The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the fundraising efforts of local high school sports teams.
ROSWELL, Ga. — One of Georgia high school football’s most illustrious coaches, and a perennial persona in North Fulton football, has stepped down. Blessed Trinity head coach Tim McFarlin, who led two North Fulton teams to multiple state titles, has announced he is stepping away from the program.
We recap an unusual, but still exciting year in local high school sports.
Despite one of the most challenging seasons to navigate this fall, first year KRCS Head Coach Terry Crowder is proud of what his team accomplished. Schedule changes and COVID-related cancelations called for flexibility, patience, and a strong commitment from his players and staff.
Milton High School has made a strong claim as the “Running Back University” of Georgia high school football. The RBU signature continued this year with the success of Jordan McDonald.
NORTH FULTON, Ga. — Milton, Roswell and Alpharetta players earned 5-7A all-region accolades for 2020 with three local athletes taking player of the year honors.
NORTH FULTON, Ga. — All-region football selection for 7-6A were announced this week and are rich with talent from North Fulton athletes.
NORTH METRO, Ga. — North Fulton talent swept player of the year honors for Region 6-A (Private) with the announcement of the all-region selections for the 2020 season.
MILTON, Ga. — Denmark looked dominant against Milton in the first three quarters of Friday night’s bout between two top-10 ranked teams in Class 7A. Games last four quarters, though, and the No. 1-ranked Eagles stormed back to erase a 17-point deficit in the fourth and force overtime, eventu…
The 2020 GHSA high school football season could have never happened, but for local teams the unprecedented year is complete, and cleats, jerseys and helmets will lay dormant until a hopefully brighter spring.
MILTON, Ga. — The season nearly ended before it even started, but football teams across North Fulton overcame countless obstacles and made it through.
NORTH FULTON/FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — For the first time since 2014, a North Fulton team will not play for a state championship after three previously undefeated teams dropped their quarterfinals matchups Friday night.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Only a few games into his senior season, AJ White became the all-time leading scorer for the Chattahoochee boys basketball program Dec. 5.
MILTON, Ga. — The cards were stacked against Milton in their second-round playoff matchup with Archer Friday night. The Eagles trailed the No. 10 team in Class 7A by two scores in the second half. They were also without their captain and starting quarterback, junior Devin Farrell, a crucial …
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell trailed Mill Creek 20-7 at halftime, and after giving up a touchdown to the Hawks on the first drive of the third quarter, the Hornets’ chances at victory looked slim. Down 27-7 with just over 20 minutes of game time remaining, Roswell would have to reverse their fortu…
In a signing ceremony at the high school Nov. 11, Erica and her parents, Josh and Amy Scutt of Johns Creek, signed the documents making it official.
NORTH FULTON/FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The first round of the 2020 high school football season kicks off this Friday night with 12 North Fulton and Forsyth County teams beginning their quests for a state title.
CANTON, Ga. — For the third straight year and fifth time in program history, the Milton football program staked its claim as region champions.
NORTH FULTON, Ga. — As the 2020-21 high school basketball season gets underway, each team aspires to lift hardware in March, and three local teams are early favorites to be in the championship fray.
Alpharetta and Roswell were tied, 14-14, early in the fourth quarter of Friday’s Reg. 5-7A showdown in a crucial contest with significant playoff implications.
MILTON, Ga. — Anytime Milton and Roswell square off, the stakes are high and the tension is palpable.
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — The UCLA Bruins men’s basketball team won 10 national titles in 12 years under coach John Wooden. The Boston Celtics won eight consecutive NBA championships from 1959 to 1966. The Montreal Canadians lifted the Stanley Cup eight times between 1965 and 1979. North Carolina …
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — McIntosh prevailed over Blessed Trinity in a battle of two of the state’s top volleyball programs Saturday afternoon to take its fourth straight state title and deny BT its third in the last five years. The Indians held a slight edge in the well-matched contest, taking th…
CARROLTON, Ga. — Dozens of North Fulton and Forsyth County runners competed at the 2020 GHSA cross-country state meet Nov. 6-7 at Carrolton High School.
With their season on the line, the Raiders bounced back to take the fifth set and win the match, advancing to their third state finals in five years.
The Paladins won 49-13 to continue their undefeated season and inch one game closer to their fourth region title in five years.
Roswell continued its undefeated season Oct. 23, coming from behind to defeat Cherokee in a televised battle between two unbeaten powers in Region 5-7A.
CALHOUN, Ga. — Blessed Trinity hit the field for the first time in a month Friday night and picked up where they left off, taking down Calhoun in a battle of top-10 ranked teams. It was the Titans’ debut game in Region 5-7A.
Milton extended two significant streaks Friday night. With their 35-20 win, the Eagles increased their number of consecutive region wins to 14 and their consecutive victories over rival Alpharetta to five.
Roswell defeated Walton in overtime for the second year in a row, 23-17, and kept their 2020 record unblemished through four games.
MILTON, Ga. — Football returned to Cambridge High School for the first time in nearly 11 months Friday night with the Bears taking on Creekview in their region opening game. Though the teams were deadlocked for two quarters, Creekview left victorious and handed Cambridge (1-2) its second con…
NORTH METRO ATLANTA — Marist became the latest football team to face the cancelation of a second game due to COVID-19 protocols last week.
GEORGIA — The sports landscape has been altered by the coronavirus pandemic, and those impacts will extend to high school basketball in Georgia this year. The Georgia High School Association announced last week it is rolling out a string of safety protocols for the 2020-21 season.
The Milton and Alpharetta softball teams took to the diamond Sept. 23 for a battle between two longtime rivals and newly minted region foes.
Raiders top Cougars by two touchdowns.
The Cougars struck first in the 2020 edition of the rivalry, but in the end, the Raiders came out on top for the ninth consecutive time in the matchup and first in the head coach Jason Kervin era.
Catch up on local scores from football games around North Fulton and Forsyth County.
Milton and Alpharetta took to the diamond Sept. 23 for a softball battle between two longtime rivals and newly-minted region foes.
MILTON, Ga. — Following a tumultuous offseason and two-week delay to its opener, high school football returned to Fulton County on Sept. 17 with a cross-town battle between Milton and Johns Creek.
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The 10-year old Alpharetta Eagles captured the 2020 Dizzy Dean Georgia state championship in its age group in Ringgold. The team plays out of Wills Park in Alpharetta.
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