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SWAINSBORO, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Jets moved to 4 – 9 on the season after splitting decisions in the East Georgia State College Classic December 6th and 7th. The Jets lost to Brunswick Community College 82 – 77 in the opener and then rallied to defeat Richard Bland College 78 – 60 on Sunday. East Georgia State College walked away as the overall winner in the East Georgia State College Classic with wins over Richard Bland (85-67) and a narrow 69 – 64 victory...

Tallahassee, FL - The 20th nationally ranked Tallahassee State College Eagles ended the South Georgia Technical College Jets two-game winning streak when they rolled to a 79 – 66 victory in Tallahassee, Monday. The Jets are now 3 – 8 on the season. Tallahassee jumped out to an early lead and were up 38 – 26 at the end of the first half. The Jets rallied in the second half and narrowed the scoring deficit to only one point (40 – 41) but that still left them 13 points shy of a...

The South Georgia Technical College Jets clinched two tough wins over Northeast Mississippi and Eastern Florida to win the Sparky Reeves Classic Basketball tournament in the James S. Peters gymnasium November 21 – 22. The Jets moved to 3 – 7 on the season. This was the first time this season that the Jets had put together back-to-back wins. The narrow 75 – 69 win over the Northeast Mississippi Tigers combined with a 88 – 81 victory against a strong Eastern Florida Titans team...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) sophomore guard Jalexs Ewing was selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division 1 men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the week of November 10th. This is only the second week of the Player of Week selections and he is the first SGTC player to be chosen for this honor from the men’s or women’s program. Ewing, a 6’2” guard from Augusta, GA is currently the leading scorer for the Jets with 72 points. He was selected...

Booneville, MS – The Jets had a long ride out and an even longer ride back after dropping back to back losses to East Mississippi Community College and Northeast Mississippi in the Northeast Mississippi Classic in Booneville, MS. The Jets had already dropped back-to-back decisions to Tallahassee State College before making the six-hour trip to Mississippi and dropping an 89 – 68 decision to East Mississippi and an 82 – 74 loss to Northeast Mississippi. In both games, the Jets...

Marianna, FL – The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets both opened the 2025 -2026 basketball seasons with impressive wins over the weekend. The Jets took a 78 -76 overtime win over Chipola College on Halloween night in Marianna, Florida in the Chipola Classic before dropping an 88 – 81 decision to Tallahassee State College on Saturday. The Lady Jets also were on the road and came away with a 73 – 61 win over Cleveland State Community College in Cleveland, TN. The Jets...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced Stephen Birchfield has been named as Sports & Fitness Instructor/Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach for the SGTC Jets intercollegiate basketball team for the 2025-2026 season. “We are very fortunate to have Stephen Birchfield associated with our college basketball program and teaching in the Sports and Fitness Management program,” said SGTC President Watford. “He has a variety of teaching and coaching experience...

SGTC Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach Jason Carpenter is shown above talking to the Booster Club about the 2024 – 2025 Lady Jets season. “A special year for the players and the supporters,” was the way South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club President Martha Arrington summed up the 2024 – 2025 basketball season for the Jets and Lady Jets at the Booster Club Awards/Recognition banquet held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the...

Jalexs Ewing, 0, led the Jets in scoring with 20 points on the night. Jalexs Ewing, 0, led the Jets in scoring with 20 points on the night. Less than a week after defeating Georgia Highlands on a last-second old-fashioned three-point play, the South Georgia Technical College Jets dropped a 71 – 69 decision to the Chargers in the quarter-final round of the 2025 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII end of the season tournament. The fifth...

Jalexs Ewing, 0, led the Jets in scoring with 17 points. After suffering a 63 – 60 loss to Gordon College in their final Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) regular season game, the SGTC Jets had to rely on a lucky coin toss to finish in fourth place in the GCAA and earn the right to host the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII quarter-final tournament game on Tuesday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. The narrow loss left the Jets in a four-way...

Shown above (l to r) for the Jets and Lady Jets sophomore day presentations are: SGTC Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach Jason Carpenter, Lady Jets Enola Papin and Maria Favero, Lady Jets Assistant Coach Olivia Melvin, Jets Booster Club President Martha Arrington, Lady Jet Mio Sakano, Jets Athletic Coordinator Terrie Battle, Pascal Bod with Jets Daryl Bod, Jets Vaughn Prosser along with Hutch Wills, Layla, Lindi and Ivey Ballauer, along with Jets head coach Chris Ballauer and SGTC...

Jalexs Ewing (0) led the Jets to a narrow 80 – 79 win over Georgia Highlands. Jalexs Ewing, a freshman guard from Augusta, GA, hit a free throw with 2.1 seconds remaining to allow the South Georgia Technical College Jets to take an 80 – 79 victory over Georgia Highlands College in a crucial Georgia Intercollegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference match-up. The Jets are currently 9 – 6 in the conference and in a three-way tie for third place. Ewing made the Jets...