Benjamin E. Mays High School welcomed back alumni to help celebrate their former high school coach, Mrs. Anna Louis Martin Wade, during halftime of the girls basketball game versus Maynard Jackson High School. Mays High School principal Ramon Garner and athletic director Natasha Harrigan presented Mrs. Wade with the Legacy Award to celebrate her legacy […]
Benjamin E. Mays High School celebrated boys head basketball coach Desmond Williams during halftime of its game against Maynard Jackson High School for reaching 100 career wins. The Mays Raiders basketball team defeated Douglass High School 73-70 on November 22, 2025, to help coach Williams reach the century mark and add to his winning legacy […]
The 2025 GHSA cross country 4A state championship meet in Carrollton, Georgia, ended with three APS student-athletes earning medals. Cameron Collier, a senior at Midtown High School, won the 4A state championship with a time of 16:07.78. Maynard Jackson High School senior Everett Sanders was the 4A state runner-up with a time of 16:09.01. In […]
The Georgia High School Association state football playoffs begin Friday, Nov. 14, and Atlanta Public Schools (APS) has five teams ready to make their runs for a state championship. The undefeated Carver Panthers (10-0) were the 2A Region 5 champions and will host Butler at Lakewood Stadium at 7 p.m. The Douglass Astros (7-3) tied […]
Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Athletics hosted a special guest, three-time Olympian Kenny Monday, to share his story and knowledge of the sport with the high school wrestling coaches. Kenny Monday, who took gold at the 1988 Olympics and was the first Black gold medalist in the sport of wrestling. Monday also won silver in the […]
The Carver Panthers raised their region championship trophy Friday night after defeating Lovett 40-12 and completing a perfect 10-0 regular season. The celebration began late in the fourth quarter when players snuck up behind head coach Darren Myles on the sideline with the water cooler and poured it over his head. “This season was unbelievable,” […]
Carver’s high school football team is the only Atlanta Public Schools (APS) football team left to remain undefeated through the first half of the season, and their head coach, who has been with the team for over two decades, reached a major milestone after the team’s 44-0 victory over Washington on Sept. 18, 2025. Myles […]
The Atlanta Public Schools all-time leader in career rushing yards and career rushing touchdowns, Keyjuan “Bama” Brown, was celebrated with a jersey retirement ceremony at his alma mater South Atlanta High School. Brown joins a short list of South Atlanta legends to have their jersey retired, and he’s the first football player to be immortalized […]
Atlanta Public Schools opened the football season with three teams participating in the annual Corky Kell Dave Hunter Classic. The Corky Kell Dave Hunter Classic kicks off the high school football season in Georgia with teams playing in highly competitive matchups around the state and at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The Douglass Astros and North Atlanta Warriors […]
North Atlanta High School’s baseball program has added another name to its growing list of student-athletes taken in the annual MLB Draft. The Cincinnati Reds selected outfielder Eli Pitts (class of 2025) in the fifth round of the 2025 MLB Draft. “Eli is a very special person,” North Atlanta head baseball coach Ricky Plante said. […]