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Bulldoggs Pentecost, Dunagan play in Top 100 baseball game

Bulldoggs Pentecost, Dunagan play in Top 100 baseball game
Even though prominent roles on a team that makes the state’s sweet 16 can generate some buzz, a high school baseball prospect can always use more exposure.
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Barracuda novices get their turn
After a recent spate of big-time meets, the Winder YMCA Barracuda swim team needed something a little tamer.

Winder-Barrow alum comes home

Winder-Barrow alum comes home
It isn’t often that a hometown Winder boy or girl gets to the professional level in any sport. To come home and perform in front of hometown family and friends, as Josh Shipplett did Saturday night, is a rare treat indeed. “It was definitely a lot of fun coming back to ...
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Barrow 14-under baseball team qualifies for state tourney
Two teams from Barrow County entered their weekend Dizzy Dean All-Star baseball tournaments with high hopes.

Summer's End Road Race is Aug. 8

Summer's End Road Race is Aug. 8
Winder-Barrow Brad Akins YMCA 27th annual Summer’s End Road Race will be Saturday, Aug. 8, and the 5K run for the marble train trophies will get under way at 8 a.m.
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Elite Bulldoggs bounced from USSSA state tournament
The Elite Bulldoggs, a 10-and-under travel baseball team from Winder, couldn't sustain the momentum from a 16-10 win over Peachtree Ridge Friday night in the opening round of the state tournament.




Two Diamond Doggs chosen for Top 100 showcase game
The sacrifice of many summer days to playing competitive baseball has paid off in an invitation to play in one of the state’s most prestigious summer ball games for two Bulldogg varsity baseball players.

Strong starters: Barrow County 14-and-under All-Stars win big in district opener

Strong starters: Barrow County 14-and-under All-Stars win big in district opener
The All-Star baseball teams from the Barrow County Parks and Recreation Department have struggled in competitions with teams from other counties so far this summer.
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District T-ball title eludes Auburn Dixie Youth All-Stars

District T-ball title eludes Auburn Dixie Youth All-Stars
Auburn’s T-Ball All-Star team’s run through the district tournament is over, but not without rewriting some recent history.
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Elite Bulldoggs win first game of state tournament

Elite Bulldoggs win first game of state tournament
The Winder Elite Bulldoggs, a 10-and-under travel team, has been working since January to get to the state tournament of the United States Specialty Sports Association’s youth baseball program.
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Osborn swims to four personal record times for Barracudas

Osborn swims to four personal record times for Barracudas
As has been the case at every meet this season for the Winder YMCA Barracudas, the goal for coach Karen Murphy has been to see swimmers improve their times.
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Accolades keep coming for UGA’s Kupets

Accolades keep coming for UGA’s Kupets
Coming on the heels of being named the Southeastern Conference female athlete of the year, Georgia's Courtney Kupets has been nominated for the prestigious ESPY Award for the best college female athlete of the year.
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Iron Cats: Auburn junior softball team guts out six games in one day

Iron Cats: Auburn junior softball team guts out six games in one day
Auburn’s junior softball team played so many games Saturday, head coach Brian Gunter couldn’t remember them all.
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Winder hosts Dixie Youth jamboree tournaments

Winder hosts Dixie Youth jamboree tournaments
Winder’s minor and major league Dixie Youth baseball teams were just looking to get some game experience from the jamboree tournament they hosted at the Lions Club baseball fields Saturday and Sunday.
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Atlanta's best junior golfers descend on Chimneys

Atlanta's best junior golfers descend on Chimneys
There are plenty of tournaments for grown-ups that come to the golf courses in Barrow County.
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Auburn T-ball team advances through districts
Auburn’s softball team wasn’t the only youth squad that had to win several do-or-die games in the past week.

Winder hosts Dixie Youth jamborees

Winder hosts Dixie Youth jamborees
Winder’s minor and major league Dixie Youth baseball teams were just looking to get some game experience from the jamboree tournament they hosted at the Lions Club baseball fields Saturday and Sunday.
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