The Bulloch Academy Gators won their 3rd region title in 4 years knocking off Memorial 68-67 as Zach Altany hit what proved to be the game winning basket with 7 seconds left in the game. The Gator girls easily took down Fredrica 38-19
The Bulloch Academy boys advanced to the Region title game knocking off Robert Toombs 64-62 as Taylor Burke's bucket with 2 seconds left proved to be the game winner. In the girls semifinal match-up Bulloch Academy fell to Curtis Baptist 38-23.
High school basketball wrap up from Feb. 9. Included are Statesboro High wins over Effingham County, Bulloch Academy over Edmund Burke and Portal over Claxton.
The Georgia Southern Eagles came back from a 21 point second half deficit t o knock off The Citadel 61-58. The comeback marked the largest comeback in school history.
The NCAA finally handed down sanctions to the men's basketball program for academic fraud. Georgia Southern was found guilty of "major violations" regarding academic fraud during the 2007-08 basketball season. GSU has been forced to vacate all wins from the 07-08 and 08-09 seasons during which 2 players found guilty of academic fraud participated. In addition the Eagles lose 1 scholarship for each of the next 2 years and are limited in the number of recruiting visits.
The Georgia Southern Eagles overcame a 12 point second half deficit to knock off Appalachian State 68-65 behind 21 points from Antonio Habsen and 20 pts from Willie Powers.
Pat Collins has coached at every public school in Bulloch County and Monday he officially came back to the place his head coaching career began, as he was announced as the new head football coach at Southeast Bulloch High School.
The Bulloch Academy Gators split a doubleheader with Curtis Baptist winning the boys game 64-47, and losing a heaertbreaker at the buzzer 50-48 in the girl's side.
former Georgia SOuthern head coach and current GA Tech head coach Paul Johnson on his long time assistant Jeff Monken taking over as Georgia Southern head football coach
Former GSU assistant coach Jeff Monken will officially take over the reigns as the next Georgia Southern head coach Monday, Saturday night after Georgia Tech's ACC Championship victory he spoke about his new position.
Georgia Southern University athletic director Sam Baker on the hiring of new football coach Jeff Monken who comes to GSU from Georgia Tech where he serves as an assistant coach under former GSU head coach Paul Johnson.
The Georgia Southern Eagles dug themselves a 24-0 halftime hole which they just could not dig themselves out of as they fell to Furman 30-22 Saturday at Paulson Stadium. The loss assures the Eagles of just their 3rd losing season in the modern football era.
The last time Georgia Southern traveled to Boone they snapped the Mountaineers 30 game home win streak, Saturday there was no deja vue as Appalachian State pounded the Eagles 52-16 before a crowd of over 26,000 in the recently renovated Kidd Brewer Stadium.
Paced by a career high 153 yards rushing and 2 TD's from Adam Urbano the Georgia Southern Eagles knocked off the Chattanooga Mocs 30-20 improving to 3-1 in conference play and 4-3 overall.
Fighting for their playoff lives the Statesboro Blue Devils came out swinging as they won a defensive battle with Ware County 3-0 thanks in part to great play from the Blue Devil defense and special teams and a 1st half Caleb Brown field goal held up improving Statesboro's record to 2-2 in Region play.
Despite winning the 2nd half 5-0 the Georgia Southern Eagles were unable to overcome giving up a school record 42 points in the 1st half and fell to North Carolina 42-12 Saturday in Chapel Hill NC. The Eagles commitetd 4 first half turnovers 2 of which were returned for touchdowns as GSU falls to 3-3 overall and remains 2-1 in conference play.
Quarterback Lee Chapple connected on his first 17 passes of the game and the Eagles rushed for 2 touchdowns and scored 1 through the air as they knocked of Wofford 26-21 Saturday in Spartanberg SC improving to 3-2 overall and 2-1 in Southern Conference play.
The Georgia Southern Eagles rebounded nicely from their 44-6 loss to South Dakota State with an impressive 27-3 win over Western Carolina. GSU was led offensivly by Adam Urbano with 78 yards rushing and 77 yards receiving while the Eagle defense allowed a total of -6 yards rushing and kept the Catamounts out of the end zone all night as they improve to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in conference play.
Playing in less than ideal weather conditions at The Brickyard the Statesboro Blue Devils took advantage of 4 2nd half Thomson turnovers in beating the Bulldogs 13-0. Aaron Lester returned from an injury to score one touchdown while Lamar Stimage continued to play with a painful turf toe and scored as well as Statesboro improves to 3-1 on the season.
The Georgia Southern Eagles went without a touchdown for the first time since 1995 and suffered their most lopsided defeat since 1996 as they fell to South Dakota State 44-6 dropping to 1-1 on the season.
The Georgia Southern Eagles used a total team efforet in knotching their 1st win of the season Saturday at Paulson Stadium. The Eagles scored on offense, defense and on special teams, Adrian Mora secured the win with a career high 44 yard field goal with less than a minute to play for the 29=26 win.
Even without the services of last weeks offensive star Lamar Stimage, who was out with turf toe, the Statesboro Blue Devils blew past Groves 44-0 improving to 2-0 on the season. Aron Lester scored twice and Morris Prince added 3 touchdowns in pacing the Blue Devil offense.
The Statesboro Blue Devils jumped out to a 31-0 halftime lead and would cruise to the 34-6 victory. Lamar Stimage led the way for the Blue Devils with 3 touchdowns and the Blue Devil defense came through with turnovers and a couple blocked punts in the victory.
The Portal Panthers came back from a 17-0 hole to cut the lead to 17-13 but were unable to get any closer as a later interception sealed the deal and Portal fell 23-13.
The Bulloch Academy Gators opened the 2009 season with a 51-8 victory at David Emanuel. The Gators were led by Ellis Land who piled up 194 yards rushing and 4 TD's on the night.
GSU Volleyball team going door to door for support
The Georgia Southern volleyball is pulling out all the stops this season giving their all on and off the court. In an effort to help put fans in the seats they have been holding clinics at vrious clubs and schools and are even going door to door handing out schedule cards and encouraging people of the Statesboro community to come to games this year, or attend their free clinic Saturday from 1-3 at Hanner Fieldhouse.
Upon Further Revue from May 13. Nate and Eagle basketball head coach Charlton Young discuss his new assistant coaches and the interview ends with a surprising kiss from the new Eagle coach to the man that covered his games for 4 years at Georgia Southern.
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