By Lloy Hudson  Sports Editor As the Blazers football team starts a new season with a new coach, it’s also introducing several high-profile transfer students who are likely to have a big impact on the team’s future. Among them are quarterback Harris Boyd and linebacker Jaden Dawkins. New Head Coach Graham Craig talked about the importance of this year’s transfer ...

By: Lloy Hudson, Sports Editor   VALDOSTA– No. 12 VSU Blazers opened their 2025 season with a 31-28 win over Clark Atlanta on Saturday, Aug. 30, at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama.  The teams traded touchdowns in the first quarter before VSU grabbed a slim lead in the second. CAU tied with 16 seconds left just before halftime.  Both teams ...

By Lloy Hudson Spectator Sports Editor VALDOSTA – The Valdosta State Blazers will begin their 2025 football season on Saturday, Aug 30, with a nonconference matchup against Clark Atlanta University. The game will be played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, with a kickoff scheduled for the afternoon at 1:15 p.m.   The Blazers are coming off a 13-1 season ...

The Valdosta State Blazers, the number one-ranked team, head into their final regular-season game against the West Florida Argonauts with a Gulf South Championship on the line. The Blazers head into this regular season finale matchup 9-0, 5-0 in the GSC and are coming off another dominant victory against GSC rival, the Delta State Statesman 49-20. The win saw them ...

The VSU football team didn’t know if they’d get another game at home in the playoffs following the first round of the NCAA Division II Football Playoffs. However, an upset in their bracket has gifted the No. 3-seed Blazers (12-1) an opportunity to punch their ticket to the semifinals Saturday at home against the No. 4-seed Lenoir-Rhyne Bears (12-1). “I ...

When the Blazers needed a stop, Nick Jackson answered the call. The graduate defensive back shut down the Limestone Saints’ bid for an improbable comeback by picking off quarterback Dustin Noller, potentially saving the season in the process. The play came just as the Saints were looking to cut the lead to seven after trailing 38-7 early in the third ...

This time last year, VSU was sitting at home watching everyone duke it out in the NCAA Division II playoffs. This year not only are the Blazers in the postseason, but they also get to stay right at home for the first round after earning the No. 3-seed in NCAA Super Region Two. Awaiting the No. 14 Blazers (10-1, 7-1 ...

At one time, West Georgia Head Coach David Dean wanted to help Valdosta State win conference championships. On Saturday night, he unintentionally did that once more for the Blazers as Valdosta State obliterated West Georgia 58-28 in their final scheduled edition of the Red Clay Rivalry. The Blazers (10-1) notched their 30th all-time win over West Georgia (6-4) and sent ...

Saturday’s Battle for the Peach Basket will be unlike any other in the series. That’s because it will be the last such matchup between the No. 17 Blazers (9-1, 6-1 Gulf South Conference) and the West Georgia Wolves (6-3, 5-2 GSC). In what has become an increasing trend across college athletics, conference realignment will bring an end to the fierce ...

The race for the playoffs has heated up in Valdosta as the Blazers enter the final stretch of the regular season. In the latest NCAA Super Region 2 rankings, VSU clocked in at No. 3 in between Gulf South Conference foes Delta State and West Florida. The Blazers (8-1, 5-1 GSC) will be looking to protect that spot as they ...