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Northside’s Kinsler expects tight, low-scoring final between his Region 1 foes
Kevin Kinsler has seen a lot of good football teams in his eight seasons as head coach at Northside in Warner Robins. After all, his Eagles have won four region titles and a state championship and...
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National rankings: North Gwinnett is Georgia’s top-rated team
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 32. (46) North Gwinnett 40....
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Championship game previews
Eight Georgia high school football championship games will be played in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Friday and Saturday. (Hyosub Shin/AJC) Class AAAAAAA Colquitt County vs. North Gwinnett...
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Coffee vs. Lee County: By the numbers
Coffee Trojans wide receiver Marquavius Jefferson (22) runs the ball after catching a pass during the first half of the Georgia high school AAAAAA football quarterfinals at Alpharetta. ALYSSA...
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Championship previews for postponed games
North Gwinnett players make their way onto the field before a GHSA high school football AAAAAAA second-round playoff game on Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Ga. (AJ...
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National rankings: North Gwinnett moves into PrepNation top 25
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 35. (32) North Gwinnett 42....
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Blessed Trinity 16, Marist 7
Jake Smith’s second-quarter touchdown pass to Ryan Davis gave Blessed Trinity the lead, and the Titans’ defense made it hold up in a 16-7 victory over Marist in the Class AAAA championship game Friday...
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Championship games in review
Blessed Trinity running back Elijah Green (21) runs for yardage in the first half against Marist during the Class AAAA Championship game at Marist School Friday, December 15, 2017, in Atlanta. (Jason...
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Region 1 still rules in Class AAAAAA
The Region 1 reign over Class AAAAAA continues for another year. Lee County became the third team from the region in four years to win the championship in the second-largest classification when it beat...
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National rankings: North Gwinnett, Rome finish as top Georgia teams
North Gwinnett players make their way onto the field before during a GHSA high school football AAAAAAA second round playoff game on Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Ga....
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Boys, girls teams to watch as region play begins to heat up
The departures of Miller Grove and Southwest DeKalb to Class AAAAA before the start of the 2016-17 school year opened the door for some fresh faces on the basketball champions’ podium in the state’s...
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Top girls, boys players to watch this season
The University of Connecticut has reached into Georgia and signed one of the state’s premier girls basketball players for the second consecutive season. Last year, it was Mikayla Coombs, who was named...
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How the boys, girls teams stand as new year begins
With the holiday tournaments behind them and the school break complete, Class AAAAAA basketball teams have turned their attention this week to the heart of the schedule. No team, boys or girls, made it...
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Girls basketball rankings: Defending champs Buford, Laney start 2018 at No. 1
Two defending state champions are ranked No. 1 in their classifications in the first AJC girls basketball rankings of 2018. Class AA Laney, the champion in 2017, is the only undefeated top-ranked team...
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Gainesville boys team finally rolling after 3-6 start
The Gainesville boys basketball team, which went 28-2 last season and lost to eventual state champion Hughes by three points in the quarterfinals, finally has things rolling again. The Red Elephants...
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Lovett’s Brown bounces back from torn ACL to have standout senior season
Lovett’s Jenna Brown (54) and teammates listen to coach Liz Kennedy during a timeout in the Lions’ 53-25 victory Tuesday. Jenna Brown emerged from the visitors’ locker room Tuesday after Lovett’s game...
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First place at stake this weekend for Region 4 girls, Region 5 boys
Region 4 has made its claim as the toughest girls basketball region in Class AAAAAA with four teams – No. 1 Lovejoy, No. 6 Forest Park, No. 9 Tucker and No. 10 Stephenson – ranked in the top 10 and...
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Girls basketball rankings: Greenville is new No. 1 in Class A public
Greenville is the new No. 1 girls basketball team in the Class A public-school division after Telfair County, the previous No. 1, lost to Wilcox County on Saturday. Greenville, led by state...
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No. 1 Hughes boys, three ranked girls teams start week with a loss
It was a rough start to the week for ranked boys and girls Class AAAAAA basketball teams as four of the six that played on Monday came away with losses. All three top-10 girls teams that played – No. 2...
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Weekend preview: No. 8 Jonesboro boys headed for test at Peachtree Corners...
Jonesboro’s boys basketball team will be the Class AAAAAA representative at the Peachtree Corners Invitational when it takes on Ben Smith of North Carolina at 4 p.m. Saturday at Norcross High School....
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