams in the west Georgia area opened the season this past weekend after the season was delayed two weeks by the pandemic.
As a whole, I am fortunate enough to say this virus and quarantine has not affected me to the extent that it may have affected others and my prayers go out to those families and individuals that have been largely impacted. Life has not been extremely different for my family; my dad is still …
The Temple High School boys’ basketball team punched its ticket into the Class AA big dance late Tuesday evening behind a dominant effort in a 78-41 victory over Lamar County in the quarterfinal round of the Region 5-AA Tournament.
The Bremen High School girls’ basketball team went on the road Tuesday and spoiled Temple High School’s Senior Night festivities by rolling to a 52-28 victory over the Lady Tigers.
The 44th Annual Hilburn-Patterson Invitational Tournament came to a close at Haralson County High School on Monday night.
The second round of the SMI Carroll County Holiday Classic kicked off Friday night at Temple High School, where a 5-4 Mount Zion High School girls’ basketball club took on the 9-3 Lithia Springs Lady Lions, and things got off to a slow start for the Lady Eagles.
The Central High School girls' and boys' basketball teams rolled to a sweep of cross-county adversary Temple High School at Rayford Walker Gym on Friday night.
The Temple High School girls’ basketball team surpassed 25 points for the first time this season in a loss to the Northgate Lady Vikings on Friday night on its home court.
Having the right pieces in place to take a step toward returning to its winning ways after the Temple High School boys' basketball club ended last season with the lowest win total in five years, the Tigers are rolling into the 2019-20 basketball season with a healthy core of upperclassmen af…
A year removed from winning 14 games and recording its first winning season since 2010-11, the Temple High School girls’ basketball team fell to 1-4 with a 55-21 loss to Pepperell at home Saturday afternoon.
No. 2 Pepperell 27, No. 3 Heard County 7
Survive and advance.
The Temple Tigers are heading back to the postseason.
A battle for the last playoff spot out of Region 5-AA is set to take place this Friday, Nov. 8, in Barnesville as the Temple Tigers will face the Lamar County Trojans in the final regular season game of the 2019 football season.
The Temple High School football team put on a show for the crowd at Rogers Stadium in its final home game of the 2019 regular season Friday.
The Temple High School football team will try to put a stop to its slow start in Region 5-AA play tonight when it welcomes Spencer to Rogers Stadium for the penultimate game of the regular season.
The Tigers of Temple High School hosted a Region 5-AA test this Friday against the Bremen Blue Devils at Rogers Stadium.
Temple 56, Jordan 15
The Temple Tigers will try to end a two-game losing skid this Friday when they host the Jordan Red Jackets in the second Region 5-AA test of their 2019 football season.
Three straight wins to open the year have now been followed up by back-to-back losses by the Temple High School football team.
If it’s true that nothing good can last forever, then perhaps it was only a matter of time before the Temple High School football team’s unbeaten streak to start off the season came to an end.
The Temple Tigers, winners of but one game a season ago, entered Friday night’s home game against the Northwest Whitfield Bruins with a chance to quadruple that win total only four games into the 2019 season.
Don’t look now, but the tides are quickly changing for Temple High School football.
Carroll County rivalry week has arrived.
The Temple Tigers continued to roll right along early on in the 2019 football season Friday night by collecting their second win of the year against the Kendrick Cherokees.
Temple opened up the 2019 football season in dominant fashion last week by hosting Putnam County at Rogers Stadium and using a strong rushing attack to cruise to a 55-21 victory.
Temple 55, Putnam County 21
This Friday, Aug. 30, will mark the official start of the Temple Tigers' 2019 football season.
The Temple High School softball team hosted a Region 5-AA game against Callaway on Tuesday and suffered a 9-2 defeat to give the Lady Tigers their third region loss of the year.
Last Tuesday, the Temple High School softball team hosted cross-county rival Mount Zion and pulled out a 7-6 victory.
Head coach Scotty Ward and the Temple High School football team jumpstarted their 2019 season last Friday by competing in a scrimmage on the road against Pepperell High School.
The Temple High School softball team's home opener was spoiled by Lithia Springs on Wednesday as the Lady Tigers suffered a 9-1 defeat on their own diamond.
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