Paulding county athletes bring their A-game Brothers Josh and Seth Whitener finished as the Class 5A state shot put champion and runner-up at the Georgia High School Association Boy’s Track and Field State Championship May 2-4.
From North Pa...
May 23, 2013 10:19 AM | 0 | 2 |
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Six Spartans, including bowler, to play collegiately Four South Paulding baseball players, one basketball player and a female bowler signed athletic scholarships to area colleges on May 17.
For baseball, Albert Harless will attend National Junior Col...
May 23, 2013 09:58 AM | 0 | 3 |
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Fellowship, BT girls fall in soccer state finals Playing on the big stage at Kennesaw State University, the girls of Fellowship Christian and Blessed Trinity battled to the bitter end in their GHSA State Championship matches last weekend. But the...
May 22, 2013 03:30 PM | 0 | 5 |
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Centennial Boys, Milton Girls win AAAAAA lacrosse titles For the second straight season North Fulton schools swept the GHSA lacrosse state championships in the state’s highest classification, with Centennial claiming top honors on the boys’ side and Milt...
May 22, 2013 03:19 PM | 0 | 8 |
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Female Athlete of the Year: Allie Buchalski With a pair of state titles at the GHSA Track and Field State Championship meet in Albany last week, Johns Creek senior Allie Buchalski capped off one of the most impressive running seasons — and c...
May 22, 2013 03:06 PM | 0 | 2 |
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Male Athlete of the Year: Joshua Dobbs On the gridiron, on the diamond and in the classroom, Alpharetta’s Josh Dobbs was nothing short of dominant during his senior year.
A rifle-armed quarterback in the fall, Dobbs led all of Class AAA...
May 22, 2013 02:58 PM | 1 | 14 |
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Alexander, Chapel Hill see state titles The Chapel Hill boys and Alexander girls produced state champions at the Georgia High School Association state track meets.
Champions included Chapel Hill’s Paul McCloud in boys’ 3A 800-meter run w...
May 22, 2013 11:00 AM | 0 | 3 |
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Chapel Hill baseball ends season in Elite Eight The Chapel Hill baseball team wrapped up its season last week after losing to Blessed Trinity two games to none in the quarterfinals of the Class AAA state tournament.
Finishing the season 24-7, he...
May 22, 2013 10:47 AM | 0 | 4 |
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Coaching change at Adairsville comes before spring football After being an assistant football coach for 20 years, Adairsville head baseball coach Eric Bishop is the new head football coach as well after being promoted recently from assistant coach.
“I thoug...
May 22, 2013 10:15 AM | 0 | 4 |
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Westminster, St. Pius, Marist clinch state soccer titles The Westminster boys and girls completed a sweep of the Class AA championships, while St. Pius (AAA boys and girls) and Marist (AAAA girls) also came away with titles at the state soccer finals las...
Westminster sweeps Class A-AAAAA lacrosse titles Class A-AAAAA lacrosse belongs to Westminster after the Wildcats won both the boys’ and girls’ championships in that classification last Saturday.
The Westminster girls won its fourth consecutive s...
Male Athlete of the Week-Hays Meyer With Chip Capper out for the year after having Tommy John surgery last summer, Westminster needed a new ace pitcher as it entered the 2013 season.
Enter Hays Meyer , who has stepped up to fill t...
South Paulding's Glanton leaving to join Kennesaw State staff Tim Glanton, who has spent the previous seven seasons as head football coach at South Paulding High School has been named an assistant coach at Kennesaw State, head coach Brian Bohannon announced o...
Local baseball teams advance to state semifinals Westminster, Lovett, Marist and St. Pius X kept their championship hopes alive after advancing to the semifinals of the state baseball playoffs.
The best-of-three semifinal series started with two ...
Westminster, Marist win state golf titles Westminster won the Class AA boys' championship and Marist claimed the AAAA boys' crown at the state golf tournaments Monday.
With a score of 295, Westminster edged out runner-up Oglethorpe (300) b...
Riverwood student wins NYO Nick Napolitano Award Riverwood junior Ruby Freeman , a Roswell resident, won the 2013 Nick Napolitano Award for the Christopher League at the Northside Youth Organization.
Run by NYO, the Christopher League is a baseb...
Cartersville baseball competes in finals Cartersville baseball will compete in the state finals after winning a best-of-three series, 2-0 against St. Pius in the semifinals on May 20.
The 'Canes will play the winner of the Blessed Trinity...
May 21, 2013 09:42 AM | 0 | 3 |
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Lady Pats sign for basketball, softball After four years of playing Paulding County High School basketball, seniors Tiara Lovejoy and Jenny Vernet are taking their athletic careers in different directions after signing college scholarshi...
May 16, 2013 08:21 AM | 0 | 5 |
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Raiders’ region golf title first in school history East Paulding boys’ golf team won the 5-AAAAA Region Championship for the first time in school history recently, giving them an automatic bid to state.
The Raiders will travel to Jekyll Island to c...
May 16, 2013 08:12 AM | 0 | 4 |
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Alexander season ends in semis The Alexander boys’ soccer team lost to Spalding 2-1 in the semifinals May 11 after defeating perennial state power Marist in the second round of the Georgia High School Association Class AAAA Boys...
May 15, 2013 11:11 AM | 0 | 2 |
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Chapel Hill golf wins region with new coach Under first-year head coach Zac Cooper, the Chapel Hill girls’ golf team won the 4-AAA Region Tournament, advancing automatically to state.
The girls will travel to Chateau Elan in Braselton for th...
May 15, 2013 11:03 AM | 0 | 3 |
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