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Softball: Smoak takes over as Lady Doggs' head coach

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Thursday, May 18. 2017
Winder-Barrow High School has hired Lee Smoak as its new head softball coach. Smoak spent the past five seasons as head coach at Burke County, where he took the program to new heights with four state playoff appearances. The team set a school record in 2016 for wins in a season (17) and won its first-ever fast-pitch region championship before ... [Full Story »] 

Golf: Lady Bulldoggs qualify for state

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Wednesday, May 17. 2017
After all of the area results were reported to the Georgia High School association, the Winder-Barrow High School girls golf team wound up qualifying for the state tournament. The Lady Bulldoggs, who shot a combined 305 placed fifth in the GHSA Area 2-AAAAAA tournament May 5, were 13 strokes better than Effingham County, the fourth place team ... [Full Story »] 

Track and Field: Weathers takes third in state 3,200-meter run

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Wednesday, May 17. 2017
Four Winder-Barrow athletes and two from Apalachee logged top-five finishes in the GHSA Class AAAAAA state meet Thursday through Saturday at Grisham Stadium in Carrollton. Winder-Barrow senior Micah Weathers led the way, finishing third in the girls 3,200-meter run and eighth in the 1,600-meter run while Logan Cash was fourth in the discus, ... [Full Story »] 

Basketball: Bernstein named Wildcats' new head coach

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Thursday, May 11. 2017
The Apalachee boys basketball team has its new head coach and third in program history. Spencer Bernstein was announced as the new coach Thursday at halftime of the Apalachee football team's spring scrimmage. Bernstein has spent the past 11 seasons as an assistant at Hillgrove High School in Power Springs. The Hawks went 19-8 last season and ... [Full Story »] 

Softball: McClure leaving Lady Bulldoggs to become girls basketball coach at Jackson County

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Wednesday, May 10. 2017
After seven years as Winder-Barrow’s head softball coach, Monty McClure is leaving the program to become the girls basketball coach at Jackson County Comprehensive High School. The Jackson County Board of Education approved the hire at its meeting on Monday night. Winder-Barrow athletic director Rob McFerrin said a tentative hire has been ... [Full Story »] 

Golf: Apalachee boys place 5th in area, qualify for state

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Wednesday, May 10. 2017
For the first time in school history, the Apalachee High School boys golf program has qualified an entire team for the state tournament. The Wildcats placed fifth last week in the GHSA Area 2-AAAAAA meet at Chattahoochee Golf Club in Gainesville, shooting a combined 325 to edge out Habersham Central for the fifth and final qualifying spot. ... [Full Story »] 

Baseball: Knights drop 2 of 3 to Frederica Academy in first round

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Monday, May 8. 2017
ST. SIMONS ISLAND — Bethlehem Christian Academy’s comeback win in game two of its GISA Class AAA first-round playoff series at Frederica Academy elicited a reaction worthy of winning the whole series. The 12-11 comeback victory meant a decisive game three as the No. 4 seed from Region 1-AAA tried to upset the Region 2 champions. Mustering ... [Full Story »] 

Baseball: Richmond Hill upends Winder-Barrow, advances to quarterfinals

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Sunday, May 7. 2017
Top-ranked Winder-Barrow’s season came to an abrupt end Saturday afternoon as the Bulldoggs lost to Richmond Hill 7-2 in the third game of a GHSA Class AAAAAA second-round playoff series. The Wildcats will now travel to Lee County for a quarterfinal series starting Wednesday. The winner of that series will face Allatoona or Johns Creek in the ... [Full Story »] 

Baseball: Game 3 between Winder-Barrow, Richmond Hill pushed back to Saturday

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Friday, May 5. 2017
The third and decisive game of a GHSA Class AAAAAA first-round playoff series between Winder-Barrow and Richmond Hill has been pushed back to a second day in a row. The game will now be played at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Charles W. Maddox Baseball Complex in Winder. The teams, which split the first two games of the series Wednesday, were ... [Full Story »] 

Track and Field: Nine athletes from Apalachee, six from Winder-Barrow qualify for state meet

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Thursday, May 4. 2017
Nine athletes from Apalachee and six from Winder-Barrow placed in the top eight in their events last weekend at the GHSA Class AAAAAA sectionals at Heritage High School in Conyers, earning themselves spots in the state meet May 11-13 at Carrollton High School. Apalachee sophomore hurdler Eli Morris won his heat in the boys 110-meter hurdles and ... [Full Story »] 
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