FOOTBALL North Atlanta led a great weekend of performances by Atlanta Public Schools teams, as nine of the district’s 11 teams won their games. Of the two that did not win, Grady had its game at Ware County cancelled due to Hurricane Irma, and Douglass loss to another APS school, B.E.S.T. Academy. As for North... Continue Reading →
The South Atlanta boys and Mays girls basketball teams were each honored by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners for winning state championships this season. The Mays girls and South Atlanta boys basketball teams, winners of state championship titles this season, were honored at the Fulton County Government Center on Wednesday by the Fulton County... Continue Reading →
BASKETBALL The chance of a state championship trophy being brought back to Atlanta is still very much alive as six Atlanta Public Schools (APS) teams advanced to the second round of the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) state basketball playoffs last weekend. The Carver boys (16-13) have gotten hot at the right time. The Panthers... Continue Reading →
By Seth Coleman Five Atlanta Public Schools basketball teams have advanced to Round 2 of the Georgia High School Association state basketball tournament in their respective classifications. All five will be back in action on Friday or Saturday. Henry W. Grady (boys) The Grey Knights (26-3), the No. 1 seed from Class AAAA Region... Continue Reading →
Big Peach Running Co. donated over 300 pairs of new running shoes valued at $10,000, to Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School’s cross country and track and field program. The locally owned and operated footwear and apparel retail company donates running shoes to inner-city and underfunded track and field programs throughout metro Atlanta. This is the... Continue Reading →
by Britney Morgan After beating Central Carrollton last week by a score of 103-38, the South Atlanta Hornets  have advanced to the GHSA’s Elite Eight with an overall record of 27-4. With a fairly young South Atlanta boys’ team and no returning starters, Basketball Coach Michael Reddick said that a lot of people thought... Continue Reading →
UPDATE: The Atlanta Wolfpack team WON its fifth state wheelchair title in six years over the weekend! Reece Johnson scored 12 points in a 35-25 win over arch-rival West Georgia in the finals held Friday at the Gwinnett Arena. Johnson is a senior at Crim Open Campus, was praised by his coach in an AJC article:... Continue Reading →
B.E.S.T. Academy High School, in its first year of athletic competition as a member of the Georgia High School Association, won its first football game by beating the North Atlanta High Warriors 22-0 last week. B.E.S.T. Academy consists of only ninth-graders and will compete on the junior varsity level for two seasons. In the third... Continue Reading →
The Program for Exceptional Children's Atlanta Wolfpack team won the 2010 AAASP State Wheelchair Basketball Championship at the Georgia High School Association (GHSA)  State Basketball Championship on March 12 at the Gwinnett Arena. This is the third consecutive win for the Wolfpack team. The Wolfpack team is no overnight success. Team development and a winning record is the result... Continue Reading →
The Atlanta Wolfpack has qualified to compete in the AAASP State Wheelchair Basketball Championship at noon Friday (March 12) at the Gwinnett Arena (6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, 30096). The championship game will be held in conjunction with the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) State Basketball Championship. The game will be taped and broadcast by Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB). The... Continue Reading →
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