Jonathon Hoppe
Sports Reporter/Anchor
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Jonathon Hoppe joined the Sports Leader 9 team in November of 2020. Six months before accepting the job, Jonathon graduated from Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications with a degree in Broadcast and Digital Journalism. While in school, Jonathon completed two summer internships at his hometown TV station, WBTV, in Charlotte, NC. He also interned with Westwood One Sports in New York City. Over the years, Jonathon has served as a freelance Play-by-Play announcer for ACC Network Extra, ESPN3 and more. In his free time, Jonathon enjoys hanging out with friends, trying new restaurants and spending summer afternoons on the lake.
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Thomas, an Alabama Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee, comes from Chattahoochee Valley Community College.
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Congratulations to Harris County Little League and Pioneer Little League!
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Your next chance to see the Lions back inside the Civic Center is on July 8 vs. the San Antonio Gunslingers.
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Congratulations to Harris County Little League and American Little League!
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The No. 14 Auburn Tigers beat the No. 3 Oregon State Beavers, 4-3, on Monday night.
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The former little league umpire spent 30 years behind the plate in the Columbus area.
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The Albany Empire beat the Columbus Lions, 79-62, in the 2021 NAL Finals.
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The Columbus Chatt-a-Hoots return to Golden Park this weekend for three exhibition games.
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The road to the NCAA DII World Series in Cary, North Carolina begins this week.
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Congratulations to the 13 Patriots that signed their letters of intent on Monday!
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After leading the Spencer High School boys basketball team to the GHSA 4A title this year, Quantavias Allen has been named the head boys basketball coach at Brookstone School.
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Congratulations to these four Greenwave on signing to play college athletics!
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Jayla McKissic has signed to play basketball at Southeast Missouri Prep School.
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Calvary Christian School will compete for yet another state baseball championship this weekend vs. The Kings Academy.
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Warren van der Westhuizen, a South Africa native, is now tasked with leading the organization from top to bottom.
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On Friday, Bechard will lead the River Dragons into the Commissioner’s Cup Final.
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He is the 2022 60M dash indoor state champion and is ranked number one in the state for the 100M and 200M dash.
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Congratulations to the seven student-athletes that signed to play college athletics on Wednesday afternoon.
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The River Dragons first home game game in the best-of-three semifinals will be on Sunday.
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The drive-thru event was held on Saturday morning in the Civic Center parking lot.
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The Dawgs took the field at Sanford Stadium for the first time since November on Saturday afternoon, with Team Black beating Team Red, 26-23.
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Four student-athletes from Harris County High School signed their letters of intent to play basketball at the next level.
Team Tigers beat Team Auburn, 10-9, on Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Here are three things we learned about the team.
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The Tigers will wrap up the spring session on Saturday when they take the field at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
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Congratulations to Kendrick High School’s Kayla York and Tyeesha Slaughter for signing to play women’s basketball at Coastal Alabama Community College.
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For the first time since 1997, Atlanta Motor Speedway has a new race surface.
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This will be Harsin’s first press conference since the university launched an investigation into the football program last month.
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Congratulations to the Spencer Greenwave! For the first time in school history, Spencer has won a state basketball championship by defeating Westover 62-42 in the 4A title game on Wednesday night.
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Congratulations to Northside’s Ashlynd Barker for signing to play football at Iowa Western!
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The 8U Cottonmouths are having quite the season. Just last week, the youth hockey team won the Presidents' Day Challenge in Atlanta.
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Watson comes from Forsyth, GA, where he was the head coach at Lambert High School for the past two seasons.
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The Lanett girls beat Long, 43-35, while the Lanett boys also beat Long, 60-52.
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Two days after Corey Joyner resigned as G.W. Carver High School’s head football coach, the Muscogee County School District announced that Pierre Coffey has been hired to replace Joyner
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Espinosa threw for 2,230 yards and 56 touchdowns last year.
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Gillespie will begin his new role on February 1st.
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On Saturday, the Blue Devils will wrestle for the 4A Team Duals State Championship in LaGrange.
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As prep football players across the country begin to sign their national letters of intent, five area schools sent student-athletes to the next level.
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On Sunday, junior quarterback Bo Nix announced his intentions to enter the transfer portal.
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Congratulations to Northside High School senior Brianna Conley!
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Nick Saban speaks at SportsVisions luncheon in Columbus
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A win over Benedictine (Savannah) on Friday would give Carver its first football title since 2007.
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The Carver Tigers are advancing to the state title game in Atlanta following a thrilling win against Cedartown.
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The top ranked Georgia Bulldogs will face the #3 Alabama Crimson Tide for the 2021 SEC Championship.
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Congratulations to St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School senior George Hopkins!
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Congratulations to Madison Champion (Softball - Chattahoochee Valley Community College), Cat Henson (Softball - Chattahoochee Valley Community College), Raley Thorn (Softball - Point University) and Caroline Willis (Softball - Marion Military Institute).