Former Spalding football coach Carl Kearney Jr. is sentenced to 30 years in prison after admitting he killed Patrina Best in February 2024.

Here are the top athletes in 27 GHSA sports whose performances during the past year led to individual glory and team success.

Marist won the most recent Class 4A directors cup at the expense of their private-school rival Westminster.

The GHSA’s reclassification committee voted 13-5 to table any further discussion of competitive balance until next year.

Here is a list of very Geogia high school that won a state championship, by school and sport.

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

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.

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.

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.

With the decision, the Bulldogs move up five spots to the nation’s No. 11 recruiting class on the 247Sports Team Composite ratings.