Tift County Recreation Department

09/07/2026

09/04/2026

We may just be starting practices for our Fall Season, but we're already looking ahead to what's next...BASKETBALL!!!

Are you a parent/coach interested in leading fundamental training sessions with participants before the season starts?! Reach out to us at [email protected] or give us a call at 229-382-3262 for details!

09/04/2026

Labor Day weekend is here! 🇺🇸

This weekend, we want to encourage you to get out and PLAY!

Play with your kids. Play with your family. Get outside, laugh a little, move around and have some fun — just for the sake of play!

It doesn’t have to be organized. It doesn’t have to be competitive. Just make some time to PLAY.

You can do it!

This has been another Play Matters Moment from Tift County Recreation!

09/03/2026

That rain and lightening popped up on us FAST! We are cancelling all practices-football, cheer, and travel ball! Rain and Lightening look like they are sticking around for a while!

09/02/2026

🏈📣 FALL REC SPORTS IS OFFICIALLY HERE!

The meetings have been held, coaches have drafted their players, and after plenty of anticipation (and a LOT of patience!), the Fall Sports Season has officially begun!

We truly appreciate everyone’s patience and perseverance—especially our players, coaches, and families who battled through that first week of Georgia heat! ☀️🥵

🏈 Football & Cheer are off to a GREAT start!
🏐Champions League is having a blast!
⚽ Soccer kicks off next week!
🏐 Volleyball is ready to get underway

And we’re especially excited to recognize the amazing businesses helping make this season possible! 🙌

🏆 MVP SPONSOR — Zaxby’s 🏆
We’re proud to have Zaxby’s as our MVP Sponsor for Football! Their name will be proudly displayed on EVERY football jersey this season! 🏈🔥 Zaxbys

🎯 TOUCHDOWN SPONSORS 🎯
A huge thank-you to Hilton Garden Inn and Abe’s Pest Control Service for stepping up as Touchdown Sponsors and supporting our young athletes! 👏

Our sponsors play such an important role in helping us provide a great experience for the kids in our community, and we are incredibly grateful for their support! We can’t wait to show the community how great the complex will look by game time!

Here’s to a FUN, COMPETITIVE, and UNFORGETTABLE Fall Rec Sports Season! 🍂🏆

LET’S PLAY, TIFT COUNTY! 💙🤍

08/28/2026

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🏈 Today’s Play Matters Moment: Welcome to the Fall Sports Shuffle! 😂
Teams to pick. ✔️
Schedules to finish. ✔️
Workers to assign. ✔️
Practices to organize. ✔️
Coaches to find. ✔️
Wait…did we mention COACHES? 😂
Next week things really start moving around Tift County Parks & Recreation with coach drafts, practices, team organization, and a whole lot of preparation for what is going to be an incredibly busy September and October.
We have well over 500 athletes and adults participating this fall in Volleyball, Tackle Football, Girls Flag Football, Coed Flag Football, Cheer and Soccer! That means a lot of schedules, a lot of fields, a lot of communication…and probably a little more coffee. ☕😂
We are very thankful that we have been blessed with head coaches, but we still need assistant coaches. You don't have to run the whole team. Sometimes the biggest help is simply having another dependable adult willing to step onto the field, help with drills, encourage kids and support the head coach.
We want to make this our best fall season yet, and we need your help to do it!
📱 Parents: We have been sending program information by text to the phone number provided during registration. Please keep an eye on your messages as we move into practices and team assignments.
If you have not been receiving our messages, think we may have an incorrect number, are interested in helping as an assistant coach, or simply have a question, please email us at [email protected].
It’s busy. It’s a little crazy. And we wouldn’t have it any other way.
September and October…here we come! 🏈🏐⚽📣

08/24/2026

TCRD is so excited to get started with this Fall Season!!! 552 participants! 552 Tift County citizens and their families that are getting out and learning that PLAY MATTERS! Playmatters.tiftcounty.org

08/22/2026

🏀Reminder about open gym today from 10 AM to 2 PM!!! See y’all on the courts!! 🏀

08/20/2026

Soccer Evaluations for 7-8 and 9-10 are TONIGHT here at the Rec Gym due to the high heat index! All parents that hold the Otto App account were called/voicemails left! See y'all tonight at the gym!
7-8 year olds-5:45 pm
9-10 year olds-7 pm

08/19/2026

🏈🏐⚽📣 PLAY MATTERS IN TIFT COUNTY!

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Check out this week’s Play Matters Moment, brought to you by !

We have something BIG to celebrate — more than 450 young athletes are registered for Tift County Recreation Fall Sports! We are SO EXCITED about the participation and can't wait to see these young athletes learning, growing, competing, and having fun!

And we're not finished! Flag Football registration is still open, so help us spread the word and let's keep that number growing!

But with 450+ athletes comes another important need — COACHES!

👉 We still need volunteer coaches and helpers at ALL LEVELS of our Fall Sports programs, especially in our younger age groups.

You don't have to be an expert. You don't have to know every drill or have years of coaching experience. We need positive adults who are willing to learn, encourage kids, teach fundamentals, and give some of their time to make a difference.

Our recreation programs work because people in our community are willing to volunteer. More athletes mean more opportunities — but it also means we need more people willing to step forward. Could that be you?

Here's what's coming up:

🏈 Football — Coaches meetings begin 8/20 and 8/24 players will begin practice on 8/25
⚽ Soccer — Evaluations begin 8/20
🏐 Volleyball — Evaluations begin next week!
📣 Cheer - Begins August 27th

All registered families should be receiving communication as we move toward the start of each program. If you are not receiving information, have questions, or are willing to help coach, please email us at [email protected].

450+ young athletes have said they're ready to play. Now we need our community to help us give them the experience they deserve.

Because at Tift County Recreation, Play Matters!