http://www.valdostadailytimes.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:20:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_240232149.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_240232149.html Can’t wait for Friday Night Football? Neither can the Valwood Valiants, who open their season tonight against the Terrell Academy Eagles at 7:30 p.m. in Goddard Stadium. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_240220109.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_240220109.html As Valdosta State played its first football game Saturday, Tropical Storm Fay made sure there was plenty of water, dumping inches on the South Georgia area throughout the weekend.With the area bracing for the storm, the Blazers still managed to get in a decisive 56-3 victory against Fort Valley State, playing through the wind and rain.For one player in particular, playing in the tropical storm seemed more an act of defiance than anything else. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:14:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_239231518.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_239231518.html As the 2008 Georgia High School football season begins Friday, the defending Class AAAAA Champions are returning plenty to the field as Lowndes takes on Woodland at 8 p.m. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_239230112.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_239230112.html Wild times may be in store for Lowndes High School athletics this fall. Not only is the football team expected to march deep into the playoffs, but another program is on the verge of a potential championship run — the Vikettes softball team. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:50:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_239025023.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_239025023.html Valdosta High scheduled an off week in between its preseason game and its season opener this year.In hindsight, Valdosta head coach Rick Tomberlin is glad he did. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:38:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_238004041.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_238004041.html Before Saturday, Valdosta State fans knew Tucker Pruitt as the guy who played quarterback on guts and heart. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:20:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_237022034.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_237022034.html Valdosta State performed every tropical storm/rain-related analogy possible in its season-opening football game Saturday night, as it washed away Fort Valley State 56-3. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:40:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_237021111.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_237021111.html What will it take to motivate you to become one of the increasing number of people becoming more active in South Georgia? Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:01:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_236030242.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_236030242.html The college football world will be appropriately centered on Valdosta today, as the college season kicks off at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium a week before any other team in the country begins play. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:21:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_193120126.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_193120126.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:56:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_236025702.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_236025702.html Lowndes High head coach Randy McPherson will know a lot more about his team after Saturday night’s scrimmage against Thomas County Central. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:56:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_235035909.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_235035909.html Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey. There came a Blazer who lined up beside her and ran the football away.Nursery rhymes and third-down calls are mingling in classrooms at the former S.L. Mason Elementary School this football season, as Valdosta State calls the building home in 2008. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:11:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_234171228.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_234171228.html As Tropical Storm Fay targets North Florida and South Georgia, threatening to dump inches upon inches of rain on the area, local activites are being affected. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:36:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_233033712.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_233033712.html ESPN loves Lowndes High School. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:31:00 +0000 http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_233033134.html http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/local_story_233033134.html Lowndes High’s softball team dropped its first home game of the season Tuesday, falling 5-3 to Lee County at the Morris-Coats Field of Dreams.