Fall Meet the Blazers is set to begin in just two weeks. The two day event will allow Blazers’ fans, students and the Valdosta community to get to know the student-athletes. Volleyball will begin Aug 22 at 6 p.m at The Complex, located on 401 Baytree Rd. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m Intersquad Scrimmage begins at 7 p.m. The defending ...
Read More »Defending champion Blazers’ featured twice in GSC Game of the Week in 2019
The VSU Blazers football team will be featured twice this season for the Gulf South Conference Game of the Week, the league office announced on Aug 6. The Blazers will face Shorter in Rome, Georgia on Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. on ESPN+. Then, they will face West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia for the Old Peach Bucket on Nov. 16 ...
Read More »Blazers’ Golf set for Super Regional at Mission Inn
The best teams, the best players, and, according to Golf Advisor, the best golf course in Florida will all collide on March 9-11 for what will be, without question, Division II Golf’s strongest Super Regional. Present at Mission Inn Resort & Club’s El Campeón will be the nation’s top three ranked teams in Barry, Lynn, and West Florida, No. 6 ...
Read More »Deandra Schirmer to coach Lady Blazers basketball
The Lady Blazers rebound nicely. VSU Athletic Director Herb Reinhard announced May 4 of the hiring of Deandra Schirmer as the next women’s basketball coach at VSU. Schirmer replaces former head coach Carley Kuhns, who recently took the vacant head coaching position at Division I Samford University. For the last five years, Schirmer has been an assistant coach at Eckerd ...
Read More »VSU begins Four Person Golf Scramble
VSU Campus Recreation is getting ready to tee-off with itsannual Four Person Golf Scramble tournament. The tournament dates back as far as 1997 and has been played every year since then. This year’s tournament will take place on May 23 at Stone Creek golf course. “Four Person Scramble” is not structured like any regular game of golf because it’s played ...
Read More »Blazers defeat Wolves on senior night
Senior night is one that is always remembered. VSU baseball capped off the festivities with a win against University of West Georgia 14-8. Now, the Blazers will look to shock the world in the Gulf South Conference tournament. The offense was on fire, as they amassed 18 hits on the day and an eight run fourth inning propelled the Blazers ...
Read More »Blazers’ Golf fares well in conference awards
The coaches representing the Gulf South Conference casted their votes, and on Monday, the results were released. Now, I join in to present my own opinions on “Coach of the Year,” “Player of the Year,” and “Freshman of the Year”as well as my choices for an all-conference team. So without further ado… Player of the Year For the Blazers, the ...
Read More »Denmark headlines three Blazers into NFL
The NFL Draft is where dreams begin, and that is no different for three former Blazers. Selected with the no. 238 pick in the seventh and final round of the draft, corner back Stephen Denmark begins what — he hopes — will be a long career with the Chicago Bears. He becomes the first Blazer drafted since 2013 when Edmund ...
Read More »As NFL Draft approaches, Gauthney’s stock is uncertain
The football career of LaVonne Gauthney has seen its fair share of oddity. After graduating from Reynoldsburg High School in 2012, Gauthney took a brief stop at a military academy, had several position changes, competed at VSU and, ultimately, won a national championship. He hugged former VSU head coach Kerwin Bell with an enormous smile. As the confetti fell and ...
Read More »Next Level: Jegede boosting stock in private workouts
Sleepers. There will be lots of them in the upcoming 2019 NFL Draft. Valdosta State defensive lineman Iseoluwapo Jegede has garnered the label. The projected day-3 pick, on some NFL mock drafts, has gradually climbed up draft boards. The ascension has come from a few workouts this offseason, where Jegede has made scouts take notice. “I had a visit with ...
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