Valwood in the News

Valiants look to ‘clean up mistakes’ against Irish

August 30, 2018

VALDOSTA –– After a pair of nail-biting road wins, the Valwood Valiants (2-0) welcome some home cooking tonight against the Notre Dame Academy Irish (0-2) in Hahira. The Valiants snuck past rival Frederica Academy Knights last week 7-6 as a Willie Roberson six-yard touchdown run gave them the lead in [...]

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Valwood strikes first, beats Frederica in OT

August 25, 2018

In a defensive struggle, the Valwood Valiants struck first in overtime and beat the Frederica Academy Knights 7-6 in St. Simons on Friday night. Following a pass from Caleb Burns to Jaheim James to get the Valiants inside the 10-yard line, Willie Roberson punched it in from six yards out [...]

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Valwood Volleyball sweeps Frederica

August 24, 2018

Valwood volleyball hammered Frederica in three sets (25-4, 25-7, 25-19) to capture the team's first region win Thursday. The Valiants dominated the game from the first serve, going on a 21 to 3 run to take control early. Senior middle, Erin Moss served for 11 straight points in the first [...]

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Valiants, Knights duel in state semis rematch

August 23, 2018

Two teams with state championship aspirations do battle tonight in St. Simons. The last time the Valwood Valiants (1-0) went to St. Simons, they came from behind to shock the Frederica Academy Knights (0-1) 14-10 in the semifinals of the GISA state playoffs. The Valiants went on to the state [...]

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Valwood softball returns to win column

August 23, 2018

Valwood softball bounced back from its first loss of the season to down Crisp Academy 7-1 on Wednesday Coming off their first loss of the season against Citizen Christian School on Tuesday, the Valiants ran their season record to 4-1 as starter Darcee Brown held the the Wildcats hitless through [...]

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Valdosta State Biology Professor shares minnow lab

August 22, 2018

HAHIRA – Dr. Leslie Jones, biology professor at Valdosta State University, used a minnow lab to demonstrate the two distinct types of thinking that make up scientific investigations to Valwood middle school students. By using minnows separated into dark and light tubs, she explained the processes of induction and deduction [...]

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Valwood, Valdosta notch wins at tri-match

August 21, 2018

The Valwood volleyball team earned two wins and Valdosta earned one victory at a three-team match at Valdosta High School on Tuesday night. The opening match featured Valwood vs. Valdosta. The Valiants won two out of three sets (25-21, 25-21). In Match 2, a strong start pushed the Valiants to [...]

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Valwood Volleyball third in season opener

August 18, 2018

The Valwood volleyball team finished third at Dominion Christian's Endless Summer tournament in its season opener in Marietta on Saturday. The Valiants went 5-1, defeating Harvester and Dominion Christian on Friday and Notre Dame and Creekside in pool play Saturday. They fell to defending GISA state runner-up Oak Mountain in [...]

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‘Excited, anxious’ Henderson ready for opener against Bowdon

August 17, 2018

VALDOSTA –– At long last, Valwood Valiants head coach Justin Henderson will make his debut on the sideline as the Valiants travel to battle with the Bowdon Red Devils tonight at 7:30. Henderson admits he's had a tough time sleeping in the days leading up to tonight's opener. "I'm very [...]

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Valiants roll past Pats in season opener

August 10, 2018

Darcee Brown allowed three hits and the Valwood softball team started its season strongly with a 10-2 run-rule victory against the Citizens Christian Academy Patriots on Thursday. The Valiants played error-free defense, backing up Brown. Natalie Rojas and Bri Fosdick both made standout defensive plays in the infield. "I believe [...]

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