Athletics News

The Lady Jets’ Maeva Fotsa, 22, scored 43 points in two games in the St. Petersburg Classic.St. Petersburg, FL - The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets secured two wins in the St. Petersburg Classic over the weekend to move to 3 – 1 on the season.  The Lady Jets defeated Hillsboro Community College, 54 – 33, on Friday and then defeated St. Petersburg College, 71 – 63 on Saturday.    The Lady Jets will return home and host the Pete Arrington Thanksgiving Classic on November 24...

Pictured (l-r) are Jets Head Basketball Coach Chris Ballauer, Jafeth Martinez, Jets Assistant Coach George Ross Jr., and SGTC Athletic Director and Lady Jets Head Coach Jason Carpenter. While helping clean out a storage area in the South Georgia Technical College James S. Peters gymnasium, Jafeth Martinez, a 6’9” freshman forward for the SGTC Jets basketball team, had a question. “We were just doing some cleaning, and we had some old basketballs that hadn’t been used for a long...

Sophomore guard Vea Gunaydin, 11, was one of the leading scorers for the Lady Jets with 16 points.    The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets captured a 71 – 66 victory over the Chattahoochee Valley Community College Lady Pirates Saturday in new head coach Jason Carpenter’s first home game in the Hangar.  The win propelled the Lady Jets to 1 – 1 overall after a loss to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) sixth ranked Gulf Coast Community College in Panama...

Deonte Williams, 2, led the Jets in scoring with 20 points.   The Coastal Alabama Coyotes held the South Georgia Technical College Jets scoreless in the final 2:24 minutes of the final game of the Jets Veterans Day Classic to come from behind and capture the 80 - 72 victory.  The loss dropped the Jets to 3 – 2 on the season.  Coastal Alabama came away undefeated in the Veterans Day Classic after coming from behind to beat East Georgia in their opening game.    “This was a tough loss,”...

Deonte Williams, 2, led the Jets in scoring with 14 points.   “A great win,” was the way South Georgia Technical College Jets head coach Chris Ballauer described the Jets 61 – 56 win over the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) eight ranked Florida Southwestern Buccaneers in the Veterans Day Classic in the Hangar on the Americus campus Friday night.    In the opening game of the Veterans Day Classic Coastal Alabama defeated East Georgia State College and former...

Camarion Johnson, 5, led the Jets in scoring with 20 points and also had nine rebounds in the win over Tallahassee Community College.   The South Georgia Technical College Jets captured their second straight win with an impressive 92 – 82 victory over the Tallahassee Community College Eagles in the Hangar on Monday night. The Jets are now 2 – 1 on the season.    “This was a big win for our guys,” said SGTC Jets head coach Chris Ballauer.  “I knew Tallahassee would play hard and...

Sophomore guard Mohand Ammad, 10, from Paris, France, led the Jets in scoring with 19 points against ASA Prep Saturday.   Seven South Georgia Technical College Jets posted double-digit scoring in the Jets 122 – 39 victory over ASA Prep in the Jets home opener Saturday in the Hangar on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus.  The Jets are 1 – 1 overall.    The Jets jumped out to a 73 – 25 lead over ASA Prep in the first 20-minutes of play and then outscored them 49 – 14...

Maeva Fotsa, 30, led the Lady Jets in scoring with 13 points and Deonte Williams, 2, led the Jets with 22 points in losses to Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, FL in their season openers.Panama City, FL – The final results were not what South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets first year head coach Jason Carpenter and Jets head coach Chris Ballauer wanted when they both lost their 2023 – 2024 basketball season openers to Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, FL, Wednesday...

2023 – 2024 Lady Jets – Shown seated (l to r) are: (3) Destiny Bishop, (24) Enola Papin, (30) Maria Favero, (0) Isabel de Souza Bueno; (4) Hinano Imamura, (11) Vera Gunaydin. On the back row are: Athletic Coordinator Terri Battle, Lady Jets Head Coach Jason Carpenter, (5) Greta Carollo, (15) Jessica Kailainy, (12) Maria Diaz, (22) Maeva Fotsa, (13) Mio Sakano along with Assistant Coach Olivia Melvin and Manager Davionne Gordon.The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets will...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above welcoming individuals to the 2023 – 2024 Jets Kickoff event in the SGTC gymnasium.     Approximately 100 individuals attended the South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club 2023 Tip Off banquet recently in the James S. Peters Gymnasium (The Hangar) at South Georgia Technical College in Americus.     All Jets Booster Club members, prospective members, guests, and interested persons were invited to attend the “Tip-Off Event” which...

South Georgia Technical College President John Watford is shown above with the first place Sparky Reeves Team of Stan Gann, Kevin Reeves and Bryan Simmons decked out in the red jackets and holding the first place trophy. SGTC Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach Jason Carpenter is shown in the back.Sparky Strong – Shown above are members of the Reeves family showing their support of the SGTC Sparky Reeves Golf Tournament Classic. Shown (l to r) are: Ryan and Mandy Reeves Young,...

9th annual Sparky Reeves Classic Golf Tournament planned for Tuesday, August 29th.     The South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club will be hosting the 9th annual Sparky Reeves Classic Golf Tournament on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at the Griffin Bell Golf and Conference Center in Americus, GA.  Everyone is encouraged to participate and all proceeds will go to the South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club to support the Jets and Lady Jets athletics.      This is the first year...