Local Roundup: Bennett named WTOC Player of the Year

Monnette Bennett was named WTOC Player of the Year on Monday.

Monday Mouthoff, 3/10

What I'm about to write won't make anybody happy. In fact, it may evoke outrage and an outright boycott of this publication by the very party in question. Hey, they've threatened to do it before.

Local Roundup: JROTC teams have good day at Area meet

Southeast Bulloch took home four first-place finishes Saturday during the Area 9 Region Championship in JROTC drill competitions.

Local Roundup: BA's Carter to be in GISA All-Star game

Bulloch Academy senior Darion Carter has been named to a Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) All-Star team.

Portal's season one to remember

Emotions ran high after Shane Reese's 3-point attempt at the closing seconds of the 2007-08 Portal basketball season fell short.

Blue Devils top Gainesville at J.I. Clements

Trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth, it looked as though Statesboro's old problem of struggling to score runs was about to raise its ugly head.

The new Gator coach brings new attitude

A new season sees a new head coach with a new attitude at the helm of the Bulloch Academy baseball program.

Braves get 5-4 win

LAKELAND, Fla. - Dontrelle Willis doesn't plan to step into the batting cage any time this spring. He didn't even bring a bat.

Favre tears up as he says ‘goodbye’

GREEN BAY, Wis. - Sitting by himself on an airplane ride up to Green Bay on Thursday morning, Brett Favre struggled to find a sincere and graceful way to say he was finished with football.

Bryant feeling healthy, takes an early lead

PALM HARBOR, Fla. - Bart Bryant got his bad shots out of the way early and finished with birdies on his last two holes Thursday for a 6-under 65, giving him a one-shot lead among early starters who were lucky to beat the rain in the PODS Championship.

Portal community reacts to basketball's Final Four

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Local Roundup: Lady Yellow Jackets top Statesboro in meet

BROOKLET - The Southeast Bulloch girls track and field team topped Statesboro and Claxton Wednesday.

Portal heads to Macon dreaming of a championship

PORTAL - It's been a long time coming, but for the first time in five decades, the Portal Panthers are returning to the Final Four.

Local Roundup: Chartered bus to Portal game

There will be a chartered bus to take Portal fans to Macon to cheer on the Panthers in their Final Four appearance Wednesday against Hancock Central. The bus will depart from PHS at 3 p.m. The cost is $25 per person and includes a game ticket. For more information or to reserve a seat, call (912) 687-6194.

Monday Mouthoff 3/3

I can't tell you how many times this past week someone has said, "You need to quit predicting the local teams to win."

Playoffs: So far, so good, so let's expand

Midway through the first College Football Playoff, one thing really stands out.

Big Ten striking back with bowl success

The Big Ten is starting the new year with a new sense of pride.

SEC getting roughed up

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - It was bound to happen.

Ducks vs. Bucks for title

Ohio State is looking for its first national title since 2002. Oregon is seeking its first, period.

Sweet as Sugar: Buckeyes upset Alabama 42-35

NEW ORLEANS - Urban Meyer had barely sat down after the Sugar Bowl when someone told him the score from the other semifinal game.

Oregon routes FSU

PASADENA, Calif. - Marcus Mariota and Oregon turned an avalanche of Florida State mistakes into a mountain of points and the Ducks rolled past the defending national champions 59-20 Thursday to turn the first College Football Playoff semifinal into a Rose Bowl rout.

Bowls: Badgers down Auburn

Gordon loose on Auburn, there was no stopping the nation's leading rusher.

NFL Wild Card teams — trust hard to come by

The main question for the NFL's weekend of wild-card games is who will advance, of course. The next big query: Who do you trust?

Brave new world

Rose Bowl: Oregon vs. Florida State

An ode to 2014

A year in golf: Tales from the Tour

Harbaugh gets big reception as he returns to Michigan

Falcons fire Mike Smith after 2nd straight losing season

ATLANTA - Mike Smith was fired as the Atlanta Falcons' coach Monday, one day after the end of his second straight losing season and a 34-3 rout by the Carolina Panthers before booing fans at the Georgia Dome.

Photo gallery: One Season, One Title

Grab a cup of coffee and spend some time re-living the Georgia Southern Eagles sweeping the Sun Belt Conference through the eyes of Herald Staff Photographer Scott Bryant.