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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... »
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... »
Volleyball: Private schools dominate top of polls
Private school were tabbed No. 1 in three of the four classes in the GACA/PrepCountry preseason volleyball polls. Walton, the 2009 runner-up in Class AAAAA, is the only public school chosen No. 1 in the preseason. Northview is No. 2 and Lassiter is ranked No. 3. Walton was 44-6 last season and five of its... »
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)... »
Update: Pope OG Thomas O’Reilly
Since we first talked to Thomas O’Reilly the OG from Pope High School in Marietta he has since received two more offers from ACC schools to bring his total to four offers with several schools still showing interest. Wake Forest and North Carolina State are the latest to extend offers to him. He also may... »
Q & A: Pope Greyhounds QG Thomas O’Reilly
If you haven’t heard the name of junior guard Thomas O’Reilly of Pope yet, you soon will. O’Reilly just finished his junior season of football as the starting Quickside Guard for the Pope Greyhounds where he helped lead the team to the first winning season since 2000. O’Reilly has played on the varsity since he was... »
Pope Basketball Off to a Great Start
By: Jessica Hale Pope High School’s 2009-2010 basketball season got off to a promising start for both the Varsity girls and boys in their consecutive scrimmage matches against Kennesaw Mountain Friday. The girls’ game commenced at 6:00 in Pope’s gym, and the boys’ game followed shortly after at 7:30. The Lady Greyhounds began the first quarter... »
Volleyball Coaches Name All-State Awards
The Georgia Volleyball Coaches Association has released the 2009 All-State Award recipients. These players were nominated by their coaches and selected by a committee of coaches from around the state. The committee selected 12 players, including a Player of the Year, from each classification. The membership of the GVCA selected a Coach of the... »
Cross Country State Meet Causes ranks to shuffle
By Jessica Hale The 2009 GHSA State Championships for Cross Country took place this weekend with many top-tier runners shaking up the rankings. Pope’s two individual qualifiers, Molly Schenck and Zach Tupper, did well in the 5A State competition at Carrollton High School this past Saturday. Senior Zach Tupper, seeded 8th in the state with... »
Despite Furious Finish, Pope Misses the Playoffs
by Jessica Hale For the Pope Greyhounds, the 2009 football season could not have ended on a better note, despite the team not making it to the playoffs. The team pulled out of a four-game slump made an amazing comeback, winning five games in a row, the last one being against long time rival Walton... »