The state title is Morgan County’s first in baseball, 24th in all sports and third this academic year after volleyball and boys basketball.

The last time this northwest Georgia school had won a state championship was 52 years ago. All of Pickens’ previous four championships came in girls basketball.

Winning their first titles were the LaGrange girls and Pierce County, West Forsyth and Johnson County boys. Westminster, LaGrange and Pierce won boys and girls trophies.

Pickens needed three outs to win its first state title in any sport in 52 years, but Troup rallied for an 8-1 win in Game 2 of the GHSA Class 3A baseball championship series.

The GHSA baseball state championships began Friday and are scheduled to run until Tuesday or Wednesday.

Gordon Lee beat Vidalia 3-1 in Game 3 of the championship series to take home the school's second straight Class A Division I state title.

Gordon Lee and Vidalia will play the third and deciding game in the Class A Division I championship baseball series at Columbus' Synovus Park.

The South Georgia school had won only two state championships in any sport until 2024, but thanks to its bat-and-glove sports, the Bulldogs now have seven.

Chuck Smith and Terance Mathis, stars of the Falcons’ 1999 Super Bowl team, were among the top vote-getters, and running backs dominated the 2026 Hall class with 12 selected.

Crawford Henry, an Atlanta tennis player who won two NCAA doubles titles at Tulane and got as high as No. 18 in the world in the 1960s before becoming a coach, died Monday. He...