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State high school basketball results/schedule (THIRD ROUND RESULTS)

State high school basketball results/schedule   THIRD ROUND RESULTS Friday, March 5 AAAA at West Georgia State, Carrollton Girls SW DEKALB (25-4) 53, Loganville (19-11) 50 Boys MILLER GROVE (25-6) 65, Lithia Springs (24-6) 47   Saturday, March 6 AA...

Bond goes beyond basketball

Decatur head basketball coach Carter Wilson, right, and son Nic Wilson, a senior forward. Photo by Robert Naddra
The wide-eyed 5-year-old is sitting in the locker room next to his father, who is giving a pregame speech to his basketball team. As the father wraps up his talk, he is ready to deliver his trademark ending, but the son beats him to the punch – “...

Focus on the future: M.L. King’s Griffin swinging for a potential pro baseball career

Trey Griffin. Photo by Travis Hudgons
Trey Griffin has learned to see through the distractions. As one of the top high school baseball players in the state and a long-time travel ball player, Griffin has learned to deal with constant attention from college and pro scouts. The M.L. King s...

Local author strikes deal with audio book company

Pat Patterson
When Pat Patterson writes his memoirs, he wants to call it The World Went Digital and I Went Along for the Ride. The ride for Patterson got a little faster a month ago when the author and his Promagic Digital Media publishing company was signed to a ...

Revised second-round basketball schedule

The following boys basketball state playoff games have been postponed from March 2 to March 3 because of snow and icy conditions – Stephenson at Tift County, Decatur at Callaway, Banneker at Miller Grove, East Hall at Columbia, and Paideia at White...

State basketball tournament scores (First round)

State basketball playoffs, first round (Games played Feb. 26-27) BOYS Class AAAAA Johnson Savannah 70, Redan 50 Groves 71, M.L. King 60 Stephenson 50, Windsor Forest 41 Class AAAA Hiram 91, Marist 80 Miller Grove 54, Sprayberry 33 Chamblee 71, Sequoy...

Officer of the Year:Attention to detail helps Maldonado make an impact in Dunwoody

Jesus Maldonado was voted Officer of the Year for 2009 for the Dunwoody Police Department. Photo by Robert Naddra
Jesus Maldonado is a stickler for details. Names, physical descriptions, crimes a person may have committed–they all go in a little spiral notebook the 27-year-old Dunwoody Police officer keeps in his patrol car. That notebook, a keen eye and an ab...

Godfrey to be inducted into Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame

Buck Godfrey has been doing things his way at Southwest DeKalb High School for nearly 30 years. He has won 250 football games in 27 seasons and has helped hundreds of student athletes earn athletic scholarships. His lessons go beyond the books – he...

Police: Fatal shooting was in retaliation of drug-related robbery

The 11-year-old boy shot in the head while he slept died early on Feb. 16 at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Chamblee Police Chief Marc Johnson said in a statement. Two suspects in the shooting who were originally charged with aggrava...

Recruiting coordinator helps Stephenson build record-setting class

Thornton showing off his signing day choice. Photo by Robert Naddra
Twenty-seven players were met with wild cheers as they stood at the podium in the Stephenson High School auditorium to announce which school’s college football scholarship offer they would accept. But the loudest reaction at Stephenson’s Signing ...