Valwood Valiants senior wide receiver Tajh Sanders is loving his new home in Hahira. When he steps on the field, the defense needs to know where he's lining up at all times. Sanders brings explosiveness on every snap with a quick first step to get away from his defender. Through [...]
Valwood Valiants senior offensive guard James Peterman is always pulling to clear the hole for his teammates. Peterman, whose football career started at Georgia Christian right up the road from Valwood, played his eighth and ninth grade football with the Generals. Coming into tenth grade, Peterman went up the road [...]
When it comes down to being rock solid in the middle of the defense and picking up those tough three yards, it pays to have a player like Noah Pettigrew. At 220 pounds, Pettigrew is built like a prototypical linebacker in today’s game and as he proved in Valwood’s season [...]
The Valwood softball team improved to 4-0 after three wins on the week – outscoring its opponents 31-11. On Tuesday, the Valiants defeated Westwood School in Camilla, 9-2. The Valiants hit .352 as a team, led by Annasten Creech, who tallied three hits on the day, and defensive standout Haidi [...]
The Valwood family is pleased to share that, coach Mike Patrick, was awarded the 2021 Brent Cribb Distinguished Service Award at the GISA Banquet this summer. This award is the GISA's equivalent to being inducted into their Hall of Fame. Patrick will be re-joining the Valwood family this fall as [...]
The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts and its Young Writers League hosted the first “The Art of Writing” contest sponsored by the Georgia Council for the Arts, Guardian Bank and the Greater Valdosta United Way for middle and high school students in Valdosta, Lowndes County and the surrounding [...]
Valwood head volleyball coach Val Gallahan was named the GISA Volleyball Coach of the Year by the GISA Coaches Association on Monday. Gallahan led the Valiants to the GISA Class 3A State Championship last season, defeating Dominion Christian 3-1 Oct. 10, 2020. The Valiants posted a 20-5 record overall and [...]
Capri Persaud, a high school senior at Valwood School, has been named a 2021 PAGE STAR student region winner for PAGE STAR Region 10. Persaud selected Joy Owens as her STAR teacher, school officials said in a statement. The PAGE Student Teacher Achievement Recognition program, in its 63rd year, is [...]
Valwood School’s lower and middle school Odyssey of the Mind teams had another strong showing at the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals in Orlando, Fla. More than 200 teams from around the world participated in this year’s World Finals. Each team performed and were judged in three categories: long term, [...]
Two Valwood Valiants picked up postseason glory as the Georgia Independent School Association recently announced its All-Region awards. Conner Hutto and Harrison Hamsley both made the All-Region team for 3-AAA. Hutto was credited by the Valiants on MaxPreps as sporting a .328 average for the season. He scored 22 runs [...]