Winder-Barrow senior forward Allison Richardson (12), seen here in action against Gainesville earlier this season, recently signed with Georgia Military College and will begin playing there in the fall. Richardson will join her Winder-Barrow teammate Jenny Gomez at the school, while Apalache…
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…
Playing against some of the top competition in the Southeast, the Winder-Barrow baseball team went 2-2 during the Perfect Game Invitational last week in Hoover, Ala.
Winder-Barrow High School senior girls' soccer player Jenny Gomez recently signed to play collegiate soccer at Georgia Military College. Gomez is pictured with her family, Winder-Barrow coach Christian Vazquez and athletic director Jared Noblet.
The Winder-Barrow High School girls’ soccer team was in need of a region win Tuesday, March 10.
The Winder-Barrow High School varsity boys’ soccer team took a 1-0 lead against visiting Gainesville High School on Tuesday, March 10, and then made that slim margin hold up.
The Winder-Barrow baseball team has once again assembled a deep and talented roster that goes well beyond the starting nine, and that was once again on display against some tough competition last weekend in the team’s annual early regular-season trip to Evans.
The second goal of the night by Aaron Diaz proved to be the difference for the Winder-Barrow High School boys’ soccer team in its 2020 GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA opener.
The strong early-season start continued for the Winder-Barrow High School baseball team late last week with a pair of non-region victories.
Jordan Najafi has been a familiar face for the Winder-Barrow High School fast-pitch softball program.
Winder-Barrow High School’s baseball team jumped out to an early lead against powerhouse Loganville High School on Monday, Feb. 17, only to see the three-time defending GHSA Class AAAAA champions rally for a 7-4 victory.
The upset-minded Winder-Barrow girls’ basketball team gave heavily-favored Harrison nearly all it could handle Friday, Feb. 14, in the first round of the GHSA Class AAAAAA playoffs in Kennesaw.
The Winder-Barrow boys’ basketball team’s turnaround season came to an end Friday, Feb. 14, but that didn’t diminish the strides the team made in year one under Travis McDaniel, in the head coach’s eyes.
Harlin Brown was a different type of weapon for the Winder-Barrow High School football team, but an effective one nonetheless.
To this point in the 2020 season, the weather has been the biggest opponent for the Winder-Barrow High School baseball team.
Things seemed pretty bleak for the Winder-Barrow boys’ basketball team with 11 minutes to play Feb. 6 in the first round of the GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA tournament. The Bulldoggs trailed by 15 points and were on the verge of seeing a turnaround season under first-year head coach Travis McDaniel …
Winder-Barrow girls’ basketball coach Kimberly Garren knows it will take a team effort for the Lady Bulldoggs to make a postseason run, and that’s what she got Monday, Feb. 10.
Both Winder-Barrow High School and Apalachee High School will be well-represented at the upcoming state wrestling tournament.
A turnaround season for the Winder-Barrow boys' basketball team nearly came to a quick and bitter end Thursday night, Feb. 6. But the Bulldoggs rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit to beat Habersham Central 77-68 in overtime in the first round of the GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA tournament at…
After leaving his mark on the Winder-Barrow High School football program, Jhaydon Sullivan is set for a new challenge in his football career.
Three Winder-Barrow wrestlers and one from Apalachee had first-place finishes Saturday, Feb. 1, in the GHSA Area 8-AAAAAA tournament, while four more Bulldoggs and five additional Wildcats qualified for the upcoming state sectionals this weekend.
The Winder-Barrow High School basketball teams are now set for the GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA tournament where both the Bulldoggs and Lady Bulldoggs hope to punch their ticket to the state tournament.
As he prepares to enter season number 13 leading the Winder-Barrow High School baseball program, Bulldogs coach Brian Smith continues drawing from the same well of success that has helped the program make the postseason all but one time during that stretch.
The Winder-Barrow High School boys’ soccer team raced out of the new season’s starting gate on Tuesday, Feb. 4, dispatching of visiting Oconee County High School.
It was the start of a new season coupled with a new home playing field for the Winder-Barrow High School Lady Bulldoggs soccer team Tuesday, Feb.4.
Winder-Barrow wrestling coach Matt Patton said with a full roster set to compete at this weekend’s GHSA Area 8-AAAAAA traditional tournament, the Mat Bulldoggs are ready to “rock and roll.”
Four players in double figures helped propel the Winder-Barrow High School Lady Bulldoggs to a region victory Tuesday, Jan. 28, against visiting Gainesville.
Victory was seemingly in reach for the Winder-Barrow High School boys’ basketball team Tuesday, Jan. 28, but visiting Gainesville suddenly gained the late momentum to cap off a come-from-behind win.
Winder-Barrow boys’ basketball coach Travis McDaniel has praised his team’s senior leadership and ability to handle adversity throughout the year — big reasons, he says, that the Bulldoggs have been able to avoid any losing streaks longer than two games.
The calendar still reads January, but Brian Smith is already thinking of spring and another run in the state playoffs.
While disappointed with her team’s home loss to Dacula on Tuesday, Jan. 14, Winder-Barrow High School coach Kimberly Garren said she wanted her players not to lose perspective on what still lies ahead for them this season.
The Winder-Barrow High School boys’ basketball team needed a GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA victory on Tuesday, Jan. 14, and for a while it appeared it would be easy.
First-year Winder-Barrow head coach Travis McDaniel believes that two of the key factors to his team’s fast start this season have been a tougher resilience and the confidence that it can win any time it steps on the floor.
After dropping their region opener at Lanier the night before, the Winder-Barrow girls’ basketball team wanted to set the tempo early on in its home game against Apalachee on Saturday, Jan. 4.
With football season now in the rearview mirror and all of his wrestlers out on the mat, Winder-Barrow coach Matt Patton expects to have a full squad for the rest of the season. And at the same time, he’s been encouraged by the performance of his team to this point as the Bulldoggs return se…
The Winder-Barrow boys’ basketball team continued its hot start in its first year under head coach Travis McDaniel, picking up a 60-47 win at North Oconee on Tuesday, Dec. 10.
The undersized and inexperienced Madison County girls’ basketball team was no match for Winder-Barrow’s bigger lineup Tuesday night, Dec. 3.
Winder-Barrow's win Tuesday night, Dec. 3, over Madison County was a pretty game for more than three quarters.
Photos from Winder-Barrow's basketball victories over Madison County. The boys team won 54-50 while the girls' routed Madison Co. 82-55.
The Winder-Barrow boys' basketball team finished a point short of winning the annual Tabo's Tip-Off Classic at Jefferson High School, losing 44-43 to Greater Atlanta Christian in the tournament championship game on Tuesday, Nov. 26.
A slow start offensively eventually led to a victory fueled by defense for the Winder-Barrow High School boys’ basketball team.
Winder-Barrow High School Lady Bulldoggs basketball coach Kimberly Garren said she could handle her team’s loss on Tuesday, Nov. 19, as long as her players learn from it.
The Georgia High School Association heard appeals Tuesday, Nov. 19, for its region realignment for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years, and one decision had an effect local region.
KENNESAW — Harrison standout senior running back David Roberts had been quiet most of the night Friday, Nov. 15, but that all changed in the fourth quarter.
Two years ago, Winder-Barrow’s best season in a quarter-century ended with a 45-17 second-round playoff loss at Harrison High School as, even without star quarterback Justin Fields, the Hoyas proved to be too much for the Bulldoggs to contain.
Winder-Barrow will be staying put and Apalachee will be dropping down a class under the GHSA’s reclassification for the next two school years, while Barrow County’s new high school has tentatively been placed in the lowest classification.
When long-time Winder-Barrow boys' basketball coach Ron Garren retired in February with more than 400 wins in 32 seasons (including 19 split across two separate stints with the Bulldoggs), the school turned to a young face to try to turn the program’s recent fortunes around.
The Winder-Barrow girls’ basketball team has lost its fair share of generational talent the last couple years, including the program’s all-time leading scorer who graduated after last season. But Kimberly Garren, who is entering her third year as the Lady Bulldoggs’ head coach isn’t lowering…
The Winder-Barrow High School football team was not intimidated by the No. 1 team in the state on Friday, Nov. 8.
A pair of local senior high school softball players garnered all-state recognition and will be competing in all-star games later this month.
MOUNT AIRY — In yet another classic contest with postseason implications between the two teams, Winder-Barrow and Habersham Central matched each other score for score on Friday, Nov. 1. But it was the kicking game that made all the difference.
The Winder-Barrow High School football team will venture to scenic Mt. Airy on Friday, Nov. 1, but the Bulldoggs will not have sightseeing on their minds.
The Winder-Barrow offense was dormant in the first half before erupting in the second half Friday, Oct. 25, against Gainesville and bringing the crowd at W. Clair Harris Stadium to life.
The Apalachee girls’ cross country team will have one more run together this season when the Wildcats compete in the GHSA Class AAAAAA state meet in Carrollton.
Winder-Barrow’s offense struggled mightily against a highly-touted Lanier defense in a 27-7 loss Friday, Oct. 18, and the road won’t get much easier this week.
Winder-Barrow was held to under 150 yards by a vaunted Lanier defense on Friday, Oct. 18, as the Bulldoggs fell to the fifth-ranked Longhorns 27-7 in Sugar Hill in a GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA contest.
Winder-Barrow volleyball coach David Rows hoped a tough strength of schedule during the regular season would translate to postseason success. But a late-season injury bug amid a well-balanced GHSA Area 8-AAAAAA took its toll in the area tournament Thursday, Oct. 10, as the Bulldoggs lost a p…
A long season filled with key injuries and illness at inopportune times came to a disappointing end for the Winder-Barrow softball team Tuesday, Oct. 8, as the Bulldoggs were swept handily at River Ridge in the first round of the GHSA Class AAAAAA playoffs.
Typically, high school football coaches preach to their players the importance of moving on once a game ends on Friday night.
A year ago, Harlin Brown and Winder-Barrow came up on the short end of the “Battle of Barrow” when the normally sure-footed kicking specialist’s rare missed extra-point attempt opened the door for a 7-6 win by Apalachee in overtime.
There will be two things on the line Friday, Oct. 4, when county rivals Apalachee and Winder-Barrow square off at W. Clair Harris Stadium in the 16th rendition of the “Battle of Barrow” at 7:30 p.m.
Coach Wendel Ridlehoover, who led the Winder-Barrow High School baseball team to the school’s first-ever athletic state title, died Sept. 26, according to one of his former players, current Winder city councilman Sonny Morris.
The Winder-Barrow boys and Apalachee girls both finished fifth overall Saturday, Sept. 28, in the annual Anthony “Apple” Hawkins Invite at Apalachee High School.
Apalachee knocked off top-ranked Dacula on the road, and Winder-Barrow claimed the No. 3 seed in GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA as the teams wrapped up their regular season Tuesday, Oct. 1, and will now get set for the state playoffs.
WATKINSVILLE — For almost three quarters Friday, Sept. 27, Winder-Barrow kept Oconee County’s explosive offense largely at bay and found itself clinging to a six-point lead late in the third quarter on the strength of an inspired defensive effort.
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