Tift County Courthouse are also on the National Register. Sports In 2000, the boys 10u baseball team won the state championship with an undefeated season (24-0). In 2010, the indoor football team Georgia Firebirds relocated from Waycross, Georgia to Tifton. Education Tift County School District The Tift County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of, eight elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, and an alternative school. The district has 467 full-time teachers and over 7,641 students. Private schools Tiftarea Academy, located in Chula, Georgia (K-12) Grace Baptist Christian School Higher education Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College - Main Campus Southern Regional Technical College - Tifton Campus University of Georgia - Tifton Agricultural Campus Media The Tifton Gazette is a weekly newspaper published Thursdays in Tifton, Georgia. It is operated by South Georgia Media Group, a division of Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. The Tifton Grapevine is a twice-weekly online newspaper with an email circulation of 5,800. It is operated by Sayles Unlimited Marketing. Infrastructure Transportation Major highways Interstate 75 U.S. Highway 41 U.S. Route 82 U.S. Route 319 State Route 125 Airports Henry Tift Myers Airport is a public airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of Tifton, serving the general aviation community, with no scheduled commercial airline service. Notable people Nanci Bowen - LPGA golfer Austin Brown - member of a cappella group Home Free Justin Brownlee - professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the PBA Caitlin Carmichael - child actress Harold Cohen - US Army colonel during World War II and recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal Larry Dean - football linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League Dennis Dove - former MLB pitcher Harold Bascom Durham Jr., US Army 2d Lieutenant awarded the Medal of Honor Todd Fordham - former NFL offensive lineman Bob Hoffman - sports promoter Kip Moore, country music singer Matt Moore - former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party Wyc Orr - politician and lawyer Ralph Puckett - US Army Colonel, Distinguished Graduate of the United States Military Academy, awarded Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross (with oak leaf cluster), Silver Star (with oak leaf cluster), Legion of Merit (with 2 oak leaf clusters), etc. Austin Scott - U. S. Congressman representing Georgia's 8th congressional district Members of alternative rock band September Hase Clay Shiver -former NFL offensive lineman James "Chick" Stripling