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Veronika Palfi, 4, led the Lady Jets in scoring against Andrew College. She had a total of 16 points.   The Lady Jets moved to first place in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) with a 2 – 0 record after an 81 – 41 victory over Andrew College Saturday.  The 12th NJCAA nationally ranked Lady Jets are currently 4 – 1 overall and the only team in the GCAA with conference wins.    Freshman Veronika Palifi from Pecs, Hungary, earned her first start of the young season for...

Alexia Dizeko, 5, is shown going up for a layup. She led the Lady Jets with 17 points against Central Georgia Tech.   The pursuit of a Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) title started last night and the South Georgia Technical College nationally ranked Lady Jets answered that first challenge by coasting to an 80 – 30 victory over Central Georgia Technical College in the Hangar.    “It is always good to get a conference win,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic...

Freshman guard Deonte Williams, 12, scored 27 points for the Jets against Franklin Prep. He was 10 of 15 from the field and seven of seven from the foul line.   The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Jets captured their second consecutive victory of the 2022 – 2023 basketball season after they rolled to a 91 – 61 win over the Franklin Prep Academy Cardinals from Clemson, South Carolina.     Franklin Prep took an early lead over the Jets in the first half and the two...

Six Jets were ranked nationally for their individual performances in the NJCAA Division I polls this week. Shown above are: Lady Jets Fanta Gassama (23), Loes Rozing (2) and Jets Semaj Henderson (2), Bryce Turner (11), Deonte Williams (12), and Justin Evans (23).   The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets both cracked the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) first Division 1 Men’s and Women’s 2022 -2023 national basketball poll.  The Lady Jets were ranked...

Sophomore guard Alexia Dizeko, 5, from Sion Switzerland led the Lady Jets in scoring Saturday with 15 points.Wilmington, NC – The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved to 2 – 1 on the new season following two impressive victories in the Cape Fear Classic in Wilmington, NC over the weekend.  The Lady Jets defeated Brunswick Community College 82 – 26 on Saturday and then put together a 62 – 50 win over Bryant & Stratton College from Virginia on Sunday.     The Lady Jets...

Fanta Gassama, sophomore center from Mataro, Spain, was the top scorer for the Lady Jets in their loss to Gulf Coast State College. She had 13 points and 15 rebounds.Panama City, FL – In a battle between two nationally ranked National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) teams, the fifth-seeded South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets suffered a 76 – 61 defeat at the hands of the 16th ranked Gulf Coast State College Lady Commodores in the 2022 – 2023 women’s basketball...

Aaron Pitts, 4, sophomore guard from Columbus, GA who played for Chattahoochee Valley last season, led the Jets in scoring with 18 points.    Heart and hustle allowed the South Georgia Technical College Jets to overcome a 10-point deficit with less than 14 minutes on the clock and come away with a 79 – 74 victory over the Gulf Coast Commodores in the Jets first regular season game for the 2022 – 2023 basketball season.    “This was a great win,” said South Georgia Technical College...

Seated (l to r) for the Jets 2022- 2023 team are: Bryce Turner, 11; Semaj Henderson, 2; Kallin Fornesca, 5; Aaron Pitts, 4; head coach Chris Ballauer, Tim Loud, 0; Jordan Brown, 1; Deonte Williams, 12; and Justin Evans, 23. Standing (l to r) are Assistant coach Karim Mawuenyega, red shirt players Abraham Garjah and Samad Wazeerud-Din; Nathan Wilson, 20; Noah Barnett, 33; Sammy Mike 14 ; Ryan Djoussa, 3; and red shirt player Tyren Lebeauf, manager Malik Morgan, and athletic coordinator Terri Battle.    ...

South Georgia Technical College President John Watford is shown above with the first place Magnolia Manor team of Steven Avant, Ty Kinslow, and Bradley Kitchens and SGTC Athletic Director and Lady Jets Coach James Frey.    The Magnolia Manor team of Ty Kinslow, Steven Avant, and Bradley Kitchens won first place in the eighth annual South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club Sparky Reeves Golf Tournament held at the Griffin Bell Golf and Conference Center in Americus, Georgia.     ...

Alexia Dizeko (5) and Fanta Gassama (23) selected to represent South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets in the 2022 NJCAA All-Star Weekend in Atlanta on July 22nd & 23rd.    South Georgia Technical College’s Lady Jets rising sophomores Alexia Dizeko and Fanta Gassama have been selected to participate in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association All-Star Weekend at Clayton State University in Atlanta, GA, July 20th – 23rd,...

SGTC Athletic Director James Frey (l to r) is shown above presenting the Lady Jets MVP Award to Kamya Hollingshed with assistant coaches Adenike Aderinto and Demetrius Colson looking on.     “A very special year” was the way South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club President Martha Arrington summed up the 2021 – 2022 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 Americus...

SGTC Jets Marvin McGhee, 10, was named as a NJCAA second team All-American for 2021 - 2022.    South Georgia Technical College Jets sophomore guard Marvin McGhee was selected to the 2021 - 2022 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division 1 Men’s Basketball All-American second team, announced the NJCAA recently.  McGhee and the Jets finished the season 22 – 12 overall and earned the right to compete in the NJCAA National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas.    “I am...