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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... »
Football: Top 10 opening games for 2010
Traditionally, the opening weekend of the football season is reserved for rivalry games and special contests like the Kell Classic at the Georgia Dome. Here is PrepCounty’s look at the top 10 opening games of the 2010 season (in no particular order). Thomas County Central at Thomasville: This cross-town rivalry began in 1962, with Thomasville... »
Lacrosse: Girls all-state team announced
Milton leads the way with three players on the 2010 Girls All-State lacrosse team. Seniors Melissa Hardy and Allie Ware, and sophomore Amanda Lockwood all are 2009 first team U.S. National Team members. Hardy has 67 goals and 28 assists, Ware added 457 goals and 21 assists, and Lockwood has 40 goals and nine... »
Soccer: Girls upset winners face bigger challenges in round 2
Kennesaw Mountain ousted No. 3 Brookwood 3-1 in the first round of the Class AAAAA girls state soccer tournament. For an encore, the unranked Mustangs face No. 1 Walton in the second round on May 4. Walton is coming off a 2-0 win over No. 10 Collins Hill in the fist round. Several other upset... »
Basketball: Liberty County climbs to No. 1 in AAA in Week 9 boys poll
Liberty County is the third new No. 1 team in the past two weeks in the PrepCountry.com/GACA Coaches Boys Basketball Polls for Week 9. Liberty (16-0) moved up from fourth to first in Class AAA, where two other undefeated teams are on the move. LaGrange (13-0) moved up from sixth to No. 4 and Monroe... »
Basketball: Two new No. 1s in boys polls
Two classifications sport new No. 1 teams in the PrepCountry.com/GACA Coaches Boys Basketball Polls for Week 8. In Class AAAA, Rockdale County (15-1) moves up from No. 3 to the top spot while last week’s No. 1 Hillgrove (10-2) drops to fourth. Tucker moves up from fourth to No. 2. Dade County (12-0) takes over the... »
Battle on the Hardwood at Georgia State
“Battle on the Hardwood” Most Anticipated Match-ups of the Season – It’s All About the Game!! November 2009/DIRA/Smyrna, GA. – Davi Image and Resource Agency in conjunction with HRM Sports and Consulting presents the 2009 Elite 8 Thanksgiving Hardwood Classic (EETHC). This awesome four game basketball showdown will take place at Georgia State University Sports Arena... »
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... »