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Volleyball: Cobb teams dominate AAAAA poll
Five Cobb County teams are among the top 10 in the Class AAAAA GACA/PrepCountry coaches poll for the week of Aug. 28. All four No. 1 teams from last week’s poll remain the same. Cobb teams Walton (9-3) and Kennesaw Mountain (16-3) and first and second in AAAAA. The other three Cobb teams among the... »
Softball: Union Grove jumps to No. 1 in AAAA poll
Union Grove moves from from second to No. 1 in the Class AAAA GACA/PrepCountry coaches poll for the week of Aug. 28. The top-ranked teams in the other four classifications remained the same. Jones County (8-1) fell from the top spot to second in AAAA while Whitewater (8-2) remained third. Jones County lost to Ola... »
Football: Bears look for offensive improvement
By Dunn Neugebauer In Holy Innocents’ coach Ryan Livezey’s eyes, his football team’s opener Friday night against Riverwood wasn’t pretty and it left him with lots of questions. Regardless, when the final seconds ticked off, his Bears had shut out Riverwood 7-0 to give his squad its second straight win in as many years over its... »
Football: Balanced attack working for N. Gwinnett
North Gwinnett continues to prosper with a balanced offensive attack through the first two games of the season. The Bulldogs have rushed for 481 yards and seven touchdowns while quarterbacks C.J. Uzomah and Scotty Hosch have combined to pass for 359 yards and three touchdowns. Sophomore running back Donnie Miles has carried the load for... »
Volleyball: Holy Innocents’ 3-1 against top teams
By Dunn Neugebauer The Holy Innocents’ volleyball team continued its season with an exclamation point Saturday, taking three of four matches against the toughest competition in Class A/AA. The Bears topped Lovett, Savannah Country Day and St. Vincent’s Academy while losing only to Athens Academy. “It was a great weekend for HI volleyball,” Coach Quinton Walker... »
Football: Brown leads Dutchtown’s 27-14 win
By Jeff Anderson After practice last Wednesday senior Bulldog running back Mychael Brown asked me to make a special announcement at Friday night’s Dutchtown-Stockbridge game. It seems that Friday was Mychael Brown’s mom’s birthday. Before I could make my announcement Brown made his own statement by running 88 yards for a Dutchtown Bulldog touchdown on the... »
Volleyball: ELCA 3-1 in play day at Holy Innocents’
The Eagles Landing Christian Academy (ELCA) girls’ volleyball team defeated Wesleyan, Greater Atlanta Christian School (GACS) and Westminster before falling in a thrilling, three-set match to #1 ranked Blessed Trinity at the Holy Innocents Class A/AA playday on Saturday, August, 28, 2010. The playday marked the season unveiling of the Lady Chargers at full-strength with... »
Football: First Presbyterian wins GHSA debut
By Rennie Atkinson First Presbyterian Day School exploded for 13 fourth quarter points to win its first game as a member of the GHSA 26-8 over the Irwin County Indians. The Vikings rode a stingy defense, a Wesley Gilbert touchdown pass and two Murray Ricketson field goals to surge to a 13-0 lead at... »
Volleyball: Perfect Pope rises to top of AAAA poll
Pope won its first 18 matches of the season and moved up from No. 3 in the preseason to No. 1 in Class AAAA in the GACA/PrepCountry.com coaches poll for the week ending Aug. 21. Whitewater (17-3) remained No. 2 and Class AAAA preseason No. 1 Marist is No. 3 after a 6-3 start. Blessed... »
Football: Holy Innocents’ ready for another deep run
By Dunn Neugebauer Not many programs in Holy Innocents’ history have achieved success as fast as varsity football. The Golden Bears have reached the playoffs in three of their four years of varsity play, including a Final 8 appearance and a 5A region title last season. Coach Ryan Livezey is optimistic about making another postseason run,... »