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Janice Ballard

If there’s anything Janice enjoys more than photography, it’s frequenting Laurens County’s many social and sporting events. She’s been doing both for more than 10 years as a Courier Herald contributor, tasked with capturing the many moments that make life in our community special. The Dudley resident regularly documents local athletic contests and holiday festivities, while always keeping an eye out for unexpected photo opportunities along the way. During summertime, you can usually catch her near the home-plate backstops at Dudley Little League ballfields enjoying a Sno Biz or cinnamon pretzel while shooting the youth baseball and softball action.

Janice's Latest Articles

YEAR IN REVIEW: The Courier Herald’s top sports photos of 2025

A look back at the most memorable sports moments captured by our team of photographers over the past year.

PHOTOS: High School Football, Week 1

Highlights from the action, and faces in the crowd, captured by our team of photographers at week 1 high school football games last Friday.

HIGHLIGHT REEL: West Laurens football hosts padded camp

West Laurens hosted a padded camp Wednesday in one of its final hurrahs of summer training.

Dudley Little League softball all-stars fall short in state finals

Dudley Little League's 10-12 softball all-stars suffered two heartbreaking losses to Harris County Tuesday night in the Georgia state finals.

Dudley softball all-stars win two at state, play for title Tuesday

Dudley Little League's 10-12 softball all-stars picked up a pair of wins Sunday at the Georgia state tournament, moving them one away from clinching the championship.

Close second: Dudley LL all-star teams runners-up at district tournament

Dudley Little League 8-10 all-star baseball and softball teams fell just short of Warner Robins American to finish as runners-up in last week's district tournaments.

DISTRICT 5 DISPATCH: Dudley 10-12 softball all-stars defeat Warner Robins in championship game

Early-week results from District 5 tournaments for Dudley Little League 8-10 baseball and softball and 10-12 softball all-stars.

DUDLEY LITTLE LEAGUE: District baseball/softball roundup, May 27-June 2

Recapping a busy first week of Dudley Little League postseason action, and an exciting comeback that helped its "red" coach pitch all-stars win it all, in last week's district 5 tournaments.

Take me out… to district: First Dudley Little League all-stars begin postseason

Scenes from district tournament action for Dudley Little League coach pitch, rookie and sandlot all-star teams this week.

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