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Former Spalding football coach sentenced to 30 years for Maryland murder
Former Spalding football coach Carl Kearney Jr. is sentenced to 30 years in prison after admitting he killed Patrina Best in February 2024.
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Presenting the 2024-25 AJC high school athletes of the year
Here are the top athletes in 27 GHSA sports whose performances during the past year led to individual glory and team success.
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Marist extends run of dominance in Georgia high school all-sports competition
Marist won the most recent Class 4A directors cup at the expense of their private-school rival Westminster.
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GHSA tables hot-button proposal to reclassify based on performance
The GHSA’s reclassification committee voted 13-5 to table any further discussion of competitive balance until next year.
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Who won GHSA championships: First-timers, dominant schools and more
Here is a list of very Geogia high school that won a state championship, by school and sport.
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Two Georgia high school athletes among 8 elite prospects signed by Adidas
Marist’s Kate Harpring is the consensus No. 2 senior girls basketball prospect in the U.S., according to 247Sports, and Grayson’s Caleb Holt is the consensus No. 5 boys player
Allatoona running back commits to Georgia Tech
Xavier Rucker, a 5-foot-11, 195-pound rising senior at Allatoona High School, announced on X, formerly Twitter, that he has committed to Tech.
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On 29-game losing streak, Apalachee football introduces key tools to rebuild
Kevin Saunders is facing one of the bigger rebuilds of his career. He was named Apalachee’s coach in late March, inheriting a program on a 29-game losing streak.
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GHSA reclassification helped cut private school titles in half in 2024-25
In 2024, GHSA implemented a new division for private schools to compete mainly with each other. GHSA said it was to restore fairness, but most private schools disagree.
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Georgia football picks up commitment from 4-star in-state wide receiver
With the decision, the Bulldogs move up five spots to the nation’s No. 11 recruiting class on the 247Sports Team Composite ratings.