Stephon Castle's high school coach at Newton said of the San Antonio Spurs star: “The bigger the game, the bigger he’s going to play."

Buford pitcher Caroline Stanton was given the Gatorade National Player of the Year award by her coach and softball great Cat Osterman on Tuesday morning.

Bremen opened the school year with the first fast-pitch softball state championship in school history, cruised to a first-place finish in the AJC Varsity all-sports standings.

The Dragons outlast Oconee County for first place in the inaugural AJC Varsity all-sports standings for Georgia High School Association schools.

Lake Oconee Academy rallied in the final days of the athletic calendar and finished in first place in Class A Division II in the inaugural AJC Varsity all-sports standings.

Buford finished the school year as the highest-scoring athletic program in Class 6A in the inaugural AJC Varsity all-sports standings for GHSA.

Pope was in third place in Class 5A, then a supercharged spring put it on top of the inaugural AJC Varsity all-sports standings for GHSA schools.

GAC trailed Hebron Christian heading into the spring championship season but overcame the deficit with a state championship in boys tennis, top-5 finishes in six other sports.

Although the Blue Devils finished with fewer state titles than the top two challengers, they were near the top in nearly every sport.

Marist won four state titles during the school year and earned a state-best 1,734.5 points on its way to first place in Class 4A in the inaugural AJC Varsity all-sports list.