Crawford Simmons got the 18th birthday present he’d been hoping for. The left-handed pitcher and former Statesboro High pitcher was drafted early Wednesday afternoon by the Kansas City Royals in the 14th round— No. 422 overall. “It reall... [Read More]

Three Statesboro High baseball players have a good chance of hearing their name called this week during the 2009 MLB Amateur Player Draft. Left-handed ace Crawford Simmons has the most probable chance of going in the higher rounds. Simmons, who spoke to the Statesboro ... [Read More]

Bulloch Academy dropped a 2-0 heartbreaker to the Heritage Hawks in the first game of a best two-of-three GISA Class AA Elite Eight baseball playoff game series in Newnan on Friday. Three days later, the series finally resumed. After 72 hours of being holed u... [Read More]

The Bulloch Academy baseball team has onegoal: to make it to the Final Four. Daryl Evans’ team travels to Newnan to battle The Heritage School in the best-of-three series today starting at 4 p.m. But the diamond Gators (12-6) are definite underdog... [Read More]