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Mercer Miracle
Scenes of the postgame celebration, after Trinity Christian's boys basketball team pulled off a miracle upset of Central Fellowship in the GIAA finals to clinch the program's first-ever state title, lead the March 7, 2023 edition of The Courier Herald.

Beyond Belief
Game coverage of Trinity's improbable state championship victory over Central Fellowship in the 2023 GIAA state finals covers The Courier Herald's sports front.

History!
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

No loose ends
A centerpiece package recapping a historically redemptive victory for Dublin, in a long-awaited home rematch with Charlton County, anchors The Courier Herald's sports front on Oct. 3, 2023.

Sweep talk
The finale of a noisy region baseball series between 2-AAAA rivals West Laurens and Perry takes center stage on The Courier Herald's April 8, 2023 sports front. The Raiders got the last word in a sweep of the Panthers to clinch first place, en route to an eventual region title.

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.

Ladies night
A package of GHSA basketball playoff coverage recaps big wins for three out of four local girls teams that prevailed in first-round action.

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.

Heartbreaker
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.

Walk-offs on the wild side
A photo of West Laurens baseball's postgame celebration of an extra inning win over Mary Persons, courtesy of a second-straight walk-off hit, at the heart of local game coverage on The Courier Herald's sports front for Feb. 28, 2023.

Early bird special
A Dublin rout of the Screven County Gamecocks that was in the books early leads first-round playoff football coverage on The Courier Herald's November 14, 2023 sports front.

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.

Blame it on the rain
The Courier Herald's May 2, 2023 sports coverage focuses on a heartbreaking loss to Whitewater in game 2 of a second-round state playoff series for West Laurens, marked by the robbery of a go-ahead grand slam in the top of the sixth inning that was nullified by a mid-inning rainout, leaving the Raiders with only the rain to blame for the ending.

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.

So close
A spread of pivotal high school football games around the county on The Courier Herald's Oct. 10, 2023 sports front starts out with a home loss for West Laurens that was literal inches away from becoming a win.
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