It’s been two months since Apalachee’s boys’ basketball team recorded its last win, when the Wildcats held off North Springs 63-57 in their season opener on Nov. 20.
Three Apalachee football players were first-team selections, and several other Wildcats also garnered recognition on the GHSA Region 8-AAAAA all-region team announced Thursday, Dec. 17.
A team-wide coronavirus-related quarantine has sidelined Apalachee's girls' basketball team, a week after the entire boys' team had to enter a 10-day quarantine due to a player testing positive.
The Apalachee and Winder-Barrow wrestling teams are in similar shape in the early going of the 2020-21 season.
The Apalachee varsity boys’ basketball team is on pause after a player tested positive for COVID-19 last week and the rest of the Wildcats and their coaching staff went into a precautionary quarantine. The layoff has caused the team to postpone two region games and cancel a pair of other con…
Senior Isaiah Nelson-Ododa posted a double-double with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks as the Winder-Barrow boys' basketball team routed Alpharetta 77-53 on Monday, Nov. 23, in the semifinals of the Jackson EMC Tipoff Classic at Jefferson High School.
Apalachee’s Tony Lotti is as competitive as any other head high school football coach around. And, as he put it bluntly last weekend following a last-minute loss at Jackson County in the Wildcats’ season finale Friday, Nov. 20, “I hate to lose.”
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Isaiah Maxey's 10-yard touchdown pass to Jaden Cofer with 22 seconds left led Jackson County to a come-from-behind 21-17 victory over Apalachee on Friday, Nov. 20, in both teams' season finale in Jefferson.
FOOTBALL WEEK 12 PREVIEW: Playoffs on the line for Bulldoggs in regular-season finale against Lanier
While the GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA standings might appear a little muddied at the moment entering the final week of regular-season play, the picture is actually quite clear for Winder-Barrow this week. Win and most likely qualify for the state playoffs; lose and almost certainly be eliminated.
The way third-year Apalachee boys’ basketball head coach Ty Rowland sees it, if any team could have benefitted from a traditional full summer and preseason program, it would have been the 2020-21 Wildcats.
The win-loss record didn’t tell the whole story of the growth Apalachee girls’ basketball coach Derrick Allen saw from his team last winter in his first season with the program, and he’ll be counting on that same type of development this year from a Wildcat squat that is even younger after l…
Apalachee had been able to avoid any major, costly mistakes — and thus picked up much-needed victories — in its previous two outings, and Wildcats coach Tony Lotti had said earlier in the week his team would need to do the same to have a chance in Friday night’s critical GHSA Region 8-AAAAA …
The Apalachee High School softball team held a college signing ceremony Wednesday, Nov. 11, for its three seniors that helped the Wildcats have a historic season this fall with a 28-8 record and GHSA Class 5A Final Four appearance in Columbus. Pitcher Emily Hodnett signed with Georgia State,…
The Apalachee football team appears to be starting to click at the ideal time and finds itself right in the thick of the state playoff picture with just two weeks to play in the regular season. And with a win in their upcoming likely home finale Friday, Nov. 13, against Loganville, the Wildc…
Apalachee kept its playoff aspirations intact Friday, Nov. 6, picking up a huge 19-7 win at Walnut Grove and moving into a four-way for fourth place in the GHSA Region 8-AAAAA standings.
After its first six games of the season were filled mostly with frustration, Apalachee finally had a chance to smile Friday, Oct. 30, as the Wildcats dominated from start to finish and routed Johnson 45-0 in Gainesville to earn their first victory of the season.
Despite neither team qualifying for the state meet, Apalachee cross country coach Jennifer Fancher came away from last week’s GHSA Region 8-AAAAA championship meet in Helen optimistic about the program’s future and proud of the runners for battling against some tough obstacles.
The Apalachee softball team came to the GHSA Class 5A Final Four tournament in Columbus determined both to make amends for an 0-2 showing in last year’s Class 6A Elite Eight and to capture the program’s first-ever state title.
The first six games of the season were filled mostly with frustration for Apalachee, but on Friday, Oct. 30, the Wildcats dominated from start to finish and had a chance to smile.
At 0-6, it would be an understatement to say things haven’t gone the way Apalachee would have liked to this point in the season.
Strong pitching and timely hitting has been the recipe for success all season long for the Apalachee softball team. And it worked like a charm again Tuesday, Oct. 27, in a pair of 1-0 victories over Northgate High School in the GHSA Class 5A quarterfinal series in Newnan.
Despite the strides his team made throughout the year, Apalachee volleyball coach Joey Alfonso knew it would take something special to make it out of the state quarterfinal round.
The Apalachee volleyball team is going to the Elite Eight in its classification for the first time since 2013.
Apalachee sophomore catcher Sam Woody had the tall task of replacing the graduated Madyson Coe, who had not just been a mainstay at the top of the Wildcats’ lineup and behind the plate for the last few years, but also a key team leader.
Apalachee volleyball coach Joey Alfonso didn’t have to remind his team, during the timeout huddle, of the position the Wildcats had been in three straight years in the state playoffs: holding a commanding 2-0 lead in either the first or second round before losing three straight sets to fall …
A regular-season and region schedule that fully tested them and a favorable draw in the bracket were out well for the Apalachee softball team Monday, Oct. 19.
The Apalachee volleyball team’s bid for a third consecutive region championship came up short Saturday, Oct. 17, as the Wildcats fell 3-1 to top-seeded Greenbrier in the GHSA Region 8-AAAAA tournament championship match in Evans.
After three straight games of little production on the scoreboard, Apalachee’s offense turned in a strong performance Friday, Oct. 16, but it wasn’t enough to overcome an even bigger night from an explosive Greenbrier team.
Walnut Grove got a pair of runs in the top of the fourth inning on a two-base error and made those runs stick Thursday, Oct. 15, as the Warriors defeated Apalachee 2-0 in both teams’ regular-season finale.
As Winder-Barrow coach Ed Dudley put it, the 24-hour window of “pouting” after a heartbreaking loss has come and gone, and the Bulldoggs have their eyes firmly set on doing something that no other team in GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA has been able to do over the last four-plus seasons: beat Dacula.
The Apalachee volleyball team has clinched another state playoff berth, and while the road wasn’t quite as smooth as the past two seasons when the Wildcats won a combined 97 matches and back-to-back region titles, head coach Joey Alfonso hopes his team has another strong run in them in the c…
The Winder-Barrow softball team is spending this week getting in what first-year head coach Jordan Najafi said is some much-needed practice time as the Bulldoggs make their final preparations for the first round of the GHSA Class 6A playoffs next week.
The Winder-Barrow boys and Apalachee girls’ cross country teams won the team titles while WBHS sophomore Matilee Rogers was the girls’ individual winner Monday, Oct. 12, in the “Best of Barrow” meet at Apalachee High School.
Apalachee’s bid to upset Eastside on the road Thursday night, Oct. 8, got off to a promising start with a defensive touchdown in the first minute of the game. But the Wildcats’ offense was kept in check throughout the night, and the early momentum gave way to the Sincere Johnson show as the …
It’s rare — as in never before — that Ed Dudley has been part of a team that had a two-week break in the middle of a season. But as with all things 2020, the Winder-Barrow head coach is taking it in stride.
Winder-Barrow’s volleyball team went 2-1 Tuesday, Oct. 6, in round 1 of the GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA tournament at Lanier High School, clinching a spot in the state playoffs after a one-year hiatus for the program.
After managing just 17 points in its first three games this season, Clarke Central got its offense rolling Friday. And unfortunately for Apalachee, the Wildcats were on the receiving end of the outburst.
Apalachee rallied from down two runs in the second game of a GHSA Region 8-AAAAA home doubleheader against Greenbrier on Thursday to win 3-2 and sweep both games against the Wolfpack.
After showing improvement and progress in its second game of the season, Bethlehem Christian Academy put it all together Friday, Sept. 25, to notch its first victory of the Bruce Lane era.
Apalachee softball coach Allan Bailey knew going into the year that his team would face a meat grinder of a GHSA Region 8-AAAAA schedule, and it has proven to be just that so far for the Wildcats.
Apalachee sniffed victory in the oven but couldn’t eat the cake Friday, losing a 10-6 fourth-quarter lead after giving up two late touchdowns in Danielsville and falling to Madison County, 21-10.
After a thrilling, emotional win at Apalachee in week one where Winder-Barrow was able to avoid any major costly mistakes for the most part, Bulldoggs coach Ed Dudley believes his relatively young team may have learned a valuable lesson in week two.
The Winder-Barrow softball picked up a huge win on the road Tuesday, Sept. 15, rallying from down two runs in the top of the seventh to defeat Dacula 4-2 in a GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA contest and even its region record on the year.
Habersham Central senior running back Jackson Clouatre ran for over 300 yards and scored three second-half touchdowns Friday as the Raiders knocked off Apalachee 56-35 at R. Harold Harrison Stadium, avenging a 56-49 loss in last year’s season finale.
Apalachee used a strong offensive output and dominant pitching Thursday to sweep a doubleheader at Jackson County and even its GHSA Region 8-AAAAA record.
The Apalachee softball team snapped a three-game losing skid Tuesday, picking up a 7-3 win on the road at Greenbrier in a GHSA Region 8-AAAAA contest.
The Apalachee volleyball team picked up a pair of non-region victories last week to move its record back over .500.
After the extra-long wait for a new season brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, Winder-Barrow and Apalachee put on a show Friday night, Sept. 4, for the scaled-back, restricted crowd at R. Harold Harrison Stadium as the “Battle of Barrow” rivalry went right down to the wire for a third st…
Top-ranked Apalachee had hoped to continue its streak of dominance Wednesday and improve to 11-0 in its GHSA Region 8-AAAAA opener against Loganville, but the Red Devils had other plans.
After months of uncertainty — brought on by the coronavirus pandemic — that included a canceled spring practice, a restrained summer program, the scrapping of preseason scrimmages and a two-week delay to the start of the season — all systems appear to be a go as the Georgia High School Assoc…
An undefeated Apalachee softball team’s GHSA Region 8-AAAAA opener Tuesday at home against Loganville was rained out.
Coaching is often about figuring how to fit square pegs into round holes, as coach Tony Lotti puts it, and the third-year Apalachee head football coach has found himself with a lot more pegs to deal with in preparation for the 2020 season.
Winder-Barrow overcame an early 7-1 deficit on the road Wednesday and rallied for an 11-8 win at Hebron Christian Academy.
Apalachee remained undefeated Tuesday, picking up a 7-1 victory at Prince Avenue Christian School in Bogart.
Apalachee scored early and often in its home opener Monday Monday and cruised to a resounding 11-1, five-inning victory over crosstown rival Winder-Barrow.
Like all other schools around the state, the Apalachee volleyball team is having to navigate the unknowns and uncertainties of the coronavirus pandemic and play amid the lingering possibility that any match could be their last of the season.
Former Apalachee High School and Butler University basketball standout Kamar Baldwin is set to continue his playing career after recently signing his first professional contract.
Apalachee senior pitcher Emily Hodnett tossed another complete-game shutout Wednesday, as the Wildcats blanked Archer 7-0 on the road and remained undefeated at 6-0.
Apalachee senior pitcher Emily Hodnett continued her dominant start to the 2020 season Tuesday, striking out 17 batters and throwing a complete-game shutout as the Wildcats knocked off defending GHSA Class 7A state champion Mountain View 2-0 in Lawrenceville.
Apalachee head softball coach Allan Bailey is no stranger to what impact the coronavirus pandemic has had and still could have on high school sports moving forward.
Knowing Kamar Baldwin to be a humble star, Ryan Miller had to figure out a way to get the Apalachee basketball great to go along with having a book written about him.
A pair of decorated Apalachee High School senior track and field athletes signed recently to continue their careers in college.
The senior class for the Apalachee High School girls' soccer team added two college signees recently.
Four Apalachee High School senior girls’ soccer players recently signed to continue their playing careers in college, and three of them will remain teammates.
A solid crowd turned out Friday, March 13, at R. Harold Harrison Stadium to watch the Apalachee and Winder-Barrow soccer teams battle in what were the last high school sports contests in Barrow County for at least the next four weeks as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues its spread a…
The Apalachee High School girls' soccer team has not had a ton of good fortune against Lanier High School in recent seasons, but that changed during a match at R. Harold Harrison Stadium on Friday, March 6.
The Apalachee High School boys’ soccer team blanked visiting Lanier High School 1-0 on Friday, March 6, but then suffered their first region loss at Habersham Central, 3-1, on Tuesday, March 10.
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