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By Chase Bachman, Reporter - BG Falcon Media Inside the Stroh Center, the lights are dimmed as the BGSU player introductions are underway. Making her start for the Falcons, wearing number 11: point guard Mari Hill. Hill is a graduate of South Georgia Technical College in Americus, GA and helped lead the nationally ranked Lady Jets to the NJCAA tournament in 2019. The dark-haired, 5-foot-6-inch athlete is the shortest girl on the court. Many would consider that a disadvantage but...

    South Georgia Technical College will be hosting registration and orientation for Spring Semester 2020 on Tuesday, January 7th on the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses.  Spring Semester classes begin on Thursday, January 9th but all students are urged to apply and register for their preferred classes and schedules on January 7th.  South Georgia Tech will be providing the use of textbooks at no cost to students again for Spring Semester.      Registration and orientation will be...

    The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets rolled to a rousing 104 – 47 win over the Cape Fear Sea Devils in the second day of action in the Lady Jets Holiday Classic that featured four of the top 25 ranked women’s basketball teams in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).  This was the Lady Jets 14th consecutive win this season and lifted them to 16 – 1 overall.    The Gulf Coast Lady Commodores, the top-ranked NJCAA women’s basketball team in the...

    In a battle between two nationally ranked National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) women’s basketball teams, the 16th ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets came away with a 73 – 66 win over the 25th seeded Lady Titans from Florida.    “It was a good win,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey.  “This was our first game back from the holiday break and it was against a nationally ranked team.  So we...

    South Georgia Technical College sophomore guard Justin Johnson took the ball the length of the court and sank a crucial layup to secure a hard fought 73 – 72 victory over the Middle Georgia Prep Lions in the final day action of the South Georgia Technical College Jets Holiday Classic.   Middle Georgia Prep lost to the Shelton State Buccaneers in the opening day action in another close 87 – 83 contest.    The SGTC Jets were down 38 – 34 at the end of the first half and fell...

    The opening day action of the South Georgia Technical College Jets Holiday Classic was not kind to the home team.  The Jets faced Summer Hill Prep in the last game on the opening day of the tournament and suffered an 85 – 71 loss to the Blue Devils.      Central Georgia Technical College also came up short in a 62 – 44 loss to the St. Petersburg College Titans and despite struggling, the Shelton State Buccaneers took a narrow 87 – 83 win over Middle Georgia Prep.  The...

The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Jets improved their record to 6-6 on the season with a hard-fought victory December 17 over Florida Gateway College in the Hangar on the SGTC campus. In a back-and-forth game that featured seven lead changes, the Jets pulled away in the final minutes to win by a final score of 86-76. Austin Hadden led the way for the Jets with 21 points in the game. Lamont Sanders was close behind with 20 points of his own. Justin Johnson also finished in double...

The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Lady Jets basketball team continued to roll with a solid win over Lackawanna College on December 17 in the Cape Fear Classic in Wilmington, NC. The Lady Jets won by a final score of 70-60 to push their winning streak to 12 consecutive games. With the victory, the 16th ranked Lady Jets improved their record to 14-1 on the season. Yasriyyah Wazeerud-Din led the way for SGTC with 16 points for the game followed by Niya Goudelock and Femme Sikuzani...

   The Georgia House Rural Development Council met at South Georgia Technical College recently to talk about workforce development in rural Georgia.  South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford welcomed the group and he also talked about higher education challenges and successes in rural Georgia.    Chairmen of the Georgia House of Representatives 2019 -2020 House Rural Development Council Sam Watson from District 172, and Rick Jasperse from District 11, opened the meeting...

Americus, GA – The Smarr-Smith Foundation presented the South Georgia Technical College Foundation with a check recently to expand its endowed scholarships in memory of Americus Police Officer Nicholas R. Smarr and Georgia Southwestern State University Campus Safety Officer Jody C. Smith.  SGTC President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird accepted the donation on behalf of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation.      “On behalf of the South...

   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved up another spot in this week’s National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) women’s basketball national rankings.  They moved from 17th place into the 16th position following a win over Chattahoochee Valley Community College this past week.     The Lady Jets are 13 – 1 overall and 6 -0 in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association.  They have currently put together an 11-game winning streak.  They have one game before...

     South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets transfer sophomore guard Niya Goudalock from Gaffney, SC, has been selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women’s basketball player of the week.  She is the fourth member of the Lady Jets to earn this honor for the 2019 – 2020 season.     The 5’ 7” guard that played at Limestone University last season, scored 15 points, had seven rebounds, three assists and five steals in the Lady Jets win over...