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Southwest girls, Dunwoody boys win county track titles

The Southwest DeKalb girls track team did not win a single running event at the DeKalb County Track and Field Championships that concluded March 26—and that was just fine with Panthers’ coach Antoinette Tyrell. “Our strategy was not to win anyt...

Three arrests made in shooting death of teenager

Three men have been arrested in connection with a shootout March 25 that resulted in the death of a DeKalb County teenager. Ervin Jefferson, 18, was shot and killed near his sister’s residence at 2625 Pleasant Wood Drive by a security guard wh...

Waggoner hired to rebuild football tradition at Decatur

Brad Waggoner. Photo by Robert Naddra
Decatur High School athletic director Carter Wilson, who recently was looking for a new head football coach, found someone with a similar vision for the program. Brad Waggoner replaces Price Jones, who stepped down at the end of last season. Jones wa...

All-American fun: Rivals for four years, Parker and Goodwin now teammates on national stage

Tony Parker of Miller Grove, left, and William Goodwin of Southwest DeKalb will play in the national McDonald’s all-American game on March 28, to be televised on ESPN. Photo by Robert Naddra
For more than 30 minutes, they posed for photos with each other, and with family members, teammates, coaches, school principals and Van Jakes, a former NFL player who is a McDonald’s owner/operator in DeKalb County. They had done several interviews...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

BASEBALL   Southwest DeKalb: The Panthers won three games March 14-17 to even their record at 6-6. Kevin Wimbish had three hits and five RBIs, and was the winning pitcher in a 14-1 win over Mays. He struck out six and allowed three hits in five inni...

Family affair: Miller Grove’s girls join boys’ team as state champions

Minutes after Miller Grove won its first girls state basketball championship, there was a bonding moment a long time coming. As the players and coaches walked off the court March 9 at Gwinnett Arena and into a walkway leading to the locker room, they...

Miller Grove sweeps Class AAAA state basketball titles

Miller Grove High School accomplished something Friday that no other school in DeKalb County has done.  The Wolverines won a boys and girls state basketball championship in the same season. The girls won their first state title with a 46-39 win over...

Tucker football coach takes job at Lamar County

Tucker football coach Franklin Stephens. Photos by Travis Hudgons
Tucker coach Franklin Stephens has taken the head coaching job at Lamar County in Barnesville, south of Atlanta. Lamar County had its best season in school history last season at 12-1 and has qualified for the state playoffs three straight years. Ste...

County pride: Talented coaches, players form a winning tradition

When Kathy Walton was named coach of a state all-star team recently, she didn’t choose other DeKalb County coaches out of obligation. The Southwest DeKalb girls coach did it to send a message. “Just like players make each other better, the coache...

DeKalb High School Sports Highlights

BOYS BASKETBALL (State playoffs)   Miller Grove: The Wolverines won two games to advance to the Class AAAA semifinals. Justin Colvin scored 16 points and Brandon Morris added 15 in a 60-51 win over Marist in the quarterfinals. The Wolverines routed ...