This August will mark the fifth season of volleyball for the Lady Greyhounds as a program. Although the opening of that season may be a few months away, an important first step was taken last week with the Volley Hounds spanning across the JCHS gymnasium for three days of tryouts.

Spring football games are hardly a full-course meal when it comes to looking ahead to the fall. They do, however, provide an appetizer of sorts, a glance at what key elements will be the focal point as the calendar leads into the summer of workouts and other team activities.

CARROLLTON Continued bad luck, this time by way of an injury, derailed Jones County from going for the win in the boys 100-meter relay and 4x100 relay at last week’s GHSA Class AAAAA state track championships in Carrollton.

The multi-sport Lady Greyhound career of Kimber Kent will last a bit longer. By way of her round of 84 in last week’s GHSA golf sectionals, the senior will advance as an individual to the GHSA Class AAAAA state tournament, set for Monday and Tuesday in Waycross.

Over the past few seasons, one constant leader for the Greyhounds golf program has been that of Ben Ridley. His impact was enough to gain the eye of Fisk University.

Softball Camp • June3-6,9a.m.-Noon • Ages:5torising8thgraders • Cost:$110or$100beforeMay24 • Info:E-mailaburt@jones.k12.ga.us or JCHS softball on Facebook Soccer Camp • June3-6,6p.m.-8p.m. • Ages:5-14 • Cost:$60and$50persibling • Info:E-mailMikayla.Coley@jones.

4x800 boys relay sets county record The “thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” was popularized by ABC’s Wide World of Sports during its heyday. Competitors from Jones County’s track and field teams were not yet born during that era of sports television, but they experienced a bit of both of those emotion’s during Saturday’s state sectionals in Union Grove that served as qualifiers for this week’s GHSA Class AAAAA state meet in Carrollton that’s scheduled for Thursday through Saturday.

90 seconds. That’s how long Torrez Finney needed to run his record to 8-0 on Saturday night in Jacksonville.

During on-field spring practice sessions since April 24, the Greyhounds have lined up against only each other. But after a total of nine practices, Jones County finally gets to go against someone else and measure itself on Friday in its spring game against Perry.