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Local wrestlers advance to Sectionals Six local wrestlers punched their tickets to the Sectionals of the State Tournament next Friday at Loganville. |
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Bulldoggs hold off Wildcats 56-43 For the second straight Saturday the Wildcats came out firing on all cylinders against county rival Winder-Barrow. 
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Lady Doggs slip past Apalachee at home Saturday Winder-Barrow couldn't win at Apalachee last weekend, but they weren't going to lose to their county rivals at the Dogghouse Saturday.
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Quad County Middle School Basketball Tournament ATHENS – The Winder-Barrow Middle School boys basketball team made history Friday, just not as much as they would have liked.
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Quad County Middle School Basketball Tournament ATHENS – The Haymon-Morris Middle School girls basketball team had the chance to give up against Oconee. |
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Lady Doggs victorious Friday At Winder-Barrow’s senior night game Friday against Habersham Central, it was a junior who stole the show.
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Bulldoggs stampede Raiders There certainly isn’t a ball hog on the Bulldoggs. Five players scored in double figures as Winder-Barrow overwhelmed Region 8-AAAA North opponent Habersham Central 67-46 Friday night at the Dogghouse. Junior guard Qua Flanigan set the tempo early. He hit two three-pointers in the first quarter to put WBHS ahead 3-2 and, later, 13-12. Flanigan finished with 12 points on four treys. Winder-Barrow never let go of the 13-12 lead they gained after Flanigan’s three ...
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Wildcats’ offense shut down by Jaguars Friday ATHENS—A high school basketball game is made up of four eight-minute quarters, or 32 minutes of actual clock time. Most teams will not usually score even a basket a minute, though that is not unheard of.
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Lady Cats fall 66-55 against Cedar Shoals Friday ATHENS—Ladondra Johnson scored 15 of her game-high 25 points in the first quarter Friday night to jump-start Cedar Shoals to a 66-55 victory over the Apalachee girls’ basketball team in a subregion 8-AAAA North contest at the Lady Jaguars’ gym. |
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Six Apalachee seniors sign with college football programs Apalachee running back Jon Lee leads a group of six Wildcats who signed letters of intent Wednesday to play college football next season.
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Lady Doggs bite Glads ATHENS – The Lady Doggs picked a good game to play all four quarters. Anything less would not have been enough to upset No. 7-ranked Clarke Central 49-46 in Athens Tuesday night. “We finally completed a whole game,” said WBHS Head Coach Brenda Hill-Gilmore. “We had been playing three and a half quarters and then imploding in the final four minutes.” Instead of imploding, Winder-Barrow exploded with a 9-1 run in the last 4:20 to ...
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Bulldoggs fall in OT ATHENS – Winder-Barrow and Clarke Central must enjoy playing each other, because for the fifth-straight time, the two boys basketball teams needed extra time to decide the game.
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Lady Cats falter on road After surpassing the .500 mark this late in the season for the first time in school history, the Apalachee girls’ basketball team lost two in a row to dip back below the break-even mark in recent action.
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Wildcats declawed at Madison County Slow starts Monday and Tuesday night were big factors in the Apalachee boys’ basketball team’s two most recent losses, although the Wildcats almost overcame one of their big deficits, falling just short. |
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Middle school tourney upsets Come tournament time, accomplishments in the regular season don’t mean much when one game determines if you advance or go home.
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Swim Doggs on to state ATLANTA – On Saturday the Swim Doggs finished their regular season at the Metro Atlanta Championships held at Wesminster High School. |
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Gladiator Duals The Mat Cats and Mat Doggs competed at the Gladiator Duals at Clarke Central last weekend. Winder-Barrow finished 1-2, and Jake Bergen led the team with five wins. Apalachee will host the Traditional Area Tournament Friday and Saturday.
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WBHS Hall of Fame class will be announced Saturday Winder-Barrow High School will finally get to hold its third Wall of Fame ceremonies Saturday when the Bulldoggs host cross-county rival Apalachee in a subregion 8-AAAA North game at the Dogghouse, Winder-Barrow’s gym or North Fifth Avenue. |
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WBHS senior Trent Demeritte signs football scholarship Bulldoggs senior Trent Demeritte signed a letter of intent Wednesday to play wide receiver for Savannah State University.
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The lady Cats defeat county rivals Winder-Barrow 59-56 Saturday It’s official. This year’s Lady Cats are a team to be reckoned with.
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Bulldoggs holds off rival Wildcats Saturday In a rivalry game, anything can happen.
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Apalachee basketball game for Friday has been moved The Apalachee basketball teams will play at Cedar Shoals on Friday instead of at home. The change was due to Apalachee hosting the Area wrestling tournament this coming weekend. The Lady Cats will play in Athens at 7 p.m., followed by the boys. |
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Bulldoggs name new Head Football Coach Winder-Barrow didn’t have to look too far to find the next head football coach. David Wagner, the defensive coordinator for the last four years at county rival Apalachee, was tapped to lead the Bulldoggs program next season on Friday. Both Principal Al Darby and Athletic Director Justin Grant felt that they had the right man in Wagner. “During the interviews conducted with Coach Wagner, the characteristics we believe crucial to build our program were evident. ...
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Doggs grab first-place with win Friday When things were not going smoothly for Winder-Barrow’s boys’ basketball team Friday night at the Dogghouse, senior D.J. Butler put the Bulldoggs on his back and led them to a 46-39 victory over Madison County in a subregion 8-AAAA North battle of state-ranked teams.
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Lady Doggs fall to Red Raiders Winder-Barrow’s girls’ basketball team was unable to hold a third-quarter lead Friday night at the Dogghouse and fell to Madison County 54-46 in a subregion 8-AAAA North game.
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Barrow County Wrestling Championships: Mat Doggs defeat rivals The Apalachee wrestling program recognized their seniors at the Barrow County Championships Friday at AHS. |
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Barrow County Wrestling Championships: Mat Cat middle schools win The Apalachee middle school wrestling program finished its season on a high note Friday night at the Barrow County Championships at AHS.
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New AHS track coach Former AHS head track coach David Wagner is taking the head football job at Winder-Barrow. AHS assistant coach Matt Sorrells will be filling the vacancy, according to Apalachee Athletic Director Brian Moore. |
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Middle schools finish regular season The Westside basketball team played Haymon Morris on Wednesday in their final regular season game. The Westside boys have only lost one game all season and will be headed to the playoffs next week.
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AHS BASKETBALL CANCELLED The Friday night Apalachee High School's basketball games, which have been moved up due to anticipated weather conditions, have now been cancelled. |
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W-BHS names David Wagner Head Football Coach Coach David Wagner, who has been the defensive coordinator at Apalachee High School since 2005, has been named as the Head Football Coach at Winder-Barrow High School.
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