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Underclassmen lead St. Pius to second straight cross country title

It didn’t happen the way coach Ryan McClay had envisioned it, but St. Pius won its second straight boys’ Class AAA state cross country championship. With one of its top five runners sidelined with an injury and another weakened with an illness, f...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

M.L. King’s Cornell Boyd (19) fights his way toward the end zone. Photo by Travis Hudgons
M.L. King 50, Stephenson 49: Blake Tibbs scored the game-winning touchdown on an 82-yard kickoff return with 16 seconds remaining for the Lions (10-0), who won the Region 2-AAAAA title. Tibbs finished with six catches for 116 yards and four touchdown...

St. Pius sweeps 5-AAA cross country meet

St. Pius claimed the boys’ and girls’ team titles, and Austin Sprague won the individual boys title Oct. 29 at the Region 5-AAA cross country championships at Mercer University in Atlanta. Sprague won with a time of 16:46 and posted a 9-second vi...

Tibbs' touchdown lifts M.L. King over Stephenson 50-49

By the middle of the third quarter, Martin Luther King Jr. quarterback Jonquel Dawson had been tackled in the end zone for a safety and had thrown three interceptions. Only eight of his 21 pass attempts had been caught by M.L. King receivers and...

Defending tradition: Stephenson linemen working to fulfill common goal

Seniors Carlos Hood, from left, Jafar Mann and Jarontay Jones anchor the defensive line for undefeated Stephenson. Photo by Travis Hudgons
Jarontay Jones and Jafar Mann were a year away from entering high school, but they had the same ambition—win a state high school football championship at Stephenson. “They all had goals of winning a state championship, even in middle school,” J...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

FOOTBALL   Marist 24, Mays 0: Myles Willis rushed for 162 yards and two touchdowns as the War Eagles (8-1 overall and in Region 6-AAAA) locked up the No. 2 seed from the region. Marist amassed 398 yards rushing as Jason Morris added 78 yards and a t...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

FOOTBALL   Dunwoody 42, Carver-Atlanta 32: Justin King rushed for 294 yards and five touchdowns for the Wildcats, the highest rushing total in the county this season. Dunwoody (4-4 overall and in Region 6-AAAA) gained 486 yards rushing as a team. Te...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

FOOTBALL   Tucker 37, Miller Grove 6: Dallas Rivers rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries for the Tigers (7-0 overall and in Region 6-AAAA). Yusuf Minor gained 78 yards and ran for two touchdowns as the Tigers totaled 279 yards rushi...

Marist, Lakeside developing rivalry on softball field

Lakeside and Marist needed extra innings to decide the outcomes of its first two games this season. Marist won both, the second in the Region 6-AAAA playoffs. The two teams met for the third time in the Region 6-AAAA tournament finals Oct. 6 with Mar...

Southwest gains playoff edge with 24-7 win over Dunwoody

Southwest DeKalb's 24-7 win over Dunwoody on Thursday night was about more than gaining an edge for the fourth and final playoff spot in Region 6-AAAA. Only 36 Southwest players were in uniform for the game, according to coach Buck Godfrey, as approx...

Five softball teams earn state berths

By keeping is own softball playoff streak alive, Dunwoody ended another one Oct. 3 in the Region 6-AAAA tournament at Marist. The Wildcats qualified for the state tournament for the third straight season with an 11-6 win over Southwest DeKalb. After ...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

FOOTBALL   Columbia 21, Stone Mountain 7: The Eagles took advantage of six Pirates’ turnovers and claimed the No. 2 spot in Region 5-AAA, Division B. Sophomore Greg Jones intercepted two passes as the Eagles (3-2,  2-1) picked off Stone Mountain ...

Transfers help round out successful football programs

It’s no secret that Stephenson has become one of the top high school football programs in the state with a reputation for earning its student-athletes scholarships. The Jaguars, under coach Ron Gartrell, have advanced to the state playoffs 11 strai...

McCrary passes Cedar Grove to 34-0 win over Columbia

Cedar Grove's 34-0 win over Columbia on Sept. 23 at Avondale Stadium was a lesson in efficiency. The Saints needed only seven plays and a total of 2:32 to score their first three touchdowns on the way to a 26-0 halftime lead. Quarterback Jonatha...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

FOOTBALL   Miller Grove 32, Lithonia 10: The Wolverines (3-0 overall and in Region 6-AAAA) scored 32 unanswered points after trailing 10-0 at halftime. Ken Allen passed for two touchdowns and ran for a 56-yard score for the Wolverines, who are 3-0 f...

Pierce makes history for DeKalb School of the Arts

Jande’ Pierce, middle, is joined by DeKalb School of the Arts Principal Susan McCauley, left, and her father, Gary “Pearl” Pierce as they celebrate her track scholarship to Florida State. Photo provided
by Mark Brock  History was made at the DeKalb School of the Arts (DSA) this year as senior Jande` Pierce became the first known student from the school to sign an athletic scholarship. Pierce recently moved to Tallahassee, Fla., where she will be on...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

  FOOTBALL   M.L. King 33, South Gwinnett 23: Blake Tibbs caught three touchdown passes and ran for another for the Lions in their season opener. Tibbs caught scoring passes of 9, 5 and 31 yards, and scored on a 76-yard reverse. Also, Andrecus Jack...

Tucker subdues Southwest DeKalb 18-7 in opener

S.W. DeKalb QB JALIL YOUNG attempts outrun Tucker defenders: JORDAN LANDRY, MARQEEYE BIGGS and AUSTIN BENNETT. Photo by Travis Hudgons
After being held to 61 yards total offense in the first half, Tucker found a way to overcome Southwest DeKalb’s tenacious defense Aug. 25 at Hallford Stadium. Quarterback Juwaan Williams completed a 3-of-7 passes for 49 yards and a touchdown, and r...

Druid Hills falls to South Atlanta in opener

South Atlanta and Druid Hills combined for 10 turnovers, but a fumble by the Hornets that resulted in a touchdown was the difference Aug. 19 in the season opener for both teams. With South Atlanta leading 6-0, quarterback Ferris Baughns fumbled after...

Softball preview: Replacing pitchers a priority for playoff teams

Chamblee seniors, from left, Jessie Bragg, Taylor Harris and Lucy Mason will lead the Bulldogs after a breakout 13-7 season in 2010. Photo by Robert Naddra
Replacing the top two pitchers in the county from 2010 will help determine if Chamblee and Southwest DeKalb can make return trips to the state playoffs this season. The two teams were among five schools in DeKalb County that earned playoff berths. Ma...

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