Irwin County Board of Education

Superintendent Bobby Conner presented Coach Cliff Tankersley with the game ball on January 12 after he coached the last basketball game of his 30-year career with Irwin County Schools. Coach Tankersley will be retiring at the end of the 2011-12 school year.

A. Collins scored her 1,000th point on December 13th, 2011 in the basketball game against Telfair County. Before the Ocilla-Fitzgerald game on Saturday, January 8, Coach Luke presented Collins with a commemorative basketball in front of Irwin's home crowd. Coach Luke said that this was a great accomplishment for any high school player and has not been done in Irwin County in many years.

Collins has played since she was a freshman and has accumulated these points since the beginning of her freshman year. She scored 31 points against rival Fitzgerald on Saturday in a 76-74 shootout with the Lady Indians coming out on top. She said that she could not have accomplished this without her teammates. Congratulations to A. Collins on this great accomplishment.

The Harlem Legends will be in Ocilla, Georgia Saturday, January 21, 2012 at the Irwin County High School gym at 7:00 p.m. The world famous Legends will play a game against the Irwin County All-Stars and host seminars between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. Cost is $5 for students, adults $8 in advance, $10 at the door. For tickets call Irwin County High School at (229) 468-9421.