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Pictured are the 138 campers plus current and former players and coaches who helped serve at the 2024 Bulldog Basketball Camp at Hart County High School on May 28-30.

Pictured are the 138 campers plus current and former players and coaches who helped serve at the 2024 Bulldog Basketball Camp at Hart County High School on May 28-30.

HCHS Basketball builds future at Youth Camp

The Hart County High School’s boys and girls basketball teams and coaches spent three days equipping and building up the future of their programs with the annual Hart County Basketball Camp. On May 28-30, over 130 campers came to grow their basketball skills in the 2024 Hart County Basketball Camp.
Photo by Benjamin London

Photo by Benjamin London

Bell Family YMCA to bring soccer academy to Hartwell

The Bell Family YMCA is set to bring a soccer academy to Hartwell. For many years, kids from Hart County and surrounding counties in Northeast Georgia who have wanted to play club soccer have had to travel to Anderson, Clemson, Greenville, or even Athens to join a team.
Photo by Benjamin London

Photo by Benjamin London

Top 10 sports moments from 2023-2024

Normally at the end of the year, most people reflect on the best moments of the year. For sports, this is the end of a year as it began back in the fall of 2023 and wrapped up last week. We will take a trip down memory lane to look back at our Top 10 sports moments of the year.   No.
Pictured is the Hart County High School Diamond Dogs that were represented at the 2024 FCA Baseball Classic at Anderson Memorial Stadium on May 23. From left is assistant coach Leeland Jones, Hunter King, Will Pittman, Brent Franklin, Kanyon Coulter, Zach Dombrowsky, head coach Hunter Barton, and assistant coach Brett Carey.

Pictured is the Hart County High School Diamond Dogs that were represented at the 2024 FCA Baseball Classic at Anderson Memorial Stadium on May 23. From left is assistant coach Leeland Jones, Hunter King, Will Pittman, Brent Franklin, Kanyon Coulter, Zach Dombrowsky, head coach Hunter Barton, and assistant coach Brett Carey.

Diamond Dogs help propel Team Georgia to a win in the 2024 FCA Baseball Classic

Diamond Dogs played a huge role in Team Georgia securing the 7-5 win over Team Carolina in the 2024 edition of the FCA Baseball Classic.
Austin McCall (middle) signs with USC-Union on a fishing scholarship.

Austin McCall (middle) signs with USC-Union on a fishing scholarship.

Five HCHS athletes sign on final signing day

Five Hart County High School student athletes sign with different colleges and universities within the states of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina at the final signing day of the school year.
Strickland

Strickland

2024 Sun Sports Awards

The second annual Sun Sports Awards is here! The awards were inspired by coverage in other communities across the state, The Sun’s sports reporter Benjamin London took the initiative to begin the tradition to recognize these student athletes in The Hartwell Sun in 2023 and 2024.
Wheless

Wheless

Thank you, Lexie

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.
Senior midfielder Luis Genchi is the first player in HCHS soccer program history to be named Region Player of the Year.

Senior midfielder Luis Genchi is the first player in HCHS soccer program history to be named Region Player of the Year.

Genchi becomes first to be named Region Player of the Year

For the first time in program history, boys soccer’s senior midfielder Luis Genchi wins Region 8-AAA Player of the Year. At the 2024 soccer banquet on May 16, Soccer Dogs head coach Ben Hudson announced the All-Region team and then proceeded to let everyone exit the stage except Genchi.
Running backs rising sophomore Faustino Rangel and rising senior Timothy Newton (pictured) both had rushing touchdowns in the 2024 Spring Game versus Habersham Central.

Running backs rising sophomore Faustino Rangel and rising senior Timothy Newton (pictured) both had rushing touchdowns in the 2024 Spring Game versus Habersham Central.

Dogs and Raiders end Spring Game in a tie

After turning the ball over three times in the first half, the second half comeback ended the 2024 Spring Game in a tie against the Raiders of Habersham Central. On May 17, the Dogs made the trip up the mountain to Mt. Airy, Ga. to take on the Raiders of Habersham in the 2024 Spring Game.