Opinion & Editorial

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The hill I’ll die on

News Staff

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Every June, the National Football Foundation (NFF) releases the finalists for the College Football Hall of Fame, and the announcement makes my blood boil. The players and coaches named as finalists isn’t what draws my ire.

Vivian Fargason (right) on a date with her old man during the third round of the 2022 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.

Thankful for daddy-daughter dates

News Staff

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Two years ago, my daughter Vivian and I were standing in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency hotel in Jacksonville waiting for the shuttle to take us to Ponte Vedra for the third round of The Players championship at TPC Sawgrass.

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It doesn’t feel like summer...yet

News Staff

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

With graduation and Memorial Day now in our rear-view mirrors, the unofficial start of summer has officially began. Over the years, I’ve made no secret of the fact that summer is my least favorite season.

Wheless

Thank you, Lexie

News Staff

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

I will be the first to admit, I had a completely different column written out for this week, as I had planned on writing about the Class of 2024 as a whole and how they will be one of the most talented athletic classes to ever walk the halls of Hart County High School.

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My favorite Hart County graduate

News Staff

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

I took over the publisher role for The Hartwell Sun around the same time the Class of 2024 was embarking on their senior year at Hart County High School. When I got here, the paper had been without and editor for nine months and without a reporter for three months.

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Falcons make a jaw-dropping selection with the No. 8 pick

News Staff

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

With the eighth pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Falcons select – Michael Penix Jr., quarterback, Washington. As the announcement was made, my jaw literally hit the floor. Then my immediate reaction was to text our editor and publisher at The Hartwell Sun, Patrick Fargason.

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Time to hit the follow button on X

News Staff

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

As spring sports wrap up, another fantastic athletic season comes to an end for all of the teams that compete over at Hart County High School. Many great moments happened out on the courts or fields, but maybe you didn’t get to see it.

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A new GOAT?

News Staff

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

There is always a posing question in every sport’s history — who is the greatest of all time? It is a never ending debate in many sports like football, basketball, soccer, racing, and baseball. But a new debate arose this year as Iowa’s Lady Hawkeyes guard No.

Right before the rains came, Vivian Fargason (left) and her brother Reid pose for a picture in front of the Augusta National clubhouse on April 9, 2019.

No one will feel sorry for me

News Staff

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Friends, the greatest week of the year is finally upon us.

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More than just a t-shirt

News Staff

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Each Wednesday, once The Hartwell Sun has been put to bed for the week and off to the printer, I treat myself to a nice lunch.