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Basketball: Mays girls new No. 1 in AAAA Week 15 poll
Four of the five No. 1 girls teams in the state made it through their region tournaments unscathed, but a Northwest Whitfield loss caused a shakeup in the Class AAAA PrepCountry/GACA Coaches girls poll for Week 15. The Bruins (25-3) lost in the 7-AAAA tournament semifinals and dropped from first to fourth in the poll... »
Basketball: NW Whitfield up to No. 1 in Week 14 girls poll
Northwest Whitfield is the only new No. 1 team in the PrepCountry/GACA Coaches girls Week 14 polls. The Raiders (23-2) beat last week’s No. 1 Rome 68-58 on Feb. 9. Northwest Whitfield moves up from fourth in Class AAAA while Rome (25-1) drops from first to second. Defending champion Southwest DeKalb (19-4) drops from second... »
Basketball: Rome new No. 1 in AAAA Week 13 girls poll
Rome (24-1) takes over the No. 1 spot in Class AAAA, moving up from third last week. Fayette County (21-4) dropped from first to third after a 50-44 loss to Mays. Defending champion Southwest DeKalb (19-4) remains at No. 2. In Class A, Wesleyan (20-4) remained No. 1 and Calvary Day (23-1) kept the No.... »
Basketball: Fayette, Vidalia new No. 1s in Week 12 girls poll
Fayette County climbed to the top in Class AAAA and Vidalia moved to No. 1 in AA while the other three classifications remained unchanged at the top. In AAAA, Rome (16-3), last week’s No. 1, dropped to third while Southwest DeKalb (18-3) moved to from third to second. Fayette County (20-3) moved up one spot... »
Basketball: Status quo at top of Week 10 girls polls
All five top teams kept their lofty perches this week in the PrepCountry.com/GACA Coaches girls poll for Week 10. In Class AAAAA, No. 1 Redan (14-0) extended its winning streak to 41 games. Parkview (1-0) and Norcross (14-2) remain at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. Rome (16-0) keeps the top spot in Class AAAA as... »
Girls basketball: The state’s top winning streaks
Take a look at the top winning streaks in girls high school basketball in Georgia: Redan (AAAAA): The Lady Raiders, last year’s state champ, have won 37 in a row including 10 straight to open this season. Redan won the Beachball Classic in Myrtle Beach, S.C., over the weekend. Buford (AA): The Defending state champion Lady... »
Football: Championship previews
Class AAAAA Northside, Warner Robins (13-1) vs. Camden County (12-2), Dec. 12, 8 p.m. Two of the most successful coaches this decade square off for the first time in a championship game. Northside’s Conrad Nix has won at least 10 games in each of the past 12 seasons. This is Northside’s fourth title game in... »
GACA Names Softball All-Star Teams
The GACA released the players selected to play in the 2010 GACA Senior All-Star Softball Series. The games are scheduled for June 9, 2010 in Dalton at Heritage Park. Forty coaches from around the state met to pour over all the nominees and select the players for each team. Half the coaches represented represented... »
Football: Class AA semifinal previews
Class AA Buford is the only defending state champion still remaining in any class. Only Fitzgerald has not played in the AA championship game in the past two years. Buford beat Calhoun last season and Lovett in 2008. Here is a look at the AA semifinal matchups. Buford (12-1) at Fitzgerald (13-0): This one is a... »
Football playoffs: Top defensive teams
“Defense wins championships” is an old cliche but several teams advanced to the Georgia high school football state semifinals because of great team defense. Here is a look at some of the top defensive efforts in the third round of the playoffs last weekend. Savannah Christian (Class A): The Raiders held Lincoln County to 40... »