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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 Northeast Cobb Patch:
The Trojans finished their regular season a perfect 10-0; see who they and Kell will be playing in the state playoffs next weekend.
Lassiter High School has been perfect before in a football regular season. But this time, the Trojans will enter the state playoffs with an even loftier status than in 2009, when they fell to Colquitt County in the first round after going 10-0. Thanks to Colquitt's stunning win over No. 1 Camden County on Friday, second-ranked Lassiter is expected to take over the top spot in the polls when the Georgia High School Association playoffs begin next weekend. Lassiter, which rolled over Etowah 34-6 on Friday to post a perfect 10-0 regular season, will play host to Brookhaven in the first round. Here's the complete Class AAAAAA playoff bracket, which also includes Walton, Wheeler, Marietta, North Cobb, Hillgrove and McEachern. Kell High School …
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The "East Cobb Super Bowl" will be renewed Friday, but this is about a lot more than a football game.
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 Lassiter High School and Walton 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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The longtime East Cobb rivals meet Friday night as high school football gets underway.
After coming close to posting winning seasons in 2011, Wheeler and Sprayberry want to get over hump this year. Sprayberry reached the first round of the Georgia High School Association state playoffs after posting a 5-5 regular season record, then got clobbered by eventual Class AAAA champion Tucker in the first round. Wheeler was 2-3 in mid-season, then fell to a 4-6 finish when it hit the fat end of the schedule, including lopsided losses to Lassiter and Walton, semifinalists and finalists in Class AAAAA, respectively. That's still a major improvement for the Wildcats, who had been 1-29 from 2008-2010. The East-Northeast Cobb rivals will meet in a non-region game at Wheeler starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday seeking some positive early …
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After being drafted in June, Duane Underwood is reporting for rookie-league duty in Arizona.
Duane Underwood turns 18 next week. The former Pope High School baseball star got an early start on the celebration by signing a professional contract with the Chicago Cubs, who recently made him the 67th pick in the Major League Baseball draft. Terms of the agreement were not announced; Underwood will report to the Cubs' rookie team in Mesa, Ariz. Underwood, a right-handed pitcher, was 6-1 with a 2.36 ERA with the Greyhounds as a senior, striking out 75 in 50-1/3 innings. He had signed a scholarship offer last fall to play baseball at the University of Georgia. Two of his rookie teammates with the Cubs are the sons of famous athletes: Shawon Dunston, Jr., whose father Shawon Sr. was a star shortstop with the Cubs, and Trevor Gretzky. …
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Stacy Danyelle Newton is accused of depositing track and field money into her own bank account.
A former treasurer of the Sprayberry High School track and field booster club has been charged with taking more than $2,000 from the group last year, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Between June and August 2011, Stacy Danyelle Newton, 44, of the 1900 block of Diplomat Lane in Kennesaw took $2,257.02 and deposited it into her personal account, the AJC said, citing Newton's arrest warrant. Cobb County jail records show that Newton was arrested Monday morning on a felony charge of theft by taking and was released that evening on $5,000 bond.
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The Trojans beat Milton and will play at North Cobb next week, but Pope lost to Marist.
Lassiter is the No. 8 boys soccer team in the nation but needed penalty kicks to survive its opening game of the Georgia High School Association AAAAA playoffs at Milton on Tuesday night. The Trojans and Eagles were tied at 3 after regulation and overtime, according to the scores posted by the GHSA. Lassiter then was a perfect five for five on penalty kicks, while Milton connected on only four of five, giving the Trojans the win. Lassiter advanced to play at Region 4-AAAAA champion North Cobb next Tuesday in the second round. The Warriors beat Islands at home, 8-1. Tuesday's win raised Lassiter's record to 16-2-1 and came as ESPN HS released the latest Powerade Fab 50 national rankings. The Trojans, who began the year No. 1, moved up from …
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The position of Auxiliary Chairperson resulted in multiple nominations.
At the completion of the Sandy Plains Baseball Association (SPBA) Annual General Membership meeting all of the nominations for the Board of Directors were reviewed. The position of Auxiliary Chairperson resulted in multiple nominations and as a result an election for that position will take place, contested between: The election will be held Saturday and Sunday at Sweat Mountain and Harrison parks. Biographical information will be available for review at the polling locations. Every general member (parent or guarding of a child playing at SPBA) can cast his or her own ballot. Vote at one of the following locations and times: Saturday Sweat Mountain Park from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Harrison Park, upper concession stand area, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. …
The partnership with the New York Yankee first baseman will offer exclusive benefits to young athletes and Little League coaches.
Patch has appointed Mark Teixeira, a former Atlanta Brave and Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket, as the commissioner of Patch baseball. East Cobb Baseball and Sandy Plains Baseball teams will be able to enjoy Q&As, baseball tips and exclusive videos from the two-time All-Star and four-time Gold Glove Award winner. Teixeira, the New York Yankees' first baseman, will also offer young athletes advice on how to stay in shape and why healthful eating is so important for optimal performance. “I live in a Patch town now and I keep tabs on my original hometown via the Patch site there, so I’ve seen the ways that Patch supports its communities,” Teixeira said. “I’m excited to be a part of that by connecting with Patch users who have the same passion for…
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The Northeast Cobb resident talks about trying out for the LSU football team and the personal traumas she has overcome.
Lassiter grad and LSU homecoming queen Mo Isom, now done with her college career as a soccer goalie, was a guest last week on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to talk about trying out for the college football team as a kicker and to show off her kicking skills. Isom kicked off a carpet that looked like a mini football field. She scored both of her mock field goal attempts. Aside from sports, she spoke to Ellen about her father's suicide and a car accident that nearly took her life.
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Sellars Goodyear
12:08 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
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