Youth-laden Hounds being tested by stern opponents ahead of region play

BOYS SOCCER
  • The Greyhounds’ back line converges to turn away a second-half scoring try by GMC Prep. BRAD HARRISON/Staff
    The Greyhounds’ back line converges to turn away a second-half scoring try by GMC Prep. BRAD HARRISON/Staff
  • Jones County’s next home match is Tuesday against McDonough. BRAD HARRISON/Staff
    Jones County’s next home match is Tuesday against McDonough. BRAD HARRISON/Staff

    A mostly reworked roster under first-year head coach Clark Sweatt is having no problem being battletested early in the season.

    Jones County lost a pair of matches last week to unbeaten Eastside by a score of 9-0 and 10-0 to GMC Prep, a team that won the Class D1-A title two years ago and was a quarterfinalist last year.

    That rigor of competition stands to help JCHS from this point forward as the sch…