Tift County High School Lady Devils Basketball 2016-2017

Audrey McElhaney hits the 1,000 point mark

Varsity Team Photo

Lady Devils finish season with a heartbreaker

The Tift County High Girls Basketball team ended their season with a heartbreaking 69-66 loss to Hilgrove HS out of Atlanta in the first round of the state playoffs.  Audrey McElhaney had a career high 39 points as the Lady Devils finished the season 17-10 and 4-2  in the region.

The Lady Devils had a very successful 2015-16 year.  They won the 1st place trophy at the Thomasville HoopFest Holiday Tournament then finished the year with their second Region 1-AAAAAA title in a row.  This has only been done two other times in the history of the Tifton/Tift County High School girls basketball.  The other times back-to-back region championships were won was 1948-49, the Tifton High School girls team, and 1967-68 by the Tift County Angels.  

Roster

Lady Devils Roster

Schedule

Lady Devils Schedule-Results

The Tift County Girls Basketball Booster Club

The Tift County Girls Basketball Booster club helps raise money for the team.  For more information on how you can donate your time or financially please contact head coach, Julie Conner at jconner@tiftschools.com or at 229-848-4400 or club treasurer, Kevin Robinson.

The Coaches

Coach Julie Conner has led the Tift County High School Lady Devils to four region championships and six state playoff appearances, including a trip to the elite eight. A former Lady Devil standout herself, she played college ball at Georgia College and also coached basketball for 10 years at the college level. This is her ninth year coaching the Lady Devils and 25th year coaching overall. Coach Caleb Rice returns for his third year as an assistant on the varsity staff. Coach Bryson Daniels, who coached the 6th grade team last year to a championship, should be a great addition to the staff this year.  

In the last two years we have had two excellent coaches move on to head coaching positions.  In the Summer of 2015 Erick Willis took the head girls coaching job at North Oconee high school, where he won the region championship in his very first year.  Last spring, coach Shan Garner left the staff to take a boy's head  basketball coaching position at Pierce County.  We wish him them both well in their coaching positions. 

The following former Lady Devils who have played under Coach Conner have received academic or athletic scholarships:

Dale Adaway                Georgia College and State University

Moneshia Goldsboro    Santa Fe College

Alexis Johnson             Barton College

Dorian Jordan               Darton College

Staceyanna Murrell      Tuskegee University

Raven Ashley               East Georgia College

Tionna Barnes              Chattahochee Valley Community College

Brakia Bateman           Chattahoochee Valley Community College

Jessi Byrnes                Point University (Basketball & Volleyball)

Carlie Couch                Furman University (Soccer)

Kendall Couch              Lander University (Soccer)

Alexandria Covington     Albany State University

Jessica Covington         Clayton State University

Raven Denson              Chattahoochee Valley Community College

Dee Dee Deshazer        Columbus State University

Laken Johnson              Southern Union/Barton College

Blakely McClellan          Valdosta State University (Soccer)

Amber McKenzie           Albany State University

Noelle Okongwu             Albany State University

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