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Baseball: Three of state’s first-round draft picks signed
Former Blessed Trinity center fielder Jake Skole leads three Georgia players who have signed contracts after being drafted out of high school in the the Major League Baseball Draft last month. Skole was the second Georgian taken, was drafted 15th overall by the Texas Rangers. He reportedly signed a $1.557 million contract and is... »
Baseball: 3 Georgians among first 18 picks in MLB Draft
Delino Deshields Jr. was the first player from Georgia taken in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft and the eighth pick overall. DeShields, son of the former major-leaguer of the same name and graduate of Woodward Academy, was taken by the Houston Astros. Two other Georgians were taken in the first round. Blessed Trinity grad... »
Baseball: Columbus only No. 1 to win state title
Columbus was the only team ranked No. 1 at the end of the regular season to go on to win the state championship. The Blue Devils (32-6) swept Ringgold in the Class AAA championship series. Ringgold (28-11) moved up from No. 6 to No. 2 in the final poll. Thomson (27-6), also made a... »
Baseball: Cook back up to No. 1 in Class AA poll
Cook (19-2) moved up from No. 2 to No. 1 in the Class AA PrepCountry/GACA Coaches poll for Week 8 while the other four top teams remained the same. Toombs County (19-1) rose from third to second in AA. Calhoun (22-0) fell from first to third despite maintaining its perfect record. The Yellow Jackets... »
Baseball: Parkview No. 1 in topsy turvy AAAAA
Parkview (16-2) jumped from fourth to first in Class AAAAA in Week 7 of the PrepCountry/GACA Coaches poll. the Panthers have won eight in a row, including victories over Columbus (No. 1 in AAA) and Cartersville (No. 3 in AAA). Milton (14-3), which had won 12 straight before losing two of its past three,... »
Baseball: Four of five top teams remain No. 1 in Week 5 poll
Cooks takes over the top spot in Class AA while the No. 1 teams in the other four classifications remain unchanged in the PrepCounty/GACA Baseball Coaches poll for Week 5. Cook (11-1), jumped up from No. 2 to No. 1 while Toombs County (14-1) moved from third to second. Last week’s No. 1, Calhoun (12-0)... »
Baseball: Winder-Barrow, Cook new No. 1s in Week 3 poll
Winder-Barrow takes over the top spot in Class AAAA and Cook climbs to No. 1 in Class AA in the PrepCountry/GACA Coaches baseball poll for Week 3. Winder-Barrow (9-3) moves up from second to first after previous No. 1 Marist (6-3) lost to two AAAAA teams and dropped to fourth. Lakeside Evans (10-0) climbs from... »
Baseball: Class AA Preview
Defending Class AA state champ Lovett will battle for the title again in 2010, but they lost some strong pitchers to graduation and must add depth at this position. Jonathan Carkuff won 11 games for the Lions last season and should be dominant again, but he cannot pitch every game. Calhoun is the team... »
Football playoffs: Third-round games pit North vs. South
It’s a debate that has been bantered around for years – do they play a better brand of high school football in south Georgia or in the more populated areas around Atlanta in north Georgia. There’s really no right answer, but the third round of the Georgia high school football playoffs present some interesting... »
Football: Class AA playoff scouting reports, Regions 1-4
Region 1-AA No. 1 Fitzgerald (10-0): Only region foe Brooks County has come close (21-7) to a win. Six wins have come by at least 40 points and all but the Brooks game have been by at least 30 points. Coach Robby Pruitt has led the Purple hurricane to five straight seasons with at least... »