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Photo Credit: Braden Collum

Photo Credit: Braden Collum

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Track teams medal in Winder meet

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The Hart County track and field teams placed second and third at the 51st Annual Cook Holiday Rotary Relays 2022 in Winder. The boys team placed second with a score of 120, while the girls placed third with a score of 75 at the meet on April 1.
Kip Phillips drives on hole 3 at Cateechee earlier this season.

Kip Phillips drives on hole 3 at Cateechee earlier this season.

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Golf competes at Apple Mountain

News Staff
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The Hart County High School boys golf team traveled to Habersham for the Apple Mountain Invitational 18-hole tournament. The team finished with an overall team score of 349 to place 15th out of a field of 20 on Wednesday, March 30.
Front row left to right: Peyton Jordan, Carly Dutton, Kamrelyn Price. Second row: Mia Jackson, Kam McIntosh, Emory McCollum, Carmen Burden, Emma Mitchell, Emmakate White, Erika Royston, Madison Wilson. Third row: Posie Phillips, Tamyriah Allen, Bella Segars, Ava Carey, Skylar Dutton, Sophie Dean, Aliza Jo Beeson, Marlee Bowers, Riley Ossick, Colby Patterson, Marlei Henry. Back row: Mason Bowers, Corey Price, Kevin White, Joey Beeson, Madi Bennett, Keith Wilson, Paul Mitchell, Colt Bennett.

Front row left to right: Peyton Jordan, Carly Dutton, Kamrelyn Price. Second row: Mia Jackson, Kam McIntosh, Emory McCollum, Carmen Burden, Emma Mitchell, Emmakate White, Erika Royston, Madison Wilson. Third row: Posie Phillips, Tamyriah Allen, Bella Segars, Ava Carey, Skylar Dutton, Sophie Dean, Aliza Jo Beeson, Marlee Bowers, Riley Ossick, Colby Patterson, Marlei Henry. Back row: Mason Bowers, Corey Price, Kevin White, Joey Beeson, Madi Bennett, Keith Wilson, Paul Mitchell, Colt Bennett.

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Travel softball competes in Championship Game

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Two Hart County travel softball teams played in the Gold Bracket Championship game this past weekend in Jefferson. The 14-U Hart Crushers and the 10-U Misfits represented Hart County in Jefferson.
Senior Abigail Martin prepares for the backhand against her Washington Wilkes opponent on April 30.

Senior Abigail Martin prepares for the backhand against her Washington Wilkes opponent on April 30.

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Tennis teams honor seniors

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The Hart County tennis teams hosted Riverside Military Academy and Washington Wilkes for their senior night on Wednesday, April 30. The boys team lost, 5-0, to Riverside Military Academy. The girls lost, 4-1, to Washington Wilkes with Dakota Phillips winning the only line, 6-0, 6-1 at no.
Zach Dombrosky attempts to throw a Franklin County runner out at first.

Zach Dombrosky attempts to throw a Franklin County runner out at first.

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Diamond Dogs lose to rival Franklin County

Drew Dotson
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The Diamond Dogs got swept by the Franklin County Lions after losing a doubleheader at home on Friday. The Hart County High School basketball team hosted Franklin County on Friday, April 1, after bad weather soaked the fields on Thursday. Hart lost the first game to Franklin, 4-1.
The Hart County Community Chorus rehearses for its next performance, “A Celtic Spring” to be held April 21.

The Hart County Community Chorus rehearses for its next performance, “A Celtic Spring” to be held April 21.

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Hart Community Chorus presents ‘A Celtic Spring’

News Staff
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The Hart Community Chorus announced its spring 2022 concert titled, “A Celtic Spring,” will be held Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 7 p.m. at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Hartwell.
Photo credit: Insung Yoon

Photo credit: Insung Yoon

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# Throwback Thursday

News Staff
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
1938: Hartwell was designated as one of five substations for the Georgia State Department of Public Safety, now known as the Georgia State Patrol. The reason for the substation being positioned in Hart County was because of Hartwell’s strategic location near the more populated city of Anderson, S.
Photo Credit: Element5 Digital

Photo Credit: Element5 Digital

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The Blotter

News Staff
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
The Hart County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: March 29 •Davante Quintin Brinson, 53, of Sylvania, was arrested and charged with felony theft by taking.