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Westminster to face nation’s No. 1 team in Smoky Mountain Cup

Westminster, the top-ranked girls soccer team in Class AAA, begins a rugged closing stretch of the regular season when it travels to Gatlinburg, Tenn., this weekend for three matches in two days...

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Westminster, Mill Creek represent state well at Smoky Mountain Cup

Several school districts were on spring break last week, but it was business as usual for many of the state’s top girls soccer teams, some of which brought home impressive victories over the past seven...

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High-scoring Mathis leading M.L. King to school’s best season

Jasmine Mathis has been scoring goals at a record-setting pace this season, and she has helped lead the M.L. King girls soccer team to unprecedented success. The junior forward has scored 53 goals in...

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Playoff picture coming into focus in Class AAAAAAA

The girls soccer state playoffs begin in about a week, and there are several region titles and playoff berths still up for grabs as the regular season comes to a close. Here’s a look at how each Class...

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Grayson players rewarded for dominant regular season

The Grayson girls soccer team, which dominated its region unlike any other Class AAAAAAA team this season, was rewarded when 8-AAAAAAA announced its end-of-season awards earlier this week. The Rams won...

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First round free of major upsets in lower four classifications

The first round of the girls soccer playoffs in Classes AAAA, AAA, AA and A wrapped up Wednesday night, and for the most part they went according to form. Higher-seeded teams went 50-14 in the four...

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Cambridge girls knock out No. 2 Northgate in Class AAAAAA first round

The Cambridge girls soccer team pulled off the biggest upset in the first round of the state playoffs when it knocked off second-ranked Northgate 2-1 in a Class AAAAAA game Thursday in Newnan....

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Defending champs Lassiter, Fellowship eliminated in second round

Lassiter and Fellowship Christian became the first two reigning state champions to be eliminated from this year’s girls soccer state playoffs when they were knocked out Tuesday in second-round games....

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Forsyth, Gwinnett to face off in AAAAAAA semifinals

County bragging rights will be at stake in the Class AAAAAAA girls soccer state tournament Tuesday when Forsyth’s Lambert and South Forsyth meet Gwinnett’s Mill Creek and Grayson in the semifinals....

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McIntosh, St. Pius, Westminster seeking 11th state titles

Here’s a look at this weekend’s girls soccer state championship matches and how the teams got there. The games will be played Friday and Saturday at McEachern High School in Powder Springs and Mercer...

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State’s elite programs and three first-timers win state titles

The three most successful girls soccer programs in state history and three first-time winners were among the teams bringing home trophies when the GHSA crowned its state champions over the weekend at...

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No. 1 Tucker, No. 3 Harrison fall to top Class AAAAAAA teams

The hits just keep on coming at the top of the Class AAAAAA rankings. For the third consecutive weekend, two of the top four teams in the classification suffered losses. This time the victims were...

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Notable results from Week 3: Wayne County picks up rare win at Valdosta

1. Wayne County 23, Valdosta 13: Wayne County pulled off the surprise of the weekend, if not the season, with a victory against a Valdosta team that was projected as a 29-point favorite by the computer...

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Mays, Hughes look to become early front-runner in 5-AAAAAA

Mays is the top-ranked team in Region 5. (Branden Camp/Special to AJC) Region 5-AAAAAA was one of the deepest and strongest in the state last season. Six of its nine teams were in the playoff hunt, and...

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Top 10 games of Week 4

Archer at Mill Creek When, where: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Markham Field at Mill Creek Community Stadium, Hochston Records, rankings: Archer is 2-0 and No. 6 in Class AAAAAAA; Mill Creek is 3-0 and No. 4 in...

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The games start to matter in Regions 5 and 7

Receiver Javon Goff and his Stephenson teammates will look to get their first victory of the season when they take on Southwest DeKalb on Friday. (Photo – Mark Brock) Now the games really begin to...

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National rankings: Grayson drops slightly in three polls

Here is where Georgia teams stand in several national polls. The numbers on the left are this week’s rankings; the numbers in parentheses are last week’s rankings. CalPreps 10. (6) Grayson 18. (26)...

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Hillgrove 42, West Forsyth 20

Hillgrove two-way star Jaylen McCollough had been used sparingly on offense in the Hawks’ first two games, rushing for 5 yards on just three carries in losses to Buford and North Gwinnett. But with...

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Mays, Douglas County the big winners in Region 5 openers

(Jason Getz / AJC) Mays and Douglas County came up the biggest winners during the first weekend of region play in 5-AAAAAA. Fifth-ranked Mays, the defending region champion, beat No. 6 Hughes 32-20 in...

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Notable results from Week 4: Macon County bounces back, beats slumping...

1. Macon County 42, Fitzgerald 21: A week after suffering a 36-28 loss to Irwin County, Macon County rebounded with a victory against a Fitzgerald team that was ranked No. 4 in Class AA and came in as...

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