Before the 2026 high school sports season officially kicks off, Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) Athletics Department expanded the traditional pre-season football media day to an all-inclusive Fall Sports Media Day to highlight all of the incredible student-athletes preparing to represent their schools and communities this season. At Fall Sports Media Day, held this year at […]
Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) 2026 Special Olympics Track and Field event brought together all of the talented Exceptional Education student athletes to Lakewood Stadium for a day full of fun and friendly competition. Throughout the school year, the student athletes train to compete, showcase their talents, and celebrate the growth they’ve achieved at the Special […]
Load up the fan buses and get ready to cheer on the Midtown High School boys soccer team as they prepare for the final game of the season. The Midtown Knights (15-5) will face Dalton High School in the GHSA 4A State Championship game on Friday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. at Duluth High School. […]
In a tightly contested game that came down to the final seconds, it was the Scott Elementary School Rams who came out victorious in the Usher-Collier Elite Elementary Basketball Championship on Thursday, April 23, at Douglass High School. The Rams defeated the Usher-Collier Elementary School Lions, 28-25, in a rematch of the 2024 championship game. […]
Before the 2026 high school baseball season began, Douglass head baseball coach Robert Winn Jr. stepped onto the stage at APS Baseball Media Day in Truist Park and told everyone that the Astros weren’t dodging any smoke. In his second season leading the team, the Astros backed up their coach’s premonition and set a school […]
For the first time in 50 years, Frederick Douglass High School has inducted a new class into the Astros Hall of Fame. The 2026 Douglass High School Hall of Fame inductees include trailblazing officials, first-round draft picks, state champions, world champions, and more. “We’re honoring some of our best athletes and coaches who have come […]
Congratulations to Maynard Jackson High School’s Jannaco Searcy for winning the GHSA 4A 106-pound wrestling state championship! Searcy and Jackson High School’s head wrestling coach Tiijon DaCosta secured he first state wrestling championship in Maynard Jackson High School history. Congratulations on a great season!
Congratulations to Midtown High School’s Cameron Collier for being selected as the 2026 Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year for Cross Country. The Gatorade Player of the Year award is the top honor in high school sports, celebrating the nation’s best high school athletes for their excellence in sport, academics and community. This award recognizes […]
The 2026 high school baseball season is underway for Atlanta Public Schools (APS) and this year’s teams had the opportunity to introduce themselves at the APS Baseball Media Day held at Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves. This is the second consecutive year that APS was able to highlight their baseball programs at Truist […]
Atlanta Public Schools (APS) proudly unveiled the first four, brand-new turf infields in the first week of February at Benjamin E. Mays High School, Maynard Jackson High School, Booker T. Washington High School, and North Atlanta High School, thanks to the generosity of the Atlanta Braves Foundation and the Henry Louis Aaron Fund. The Braves […]