Athletics

Sutton Middle wins boys soccer city championship

Congratulations are in order for the Sutton Middle School boys soccer team, which captured the city championship last week in winning the Metro Atlanta Athletics Conference. Head coach Jacob Bland, who also is the head coach of the the North Atlanta High boys varsity team, was extremely proud of a team that finished the season with […]

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Postcards from a smashing success: Domecoming Football Classic

We’ll have more information later today from Saturday’s fantastic Domecoming Football Classic, which served as a homecoming for several APS schools in the posh surroundings of the Georgia Dome. Here are some photos from the Grady-St. Pius X game below, but also check out Scott King’s awesome photo gallery on the district Web site here.

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NCAA student-athletes meet in Atlanta for leadership conference and community service at Mary Lin, Burgess-Peterson

This just in, from the NCAA … Approximately 200 NCAA Division I student-athletes will meet in Atlanta for leadership development and to partner with local elementary school children, teachers and parents to complete a beautification project at [Mary Lin Elementary and Burgess-Peterson Academy].  The projects and meetings will take place October 23-25. On Saturday, October […]

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Top 5 reasons to attend the Domecoming Football Classic

By now you probably already know about Atlanta Public Schools’ inaugural Domecoming Football Classic, which is an all-day high school football extravaganza featuring some of the district’s best football programs. (We posted information about this here.) Here’s the schedule: 11 a.m. Grady-St. Pius X 2:30 p.m. North Atlanta–Carver 5 p.m. Washington-Riverwood 8 p.m. Mays-Villa Rica […]

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APS Special Olympics master softball team wins state championship!

Atlanta Public Schools’ Special Olympics master’s level softball team brought home gold medals by winning the state championship held Oct. 2-4 in Statesboro. After a grueling three-day competition, the team ended up No. 1 in the state of Georgia. APS Special Olympics athletes also competed in the softball-skills competition, winning gold, silver, bronze and fourth-place […]

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Falcons players swoop in on APS to promote fitness

Representatives from the Atlanta Falcons were scheduled to visit eight different sites — including Brown, Long and Turner middle schools — as part of the NFL-United Way’s “Hometown Huddle” project to promote better health and fitness. The AJC has a nice little piece on the event here. From the article: The Falcons are the only […]

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College Football Hall of Fame will have APS flavor

Atlanta will soon be home to the College Football Hall of Fame, according to an article in the AJC. Scheduled to open in 2012, officials hope the venue will be located near Centennial Olympic Park and draw from various tourist attractions such as the Georgia Aquarium and The World of Coca-Cola. The $50 million facility […]

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