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🌱 Why Fitzgerald’s Purple Hurricane opens 2026 as Class 2A’s team to beat
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In today's newsletter:
- Why Fitzgerald's Purple Hurricane opens 2026 as Class 2A's team to beat
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: Humid; heavy p.m. t-storms, temps: high: 87, low: 72.
- Thursday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, with a high of 87 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 2026 Georgia High School Football Rankings: Class 2A (itgnext.com) — Fitzgerald fans can celebrate as the Purple Hurricane sits atop ITG Next's 2026 Class 2A state rankings after a gritty win over Clinch County. The piece breaks down Fitzgerald's veteran offense and defense, highlights standout players like LJ and Darryon Devine, and explains how region reclassification shapes this year's competition across Georgia. 
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- Fitzgerald Purple Hurricanes vs Cook County Hornets →
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Cirillo's Pizzeria, 113 S Main St, Fitzgerald
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Don Julio's Mexican Restaurant, Tifton, 211 Main St S, Tifton
6:00 pm - Labor Day Holiday
Wilcox County Abbeville, GA 31001 - Fitzgerald Purple Hurricanes vs Turner County Titans →
Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy, 553 Ocilla Hwy, Fitzgerald
5:30 pm - Fitzgerald Purple Hurricanes vs Thomasville Bulldogs →
Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy, 553 Ocilla Hwy, Fitzgerald
5:30 pm - Fitzgerald Purple Hurricanes vs Brooks County Trojans →
Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy, 553 Ocilla Hwy, Fitzgerald
5:00 pm - Fitzgerald Fall Festival →
Paulk Park RV Park, 146 Paulk Park Rd, Fitzgerald
9:00 am - GA07 Irwin County Saddle Club →
Irwin County Saddle Club, Ocilla
2:00 pm - Fitzgerald Purple Hurricanes vs Jeff Davis Yellowjackets →
Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy, 553 Ocilla Hwy, Fitzgerald
6:00 pm - Karaoke Night at Your Pie →
Your Pie Pizza, 2210 US Hwy 41, Tifton
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🗞 Nearby News
Tifton
- City council approves generator installations at city facilities (tiftongazette.com)
- Cotton, Peanut Field Day Slated for Sept. 2 (southeastagnet.com)
- Tiftarea falls in tough season start to John Milledge (tiftongazette.com)
Douglas
- After years of federal oversight, Georgia's disability care system faces a new test (douglascountysentinel.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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