Athletics News

Lady Jets earn 5th consecutive trip to the NJCAA women’s Division I National Tournament in Lubbock, Texas with a win over Spartanburg Methodist Saturday in the NJCAA Southeast Conference match-up.   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...

Will Johnston, 4, led the Jets in scoring with 20 points.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...

Coach James Frey and the 2020 -2021 Lady Jets looking for fifth consecutive chance to qualify for the NJCAA Division I National Tournament.   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...

Pictured are SGTC Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens (left) and Special Populations Coordinator Jennifer Robinson in the “Jets Pantry”, a service to provide basic hygiene items to SGTC students in need.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...

Men’s NJCAA Region 17 Division 1 tournament semi-final and final brackets.   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...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (l to r) is shown with the SGTC 2021 Instructor of the Year Chef Ricky Ludwig Watzlowick and President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and Allene as they are presenting Watzlowick with a check for being named SGTC 2021 Instructor of the Year.     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...

Shown above are the eight of the nine South Georgia Technical College Sophomore Lady Jets who were named to the GCAA All-Academic team for 2020-2021. They are: Kamya Hollingshed, 30, Imani McNeal, 1, Sarah Lawambo, 22, Flore Ngasamputu, 12, Femme Sikuzani, 34, Sarah Lwambo, 22, Moe Shida, 10, and Veronica Charles, 4. Not shown is Niya McGuire, 40.   Twelve members of the South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets 2020 – 2021 basketball teams have earned Georgia Collegiate...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (second from right) is shown above with SGTC Precision Machining and Manufacturing Instructor Chad Brown and his two SkillsUSA Gold Medal Winners Tison Smith and Patrick Hortman. Smith and Hortman will now advance to the SkillsUSA National competitions.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...

   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 on...

Jalen Reynolds, 3, Will Johnston, 4, and Marvin McGhee, 10, were recognized by the GCAA for their individual play on the court this year.   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...

The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets are shown above with SGTC President Dr. John Watford and the NJCAA Region 17 trophy after the Lady Jets defeated Georgia Highlands, 80 – 71 in overtime in Rome, GA. The Lady Jets will now host Spartanburg Methodist in the Southeast Conference game on Saturday, April 10th at 1 p.m. in Americus.Rome, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets earned their fifth consecutive NJCAA Region 17 tournament championship but it took a last second...

Sophomore Moe Shida led the Lady Jets in scoring with 14 points in the NJCAA Region 17 semi-final tournament win over East Georgia in Rome Friday night.Rome, GA-   Sophomore guard Veronica Charles made one of two free throws with 1.9 seconds remaining on the clock to give the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets a narrow 63 – 60 win over East Georgia State College in the semi-final round of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 17 tournament at Georgia...