Pope's volleyball team has looked invincible this season.
The Greyhounds are 37-1 and ranked No. 22 in PrepVolleyball.com's national poll. Pope won the Sequoyah Classic, Lovett Block Party and Cobb County Tournament.
Pope has never won a state championship but could be on the brink of a dynasty with only one senior on the team. Katie Bange, a 6-foot-3 sophomore, is a dominating force at the net. Junior Danielle Thompson is one of the state's best at the libero position and has only one error in her past 60 passing attempts.
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*St. Pius will play at archrival Marist at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in "Claws for a Cause" to benefit Hospice Atlanta. The first-year event has a goal of raising at least $3,000.
*Wesleyan's Anna Keappler had 13 kills in a win over Mill Creek in the semifinals of the Gwinnett County Tournament, and added 12 more kills in a win over Norcross in the championship.
*GAC's Amanda Komisarow already holds the school records for most kills in season and in a match, and is expected to hold the career mark by season's end.
*Sprayberry's Katie Gilstrap had 43 aces, 38 kills, 15.5 blocks, and 10 services aces in the team's games this past week.
*Banneker's Ashley Anderson had a total of seven kills in wins over Creekside and Langston Hughes.
Softball
*Collins Hill has won its past four games, defeating Brookwood, Peachtree Ridge, North Gwinnett and Duluth. Sammy Lenahan has committed to Mississippi State, while Randi Rea will sign with Mercer. Two other seniors, Kacey Hawkshead and Paige Sneed, are getting looks from several colleges.
*Galloway sophomore Cooper Killen hurled a two-hitter and struck out nine in a 3-2 win over Mt. Pisgah. Killen also had 13 strikeouts in a win over St. Francis.
*Campbell's Sara Carrauthers and Mia Graves are hoping to walk-on at Valdosta State next season. Carrauthers plays first base and is one of the team's leading hitters with an .324 average.
*Riverwood pitcher Kelsey Edmonson posted a 4-1 record last week, allowing three earned runs in 28 innings.
*Five DeKalb County players are hitting over .600, including Miller Grove's Nikkea Rembert (.750), Stephenson's Leslie Shields (.647), Redan's Alisha Andrews (.636), Stephenson's Tatyana Givens (.632) and Southwest DeKalb's Trenece Nash (.615).
Cross country
*Brendan Hoban of St. Pius is the nephew of Ralph King, who ran in the 1970s for the Golden Lions. King still holds the state record in the 3,200 meters (8:52), and is fourth all-time in the 1,600 (4:05). Branden trains with his uncle, who is still in great shape.
*Riverwood's girls finished sixth overall at The Citadel Invitational in Charleston, S.C. The Raiders were without Bret McDaniel, who missed the meet because of an illness.
*The Brookwood girls were fifth at the U.S. Army Festival in Virginia, with Carly Egan finishing No. 27 with a time of 19:39 to lead the Broncos.
*Westminster freshman Sahara Fletcher ran 19:34 at Mill Run to place third.
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