Eight Atlanta Public Schools high school student athletes earned All-State honors in football from the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) recently, while seven were named to the AJC’s All-City/South Fulton team. All-State teams reflect the top players in each one of the state’s six classifications, which are based on student population, while the All-City/South Fulton team […]
by Kimberly Willis Green The D.M. Therrell High School Panthers football team was voted WAGA-Fox 5’s High 5 Sports Team of the Week (Sept. 28-Oct. 2) with over 100,000 votes. The Therrell Panthers are the second team to receive this honor from the High 5 Sports Team during the 2015-2016 football season. Fox 5 Reporter […]
MEDIA ADVISORY July 22, 2015 Contact: Kimberly Willis Green 404-802-2836 ATLANTA—Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) 5th Annual Football Media Day will take place at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 23 in the auditorium of the new Ralph J. Bunche Middle School, 1925 Niskey Lake Rd. SW, Atlanta, GA 30331. APS high school head football […]
The Georgia High School Association State Playoffs begin Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Atlanta Public Schools has seven teams that have the opportunity to make a run for the state championship. Here are the teams: Girls Douglass Lady Astros/Head Coach- Alana Allen Mays Lady Raiders/Head Coach- Chantay Frost South Atlanta Lady Hornets-/ Head Coach- Akisha Graham Boys Grady Grey Knights/Head Coach- […]
Earlier this summer, APS football players and coaches rallied to talk football during the 4th Annual APS Football Media Day at Maynard Jackson High School. Interim Director of Athletics for Atlanta Public Schools, Jasper Jewell explained the significance of this exciting event. “The purpose of Media Day is to give light and recognition to our young […]
by Britney Morgan, Communications Officer: brmorgan@atlanta.k12.ga.us Coach Valerie Missick has been selected to receive the 2014 Positive Coach Award. The award is in recognition of a coach who is a role model for his or her team and reinforced the “Seven Definitions of a Positive Athlete” as defined by Positive Athlete Georgia. Those definitions include an optimistic […]
The Atlanta Public School’s athletics department broke the 10,000 barrier for participation numbers during the 2013-2014 school year, a milestone for the department. With more than 8,000 participants at the high school level and almost 2,000 participants at the middle school level, APS Athletics ended the school year with an overall total of 10,057 student-athletes in […]
North Atlanta High School‘s wrestling team is back on the mat as they prepare for their first match of the season. “We’ve got our young team that’s looking forward to having a good season,” said Coach David Lockhart. “We’ve got our own home tournament on December 7th at the new school, [which is] one of […]