Athletics News

Amara Edeh, 5, is shown above driving to the basket. She led the Lady Jets in scoring with 15 points in a big win over Eastern Florida State in the Lady Jets Holiday Classic.    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...

Justin Johnson, 5, took the ball the length of the court and scored the game winning layup to lift the Jets to a 73 -72 come from behind win over Middle Georgia Prep in the Jets Holiday Classic Tournament.    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....

Freshman Austin Hadden, 12, was four of six from the three-point line in the second half for the Jets against Summer Hill Prep to lead the team in scoring with 23 points.    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...

Austin Hadden (12) dunks against Florida Gateway College in the SGTC Jets 86-76 victory. Hadden led the Jets with 21 points.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...

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...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with Georgia Speaker of the House David Ralston and State Representative Mike Cheokas at the Rural Development Council meeting held at South Georgia Technical College.   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...

Smarr-Smith Foundation Chairman Blake Dukes (seated right center) is shown above presenting SGTC President Dr. John Watford (seated left center) with a scholarship check from the Smarr - Smith Foundation to add to the endowed scholarship at South Georgia Technical College. Also shown (l to r) seated with Dr. Watford and Blake Dukes are Paul and Sharron Johnson and Jessie Simmons. Standing (l to r) are SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray, Americus Police Chief Mark Scott,...

Three Lady Jets ranked in the NJCAA national statistics for rebounds, field goal percentage shooting, free throw percentage shooting, assists, blocked shots, and steals. Shown (l to r) are Femme Sikuzani (34), Shamari Tyson (1), and Yasriyyah Wazeerund-Din (13). The Lady Jets are currently ranked 16th in the nation.   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved up another spot in this week’s National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) women’s basketball...

Lady Jets Niya Goudalock, 3, named GCAA Player of the Week for December 16, 2019.     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...

Yasriyyah Wazeerud-Din (13) led the Lady Jets in scoring against Cape Fear Community College in the Cape Fear Classic in Wilmington, NC.WILMINGTON, NC -  The nationally ranked NJCAA South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets used a 17 – 2 run midway through the first quarter to take their 11th consecutive victory this season in an 87 – 71 victory over Cape Fear Community College during the Cape Fear Classic women’s basketball Tournament in Wilmington, NC.    The Lady Jets went up 24-...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with SGTC Adult Education employee Kenia Wills who earned her Computer Support Specialist Associate Degree and her son, Kenneth Willis who was a Presidential Honor Graduate from the Welding and Joining Technology program.Over 300 individuals were recognized at the South Georgia Technical College’s Fall 2019 commencement ceremony Thursday, December 12th at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus...

SGTC LEA Director Brett Murray (left), SGTC President Dr. John Watford (right) and guest speaker District Attorney Lewis Lamb (second from right) are pictured with LEA graduates (l-r) John Webb of Andersonville, Dillon Hanners of Perry, Kevon Kendrick of Leesburg, Samantha Smith of Columbus, Kevin Kendrick of Leesburg, Monteze McCall of Bainbridge, Jalen Johnson of Leesburg, and Andrew Emmons of Perry.Class 19-02 of the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Law Enforcement Academy (LEA)...