Saturday, May 11, 2013
Spring practice and regular season dates for Kell, Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, The Walker School, Walton and Wheeler.
KELL HIGH SCHOOL LONGHORNS 2012 Record: 9-2; 4-0 in Region 7-AAAAAA Subregion B; defeated Southwest DeKalb 19-14 in 1st round of GHSA playoffs, lost to Gainesville 61-42 in the 2nd round Head Coach: Derek Cook LASSITER HIGH SCHOOL TROJANS 2012 Record: 10-1; 7-0 Region 5-AAAAAA; lost to Brookwood 24-21 in 1st round of GHSA playoffs Head Coach: Jep Irwin POPE HIGH SCHOOL GREYHOUNDS 2012 Record: 7-4; 3-1 Region 7-AAAAA Subregion B; lost to Stephenson 31-11 in 1st round of GHSA playoffs Head Coach: Matt Kemper SPRAYBERRY HIGH SCHOOL YELLOW JACKETS 2012 Record: 3-7; 202 in Region 5-AAAAA Subregion B Head Coach: Billy Shackelford THE WALKER SCHOOL WOLVERINES 2012 Record: 11-1; 5-0 Region 6-A Division B Private; defeated Athens …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Patch wants to see your favorite East Cobb teams in action!
Whether it’s on the baseball diamond, at the soccer field or during a flag football game at a local park, spring sports are underway around Cobb, and we want to help share all the great moments and highlights with the community! Patch is looking for athletes, coaches, parents, booster club members and fans who are eager to show their team spirit on East Cobb Patch. News about any team—from youth T-ball to middle and high school sports, recreational teams, adult leagues and more—it’s all welcome. Here's how you can share news about your sports team this spring: 1. Start a blog about your sports team: Share stats, recaps, photos and/or videos from the game in your own sports blog. Discuss the team, coaches and players with other fans in the…
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
East Cobb high school athletes will make their college decisions official Wednesday. Here's how you can share their big day.
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Tuesday, February 5
Wednesday is national signing day, that annual tradition when top high school athletes reveal their college picks. We'd love to share those memories with the community, and you have some easy options to to post right to East Cobb Patch:
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
A special fun day with walk-up registration is slated for Feb. 2.
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Wednesday, January 9
Spring 2013 registration is underway for the Sandy Plains Softball Association. Girls ages six years old and up are invited to sign up. Girls who play Sandy Plains Softball improve old skills and learn new ones; get exercise; are part of a team; experience competition and have fun. The organizations's Spring Fun Day/Walk-up Registration is Feb. 2nd from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The spring season begins in March, and games are played at Sandy Plains Park and Bells Ferry Park. For more information or to register online visit the Sandy Plains Softball website.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
The Greyhounds' trip to the state football playoffs turned on fourth quarter turnovers on Saturday.
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
The Pope Greyhounds were staying close to Stephenson in the fourth quarter of Saturday's Class AAAAA first round playoff game. But four turnovers in that period were too much to overcome. As The Marietta Daily Journal reported, Stephenson scored 14 points off those turnovers to coast to a 31-11 victory. The Greyhounds end their season with a 7-4 record, and have gone to the playoffs for the last three seasons under coach Matt Kemper. Of the five East Cobb-area teams that made the playoffs, only Kell remains. On Friday, Lassiter, Walton, and Wheeler all were defeated in Class AAAAAA. And Kell had to dig out a 19-14 win over Southwest DeKalb in the final minute of play on Friday. The Longhorns will play host to Gainesville this coming …
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Find out who the Wildcats, Walton, Pope and Lassiter will be playing in the first round of the state playoffs next weekend.
By a single point on the scoreboard and a few fractions of a percentage point on a calculator, Wheeler High School is back in the state football playoffs for the first time in six years. A cliffhanging 21-20 win at Cherokee was just enough for the Wildcats to claim the fourth and final post-season bid from Region 5-AAAAAA. Wheeler also needed help in other games and got that when Etowah and Woodstock lost on Friday. As The Marietta Daily Journal indicated in this morning's editions, Wheeler won the tiebreaker over those schools by virtue of its .500 winning percentage against Class AAAAAA teams, going 4-4. Etowah and Woodstock were both under .500 in those games. While the Wildcats (6-4, 3-4) are enjoying their accomplishment today, a …
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Playoff spots are taking shape after Friday night's high school football games.
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
While the national spotlight was focused on Walton's game with Milton on Friday, all other East Cobb schools were battling for playoff spots, or firming up post-season positioning. Walton put on a defensive show to down Milton 27-7 in a game played on ESPNU. The Raiders, 6-2 overall and 4-1 in Region 5-AAAAAA, used turnovers to lead to most of their scoring plays. The win helped Walton keep pace in region play with Lassiter, the No. 2 team in Class AAAAAA. The Trojans (8-0, 5-0) jumped out to an early lead against Wheeler and got four more touchdown passes from Eddie Printz in a 38-23 win. Pope also has developed a penchant for grinding out wins with good defense, as the Greyhounds (6-2, 3-0) showed again Friday in a 13-10 win over …
Friday, October 19, 2012
The Raiders have won five in a row against their East Cobb rivals and 10 of their last 11 meetings.
The scorelines have been as one-sided in favor of Walton as they've been forgettable for Wheeler. The two East Cobb schools once enjoyed a healthy, competitive rivalry on the football field. That started to change in the late 1990s, as the Raiders began building one of the top prep programs in metro Atlanta, and as the Wildcats fell into sharp decline. Over the last decade, the gap has become vast. A year ago, Walton rolled all over Wheeler in a sweet Homecoming result on its way to the state championship game. Through the first half of this season, Wheeler has shown it's more competitive than in recent years. The Wildcats will play host to Walton at 7:30 tonight in a game that has more than East Cobb bragging rights on the line. There's a…
Saturday, October 6, 2012
The Trojans won a rugged defensive contest in their East Cobb rivalry game Friday.
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Saturday, October 6, 2012
What might have been billed an offensive treat turned into a gritty defensive struggle. The Lassiter Trojans nursed a slight lead in the second half Friday and used their defensive muscle to hold off the Walton Raiders and claim a 21-9 victory. The so-called "East Cobb Super Bowl" featured two high-powered offenses and teams ranked in the Top 10 in Class AAAAAA. But the Trojans forced three turnovers, two of them from defensive back Patrick Levandoski at critical times, to stave off Walton's rally and win their Homecoming game. Levandoski intercepted a pass as Walton was driving deep in the fourth quarter, and also forced a fumble by Raiders running star Tyren Jones that halted another possible touchdown drive with the game on the line…
Friday, October 5, 2012
The "East Cobb Super Bowl" will be renewed Friday, but this is about a lot more than a football game.
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Friday, October 5, 2012
Of course it's a football game. When two of the Top 10 teams in Class AAAAAA get together, it's a very big football game. As both of their meetings were last year, including the state semifinals. But when Walton High School and Lassiter High School square off in anything, it's more than the "East Cobb Super Bowl" in football terms. In addition to their multi-sport athletic prowess, Walton and Lassiter will be boasting their highly touted marching bands. And both are among the top academic high schools in Cobb County and Georgia. Tonight's game at Lassiter's Frank Fillman Stadium is also Homecoming for the Trojans, with a parade veering down Shallowford Road from the Home Depot on Sandy Plains Road to the school starting at 5:30 p.m…
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