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Softball: Allatoona sweeps Wildcats in pair of tight second-round games

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Wednesday, October 17. 2018
The Allatoona High School softball team has established itself in recent years as a perennial Elite Eight presence. Hosting the Buccaneers on Wednesday in the second round of the GHSA Class AAAAAA playoffs with a trip to Columbus on the line, the Apalachee Wildcats gave the visitors almost all they could handle. But behind a pair of strong ... [Full Story »] 

Volleyball: Apalachee outlasts Winder-Barrow, 3-2, in area championship match, gearing up for state

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Wednesday, October 17. 2018
In a season where it has mostly dominated its opponents, the Apalachee High School volleyball team faced its greatest adversity in 2018 Saturday afternoon. But with their backs against the wall, the Wildcats delivered when it counted the most. Down 2-1 to crosstown rival Winder-Barrow in the GHSA Area 8-AAAAAA championship match at Gainesville ... [Full Story »] 

Volleyball: BCA wraps up regular season with win, set for state tournament

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Wednesday, October 17. 2018
Bethlehem Christian Academy volleyball coach Karen Carlyle thought last Thursday’s regular season finale at home against Notre Dame Academy of Duluth might give her team a good gauge on its playoff preparedness. If it was considered a test, the Knights passed with flying colors. In a potential state quarterfinal preview, the Knights took the ... [Full Story »] 

Knights fall on road to Westfield

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Friday, October 12. 2018
The Bethlehem Christian Academy football team went toe-to-toe with Westfield Friday night in the first half but could not quite get over the bump in the road presented by the host Hornets. As a result the Knights dropped a 42-21 contest despite two touchdown passes by Jacob Adams and a rushing score from Tanner Schwebel. BCA fell to 2-5 overall ... [Full Story »] 

Volleyball: Apalachee, Winder-Barrow win area tournament openers, to face each other Saturday morning

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Friday, October 12. 2018
The Apalachee and Winder-Barrow volleyball teams punched their state playoff tickets Thursday with wins in the opening round of the GHSA Area 8-AAAAAA tournament at Gainesville High School and will face each other Saturday morning. The top-seeded Wildcats (50-2) defeated Lanier in straight sets, 25-14 and 25-11, while the second-seeded ... [Full Story »] 

Football: Knights preparing for trip to Westfield for critical game

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Thursday, October 11. 2018
After a bye week, the Bethlehem Christian Academy football team is set to return to action when the Knights travel to Westfield in Perry this Friday. BCA (2-4 overall, 0-1 GISA Region 4-AAA) is hoping get its season back on track with a needed win against the Hornets. Westfield enters the game at 1-6 overall and 1-1 in Region 2-AAA play. ... [Full Story »] 

Softball: Wildcats sweep past Douglas County in first round with pair of run-rule wins

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Thursday, October 11. 2018
Trying to beat the approaching rain from Hurricane Michael, the Apalachee High School softball team made quick work of Douglas County at home Wednesday in the first round of the GHSA Class AAAAAA playoffs, sweeping the Tigers 15-0 in three innings in game one and 14-0 in four innings in game two of the best-of-three series. It was the first ... [Full Story »] 

Volleyball: AHS, WBHS gear up for area tournament

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Thursday, October 11. 2018
While Apalachee senior Nakia Hooks is the only varsity member left from the 2015 Wildcat volleyball team, coach Joey Alfonso and the rest of his team, then in middle school, remember that year very well. The Wildcats entered the area tournament 42-12 and riding high, but an injury to their best player derailed their state playoff chances and ... [Full Story »] 

Softball: Wildcats encouraged by first-round draw against Douglas Co., but not taking opponent for granted

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Wednesday, October 10. 2018
After winning the GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA championship, the Apalachee softball team set itself up in as good a position as it could have asked for by assuring it will be at home the first two rounds of the state playoffs as it tries to make it to the Elite Eight in Columbus. Paired with Region 5, the Wildcats also came away with a favorable draw ... [Full Story »] 

Softball: Winder-Barrow swept by Northgate in first round of state playoffs

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Wednesday, October 10. 2018
The Winder-Barrow High School softball team saw its 2018 season come to an end Tuesday as the Bulldoggs were swept in two games by Northgate in the first round of the GHSA Class AAAAAA playoffs in Newnan. The Bulldoggs (11-14), the No. 3 seed from Region 8-AAAAAA, fell behind big early in game one and couldn’t recover in a 6-3 loss. The ... [Full Story »] 
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