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Rihanna Battle (pictured from an earlier game) scored 10 points in the Lady Wildcats’ win over Colonial. (Andy Diffenderfer, Tribune & Georgian)

Rihanna Battle (pictured from an earlier game) scored 10 points in the Lady Wildcats’ win over Colonial. (Andy Diffenderfer, Tribune & Georgian)

Camden girls win three at Florida tourney

Three wins in three days at a Jacksonville tournament last week boosted the Camden County girls to a perfect 5-0. At Bishop Snyder, the Lady Wildcats went overtime for their first win at the Insider Exposure Thanksgiving hoopfest, then beat two more Florida opponents.

Wrestlers win at Coffee meet

Twenty Camden County High boys wrestlers went undefeated and 17 girls won matches at the Southern Trojan War tournament last week in Douglas.

Early surge fuels Wildcat girls’ romp over McIntosh

Led by Mahliya Reeder’s 14 points, the Camden County girls put four in double figures and crushed visiting McIntosh County Academy, 55-17 last Friday for their second win.  Reeder sank a three-pointer and all five of her foul shots.

Divecats first and second at East Forsyth, gain state qualifier

The Camden County boys were first and the girls second, and the Divecats added a third state qualifier at the third annual Thanksgiving Invitational hosted by East Forsyth last Saturday. At the Cumming Aquatic Center, boys runner-up Maks Froula reached state with a 191.45 score off a 12.

Mat champ Wilder will stay a Wildcat at Northwestern

Ryder Wilder will stay a Wildcat once he concludes his decorated Camden County High wrestling career and travels north to compete collegiately. The three-time Georgia High School Association champion signed Nov. 12 to wrestle for the purple-clad Wildcats of Big Ten power Northwestern.

Next stop on Blount’s golf journey is James Madison

About a year after committing there, Camden County High golf standout Georgia Blount signed Monday to play at James Madison University. Blount was second in the Georgia High School Association state tournament both as a freshman and a sophomore, and third last spring.

Camden boys, girls win handily in opening night sweep

The Camden County boys and girls hoopsters celebrated opening night with two routs of visiting South Effingham last Saturday. Neither the Mustang boys nor girls had nearly enough horsepower, the Wildcat boys speeding off in the second half, 77-49, and the girls clamping down defensively, 49-24.