Four members of the Union Co. Lady Panthers basketball squad have been named to the Region 8-AA All-Region Team for the 2019-20 season. Two of the four, senior Andelin Hill and sophomore Ava Hunter, were named to the All-Region First Team for the Region 8-AA Champion Lady Panthers. Hill averaged 9 pointers, 5.8 rebounds, 2 […]
Read More »Union Co. boys defeat Putnam Co. to earn third playoff seed
Led by 22 points from senior Sawyer Drake, the Union Co. boys basketball team defeated Putnam Co. 69-49 in the Region 8-AA third-place game Monday, Feb. 10, at Rabun Co. High in Tiger. With the win, the Panthers (15-11) secured the No. 3 seed in the Class AA state playoffs. They will face the No. […]
Read More »Champions! The Lady Panthers win the Region 8-AA title
For the first time since 2009, the Union Co. Lady Panthers are Region 8-AA champions after defeating Banks Co. 37-33 on Monday, Feb. 10, at Rabun Co. High in Tiger. The Lady Panthers (21-6) were led in scoring by sophomore Ava Hunter’s 11 points, but the highlight of the game came in the final minute […]
Read More »Panthers earn second-straight state playoff berth
For the second consecutive year and the fifth time in seven years, the Union Co. Panthers are headed to the Class AA state basketball playoffs. Union Co. (14-10) defeated Elbert Co. (9-18) on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in the quarterfinals of the Region 8-AA tournament in Blairsville, 66-49. The win earns the third-seeded Panthers a back-to-back […]
Read More »Lady Panthers end drought, punch ticket back to state
The Union Co. Lady Panthers basketball squad is back in the state playoffs. After reaching the playoffs for six straight years, the Lady Panthers last saw state competition in the second round of the 2016 postseason. That all changed last night, Tuesday, Feb. 4, as Union Co. (19-6) defeated Social Circle (3-12), 55-23, in the […]
Read More »Pierson Allison is the TeamFYNSports Player of the Week for the Panthers!
Pierson Allison is the TeamFYNSports Player of the Week for the Union Co. Panthers! Allison, a 6-foot-2 senior guard, helped lead the comeback for Union Co. (13-10, 8-5 Region 8-AA) against Banks Co. (21-4, 12-2) last week. Trailing by double-digits in the first half, Allison his three straight 3-pointers to end the first half and […]
Read More »Ava Hunter is the TeamFYNSports Player of the Week for the Lady Panthers!
Ava Hunter is the TeamFYNSports Player of the Week for the Union Co. Lady Panthers! Hunter, a sophomore post player, had a standout performance for Union Co. (18-6, 9-4 Region 8-AA) on Tuesday, Jan. 28, against Banks Co. (11-14, 7-7). Hunter scored 20 points as the Lady Panther ran away with a 55-47 win in […]
Read More »Panthers lose battle of cats to Leopards in Blairsville
Trailing by as many as 12 in the first half, the Union Co. boys basketball team closed the gap to one point in the third quarter but couldn’t come all the way back in a 49-39 loss to Banks Co. on Tuesday, Jan. 28, in Blairsville. After the Panthers (13-10, 8-5 Region 8-AA) started the […]
Read More »Lady Panthers bounce back, earn win against Banks Co.
With seven minutes to go in the first half Tuesday, Jan. 28, senior Brooke Dockrey hit a pair of free throws to give Union Co. a one-point lead and the Lady Panthers never trailed again during a 55-47 region win against Banks Co. in Blairsville. The win put the brakes on a two-game losing streak […]
Read More »Kyle Morlock is the TeamFYNSports Player of the Week for the Panthers!
Kyle Morlock is the TeamFYNSports Player of the Week for the Union Co. Panthers! Morlock, a 6-foot-6 senior forward, had three standout performances on both ends of the floor in Region 8-AA games for Union Co. (13-9, 8-4) during the last week as the Panthers went 2-1. Morlock started the week with nine points, including […]
Read More »Union Co. runs away from Putnam Co. to earn Region 8-AA win
Led by 21 points from senior Sawyer Drake, the Union Co. boys basketball team won their second-straight Region 8-AA game by taking down Putnam Co. 59-44 on Saturday, Jan. 25, in Blairsville. While the game was tight in both the first and third quarters, big runs from the Panthers (13-9, 8-4) kept the visit War […]
Read More »Andelin Hill is the TeamFYNSports Player of the Week for the Lady Panthers!
Andelin Hill is the TeamFYNSports Player of the Week for the Union Co. Lady Panthers! Hill, a senior guard, had three standout performances during the last week for No. 7 Union Co. (17-6, 8-4 Region 8-AA). On Tuesday, Jan. 21, Hill scored six points, all in the first half, as the Lady Panthers dominated Social […]
Read More »No. 7 Union Co. comeback falls short against No. 4 Putnam Co.
Despite a furious second-half comeback effort, the seventh-ranked Union Co. girls basketball team fell 58-47 to No. 4 Putnam Co. on Saturday, Jan. 25, in Blairsville. After trailing by 22 at the half, the Lady Panthers (17-6, 8-4 Region 8-AA) opened the third quarter on a 12-4 run spurred by eight points from Andelin Hill. […]
Read More »Panthers earn big win against Wildcats in Tiger
After leading by just one point at the end of the first quarter, the Union Co. Panthers blew open the game in the second quarter, outscoring Rabun Co. 22-7 in the period on the way to a 74-47 Region 8-AA victory Friday, Jan. 24, in Tiger. Seniors Sawyer Drake and Pierson Allison each had a […]
Read More »Lady Wildcats use suffocating defense to defeat Lady Panthers
Using a stifling pressure defense and a hot hand off the bench, the third-ranked Rabun Co. Lady Wildcats took down seventh-ranked Union Co. on Friday, Jan. 24, in Tiger to earn a fourth-straight Region 8-AA win. The Lady Wildcats (20-1, 10-1) started the game on a 6-0 run and never trailed the visiting Lady Panthers […]
Read More »Kait McCarter is the TeamFYNSports Player of the Week for the Lady Panthers!
Kait McCarter is the TeamFYNSports Player of the Week for the Union Co. Lady Panthers! McCarter, a senior post who doesn’t mind stepping out to the wing, has been instrumental in Union Co.’s (16-4, 7-2 Region 8-AA) pursuit of getting back to the state playoffs. While it doesn’t also show in the stat book, McCarter […]
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