Chip Saye

Chip Saye rejoined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2025, at the launch of AJC Varsity. In 2009 he helped start Georgia High School Football Daily. He previously worked for the AJC, Athens Banner-Herald, Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail and Gwinnett Daily News.

Latest from Chip Saye

Final girls basketball rankings: 4 first-time state champions finish No. 1

In the final girls basketball rankings after the state championships, four first-time winners finish No. 1.

North Paulding girls avenge finals loss to Grayson, win first state championship

North Paulding girls basketball took home the school's first basketball state championship, beating Grayson 64-58 to take home the Class 6A title.

Murray County girls win 2A finals rematch to earn first state title since 1965

Murray County beat Hardaway 51-48 win in the GHSA Class 2A championship game to win the Indians' first title since 1965.

‘What we’ve always dreamed of’: Creekview holds off No. 1 team for 5A title

Creekview defeated Milton a 45-43 in the GHSA Class 5A girls basketball championship game Friday at the Macon Coliseum.

‘My girls are fighters’: East Laurens claims school’s 1st championship in any sport

East Laurens beat Elbert County 63-55 in the girls Class A Division I state championship, winning the school's first state title in any sport.

4A Girls State Championship game between Kell and Marist

In record-setting night, Marist’s Kate Harpring brings home second title

The top-ranked Marist War Eagles won a 58-50 victory over No. 2 Kell in the Class 4A championship game at the Macon Coliseum.

Class A Division 2 Girls State Championship game between Washington-Wilkes and Wilcox County

Wilcox County girls win rematch for back-to-back state titles

Wilcox County downed Washington-Wilkes 48-39 to win its second consecutive GHSA Class A Division II championship.

3A Girls State Championship game between Sandy Creek and Heritage Catoose

Heritage-Catoosa girls claim first state title in OT after fourth-quarter rally

Heritage-Catoosa, playing in the state finals for the first time in school history, became the first team from a Catoosa County school to win a girls basketball state title.

private girls basketball championship, Hebron Christian vs Holy Innocents’

It was a rematch of 2025. This time, Hebron Christian girls claim the title

Hebron Christian beat Holy Innocents’ 46-42 in the Georgia Class 3A-A Private girls final, avenging last year’s loss to the same team.

No. 1 and No. 2 will go head to head in 4A girls basketball state final

Second-ranked Kell outscored No. 8 Jones County to coast to a 69-49 victory in the GHSA Class 4A girls basketball semifinals Saturday afternoon in Athens.