Oconee County, GA Politics

The Athens Academy boys 6th grade basketball team, coached by Chris Pittard, will play for its second Premier League post-season tournament title in three years 8:30 pm Friday at the Spartan Center hosting Madison County. The Spartans squad, led by lengthy all-stars Alex Deltchev and Taylor Boswell, took out a scrappy Morgan County team 29-15 Thursday evening in the Oconee Auxiliary Gym at the back of Oconee County High School. Joe Colley and Lowell Matthews played well off the bench getting rebounds, blocked shots, and assists by the bucketful. Slashing and versatile Conner Hatch hit another last second jump shot at the end of the third quarter, just barely inside the three point stripe. Athens Academy jumped out to a 10-0 lead before the scrappy Morgan County team climbed back to make it a contest. The Spartans' Owen Roberts nailed a jumper and made the three point shoot out as part of the all star festivities Saturday. Colley went three-for-four from the charity stripe. Av...

Athens Academy's Parker Skiles hoists a three in Premier League action Monday. Photo by Dan Matthews Nothing makes me happier than seeing a kid who could barely play dribble at the beginning of the season be able to run a play to perfect despite not having come close to winning a game all year. Such was the case for the Athens Academy Green Machine team this year, and green they were as most of the team had never played organized basketball prior to this season under the tutelage of Coach Chris Pittard. Tonight they fought valiantly against Coach Shane Todd and his Prince Avenue team who knocked off the winless Athens Academy squad 22-14 at the Spartan Center in front of an enthusiastic throng of family and friends in the first game of the post-season championship tournament. Games will continue all this week at Athens Academy and Oconee County High School in games for kids from 3rd through 6th grades. This is no Rec League action, this is an AAU feeder league with fast breaks a...