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2015-16 AJC high school athletes of the year

Standout performances by these athletes led to individual and team success during the 2015-2016 school year:

Baseball

Josh Lowe, Pope: The senior pitcher and third baseman hit .383 with 11 home runs and 24 extra-base hits for ...

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New Dougherty boys basketball coach Rufus McDuffie during a voluntary summer practice on Thursday. (Staff Photo … – The Albany Herald


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After stops at Valdosta High School, Washington County and Walker (Ala.), McDuffie is happy to be back in Southwest Georgia after leading Mitchell-Baker to five state titles and three state runner-up finishes in his coaching career with the Eagles that ...

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Meet seventh-grade QB Aaron McLaughlin, who already has an SEC scholarship offer – USA TODAY High School Sports


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Meet seventh-grade QB Aaron McLaughlin, who already has an SEC scholarship offer
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“With all the attention this brings, I'm just going to stay humble and remain the person I am on and off the field,” McLaughlin told USA TODAY High School Sports, sounding much more like a pro than a junior high schooler. McLaughlin repeated seventh ...

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HAMMOCK: Will numerous high school football transfers become the norm? – Gwinnett Prep Sports


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HAMMOCK: Will numerous high school football transfers become the norm?
Gwinnett Prep Sports
Football, for the bulk of my 37 years in Gwinnett and nearly 20 at the Daily Post, was the one sport that side-stepped the influence of club programs, like AAU basketball, and avoided mass transfers from school to school. The sport's pinnacle at the ...

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Report: GHSA to move basketball finals to UGA, Tech

The Georgia high school basketball state championship games appear headed out of Macon and into Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion and Georgia’s Stegeman Coliseum beginning next year. GHSA executive director Gary Phillips, reached by phone Saturday morning, said no deal has been made but acknowledged that the associ... More

Gotta say goodbye for the summer: A look back at 2015-16

Top moments from the school year just completed

A look at the top graduating athletes

Looking ahead to ones to watch for next year

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2015 winners repeat as Directors Cup champions

All six schools that won Region Directors Cup trophies in 2014-15 repeated as champions in the recently concluded school year, a first in the 17-year history of the GHSA’s all-sports competition.

Lambert, Starr’s Mill, Marist, Westminster, ...

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GHSA director: ‘Had to explore’ move to UGA, Georgia Tech

Gary Phillips says association has one-year contract with college arenas, with a verbal agreement for two years

Offers from Georgia and Georgia Tech very attractive to association, according to Phillips

Basket issues ‘not necessarily’ a factor in the decision to leave Macon

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Portal stands out among 8 first-time GHSA champions

Portal golfers (from left) Layne Clark, Caitlyn Girardeau and Faith Reddick won their school’s first team state championship this month at the Class A public-school tournament in Augusta. Portal opened in 1913. Portal’s state championship in girls golf was not the most celebrated GHSA championship of the 2015-16 ... More

Chart: When did your school win its first GHSA state title? Find out here

The Locust Grove baseball team became the first team in its school history to win a state championship this week when the Wildcats defeated Buford in the Class AAAA championship series. ”To be the first team to win a title here at Locust Grove makes it even sweeter because no matter what happens from this point forward we ... More