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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... »
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... »
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... »
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,... »
Football: Ala., Ga. teams clash in Progressive Challenge
It will be a showdown featuring four of the best high school football programs in Georgia and Alabama when the Progressive Football Challenge kicks off on Aug. 28 at North Gwinnett High School. Alabama 6A powerhouse Spain Park will battle Grayson in the 5 p.m. opener followed by North Gwinnett facing Bob Jones (Ala.)... »
Football: Stone Mountain beats Jackson 19-6
Stone Mountain senior quarterback Jhyree Harris ran for one touchdown and threw for another to lead the Pirates to a 19-6, lightning shortened victory over Jackson Atlanta on Friday night at Avondale Stadium. Harris scored on a four-yard run in the first quarter to give the Pirates an early 6-0 lead. Junior running back William Parker increased the... »
Football: Who will be the Class of 2011 sleeper?
It happens almost every year. A player who is not highly recruited as a junior has a breakout season as a senior and suddenly shows up on the radar of major college across the country. In the Class of 2009 it was former Brookwood running back Kenny Miles who ran for more than 2,000 yards... »
Softball: Holy Innocents’ optimistic after Sweet 16 finish
By Dunn Neugebauer Last season, the Holy Innocents' Lady Bear softball program had perhaps the biggest turnaround team of all the HIES sports. Suffering two years ago, the Bears advanced to to the Sweet 16 after finishing second in Region 5-A. This year, Coach Laura Thomas will have a bit more of a challenge in returning to postseason after... »
Football: Tucker beats M.L. King in preseason
Several DeKalb County teams played preseason scrimmages last weekend. Here is a summary of some of the games and scores from others involving DeKalb teams. Arabia Mountain 15, Landmark Christian 6: Quarterback John Bryant threw touchdown passes to Breshad Perriman (65 yds) and Mials Woodberry (38) in one half of play to lead the... »