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YOUTH SIGN-UPS

Football, Cheerleading Registrations are still being accepted for youth football and cheerleading for this fall’s season in Jones County. Registration is $130 per person and is open through Aug. 1. There will be a mandatory uniform fitting, and a birth certificate should be brought when signing up.
Jones County’s cross country runners pose during last week’s camp at Brevard College, located in the North Carolina mountains. CONTRIBUTED

Jones County’s cross country runners pose during last week’s camp at Brevard College, located in the North Carolina mountains. CONTRIBUTED

Largest-ever group of JCHS runners takes part in Brevard College camp

In what has become a staple of the Jones County cross country program’s offseason, the Greyhounds took 35 runners to the North Carolina mountains last week, taking part in multiple days of camp at Brevard College.
Early-season mentality settling in for workouts

Early-season mentality settling in for workouts

Early-season mentality settling in for workouts

With each day that the heat beats down on the Lady Greyhounds softball field during their morning workouts, one fact becomes more evident – that the start of the season is growing closer and closer.
Ravens excited for home opener

Ravens excited for home opener

Ravens excited for home opener

The Georgia Ravens, a local semipro football team led by those from Jones County, will look to start the season 2-0 on Saturday in their home opener against the Cardinals. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Morris Bank Recreation Complex, and admission is $2. “We’re excited.

YOUTH SIGN-UPS

Football, Cheerleading Registrations are still being accepted for youth football and cheerleading for this fall’s season in Jones County. Registration is $130 per person and is open through Aug. 1. There will be a mandatory uniform fitting, and a birth certificate should be brought when signing up.
The Greyhounds defensive backs look on during last week’s on-field work. BRAD HARRISON/Staff

The Greyhounds defensive backs look on during last week’s on-field work. BRAD HARRISON/Staff

Mix of activity encompasses Hounds in return from break

The Greyhounds’ return from their second dead week of the summer was filled with a little bit of everything last week. JCHS stretched its collective legs out, being scheduled to travel south to Houston County for a joint workout with Veterans, but the week was not all work.
The Greyhounds were exposed to elite competetion during their time at NC State’s camp, going 8-2 overall. CONTRIBUTED

The Greyhounds were exposed to elite competetion during their time at NC State’s camp, going 8-2 overall. CONTRIBUTED

Greyhounds grow off and on mat at NC State camp

The Greyhound wrestlers’ summer workouts took them out of state last week as they competed at NC State’s camp, going 8-2 as a team during a span in which they were exposed to new techniques against diverse competition and put that into use with multiple Greyhounds going unbeaten and Carson Lumley,...