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AAAAAA boys: Pebblebrook 78, McEachern 71
Pebblebrook guards Collin Sexton and Dwight Murray combined for 50 points and the Falcons held on for a 78-71 victory over McEachern in a matchup of Cobb County teams in the Class AAAAAA boys...
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AAAAAA girls: Tucker 79, Douglas County 66
The top-ranked Tucker girls basketball team will make its second state-finals appearance in three years after using a balanced attack to pull away from No. 4 Douglas County for a 79-66 victory in the...
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AAAAAA boys: Westlake 64, Newton 59
Third-ranked Westlake outscored No. 8 Newton 12-5 in the final two minutes of their Class AAAAAA boys basketball semifinal and escaped with a 64-59 victory Saturday at the University of West Georgia....
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AAAAAA girls: McEachern 81, West Forsyth 70
Not even Jenna Staiti could slow down McEachern’s drive for a third consecutive championship. West Forsyth’s 6-foot-5 center scored 51 points in her final high school game, but McEachern had too much...
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AAAAAA boys: Pebblebrook 77, Milton 70
A year after losing in the state final in heartbreaking fashion, Pebblebrook will get another shot at its first title in basketball. The seventh-ranked Falcons (23-9) earned a return visit to the Class...
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Class A public girls: Turner County 55, Terrell County 38
Turner County rallied from an early 10-point deficit and then clamped down defensively in the second half to beat Terrell County 55-38 in the Class A public-school girls basketball championship game...
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AAAA girls: Americus-Sumter 56, Veterans 38
Americus-Sumter scored the game’s first 10 points and was never challenged the rest of the way in a 56-38 victory over Veterans in the Class AAAA girls basketball championship game Thursday at the...
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AA girls: Holy Innocents’ 66, Wesleyan 64 (overtime)
Khayla Pointer scored 33 points and gave her team the lead for good on a layup with 45 seconds remaining in overtime as top-ranked Holy Innocents’ survived a late Wesleyan rally and won the Class AA...
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AAAAA girls: Southwest DeKalb 49, Winder-Barrow 48
DeKalb County’s hold on the Class AAAAA girl basketball championship trophy will continue for another year. Daisa Alexander scored 19 points and Southwest DeKalb escaped with a 49-48 victory over...
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Defending state champions looking strong again
Four of the six defending state champions in girls soccer are looking strong again this season, holding the No. 1 or No. 2 rankings in their classifications. Here’s a look at where all six teams stand...
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Lassiter among four Georgia teams earning national recognition
Four Georgia teams were ranked among the top 20 spring teams nationally in the first regular-season poll, released on Tuesday, by USA Today and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America....
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West Forsyth’s Staiti, a once-in-a-lifetime talent
Jenna Staiti of West Forsyth scored 51 points in the state Class AAAAAA semifinals. (Dave Williamson/Special to AJC) West Forsyth’s Jenna Staiti turned in one of the most remarkable individual...
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Experience, strong defense carry Fellowship Christian
The Fellowship Christian girls soccer team is taking advantage of an experienced lineup and a strong defense to put itself in position to make a run at its first state championship since joining the...
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Young South Forsyth could be a postseason threat
The South Forsyth girls soccer team’s chances of winning the region championship in 6-AAAAAA are fading, but that doesn’t mean the War Eagles won’t be a dangerous team in the state tournament, which...
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Former state player of the year Sonnett finds college stardom
The girls soccer schedule is light this week as many teams across the state are taking time off for spring break. That makes it a good time to catch up with several recent AJC state players of the year...
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In-state talent fills recruiting classes at Georgia, Georgia State, Kennesaw...
Earlier this week, we took a look back at some of the former AJC girls soccer players of the year and how they have fared in their post-high school careers. Now we look ahead to the recruiting classes...
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Lassiter suffers first loss but still ranked No. 2
Lassiter’s girls soccer team, which has been No. 1 in Class AAAAAA for much of the season in the EurosportScoreboard rankings, suffered its first setback of the season when it lost to fifth-ranked West...
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Starr’s Mill hands rival McIntosh its first loss
Defending Class AAAAA girls soccer champion Starr’s Mill, No. 2 in the most recent EurosportScoreboard.com rankings, handed top-ranked McIntosh its first loss of the season on Friday with a 3-2 victory...
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Lakeside-DeKalb a hot team despite first loss
Lakeside-DeKalb was the only unbeaten girls soccer team in AAAAAA before dropping a 1-0 contest against Heritage-Conyers last week, but the Vikings remain one of the hottest teams in the classification...
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No. 4 seed Pope upsets Parkview in overtime
Junior Jamie Glover scored late in the first overtime period and Pope held on for a 2-1 upset victory against eighth-ranked Parkview on Wednesday in the first round of the Class AAAAAA girls soccer...
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