Champion Home

Champion: Memories and Milestones

Click to view

20 year proof book-1.png

Sports

Dekalb County Sports Coverage

Football

Basketball

Baseball

Water therapy: Paideia teen gives back after overcoming rare form of cancer

Katherine Athanassiades, 14, shown above in a photo from March 2011, earlier this month was declared cancer free by doctors after undergoing surgery, cheomtherapy and radiation for a brain tumor. Photo provided
The words on her back were simple enough—“I Beat Cancer.” But the depth of their meaning changed the way 14-year-old Katherine Athanassiades approaches life. Before being diagnosed with a rare type of brain tumor near her pituitary gland last f...

Finishing strong: Road race helps prepare Sprague for final college season

The Peachtree Road Race falls in the middle of Trevor Sprague’s training for the college cross country season. A second straight finish among the top 80 overall in the prestigious Fourth of July 5K race is a good sign for the Dunwoody resident, a f...

Rising son: DeKalb boxer has sights set on Olympics, pro career

Bobby Hornsby
His father sits in a jail cell in Alabama. Several of his cousins also are locked up, including one gang member who is serving three life sentences for three murders and a kidnapping. Bobby Hornsby saw crime, and alcohol and drug use everywhere he tu...

Braves deliver fun time for young campers

There was no Tomahawk Chop chant, no roar from a large crowd in appreciation of a home run or a string of strikeouts. Instead, broad smiles and high fives from a group of 8- and 9-year-olds was all the motivation a group of Atlanta Braves players ne...

DeKalb Schools fund lacrosse pilot program

The DeKalb County Board of Education voted on May 27 to fund a lacrosse pilot program for any high school in the county that is interested and has enough students to form a team. The pilot program, which will last a year, will pay for transportation ...

Dynasty keeps rolling: Marist wins second straight baseball title, 12th overall

Down to its last at-bat in the Class AAAA baseball semifinals, Marist staved off elimination with an eight-inning victory against Loganville. After that the War Eagles returned to their dominating ways that led to easy sweeps in the first three round...

Sweeping success: St. Pius earns boys and girls AAA soccer titles

Photo by Bruce James
Having just witnessed their soccer teams win back-to-back championships, some St. Pius students and fans could no longer hold back their enthusiasm. Dozens of fans ignored the public address announcer’s pleas and rushed onto the field after the St....

On the fast track: M.L. King duo leads charge toward state title

Sophomore Jada Martin, left, has the fastest time in the 200 meters in Class AAAAA and junior Felicia Brown has the fastest all-classification time in the 400 in the state for M.L. King. Photo by Robert Naddra
No matter what time of year it is, it’s probably track season for the M.L. King girls team. In addition to the traditional spring high school season, most of the girls are on club track teams and see each other during outdoor club season in the sum...

Academics vs. athletics: Teens get mixed messages

Redan High School senior Akil Dan-Fodio was the only high school student on a panel that included fromer pro athletes Dikembe Mutombo, left photo, and Brian Jordan, right photo. Photo by Robert Naddra
Cassandra Dan-Fodio got a first-hand glimpse of how American culture promotes athletics over academics while visiting several universities with her son Akil, a Redan High School senior. Akil has a 3.9 grade point average, was a Governors Honors and G...

Baseball in his future? Decision looming for Stephenson standout

Stephenson senior Jordan Tarver leads the county in batting average and home runs. Photo by Robert Naddra
Jordan Tarver figured he’d made his last important decision regarding athletics in February when he signed a football scholarship to Kent State University. But that was before Tarver, a three-sport standout at Stephenson and quarterback on the foot...

Dunwoody boys win Region 6-AAAA track title

The Dunwoody boys track team followed their first county championship earlier this month by winning the Region 6-AAAA title on April 20. James Dwyer won the 1,600 meters and the 3,200 to help the Wildcats defeat second-place Tucker 94.5-93.5. Dazel C...

Minor League Baseball: Get closer to the action

Fans are close to the action when players slide home. The Gwinnett Braves is one of more than 160 Minor League Baseball teams. Photo provided
Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack, I don’t care if I never get back, Let me root, root, root for the home team, If they don’t win it’s a shame. For it’s one, two, three strikes, you...

Olympic hopeful: Ashe maintains perspective amid national attention

St. Pius senior Shelby Ashe is aiming for her second straight state shot put tile after winning the weight throw event in the national high school indoor championships in New York. Photo by Robert Naddra
Shelby Ashe likes to keep things simple and in the moment. To keep from getting overwhelmed by the larger scope of things, the St. Pius senior breaks her routine down into a series of small activities. It’s a perspective that serves the top female ...

TWO GOOD: Miller Grove, Columbia win state basketball titles

Hhead coach Sharman White and players hold up three fingers to indicate their third straight Class AAAA state championship
One team has a long tradition of winning and the other has enjoyed great success in a short period of time. Both can be mentioned among the elite boys high school basketball teams in the country after winning state championships last weekend. Columbi...

Redan girls ready for another shot at championship

16 teams in county qualify for state There is no 58-game winning streak to cloud the vision and weigh on the minds of the Redan girls basketball team this time. There is only clarity. Redan was the Class AAAAA runner-up last season after falling in t...

Swimming: Marist girls win fifth consecutive state title

The Marist girls won their fifth straight high school state swimming championship last weekend and Lakeside’s Jack Lane was the county’s top individual swimmer with two first-place finishes. Marist outscored Westminster 298-273.5 in the team stan...

Share the rock: Unselfish attitude has Tucker ready for rugged postseason

Tucker’s Darrius Mathis, left, looks to pass the ball during a recent game. Photo by Travis Hudgons
James Hartry never has much trouble getting his point across. Emphatic gestures on the sidelines, a creative turn of a phrase and eye-opening film sessions are just a few ways Tucker’s boys basketball team gets the big picture from their coach. Lik...

Signing day: Columbia has its best class; Tucker, Stephenson lead pack

Ramon Ward’s message is similar to that of other assistant football coaches around DeKalb County—hard work on the football field and in the classroom could result in a free college education. More than 100 football players across the county heede...

Wrestling: Southwest DeKalb wins region, sends 12 to state

DeKalb won its first region wrestling championship since 2006 and qualified 12 wrestlers for the AAAA state sectionals this weekend at Loganville. A total of 99 county wrestlers representing 16 schools qualified at three region meets last weekend for...

Swimming: Dunwoody girls break Lakeside’s hold on county title

The girls competing last weekend in the 2011 county meet weren’t in the first grade yet, the last time a team other than Lakeside won the girls county swimming championships team title. With strong performances in the relay events and big contribut...

All Pages

Categories