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Region 6 still dominant in Class AA
Region 6-AA, which has provided every AA semifinalist since the classification began holding its separate girls soccer tournament in 2011, looks well on its way to extended its impressive streak. The...
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Defending champs Grayson, Hebron Christian eliminated
Class AAAAAA Grayson and Class A Hebron Christian had their hopes of repeating as state champions come to an end Wednesday when they were eliminated in the second round of the girls soccer state...
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State semifinals full of familiar faces
Defending state champions Starr’s Mill, St. Pius, Westminster and Greater Atlanta Christian continued their march toward repeat titles with victories Saturday in the third round of the girls soccer...
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AAA girls soccer final: Westminster 4, Blessed Trinity 0
MACON – Logue Shamburger scored less than four minutes into the game and finished with two goals and an assist to lead defending state champion Westminster to a 4-0 victory over Blessed Trinity in the...
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AAA boys soccer final: Decatur 3, East Hall 2
MACON – Senior Devin Olson scored two goals in a six-minute span in the second half, helping Decatur rally for a 3-2 victory over top-ranked East Hall in the Class AAA boys soccer championship game...
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Class A girls soccer final: Fellowship Christian 3, Atlanta International 0
MACON – Alex Lear scored two second-half goals off assists from Megan Hudgens to lead top-ranked Fellowship Christian to a 3-0 victory over Atlanta International in the Class A girls soccer...
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Class A boys soccer final: Paideia 3, Fellowship Christian 2 (4-3 in PKs)
MACON – Paideia outscored Fellowship Christian 4-3 in penalty kicks after the teams had played to a 2-2 tie through regulation and overtime to win the Class A boys soccer championship Thursday at...
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AAAAAA baseball: Walton sweeps Pope
Jason Avers drove in two runs with a walkoff, one-out single in the bottom of the seventh to give Walton a 5-4 victory over Pope and a two-game sweep of the best-of-three Class AAAAAA baseball...
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2015 winners repeat as Directors Cup champions
All six schools that won Region Directors Cup trophies in 2014-15 repeated as champions in the recently concluded school year, a first in the 17-year history of the GHSA’s all-sports competition....
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2015-16 AJC high school athletes of the year
Standout performances by these athletes led to individual and team success during the 2015-2016 school year: Baseball Josh Lowe, Pope: The senior pitcher and third baseman hit .383 with 11 home runs...
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Teams moving from highest class should make early impact
Valdosta beat North Cobb 21-17 in the first round of the playoffs last season. The Wildcats have moved down to the second-highest classification, where they are projected to win a region championshp...
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Top 10 games of Week 1
Allatoona at Cartersville When, where: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Weinman Stadium, Cartersville Rankings: Allatoona (14-1 in 2015) is No. 1 in Class AAAAAA; Cartersville (15-0 in 2015) is No. 1 in AAAA. Last...
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Season to kick off with meeting of champions
(Branden Camp/Special to AJC) The Georgia High School Association’s move to seven classifications and smaller regions has left a lot of room on the schedule for some marquee non-region matchups, and...
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Hillgrove 27, South Forsyth 14
Hillgrove used quick drives on offense and a defense that clamped down when it needed to for a 27-14 victory over ninth-ranked South Forsyth in the late game of a Corky Kell Classic doubleheader at...
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Norcross 46, Walton 14
(Jason Getz/AJC File) Jacobe Burrell’s 79-yard touchdown return on the game’s opening kickoff was just the beginning of the problems 10th-ranked Norcross presented for Walton in the Corky Kell Classic....
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McEachern 27, Archer 14
Archer and fourth-ranked McEachern weren’t exactly in midseason form when they met in the final game of the Corky Kell Classic on Saturday at the Georgia Dome. McEachern, however, eventually found its...
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Notable results from Week 1: Shiloh carries over momentum from 2015
(Jason Getz / AJC) GHSF Daily’s Chip Saye ranks the most surprising and notable games of the weekend: *1. Shiloh 27, Collins Hill 14:Shiloh won its final three games of 2015 after starting 0-7, and the...
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Region 1 impressive on opening weekend
(Jason Getz / AJC) Region 1 was expected to be one of the toughest, if not the best, in the new Class AAAAAA this season, and it did not fail to live up to those expectations as the five teams all...
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Top 10 games of Week 2
American Heritage (Fla.) at Colquitt County When, where: 8 p.m. Saturday, Mack Tharpe Memorial Stadium, Moultrie Records, rankings:American Heritage (0-0) is No. 1 in Florida’s Class 5A and No. 6...
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Stephenson has tough task to avoid 0-2 start
(Jason Getz / AJC) Stephenson has started a season 0-2 only once in its 20-year history, but the Jaguars face a tall task this week if they are going to avoid doing it again this year. The Jaguars...
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