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   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets turned a narrow three-point first half lead into a rousing 87 – 59 victory over the NJCAA Region 10 champion Spartanburg Methodist Lady Pioneers and coach Kelly Britsky in the Hangar Saturday to earn their fifth consecutive trip to the NJCAA Division I women’s national basketball tournament in Lubbock, Texas April 19th – 24th.    The Lady Jets earned a sixth-place seed in the NJCAA National Tournament and will receive a first round...

Waycross, GA – The South Georgia Technical College Jets and first year interim head coach Chris Ballauer were just six points shy of advancing to the NJCAA Region 17 tournament final.  They dropped a narrow 67 – 73 decision against the host South Georgia State College Hawks Friday night in Waycross.  The Hawks advanced and faced East Georgia State College in the finals on Saturday and captured a 75 – 69 win to advance to the NJCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament in Hutchinson,...

   The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets will be hosting Spartanburg Methodist from Spartanburg, SC, on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Southeast Conference playoff game to determine which team will automatically advance to the NJCAA Division I national tournament in Lubbock, Texas April 19 – 24th at the Rip Griffin Center.    The 2021 NJCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s basketball Selections shows will air live on the NJCAA Network on Sunday, April 11th to...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) hosted a virtual resource fair April 5-8 to inform students of resources available to them both on campus and in the college’s service area. The event was scheduled as a Facebook event through the SGTC Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SouthGATech/. Each day focused on different categories of resources. On Monday, April 5, the focus of the event was on resources available to students on the South Georgia Technical College campus. Health, mental...

   The South Georgia Technical College Jets will travel to Waycross on Friday, April 9th for a 7 p.m. game against South Georgia State College in the semi-final round of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I Region 17 tournament.    The winner of the South Georgia Tech Jets and South Georgia State will advance to the finals on Saturday, April 10th at 4 p.m. at South Georgia State College in Waycross.  They will play the winner of the East Georgia State –...

     South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, presented South Georgia Tech’s 2021 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year winner,  ‘Chef Ricky’ Ludwig Watzlowick, with a stipend from the South Georgia Technical College Foundation’s Sparky and Allen Reeves endowed fund at the college’s 2021 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year ceremony recently.    ‘Chef Ricky’ Ludwig Watzlowick, Culinary Arts Instructor on the Americus South Georgia...

   Twelve members of the South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets 2020 – 2021 basketball teams have earned Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I All-Academic Team honors, announced GCAA Executive Director David Elder.     All nine of the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomores were named to the All-Academic Team and sophomores Jalen Reynolds, Nikola Sasaroga, and Jordan Stephens were selected to represent the Jets.  South Georgia Technical...

Five students from South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) competed in the virtual state-level SkillsUSA competitions recently and three students received gold medals in their competitions.  These three students will advance to the SkillsUSA National competitions.  All five students, their instructors, and SkillsUSA advisors were recognized during the SkillsUSA Postsecondary virtual awards ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus recently. The three...

   The South Georgia Technical College Jets came from behind with the help of Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Player of the Year Jalen Reynolds and Freshman of the Year Will Johnson to take a narrow 69 – 64 win over the Southern Crescent Tigers in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 17 tournament quarterfinals.    The victory will allow the third seeded SGTC Jets to advance to the NJCAA Region 17 semifinal round that will be played in Waycross...

GCAA Freshman of the Year Will Johnston led the Jets in scoring with 18 points against Southern Crescent in the NJCAA Region 17 quarterfinals.

   South Georgia Technical College’s Jalen Reynolds, 6’ 7” sophomore forward from Darien, Georgia, was selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s (GCAA) Men’s Division I basketball Player of the Year for 2021, announced GCAA Commissioner David Elder.  He will be leading his team in the NJCAA Region 17 quarterfinal tournament tonight at 6 p.m. in the Hangar.  The third ranked Jets will host the sixth-place Southern Crescent Tigers.    Two other members of the third...

Rome, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets earned their fifth consecutive NJCAA Region 17 tournament championship but it took a last second three-point shot by Imani McNeal to force the game into overtime and allow the Lady Jets to pull off a hard fought 80 - 71 overtime victory over Brandon Harrell and his GCAA regular season champion Georgia Highlands Chargers.    Sophomore 6’ 5” Center Femme Sikuzani from GOMA, DRC, was named as the NJCAA Region 17 Tournament’s Most...