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Established in 1847 as The North Georgia Citizen, today the Dalton Daily Citizen serves as the daily newspaper covering northwest Georgia.
Dalton, GA
Joined August 2014
🚨⚽️ BREAKING ⚽️🚨. Dalton's Omar Hernandez wins the @Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year. More to come soon following today's ceremony honoring the recent graduate for his efforts this season leading the Catamounts to a perfect season. @DHS_Cats_Sports
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Georgia head football Kirby Smart and assistant Todd Hartley were at the North Murray High School basketball game in Chatsworth Monday night checking out 2020 athlete Ladd McConkey. Many selfies were taken! @laddmcconkey02 @RadiNabulsi @UGASportscom @ChipTowersD @RecruitGeorgia
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This looks familiar. .
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There was a strong Dalton High School presence on Saturday in Athens at the Georgia/Austin Peay game. Jordon McKinney (37), a DB for UGA; Ahmaad Tanner (21), a RB for Austin Peay; and Carter Crutchfield, Austin Peay director of football operations. All 3 played at DHS.
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Big crowd at Dalton a High for RB Jahmyr Gibbs’ announcement: Florida, Georgia Tech or LSU.
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⚽️THE AWARDS KEEP COMING⚽️. Congratulations to @DHS_Cats_Sports Omar Hernandez on his second consecutive honor as Georgia boys soccer Gatorade Player of the Year.
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North Murray athlete Ladd McConkey signs with Georgia.
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North Murray's Ladd McConkey has come on strong on the college football recruiting trail, picking up a scholarship offer from Georgia on Monday night. @laddmcconkey02 .
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May 18, 2020 is officially @imack98 Day in Dalton. The city's council read a resolution at its meeting Monday, honoring the former Northwest Whitfield and UTC star and current Tennessee Titan. He was given a key to the city by Mayor David Pennington.
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Billy Napier, a longtime Chatsworth resident and former QB at Murray County High School, gets his first bowl win as a college head football coach with Louisiana.
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North Murray WR Ladd McConkey caps a whirlwind recruiting ride over the past several weeks by signing with the University of Georgia today. @laddmcconkey02 @RadiNabulsi @DawgNation
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IT'S A FINAL FOUR FOR ALL! ⚽️⚽️. This is is not a drill, but we have three teams still playing in hopes of winning state titles this season. What else is there to say?. @RaiderRage1 @creek_coahulla @DHS_Cats_Sports . @APSE_sportmedia
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Congratulations @Jahmyr_Gibbs1 on your second honor as @thedailycitizen Football Player of the Year🏈. What an exciting season with LOTS of other players recognized!. Merry Christmas!. @jaypoag @Caleb_Bagley @CoachMattLand @MCIndiansFB @PrestonPoag @nwbruincoach @CoachGray92
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What a night for Isaiah Mack, his family, friends and coaches as Northwest Whitfield retried his No. 9 football jersey Friday. Mack plays for the NFL's Tennessee Titans. Photos by Matt Hamilton @thedailycitizen @imack98 @nwbruincoach @Titans
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2020 Daily Citizen-News All-Area Boys Basketball first team:. North Murray High School's Ladd McConkey
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Matt Land won't watch Super Bowl 54 on TV. After winning the NFL's Don Shula award, the Dalton High football coach and wife Amy will be in Miami in person to watch the Chiefs/49ers play on Sunday night. @CoachMattLand @captcatamount .
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Dalton's Omar Hernandez is most definitely on top, but today he said nothing can top being named @Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year. Congratulations Omar! ⚽️🏆🥇. @DHS_Cats_Sports @WakeMSoccer @DaltonRedWolves @APSE_sportmedia
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Let's digest this. -4 OTs.-199 points.-A 38-pt, 22-reb night for @ckoneman135 .-1 steal shy of a triple double for @Sam_Dindoffer. -One crazy win for @goCHSlions .
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Dalton High’s @ivan_mora11 shares a special moment with his football teammates. Mora signed his National Letter of Intent to @WakeForest this morning, allowing the school day to be filled with smiles for the future punter. #officiallyoffical .#EarlySigningDay .@DHS_Cats_Sports
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Congratulations to Dalton High's @LoveTyis, the Hamilton Sports Medicine high school football player of the week for week 1 for his performance against Ringgold (193 return yards, two return TDs). Photo by Doug Smith/onfirephoto.com. @captcatamount @CoachMattLand @DPSschools
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Murray County's Elber Romero kicked a 52-yard field goal as time expired to give the Indians a 27-24 win over Sonoraville Friday.
Absolute bomb from Elber Romero to win our Homecoming game against Sonoraville tonight!! Great team effort tonight!! #GBG🟩 @MCHS_Indians @MCIndiansFB
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Oh by the way, @Jahmyr_Gibbs1 finishes the regular season with 40 total touchdowns and 2,347 yards rushing (by our calculations). Only non-rushing touchdown was on a 97-yard kickoff return earlier in the season.
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2020 North Murray High School athlete Ladd McConkey told us this afternoon that Tennessee offensive coordinator Jim Chaney was at the school this morning for a visit. McConkey is planning to visit Tennessee this Sunday, and he has been in contact with Missouri. @laddmcconkey02.
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Isael Gutierrez spent his high school years competing against Northwest Whitfield High School in soccer. Now, the Southeast Whitfield graduate will lead the program.
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No. 1-nationally ranked Dalton boys win the Region 6-6A title over Allatoona, 6-1. The Catamounts are 16-0, 8-0 in Region 6-6A. @DHS_Cats_Sports
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🚨 @Jahmyr_Gibbs1 stat alert 🚨. After last night’s performance, Gibbs has 23 touchdowns through four games. One on a 97-yard kickoff return. He also surpassed 1,000 yards rushing for the season last night.
@DHS_Cats_Sports What’s Gibbs TD count so far?.
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Dalton High’s @Jahmyr_Gibbs1 is the 2018 @thedailycitizen Football Player of the Year. Congratulations to all of the all-area team members. @jaypoag @CoachGray92 @PrestonPoag @nwbruincoach @CoachMattLand @MCHS_Indians @Caleb_Bagley . Merry Christmas!
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Murray County High School graduate Tucker Gregg arrived on campus at Georgia State University in 2018 as a walk-on and was ninth on the running back depth chart. In 2022, Gregg has a chance to make a mark in the school record books.
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It is a journey that started as a 4-year-old on a field in Dalton. Now, a native of the “Carpet Capital of the World” finds himself with a chance to play in the NFL.
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No one had done it before, so @lkcole21 paved his own way for the opportunity to play collegiate lacrosse🥍. Check out the full story in tomorrow’s paper on the recent Dalton graduate’s path to @Rhardtlax!. @DHS_Cats_Sports @APSE_sportmedia
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Former Northwest Whitfield High School quarterback Luke Shiflett saw game action with Middle Tennessee State against Georgia Saturday in Athens Saturday. Shiflett, a true freshman, has played in all three games this season. @NorthwestFball @GONHS @nwbruincoach @LukeShiflett
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Dalton High running back @Jahmyr_Gibbs1 is up for yet another award.
2020 All-American Bowl Player of the Year Finalists . Presented annually to the nation’s most outstanding high school senior football player. ➖ @bryan_bresee .➖ @justin_flowe .➖ @Jahmyr_Gibbs1 .➖ @arik_gilbert .➖ @DJUiagalelei .➖ @_bryce_young . #AABSZN20 🇺🇸
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⛳️ ⛳️⛳️BREAKING⛳️⛳️⛳️. @MCHS_Indians senior Tori Owens wins her second consecutive Class 3A individual state title!!
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Photos from National Signing Day in Dalton and Chatsworth. @Jahmyr_Gibbs1 @laddmcconkey02 @CoachMattLand @captcatamount @NorthMurrayHigh
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The Dalton State College Roadrunners basketball team broke a school record today with their 16th-straight win in a 107-101 overtime road win over Bethel University. The previous record of 15 wins in a row was held by the 2016-17 Roadrunner squad.
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Dalton wins it! Cats end 7 game losing streak to Calhoun.
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Terrific picture of North Murray's @laddmcconkey02 celebrating after his team's come-from-behind victory over county rival Murray County Friday night. Photo by @thedailycitizen photographer Matt Hamilton. @neersbaskeball
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Basketball in full swing!. Check out this buzzer-beater from @creek_coahulla's 41-40 win over Ringgold tonight!. Zandr' Burse with the winning shot😎🏀
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Former Murray County running back Tucker Gregg -@tgreggnation17 - soaking in the glory of beating Tennessee yesterday😳.
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Dalton High School has two state champion wrestlers! Cole Hunt (106 pounds) and Hunter Noland (138 pounds) both won Class 6A state titles today at the 2020 GHSA Traditional Wrestling State Tournament in Macon. @captcatamount.
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A seventh state championship is coming home to Dalton. Two overtime goals from Luis Favela hand the Dalton High School Catamounts a 2-0 win over Midtown in the Class 5A boys soccer state championship game in Duluth. Dalton has won seven state championships, all since 2003.
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Any questions about what kind of debut former Dalton High School football standout Jahmyr Gibbs would have for Georgia Tech were answered by his very first collegiate play.
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Poag Bowl I goes to North Murray. 49-14 winners over Christian Heritage.
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This is not a Touchdown! section you'll want to miss. In tomorrow's paper — @SHS_Raiders Colby Stringer has autism — but to those who said he couldn't play football, he says they can eat his dust. @CoachGray92 @APSE_sportmedia @GSWA2018 @NwGaFootball
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Big news for local 2020 athlete Ladd McConkey! Coach Kirby Smart and assistant coach Todd Hartley were in Chatsworth for an in-home visit Monday night. The coaches then took in Ladd's basketball game. (North Murray won 54-44 and Ladd scored 10 points.).
Couldn’t be more excited to receive a full scholarship offer to the University of Georgia!!!!!🐶🔴⚫️ @RecruitGeorgia @NwGaFootball @NMHSRecruiting @Mansell247 @UGAfootballLive @KirbySmartUGA
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The 2020 Daily Citizen-News All-Area Girls Basketball Player of the Year:. Northwest Whitfield's Tionna Baker
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The man with the blue sign. @imack98 is becoming more and more popular. Just another step for the former @NW_Bruins. @APSE_sportmedia @GSWA2018 @NwGaFootball @nwbruincoach
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Check out tomorrow’s paper for the full story on @imack98 making the @Titans 53-man roster🏈🏈. @APSE_sportmedia
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State Champions. Christian Heritage School defeats Georgia Military College Prep 2-1 in the Class A Division II state championship game in Powder Springs, earning the Lions their first state title in Georgia High School Association competition.
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Update:. It's official. Billy Napier has been hired to be the next head coach at Florida.
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“I talked with Illinois State and they showed me what they can offer me as far as my education goes and getting a job after school. Tennessee Tech may be closer to home, but right now I’m looking at going to Illinois State.“ . - Dalton HS offensive lineman Osbaldo Beltran
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Pick up a copy of @DCitizenSports tomorrow for the 2019 All-Area baseball selections. @HankBearden has been named the Daily Citizen-News Player of the Year after posting a 7-2 record with a 1.66 ERA while also leading the area in HR, RBI and OPS.
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For the first time since 1992, Southeast beats Northwest, 21-12.
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"It's devastating, particularly for our seniors," Dalton State head coach Alex Ireland said after hearing the news. "To be 30-3 and tied for the most wins in the country and not have a chance to win the national title is just devastating.".
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🚨🏈TOMORROW🏈🚨. Pick up a copy of @thedailycitizen tomorrow for our annual high school football preview special section. Team previews and more!. @jaypoag @Caleb_Bagley @CoachMattLand @MCIndiansFB @PrestonPoag @nwbruincoach @CoachGray92. @APSE_sportmedia
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Friday night, Northwest Whitfield High School will retire the No. 90 jersey of Isaiah Mack, who plays defensive tackle for the NFL's Tennessee Titans. Graphic by @chris_cstephens @imack98 @GONHS @Titans @nwbruincoach
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You won't often find Southeast Whitfield High School fans wearing blue. But a gymnasium full of blue shirts could be found at Southeast Friday night, as the Raiders honored Northwest girls basketball coach Bob Williams, who has cancer.
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Congrats!! @CoachMattLand 🏈🏆🏅.
Congratulations to @CoachMattLand and his lovely wife @amymccordland on being recognized as @AtlantaFalcons High School Coach of the Year. Very proud to be a part of his staff and the @DaltonCatamount football family. Go Big Red !
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✅First graduating class for @PrestonPoag.✅Beat Calhoun for first region-loss for Yellow Jackets since 2001.✅Won region for first time.✅First Elite Eight appearance. What else can @NMHSManiacs do?. We’ll see in just a few hours in Savannah😳. @OfficialGHSA @APSE_sportmedia
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We see you North Murray! 🏈👀🙌🏽. @NMHSManiacs @NMHSRecruiting . Big game next week for @NW_Bruins, too!. @APSE_sportmedia @NwGaFootball
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Congratulations to @coahulla Creek High School WR/DB Michael King, @thedailycitizen @DCitizenSports player of the week presented by @Hamiltoncares and Bradley Whiteside Rehabilitation. @creek_coahulla @Caleb_Bagley @creek_coahulla
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🤯🧨 PLAYOFFS. START. TOMORROW. 🧨🤯. Class 6A - @DHS_Cats_Sports at Dacula.Class 4A - @NW_Bruins at Oconee County.Class 3A - Monroe Area at @NMHSManiacs.Class A-Private - @goCHSlions first-round bye. @Jahmyr_Gibbs1 @evanlester_10 @cbuckner_4. @APSE_sportmedia @NwGaFootball
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The National Signing Day, part 2, schedule in Dalton and Chatsworth on Wednesday:.• At 11 a.m., Ladd McConkey will sign at North Murray High School. • At 12:30 p.m., four Catamounts — Landon Allen, Jahmyr Gibbs, Gabe Hill & Christian Morgan — will sign in the school theater.
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What's happening, everything!. Two filled pages of local content for our Sunday edition of @thedailycitizen. Featuring, @ChattRedWolves, @GONHS, @goCHSlions, @DHS_Cats_Sports, @creek_coahulla, @DSAthletics and more. @APSE_sportmedia @ChrisCu20323031
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"I'm excited to be at Murray County, and I feel like they've got a great future," Wiggins said. "I feel like they've got a lot of talent, we just need something to pull it all together.".
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BAM! Good stuff tonight as @SHS_Raiders @Adam_Sowder hits a three-run homer to walk-off Heritage in eight innings, 4-1. Video courtesy of Adam’s father, Shane.
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Check out tomorrow's paper for another edition of Touchdown!. Honoring coach Steve Sparks with comments from @CoachMattLand, @jaypoag, @napier_kurt, @Caleb_Bagley and @wam67 🏈🙏🏼. @APSE_sportmedia
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A Georgia football scholarship offer, a visit from Kirby Smart, an upcoming visit to Tennessee. What a week for 2020 North Murray athlete Ladd McConkey! @laddmcconkey02 @nmmountaineers @UGASportscom @NwGaFootball .
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Dalton wins the coin toss! Cats will play at home next week against Valdosta!.
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Dalton High's star running back will featured among the top high school players in the country, live on NBC on Saturday at 1 p.m. @Jahmyr_Gibbs1 @captcatamount .
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Really amazing season for the Mountaineers (11-2, 8-0 in Region 6-3A). Lots of seniors lost, but can't disregard what the firs-time region champions accomplished this year. Hoping for a safe ride home from Savannah.
Jenkins 41 .North Murray 14. Final.
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Dalton High RB Jahmyr Gibbs is a Yellow Jacket!
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Dalton's own Matt Land receives a huge honor today from the NFL! @CoachMattLand @captcatamount .
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2020 Daily Citizen-News All-Area Boys Basketball second team:
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What an awesome season from @creek_coahulla boys soccer. The Colts accomplished a long list of firsts this year, but came up short in the title game. Check out tomorrow's paper for @Patrick_J_OShea's story on how the community rallied together to support the team.
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Dalton does it: Catamounts defeat Calhoun for first time since 2016, set up shot at region title.
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Former Dalton High School running back Jahmyr Gibbs is no stranger to winning awards, and it only took him one game to earn his first collegiate accolade.
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Georgia boys soccer all-star team beat Tennessee this afternoon, 8-3!. Talent from @SHS_Raiders, @coahulla, @DHS_Cats_Sports, @GONHS⚽️. Two goals from Tony Saldana and Francisco Medina, and one from Omar Hernandez, Harrison Fraire and Michael Lucio! Emanol Ponce was at keeper.
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Congratulations to @jada_griffin_ on her second nod as all-area girls basketball player of the year!🏀🏀. Check it out in today’s paper with the rest of the girls all-area teams! Boys teams coming next Sunday👌🏼. @APSE_sportmedia
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Nice rainbow over Harmon Field tonight. Hope everyone is having a wonderful Tuesday! @DaltonCatamount @DHS_Cats_Sports
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North Murray beats Murray County for the third time. Mountaineers win 37-18.
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INSANE win for the Mountaineers. Insane. They are in command of their fate for a run at the first region title in school history.
F I N A L.Calhoun 7.North Murray 31. Well, after 139 consecutive region wins, it had to happen at some point. Calhoun falls to North Murray 31 to 7. If my stats are right, our last region loss was in the 2001 season. Congrats to the Mountaineer's of North Murray.
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🏆 The Northwest Whitfield High School Lady Bruins are Region 6-4A champs! 🏆 @GONHS @NHSLadyBruins
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The Colts are off!! @creek_coahulla takes on Westminster at 7:30 p.m. at McEachern High School for the Class 3A championship. Safe travels and good luck!!
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