The Sneads Pirates baseball team is off to a red‑hot start this season, winning six of their first seven contests, including an impressive five straight.

Basketball has come and gone for the 2025-26 and America’s sport is heating up and it’s still February

Players, coaches, family members, and friends filled the Sneads High School auditorium last Friday afternoon to celebrate a milestone moment for two Pirate standouts.

Florida has passed a new law aimed at improving the safety of high school athletes by identifying hidden heart conditions before they become life-threatening.

The Cottondale Hornets’ basketball season came to a close last week, wrapping up what was an impressive 19-5 campaign.

America’s pastime is back on the diamond in Jackson County, and the Cottondale Hornets Middle School baseball program officially opened its 2026 season last week with a three-game stretch that offered plenty of learning moments, flashes of promise, and valuable early-season experience.

The Jackson County Times staff  met with Marianna Recreation Director Jeff Faircloth last week for an update on the status of the work at Jenings Field.

In the small rural community of Jackson County, there are names that immediately appear associated with an area of the county.

The Cottondale Hornets opened their week on a big stage, earning a 51–46 win over the Holmes County Blue Devils.

The Marianna and Malone girls’ basketball teams had the opportunity to compete on a bigger stage as part of the Jackson County Optimist Shootout, an event that gave local teams the chance to play in a large arena setting, the Milton H. Johnson Center.

The Marianna girls soccer team closed out the 2025 portion of its season on a tough stretch, dropping back-to-back games heading into the holiday break.

In a world full of softies today, we hear an excuse for just about everything imaginable.

The 8 to 10-year-old Titans put together a season that will be talked about long after the grass has grown back over the cleat marks.

Marianna K8’s soccer teams hit the pitch for a busy and exciting start to their season, with the Lady Bullpups taking the field for three games and the Bullpups for two.

One team is left standing as I am writing this week’s Cupboard.

The Warriors and Lightning battled to the wire, but it was the Lightning who came away with a nail-biting 1-0 victory.