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Shangxi Knight: Local hoops pro reflects on latest season in China, upcoming youth camp
Fresh off his 13th pro basketball season, former West Laurens standout Marcos Knight recaps a strong season with the Chinese Basketball Association’s Shangxi Loongs, and looks ahead to the annual community event he will hold later this week.
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Shoe reboot helps Dublin special teamer reclaim dying art of straight-on kicking
The Irish recently teamed up with a Macon cobbler on a last-ditch project to restore an irreplaceable square-toed kicking shoe that will equip their Nazyon Mitchell to continue one of football’s lost kicking customs this season.
Padded preview: East/West Laurens, Dublin continue season countdown with football jamborees
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.
West Laurens softball’s preseason grind shows why ‘It ain’t easy being a Raider’
The training and team-building activities that make up the Raiders’ annual “Fun Week,” over a few days this time each summer, highlight both the fun and fatiguing sides of team bonding.
Dudley Little League family remembers longtime icon Bobby Locke as ‘life of the party’
The loss of a beloved member of the league’s founding family in April has left many across the town, and its larger baseball and softball community, with heavy hearts as the 2026 season has wound down.
Coaching carousel brings new faces to local high school sports staffs for 2026-27
With every new school year comes some turnover on local high school sports sidelines. Here’s a look at this offseason’s new additions to coaching staffs at Dublin, East Laurens, Trinity and West Laurens.
Dublin, guests get in midsummer work at annual half-pad football camp
The Irish were joined at a sizzling Shamrock Bowl by Rutland, Westside Macon, Metter and others for some semi-padded intersquad reps Tuesday and Thursday.
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