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Oglethorpe County High School girls basketball and softball coach Brianna Dickens has had a busy summer running youth camps for both sports.(SUBMITTED PHOTOS)

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No rest for Dickens with softball, basketball camps

Owen Warden

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Oglethorpe County High School volleyball and girls basketball coach Brianna Dickens has kept herself and her teams busy this offseason.

Sydnie Henderson, a junior at OCHS, is one of the top track and cross country athletes in Oglethorpe County. (CARSON REYNOLDS/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

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Junior Olympic team builds on county’s track tradition

Owen Warden

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Oglethorpe County’s strength in track and field continues. Seven youth — aged 18 and younger — from Oglethorpe County were selected to participate in the AAU Junior Olympics.

Ty Burgess (left) and Jordan Johnson wait during a break in the action to check into a summer league game. Johnson has displayed “defensive intensity and effort,” OCHS coach Larry Brown said. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

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Pittard, Johnson continue impressive summer performances

Owen Warden

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Oglethorpe County’s boys basketball team’s eventful summer continued as the Patriots won the summer league tournament it hosted. OCHS won the league with a 10-2 record after the title game planned for July 1 was canceled due to scheduling conflicts.

The OCHS boys soccer team played a 7-on-7 scrimmage at Chestatee High School last month, part of a busy summer for the Patriots. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

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Unorthodox games among soccer teams’ summer training

Owen Warden

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Oglethorpe County boys head soccer coach Erich Forschler focused heavily on two areas this offseason for the boys and girls teams: speed and agility. Throughout June and continuing into this month, Forschler has held speed and agility training sessions about three times a week.

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Holland ‘encouraged’ with passing game

News Staff

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Don’t get Mike Holland wrong. Oglethorpe County is a run-first football team, but the head coach said he was excited about quarterback Jayden Wallace’s throwing performance at camps last week.

OCHS boys basketball coach Larry Brown leads a youth basketball camp last week at the school’s gym. (LANDEN TODD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

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Brown’s summer camp focuses on improvement

Owen Warden

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Campers weren’t the only ones who felt they improved at coach Larry Brown’s basketball camp last week at Oglethorpe County High School. Isaac Johnson, a OCHS player and camp counselor, said benefitted from the extra time on the court. “I got better myself, honestly,” he said.

Savanna Prince, who lives in Smithonia, was third in the high jump and sixth in the triple jump at the Class A Division I Girls State Track Meet in May. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

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Prince finishes strong at Class A track meet

Owen Warden

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Oglethorpe County native Savanna Prince capped her high school track career with strong performances at the GHSA Class A Division 1 State Meet. Prince, who lives in Smithonia and recently graduated from Athens Christian School, helped the Lady Golden Eagles win the state title in May.

The OCHS Lady Patriots, who advanced to the Class A Division I Elite Eight last season, went 6-2 at the North Georgia team camp last weekend. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

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Camps scheduled for OCHS this summer

Owen Warden

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Oglethorpe County High School will host several sports camps this summer. While the deadline for the girls and boys basketball camps has passed, there are several happening through the rest of June and in July. The softball camp is scheduled for June 28-29.

Brianne Harrison, right, has coached the Oglethorpe County Middle School volleyball team since 2018. Now, she will serve as Oglethorpe County High School’s head volleyball coach. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

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Harrison to take over as OCHS head volleyball coach

Owen Warden

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Oglethorpe County High School has hired another new coach — but this time she comes from within the school system’s ranks. Brianne Harrison, former middle school volleyball head coach, has joined the high school in the same role. “I (am) ready to take on a more competitive game,” she said.

Mike Campbell led the McIntosh County Academy baseball team to the Class A Division II semifinals this spring and will also coach inside linebackers at OCHS. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

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Campbell hired to lead baseball program

Owen Warden

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Oglethorpe County has its new head baseball coach. Mike Campbell, who spent the past two seasons at McIntosh County Academy, has been hired to take over the program. He was approved at the Board of Education’s called board meeting on June 1.