The 2018-2019 basketball is officially over for Pickens High School as Coaches came to the stage to recognize and honor the athletes that took the hardwoods this season. To start the night, Moe’s provided a catered meal to all in attendance followed by recognition of the basketball cheerleaders. These young ladies worked hard all season […]
Read More »Dragons Perform Well In Track Season Opener
The Pickens Dragons had their first track meet of the season on Wednesday as they traveled over to West Forsyth High School. There were several athletes that stood out on the day. Pickens girls had a good afternoon with two standing out and placing high in the 400M run. Scarlett Yarger ran to a second […]
Read More »Hawkins Joins Goss In Signing To Shorter
Shorter College gained another Dragon on National Signing Day as Trevon Hawkins of the Pickens football put his name on the dotted line. Chris Parker jokingly said that if he were to get back into coaching, he would be on the Shorter Staff as he now has multiple former players attending Shorter College. Trevon has been […]
Read More »Dragons’ Caswell Smith Sets College Choice
College of Charleston, that was the choice of Dragons’ very own Caswell Smith on Wednesday as he took part in the National Signing Day. Caswell is a 4-year starter for the Pickens County High School baseball team. Coach Williams stated, “Caswell has earned this opportunity to play at the college level.” Smith throughout his high […]
Read More »Coach Williams Ready For 2019 Dragons Baseball
As the 2019 baseball season cranks up for the Pickens Dragons, Coach Adam Williams is excited and ready to have his guys on the field. The 2018 record for Pickens was right at .500 both overall and in region. Coach Williams said it was more important for the young men to get better and grow […]
Read More »Pickens Dragons Receive Team Of The Week Honor
Coach Chris Parker and his fiery Dragons are sitting at 6-0 in the 2018 season. Both fans and the larger media are starting to recognize that the football played up here in the mountains is for real. Fox 5 Sports in Atlanta runs a poll for their High 5 Sports Team of the Week where […]
Read More »Dragonettes Breath Fire on Indians
The Pickens High School Softball team traveled to Lumpkin Co on Monday looking to get a little revenge fro the opening day loss to the Indians. With the weather cooler than normal on Monday it was a perfect day for a region game between two good teams. Both teams started slow with 2 innings of […]
Read More »Dragonettes Fall In Season Opener
It was a beautiful day for softball as the Dragonettes of Pickens High School opened up their 2018 season by hosting the Lady Indians of Lumpkin Co. on Monday. The afternoon started right after school as the Junior Varsity took the field in game one on the day. The Lumpkin JV took a 5-0 win […]
Read More »Haughwout Takes It To The Next Level
Monday May 21st was an exciting day for outgoing senior Lizzie Haughwout and her teammates of Pickens High School Soccer. Haughwout put the pen to paper and signed her National Letter of Intent to lace up her cleats and play soccer for Coach Alizira Sisman and the Fillies of ABAC(Abraham Balwin Agricultural College). Haughwout has […]
Read More »Abner Ready To Make Her Mark At Truett McConnell
With family and friends gather in the Pickens High School Theater Ellie Abner took her place at the signing table as Coach Pinson(Nettes Head Coach) spoke on the accomplishments of Abner both as a person and as a player. Abner has been a member of the Nettes for 4 years as well as playing several […]
Read More »Williams Signs to Hoop It For Reinhardt
Last Wednesday saw the Eagles of Reinhardt add a valuable player to their 2020 roster with Torie Williams of the Pickens Nettes put pen to paper for the signing of her National Letter of Intent. Williams has played basketball for 4 years and has reached new heights each and every game. Torie has been named to […]
Read More »Accident Shuts Down Hwy 515 In Jasper
An early morning accident at the intersection of Walmart and Hwy 515 caused all lanes to be shut down for several hours on Thursday. The 2 vehicle accident that included a flatbed semi and a delivery truck from the local Pepsi Company. The driver of the flatbed was transported to Piedmont Mountainside for minor injuries […]
Read More »Early Runs For Northwest Proves Too Much For Pickens
After the game 1 loss to the Lady Bruins the Dragonettes of Pickens were in a must win situation. A Pickens win would force a deciding game 3 in the first round of the 6-AAAA region tournament. A Dragonettes loss would advance the Lady Bruins to the next round. Northwest basically picked up in game […]
Read More »Dragonettes Win On Senior Night
Monday afternoon brought the Southeast Whitfield Lady Raiders to Jasper for a play in playoff game of sorts against the Dragonettes of Pickens High School. Coach Sarah Pinson and her team had to goals they wanted and needed to accomplish with this game. The first was to get the victory to advance to the region […]
Read More »Dragonettes Take Down Raiders
The Dragonettes of Pickens High School traveled to Whitfield County to face off with the Southeast Whitfield Raiders on Thursday in a region match up. A win is never a given but with the Raiders coming in at 0-17 overall and 0-9 in region play Pickens were confident they could leave with a “W”. With […]
Read More »Meet The Dragons Brings Excitement for 2018
The Dragon football program held their 2018 Meet the Dragon event on Friday and excitement for the 2018 season filled the air. With Kindergarten through 12th grade participating, the afternoon started with the high school varsity scrimmage followed by junior varsity, ninth grade, eight grade and seventh grade. The Dragon youth teams also held scrimmages […]
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