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Sports front from Nov. 8, 2022: Johnson County running back Germivy Tucker breaks Herschel Walker's school rushing record as the Trojans wrap an unbeaten regular season with the region title, and one-man wrecking crew Demello Jones leads Swainsboro over Dublin in the region championship game

Dragon-slayers

Sports front from Jan. 25, 2022: The West Laurens Raiders dethrone duals dynasty Jefferson to win the state wrestling title, and Trinity Christian shooting guard Henry Williams scores 1,000 career points.

Sisters of (no) mercy

Sports front from Feb. 17, 2022: Trinity guards Kardyn and Maddy George shred Atlanta Girls School in a first-round playoff win to headline a busy early week of late-season basketball and early-season baseball.

A kick, in the pants

Sports front from Sept. 20, 2022: Head coach Don Norton and the Johnson County Trojans make some unusual halftime adjustments – with a change of pants from white to blue – to spark a second-half comeback to beat East Laurens in the annual Border War.

Triple trouble

Sports front from Jan. 11, 2022 rounding up local Monday-night high school basketball action, including a hot-shooting night for Trinity's Crusaders in a beatdown of region rival Pinewood.

No joy in Mudville

Sports front from Sept. 15, 2020: Another rough week for hometown high school football teams, who took their season record to 0-6 in a winless second week of the regular season.

Fantasy numbers

Sports front from Sept. 13, 2022: Trinity quarterback Jim Coleman and Dublin running back DeMari Foster put up some absurd offensive numbers in two different high-scoring games from week 5 of high school football in the midstate.

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Sports front from March 19, 2021: The scene, and story, of a heartbreaking buzzer-beater that knocked the Dublin Irish out of the GHSA Class A state playoffs in the Final Four.

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Sports front from Sept. 14, 2020: Recapping a handful of big wins for local high school football teams, including a sequence of plays that served as a fourth-quarter knockout punch for Khanoski O'Neal and the East Laurens Falcons in a win over Oglethorpe County.

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A column on the inspiring faith of Trinity Christian School head football coach Jimmy Fields amid his battle with ALS, dominates the sports front on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020.

Special Section Covers

Heart of Georgia Football 22

This is our house! A scene of the East Laurens Falcons storming from the tunnel onto the field at their brand new stadium jump-starts excitement ahead of the new season on the cover of the 2022 Heart of Georgia Football section.

Heart of Georgia Football 21

Local players to watch including West Laurens' Evan Guyton, East Laurens' Kashmere Bryant, Trinity's Jim Coleman, Dublin's Qua Ashley and Johnson County's Germivy Tucker feature in this cover art for the 2021 Heart of Georgia Football section.

Heart of Georgia Football 20

State champions? That's got a nice ring to it. Dublin quarterback Markelle Mitchell, one of the few returning members of a 2019 AA state championship squad for the Dublin Irish, shows off his championship ring from this spot on the cover of the 2020 Heart of Georgia Football preview section.

Heart of Georgia Football 18

Dublin's JaQues Evans, a highly-recruited junior defender and running back for the Irish, lines up on the cover of The Courier Herald's 2018 high school football preview section.

Heart of Georgia Football 17

A collage of action and feature photos from recent seasons representing each of five high schools in The Courier Herald's core coverage area made up the themed cover of the paper's 2017 football preview section.

Back To School 17

All Aboard! This image of a Dublin City Schools bus driver releasing passengers on the first day of school at Susie Dasher Elementary served as cover art for The Courier Herald's yearly back-to-school section.

Home & Garden 17

Dublin-Laurens County's "Tomato Whisperer" Jim Smalley poses in front of several rows of his young heirloom and hybrid tomato plants as subject of the cover story in The Courier Herald's 2017 Home & Garden section.

Senior Living 17

91-year-old Juanita Neighbors, still a regular attendee of aerobics sessions at Fairview Fitness Center and subject of an inspiring feature profile, joins her classmates on the cover of The Courier Herald's 2017 Senior Living guide.

St. Patrick's Festival Preview 19

Images from past Dublin-Laurens Saint Patrick's Festival events decorate the cover of The Courier Herald's 2019 event preview section.

Michael Dukes Tribute Section

Beloved West Laurens High School band director Michael Dukes was celebrated on the cover of this tribute section published before his retirement after 27 years with the Laurens County school system.

Hometown Heroes

Local first-responders are featured on the cover of The Courier Herald's first-ever edition of "Hometown Heroes," a tribute to individuals and agencies making up Dublin-Laurens County's public service community.

Bridal Directory 2019

Profiles of four local brides whose wedding festivities were highlighted in The Courier Herald's 2019 Bridal Directory make up the cover of the annual section dedicated to ever-changing local wedding trends.

Bridal Directory 17

The summer wedding of Brittany Knight Haverty was highlighted in the cover story of The Courier Herald's 2017 Bridal Directory, which featured this photo of her bridal party on the cover.