Another round of padded camps last week put local football teams on the home stretch of their summer preseason prep work, with the first games of the 2026 season now only weeks away.
A look back at the most memorable sports moments captured by our team of photographers over the past year.
A look back at local region and state tournament playoff action for Laurens County basketball teams.
One Lady Falcon was honored for scoring her 1,000th career point a week earlier, and another became a third of their seniors to reach the career milestone, as East Laurens cruised pass Coosa in a first-round victory Tuesday.
The West Laurens Raiders stayed in a drought-breaking mood Saturday, as they swept Dublin for the first time in five years to cap off an outstanding week.
The only thing colder than the temperature Friday was Dublin's defense, which rose up for several huge stops in the red zone and plus territory to keep Thomasville at bay in a state quarterfinal win.
The Irish drove to score at will, and put up over 550 total yards, but relied on five turnovers and other key plays from their defense to turn Friday's first-round game against Gordon Central into a dominant victory.
Highlights from the action, and faces in the crowd, captured by our team of photographers at week 1 high school football games last Friday.
The hostilities were brotherly, but still quite intense between football teams of sibling rivals East and West Laurens as the two met for the first time since 2019 in a preseason scrimmage Friday.
