🏆🔧 Bainbridge FFA Takes 1st Place in Area 5 Ag Mechanics CDE! 🔧🏆
Congratulations to Gavin Hughes, Rylan Godwin, Kevin Ray, and Morgan Vickers from the Bainbridge FFA Chapter for earning 1st Place in the South Region Area 5 Agriculture Mechanics Career Development Event (CDE) on Thursday, February 26, 2026, at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia!
This competition tested students’ technical knowledge and hands-on agricultural mechanics skills through several challenging stations. Team members demonstrated their abilities by:
⚡ Completing an electrical wiring circuit
🔩 Assembling a carburetor for a small gasoline engine
📏 Calculating materials and installation for a fence project
🔥 Welding a T-joint on 1/8-inch coupons using a 3/32-7018 stick welding electrode
🤝 Completing a team electrical wiring activity
Their hard work, technical skills, and teamwork paid off with an outstanding 1st place finish!
Please join us in congratulating these students for representing Bainbridge FFA with excellence. We are proud of their dedication to agricultural education and skilled trades! 🌾🛠️
#BainbridgeFFA #AgMechanics #FFA #GeorgiaFFA #CTAE #FutureFarmers
Congratulations to Gavin Hughes, Rylan Godwin, Kevin Ray, and Morgan Vickers from the Bainbridge FFA Chapter for earning 1st Place in the South Region Area 5 Agriculture Mechanics Career Development Event (CDE) on Thursday, February 26, 2026, at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia!
This competition tested students’ technical knowledge and hands-on agricultural mechanics skills through several challenging stations. Team members demonstrated their abilities by:
⚡ Completing an electrical wiring circuit
🔩 Assembling a carburetor for a small gasoline engine
📏 Calculating materials and installation for a fence project
🔥 Welding a T-joint on 1/8-inch coupons using a 3/32-7018 stick welding electrode
🤝 Completing a team electrical wiring activity
Their hard work, technical skills, and teamwork paid off with an outstanding 1st place finish!
Please join us in congratulating these students for representing Bainbridge FFA with excellence. We are proud of their dedication to agricultural education and skilled trades! 🌾🛠️
#BainbridgeFFA #AgMechanics #FFA #GeorgiaFFA #CTAE #FutureFarmers
🌱 Decatur County Young Farmers Instructional Class 🌱
Join the Decatur County Young Farmers for an informative instructional class with Mr. Jim Davis from Rainbow Fertilizer!
Mr. Davis will discuss:
✅ The history of Rainbow Fertilizer
✅ How granulated homogenized fertilizer is made
✅ Benefits of using granulated homogenized fertilizer
✅ Fertilizer grades and which crops they best support
📅 Tuesday, March 17, 2026
⏰ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
📍 Cloud Livestock Facility
🍽 Lunch will be provided
⚠️ RSVP for the meal by Friday, March 13, 2026
📩 RSVP to:
Mark Lashley, DCYF Advisor
mlashley@dcboe.com
📱 229-400-0502
Come learn practical fertilizer knowledge you can apply to your farming operation!
#DecaturCountyYoungFarmers #AgEducation #FarmSmart #GeorgiaAgriculture
Join the Decatur County Young Farmers for an informative instructional class with Mr. Jim Davis from Rainbow Fertilizer!
Mr. Davis will discuss:
✅ The history of Rainbow Fertilizer
✅ How granulated homogenized fertilizer is made
✅ Benefits of using granulated homogenized fertilizer
✅ Fertilizer grades and which crops they best support
📅 Tuesday, March 17, 2026
⏰ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
📍 Cloud Livestock Facility
🍽 Lunch will be provided
⚠️ RSVP for the meal by Friday, March 13, 2026
📩 RSVP to:
Mark Lashley, DCYF Advisor
mlashley@dcboe.com
📱 229-400-0502
Come learn practical fertilizer knowledge you can apply to your farming operation!
#DecaturCountyYoungFarmers #AgEducation #FarmSmart #GeorgiaAgriculture
🎉 Congratulations to Kevin Ray! ⚡🔌
The Bainbridge FFA Chapter is proud to recognize Kevin Ray for placing 4th in the Georgia FFA State Agriculture Electrification (EMC) Career Development Event held on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at the Georgia FFA/FCCLA Camp.
This is one of the most technically challenging CDEs in Georgia FFA, and Kevin rose to the occasion! During the competition, he completed:
🔧 An extremely challenging electrical circuit build
🎤 A speech explaining the installation of a transfer switch for a stand-alone generator
📚 A 30-question NEC Codebook problem-solving exam
Kevin’s hard work, technical skills, and dedication to agricultural mechanics truly paid off. We are incredibly proud of his accomplishment and the way he represented the Bainbridge FFA Chapter at the state level!
Please join us in congratulating Kevin on this outstanding achievement! 👏
#FFA #GeorgiaFFA #BainbridgeFFA #AgEducation #EMC #FutureLeaders
The Bainbridge FFA Chapter is proud to recognize Kevin Ray for placing 4th in the Georgia FFA State Agriculture Electrification (EMC) Career Development Event held on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at the Georgia FFA/FCCLA Camp.
This is one of the most technically challenging CDEs in Georgia FFA, and Kevin rose to the occasion! During the competition, he completed:
🔧 An extremely challenging electrical circuit build
🎤 A speech explaining the installation of a transfer switch for a stand-alone generator
📚 A 30-question NEC Codebook problem-solving exam
Kevin’s hard work, technical skills, and dedication to agricultural mechanics truly paid off. We are incredibly proud of his accomplishment and the way he represented the Bainbridge FFA Chapter at the state level!
Please join us in congratulating Kevin on this outstanding achievement! 👏
#FFA #GeorgiaFFA #BainbridgeFFA #AgEducation #EMC #FutureLeaders
The Bearcats and Lady Cats hit the road traveling to play in the Lee County Invitational. Thank you to our sponsors for allowing us this opportunities to travel and play these events!
The Basscats student anglers had another great day on the water Sunday on Lake Seminole fishing the Florida Elite Tournament Trail. With an extensive fog delay, the anglers had a very shortened day, but still brought big bags of fish to the scales. On the Senior Division side, Fisher Baty and Cole Henderson secured 2nd place and Jack Kennedy and Mason Bright finished in 5th place. In the Junior Division, Breckin Boyd and John Wesley Alderman finished in 2nd place. Great job to all of our teams who competed over the weekend. These anglers compete year-round on many different lakes and in all types of weather. Thank you to the boat captains and all of our team sponsors who make these opportunities possible for our student anglers!
Reminder: Applications to try out for the 2026-2027 Football Cheerleading squad are due by 3:00 pm on Wednesday, March 11. No late applications will be accepted!
The BassCats had several top placing teams Saturday in the Florida Elite Tournament Trail on Lake Seminole! Congratulations Drake Walls and Walker Brogdon on your 3rd Place finish, Brennan Enfinger and Connor Kennedy on your 5th Place finish, and Fisher Baty and Cole Henderson on your 11th place finish. Also, congratulations to our Senior anglers who were honored by the Florida Elite Tournament Trail for their participation over the course of their time representing the BassCat fishing team! Great job to all of our BassCat anglers!
The BassCats fishing teams fishing the Florida Elite Tournament out of the Boat Basin Saturday and Sunday were waiting and excited for blast-off from the Earl May Boat Basin.
Larry Clark Invitational
The Bearcats earned their second region win of the season Friday with an 11–0 victory over Monroe. With the shutout win, the Bearcats improve to 2–0 in region play.
The Bearcat Golf Team hosted 93 golfers representing 19 schools from across the state on Saturday at the 26th Annual Bearcat Invitational. The Tift County Blue Devils led the field taking home 1st place honors with a very impressive team score of 294. North Hall from Gainesville, Ga shot a team score of 309 taking 2nd place. The North Hall team was playing for Coach Jason Hughes who was fatally killed Friday night in a senior prom prank that turned tragic. Taking 3rd place in the Bearcat Invitational was Toombs County with a team score of 312. Low Medalist for the tournament was Porter Johnson who shot a 2 under par round of 70.
The Bearcat Golf Team shot their season low score of 335 placing 10th out of 19 teams. Leading the Bearcats was Senior Caleb Logue with a score of 76. The Bearcat Golf Team would like to thank all the teams for coming to play and to thank all of the sponsors that help to support the Bearcat Golf Program. Please join is in praying for North Hall School, community, and for the family of Coach Hughes.
The BHS Boys Soccer Team defeated Peach County by a score of 8-0! The Bearcats improved to 7-1 on the season.
BHS Drama is hosting a Spirit Night at Uncle Bill’s Pizzeria on Tuesday, March 10 from 6–8 PM! It’s a great opportunity to support our students as we get closer to showtime for Newsies Jr. 🎭
If you’re able, stop by for dinner that evening. It’s an easy way to support the program—and you don’t even have to cook!
Thank you for always supporting our students and the arts at BHS.
Hope to see you there!
#BHSDrama #NewsiesJr #SupportheArts
If you’re able, stop by for dinner that evening. It’s an easy way to support the program—and you don’t even have to cook!
Thank you for always supporting our students and the arts at BHS.
Hope to see you there!
#BHSDrama #NewsiesJr #SupportheArts
BHS Drama Club was invited to be a special guest for Read Across America at Jones Wheat Primary! It was such a sweet surprise and a wonderful opportunity to see our high school students investing back into our younger learners. We love seeing our students share their time, talents, and love of reading with the next generation!
#BHSDrama #ReadAcrossAmerica #Bearcatpride
#BHSDrama #ReadAcrossAmerica #Bearcatpride
Bearcats defeat Monroe 12-0.
Introducing the Team Captain for FRC#11214 the [cy]BEARCATS rookie robotics team from Bainbridge High School, Scarlett Rivera! Scarlett is the definition of "small but mighty,"
As a rookie team, we needed a leader who could do it all—and Scarlett has delivered. From the build room to the driver station, her leadership and technical skills have been the glue holding us together.
To everyone who coached, taught, and supported our team and Scarlett this season: Thank you. You didn’t just help a student; you helped build a leader. We’re ready to take the floor!
#Cybearcats #RoboticsLife #StudentLeader #STEM #FRC11214
As a rookie team, we needed a leader who could do it all—and Scarlett has delivered. From the build room to the driver station, her leadership and technical skills have been the glue holding us together.
To everyone who coached, taught, and supported our team and Scarlett this season: Thank you. You didn’t just help a student; you helped build a leader. We’re ready to take the floor!
#Cybearcats #RoboticsLife #StudentLeader #STEM #FRC11214
Connecting the dots (and the rivets) here in Dalton! 🛠️⚡️
A huge thank you to Georgia Power for jumping in today to help us grind down the rivets on our drive board. Safety is our top priority, and their expertise helped us get competition-ready in no time. As rookies from Bainbridge, GA, our theme—Building a Bridge to Beyond—isn't just a catchy phrase; it’s our reality. In a town of 14,500, starting an FRC team was a bold leap of faith. We know a robot doesn't move on code and motors alone; it moves on the momentum of a community. That’s why we were thrilled to have the Georgia Power team sign one of our "Gears." ⚙️
Why the Gears?
On (cy)BEARCATS Team 11214, every signed gear in our pit represents a vital connection heloing build bridges for our team:
Talent: The mentors who share their skills.
Treasure: The sponsors who make this possible.
Time: The families who support us every step of the way.
These signatures are the literal "teeth" of our drivetrain. We are so grateful for every gear we’ve collected during this build season and here at the Dalton tournament. Together, we aren't just building a robot—we’re building a bridge from a bold idea to the competition floor.
Watch the action today at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8htRkVNR3V0
#FRC11214 #cyBEARCATS #BuildingABridgeToBeyond #GeorgiaPower #FirstRobotics #DaltonDistrict #BainbridgeGA #STEM
IT’S GO TIME! The [cy]BEARCATS FRC#11214 will take the field today for our very first FRC competition in Dalton, GA.
Can’t make the trip? No problem. You can cheer us on from your couch! Catch the live stream all Friday and Saturday right here:
👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8htRkVNR3V0
Let’s go, Bearcats! 🐾💻
#GameDay #FRC #PCHDistrict #RookieAllStar
![[CY]BEARCATS Robotics FRC #11214](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/decatur_county_schools__ga_ar/live_feed_image/image/24546962/large_PIT_BANNER__7.5_x_8_in_.png)
The [CY]BEARCAT FRC# 11214 rookie season is officially underway, and we just hit a massive milestone: by passing our very first robot inspection with flying colors! No rebuilds, no frantic wiring fixes—just a big green checkmark on the first try. Thank you to our incredible build team for their precision and to Mr. Kelley for guiding us through each of our FIRSTS building and engineering KitCat! We would also like to shout out all the support and help from Team 6919, the Commodores who have been with us each step of the journey--especially when we had hardware failure earlier in the build season.
Now the batteries are on the chargers, the code is deployed, and the team is hyped. We are officially ready to hit the field for our first-ever competition tomorrow!
Let’s go! You can watch the action live at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8htRkVNR3V0
#FRC11214 #Robotics #RookieYear #STEM #FIRST #OmgRobots
Now the batteries are on the chargers, the code is deployed, and the team is hyped. We are officially ready to hit the field for our first-ever competition tomorrow!
Let’s go! You can watch the action live at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8htRkVNR3V0
#FRC11214 #Robotics #RookieYear #STEM #FIRST #OmgRobots
We made it to Dalton! Huge thanks to the Commodores #6919 from Albany for the incredible mentorship. Whether it was fixing CAN malfunctions or refining our field strategy, they’ve helped us level up at every turn (even with the bumpy bumpers!).
It's time to put those bots on the field! Let's go!
#cyBEARCATS11214 #Robotics #DaltonEvent #ThankYouTeam6919
It's time to put those bots on the field! Let's go!
#cyBEARCATS11214 #Robotics #DaltonEvent #ThankYouTeam6919
