Sports

Experience returning for CCHS tennis

The Camden County High tennis program opens play next week with many returnees who helped the boys and girls both reach the state quarterfinals last spring. “It’s going to be really interesting to see what happens,” head coach Daniel Breag said.

Ten victories for CCHS at Appling meet

The boys and girls combined for first place, and Jack McNeil qualified for state while winning the 100 free last Friday at the Pirates off the Plank meet hosted by Appling County. McNeil prevailed in 51.21, one of 10 victories for Camden. The boys and girls teamed for 509.

’Cats win 11th straight state duals title

New classification, same result. The Camden County High wrestlers capped their 11th straight state duals championship by beating host Buford, 43-26 last Saturday in the final of the 16-team Class 6A tournament.

Lowndes boys, girls sweep Camden in 1-6A hoops

The Lowndes boys and girls both pulled away in the third quarter to sweep visiting Camden County in a Region 1-6A hoops doubleheader last Friday. The Wildcat girls dropped to 13-6 overall and 3-2 in the region, and the boys to 7-12 and 1-4.

Swim ’Cats place second combined at Coffee meet

The Camden County High boys swimmers won six events, and the boys and girls placed second combined out of 12 schools last Saturday at the 21st annual Coffee Winter Invitational in Douglas. Clayton Simmer won both the 50 free (23.06) and 100 free (50.76), Carlos Barber the 100 back (1:01.

Rifle ’Cats win fourth match, beat Brunswick

Shooting the four highest individual scores of the day, the Camden County High rifle team defeated host Brunswick, 1,158-1,111 last Thursday for its fourth win in four matches. Briana Dougherty set the pace at 293, followed by Skylar Sanford (292), Cheyenne Malone (287) and Brayden Ogden (286).

’Cat divers make splash at Colquitt invitational

The Camden County High girls divers placed first and the boys second Jan. 14 at the Colquitt County High School Diving Invitational. The girls were second through sixth individually. Alyssa Thompson (217.31 score and a 10.7 degree of difficulty) was followed by Jamie Walker (215.6 and 11.

Camden, SMMS split basketball doubleheader

The Camden Middle and St. Marys Middle basketball teams played to a split Jan. 15, with the Cougar boys and Bobcat girls prevailing in Kingsland. The Camden boys scored the first 19 points of the game, and that margin carried over to the 50-31 final count. St.

State duals next after ’Cats roll to 1-6A title

The Region 1-6A duals championship secured, the Camden County High wrestlers turn their focus to state this weekend and potentially another title showdown with host Buford.  Last Saturday, the Wildcats progressed to the 16-team Class 6A duals with another dominant region showing in Kingsland.

Girls wrestlers place fourth at area duals

The Camden County High girls wrestlers split four matches and placed fourth of eight teams last Friday at the Area 1, Division 1 duals tournament in Warner Robins.