Community Corner
🌱 How Cairo stunned defending champ Worth County on Sylvester’s home field.
Coming up on the Sylvester Patch calendar: Worth Co. Senior Activities
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In today's newsletter:
- How Cairo stunned defending champ Worth County on Sylvester's home field.
Also on today's calendar: Georgia Peanut Festival 5k and FUN RUN and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 92 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and warm, temps: high: 89, low: 66.
- Thursday: Sunshine, warm; a p.m. shower, with a high of 89 and low of 70 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Syrupmakers bully Rams (timesenterprise.com) — A dominant Cairo High rushing attack handed Worth County a 42-14 home loss in Sylvester, snapping the defending state champions' momentum on Friday night. The Rams' offense was stifled to its lowest point total in two seasons as Cairo's defense racked up sacks and a key interception, giving local fans a tough but newsworthy region wake-up call. 
📸 Around Sylvester
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sylvester
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★ Featured events ★
- Worth Co. Senior Activities →
City of Sylvester Senior Center, 710 W Price St, Sylvester
9:00 am
Wednesday September 30
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Other local events
- WCHS Varsity Softball - Home
Worth County Elementary School, 1906 GA-313, Sylvester
5:30 pm - WCHS Varsity Softball - Home
Worth County Elementary School, 1906 GA-313, Sylvester
5:30 pm - WCHS JV Football - Home
Milt Miller Field at Worth County Stadium, 304 East St, Sylveste
6:00 pm - WCHS JV/Varsity Flag Football - AWAY
Worth County Valdosta, GA, USA
4:00 pm - WCMS X-Country - AWAY
Bleckley County Elementary School, 470 Georgia Hwy 26 E, Cochran
4:30 pm - WCHS Cross Country - AWAY
Bleckley County Elementary School, 470 Georgia Hwy 26 E, Cochran
4:30 pm - WCHS JV Football - Home
Milt Miller Field at Worth County Stadium, 304 East St, Sylveste
5:00 pm - Georgia Peanut Festival 5k and FUN RUN →
Sylvester GA - Westover Invitational →
Sylvester GA
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
Saturday October 3
📣 Sylvester Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Choir Fall Concert
Tift County High School Tifton, GA 31794
4:30 pm - Colquitt County Packers vs Richmond Hill Wildcats →
Colquitt County High School, 105 Darbyshire Rd, Norman Park
5:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- PruittHealth posted a job opening for Floor Tech HCC in Ashburn. Apply here.
- Buffalo Wild Wings posted a job opening for Kitchen Team Member/Cook in Tifton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sylvester here.
🗞 Nearby News
Tifton
- Tift County High lists 2026 high school graduation rate, surpassing the state average (walb.com)
- Kenneth Edward Smith (bainbridgega.com)
- GOP chair of Georgia Peanut Commission backs Ossoff for Senate (thehill.com)
Albany
- Albany State University Awarded $2.24M MBDA Grant to Expand Entrepreneurship Education Across Southwest Georgia (albanyceo.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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