Winder-Barrow had high hopes Friday, Oct. 1, of knocking off Dacula for the first time in the six years that the two teams have been GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA foes. But six turnovers on the night by the Bulldoggs — three of which were returned by the Falcons for scores and another that led to a t…

In its season opener against Strong Rock Christian, Bethlehem Christian Academy used a potent offensive attack that produced 38 points to win. Last week, it was the defense that propelled the Knights toward a 3-0 shutout victory over rival Loganville Christian Academy.

For a moment early in the third quarter Friday night, Aug. 27, Winder-Barrow had the momentum blowing its way.

With a more experienced roster on hand, Bethlehem Christian Academy coach Bruce Lane felt much better about his team’s chances heading into last week’s season opener at Strong Rock Christian. And the Knights didn’t disappoint, as they built up a big lead early and rolled past the Patriots 38…

Improving its defensive performance has been a key area of focus for Winder-Barrow in the lead-up to the 2021 season, and judging by the final result, the Bulldoggs were successful in that effort Friday night, Aug. 20, in their season opener against their cross-county rival.

In its first three seasons under Ed Dudley, Winder-Barrow has shown incremental improvement in its on-field performance — from 2-8, to 3-7, to 5-6 — weathering some rebuilding efforts and growing pains at various positions along the way and making state-playoff appearances in each of the las…

More consistency in its special teams units is one of the goals Winder-Barrow has entering this football season as the Bulldoggs look to improve upon a 5-6 finish from last fall, reach the state playoffs for a third straight year and claim their first postseason win since 2017.

With eight consecutive state playoff appearances under its belt, the Winder-Barrow softball team is a postseason regular, though most of those stays have been short. Since reaching the Elite Eight in Columbus in 2013, the Bulldoggs have been ousted in the first round seven straight years, in…

A little more than two weeks after being drafted 11th overall by the Washington Nationals in the first round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft, recent Winder-Barrow High School graduate Brady House officially joined the organization last week and is preparing to begin his pro career.

Anyone who has ever watched Brady House play baseball knows he has the ability to completely take over a game — either with his bat, arm, legs, or any combination of the three. Close followers of the sport and those closest to him constantly praise his “baseball IQ” and his feel for the game…

All eyes of Winder-Barrow baseball fans will be following the 2021 Major League Baseball amateur draft much more closely Sunday, July 11, with the likelihood that recent WBHS graduate Brady House will hear his name called at some point during the first round.

Ask Brady House about the Major League Baseball draft on any given day, and chances are he’s already been asked about it.

Winder-Barrow twins Dre and Andrew Lewis — separated by about two minutes in age — have been on the baseball diamond together ever since they were three and a half.

The journey to signing a Division I scholarship had been at least three years in the making for Isaiah Nelson-Ododa — and actually longer, considering that he comes from a family with strong basketball genes.

Standing on the home sideline of W. Clair Harris Stadium Thursday night, May 20, during the second quarter of his high school alma mater’s spring scrimmage game against Jackson County, Chandon Sullivan leaned in and gave some claps of encouragement to the Winder-Barrow defense to come up wit…

In the early going, Winder-Barrow head football coach Ed Dudley’s impression is that his 2021 squad will have more balance on offense, and having a more seasoned quarterback and a settled situation at that position is undoubtedly a key factor in that determination.

The Winder-Barrow basketball team will see its second member of the class of 2021 sign with an NCAA Division I program.

Winder-Barrow’s hopes of a second straight Elite Eight berth and third in five seasons came to an end Thursday, May 6, as Allatoona swept the Bulldoggs in the second round of the GHSA Class 6A playoffs.

In baseball, one play can change the trajectory of a game and even an entire postseason series. Thanks to its star player, Winder-Barrow was on the pleasant end of one of those shifts Thursday, April 29, in Game 1 of its GHSA Class 6A first-round home playoff series against South Paulding.

Winder-Barrow’s baseball team once again has navigated a difficult schedule this spring en route to yet another 20-plus-win season, the latest successful run for a strongly consistent program under head coach Brian Smith.

Hampered by injuries that sidelined him for most of the early part of his high school career, Wyatt Fricks wasn’t sure whether he wanted to continue playing basketball and pursuing a chance to compete at the collegiate level. But in the end, his passion for the game won out over that uncerta…

With his team down 5-0 midway through the first game of a pivotal region series against top-ranked Buford on Monday, April 12, Winder-Barrow coach Brian Smith turned around to remind his players that there two more meetings remaining between the sides this week and that the goal was to “get …

A celebration of life service for former head Winder-Barrow High School football coach Phil Jones will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, April 18, at W. Clair Harris Stadium.

Even when things have gotten dicey for the red-hot Winder-Barrow baseball team in games this season, Bulldoggs coach Brian Smith has been confident his team would right the ship quickly.

In its recent rough stretch of three straight losses, the Winder-Barrow boys’ soccer team had dropped its last two matches due to penalty kicks — the first a 1-0 regulation loss at Habersham Central on March 9, where the only goal of the night came on a penalty kick by the Raiders, and the s…

Sophomore Emorrie Foskey’s wins in the shot put and discus helped fuel a second-place team finish for the Winder-Barrow boys’ track and field team Saturday, March 20, in the Loch Johnson Invitational at Cedar Shoals High School.

After transferring over from Mountain View, Wyatt Fricks was a difference-maker for the Winder-Barrow boys’ basketball team this winter, leading the Bulldoggs to one of their most successful seasons in years.

The Winder-Barrow baseball team asserted its dominance early Monday, March 15, outscoring Central Gwinnett 34-0 in the span of eight innings and steamrolling its way to a GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA doubleheader sweep of the Black Knights in Lawrenceville.