Clarke Central High School Athletic Director Dr. Jon Ward shares his view on the recent protests and how the nation’s leaders have handled it.
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Jones says farewell: Q&A with CCHS head track and field coach Justin Jones
by Michael Campbell May 19, 2023Justin Jones, defensive coordinator and CCHS head track and field coach, reflects on his seven-year tenure at CCHS.
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Clarke Central seniors Andrew Robinson and Montavious Cunningham were recipients of the Eve Carson Humanitarian Spirit Award and the Dr. Miller Jordan, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, respectively. These two awards are meant to commemorate CCHS community members.
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Sports staffer Alexander Robinson sits down to interview head CCHS track and field coach Justin Jones about the program’s record and performance.
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The Georgia High School Association permitted NIL deals for high school athletes on Oct. 2, 2023, changing the game in high school sports, literally and figuratively.
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After a nearly 10-year hiatus, the Glad Shack has returned to CCHS and offers students an opportunity to learn about running a business.
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2024 Cedar vs. Central varsity basketball package
by Anna Shaikun January 20, 2024The CCHS girls and boys varsity basketball teams will compete against Cedar Shoals High School on Jan. 20, with the varsity basketball cheerleading team supporting them.
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After coaching in Mississippi for over 40 years, CCHS head varsity baseball coach Jerry Boatner has brought his hard-working personality to Athens.
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News Editor Cadence Schapker, Sports Staffer Lukas Cornish, former Print Managing Editor Chloe Sears and former News Staffer Emily Couch write on the importance of opportunities for female student-athletes at CCHS.
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After his start in 2016, head varsity football coach David Perno will coach his seventh consecutive season with the Gladiators in the fall of 2022.
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CCHS boys varsity soccer coach Chris Aiken has left a lasting impact on his players, colleagues and the CCHS community through his 10 years of service.
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The positions of varsity baseball coach, girls varsity soccer coach and varsity football cheerleading coach will all be vacant at CCHS after the 2021-22 school year.
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CCHS alumna inducted into the Athens Athletic Hall of Fame
by Erica Malagón-Blackwell October 19, 2021Clarke Central High School 2008 alumnus Erica Malagón was inducted into the Athens Athletic Hall of Fame at the University of Georgia’s Continuing Education Center on Oct. 11.
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Breaking News: Classic City Championship game delayed
by Ireland McCage August 16, 2021The Classic City Championship game, scheduled for Aug. 21 after being delayed from its original date, Aug. 20, has been delayed again.
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On Feb. 3, CCHS seniors signed their letter of intent and announced what school they would be playing for in the fall of 2021.
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Construction vehicles work on the Clarke Central High School field as part of the…
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Ruins of the Clarke Central High School visitor’s side bleachers lay on the unmarked…
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Q&A: New CCHS boys varsity basketball coach Stefan Smith
by Micah Shannon May 26, 2020Former Clarke Central High School assistant varsity girls basketball coach Stefan Smith directs players…
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Clarke Central High School athletics, along with many other high schools in Georgia, will be competing against many new region teams for the 2020-21 school year.
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CCHS searches for new varsity baseball, boys basketball and golf coaches
by Owen Donnelly April 26, 2020On April 6 and 7, jobs for Clarke Central High School head baseball, boys basketball and golf coaches were posted to the Clarke County School District website’s hiring page.
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On Jan 25, the Cedar Shoals High School girls varsity basketball team beat Clarke Central High School for the second time this season, with a final score of 63-50.
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The Clarke Central High School varsity softball team has had 10 different coaches in the past 20 years.
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Alex Holmes named new head softball coach
by Alexander Robinson April 25, 2019Clarke Central High School alumnus and former Apalachee High School head softball coach Alex Holmes will continue his career as the new CCHS head softball coach.
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A signing reception was held for Clarke Central High School senior varsity wrestler Me’Shai Coleman on Jan. 16 in the Gladiator Gallery.
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Friends, family and teammates remember the life and accomplishments of Athenian icon Billy Henderson.
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National protests during sporting events have sparked debate and controversy at the national, state and local level about the ethics of athletes protesting during games.
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CCHS vs. North Oconee High School varsity football preview
by Caedmon Churchwell September 14, 2017Sports staffer Caedmon Churchwell previews the Clarke Central High School varsity football team’s face off against North Oconee High School, which will take place on Sept. 15, with a By The Numbers.
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Three Gladiators sign to play college football
by Olivia Ripps February 1, 2017On Feb. 1, Clarke Central High School varsity football players Zay Brown, Rico Arnold and Bryson Kearney signed to play collegiate football.
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David Perno, once a Gladiator himself, followed a sports-based path of playing and coaching which has lead him to his current position as the Clarke Central High School head football coach.
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When the lights go out and the final season is over, football players at any level must find themselves outside of the sport.
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Clarke Central High School seniors Tyra Thompson and Cameron Mims signed to play women’s basketball at Albany State University and Lander University, respectively.
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Clarke Central alumnus and former University of Georgia head baseball coach David Perno will continue his career in Athens as the new CCHS head football coach.
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The Clarke Central High School football program will be led by a new head coach next season following the resignation of head coach Ahren Self.
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The varsity football team is aiming to turn their season around during a three-game home stretch.
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Clarke Central High School ESOL teacher and soccer manager Kathryn Erickson is now licensed to support CCHS’ soccer program however she can.
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Clarke Central High School will host East Hall and Winder Barrow High Schools on Dec. 16 in the Stoudenmire Bowl, a tri-meet between three wrestling teams each coached by a Stoudenmire brother.
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An initiative started by the Eve Carson Foundation encourages students to learn computer coding with the incentive of monetary rewards.
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Sports fans frequently turn on their television sets and tune in to watch their favorite teams or the game of the week. Within the last decade, sports broadcasting has extended its reach to encompass the Internet, mobile devices and new technological advances.
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After six years as the Clarke Central High School defensive coordinator, Self now sits…
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Ryan Johnson resumes the role of Head Athletic Trainer after three years.
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Self records first win as Gladiators defeat CGHS 37-12
by Kevin Mobley September 9, 2013Clarke Central High School Head Football Coach Ahren Self recorded his first career win on Friday, September 6
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Fundraising efforts to benefit the surgery recovery of retired head football coach Billy Henderson have led to the creation of the It Can Be Done Foundation.
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The College Board, the organization responsible for the SAT and Advanced Placement tests, awarded a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) grant to add two classes to Clarke Central High School’s Program of Study next semester.
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By GABE EVANS – Sports Writer After a three-year absence, Aerobic Dance returns to…
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Breaking it down: Ryals and his departure from CCHS football
by Web Master February 21, 2013On Feb. 11, the seven-season-long era of head football coach Leroy Ryals ended. It was announced officially on Tuesday that he would be leaving Clarke Central High School for Thomasville High School in Thomasville, Ga.
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On Feb. 15, football players for the 2013-14 school year were called down to the team meeting room, formerly known as the auxiliary weight room for the second time this week.
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Never has a room of at least 50 football players gone silent so fast.
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Until this year, the wrestling team has held practice in what is commonly referred to as the “small gym.” Each day, the transfer of mats onto and off of the floor of the gym marked the beginning and end of practice.
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Standing on the sidelines of Clarke Central High School’s football games and cheering his teammates on is one of their most vital players, CCHS senior Rodney Willingham, who cannot play due to a broken ankle.
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Game coverage: CCHS vs. CSHS varsity football
by Cooper Jones August 16, 2024The 58th Classic City Championship resulted in a 42-3 win for the CCHS varsity football team on Aug. 15 in Billy Henderson Stadium.
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The CCHS varsity football team is prepared to play Cedar Shoals High School in the 58th Classic City Championship.
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Dr. Annie Turman was announced as the 2024-25 Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School Principal on June 13.
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CCHS Drama Club member La´Kyla Jones, a senior, has the power to transform into every character she plays.
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The CCHS Mock Trial team placed eighth at the State Finals Competition on March 22 and 23.
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Clarke Central High School FFA President Kathleen Dykes, a senior, waters plants at the…
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ODYSSEY Media Group students attended the Georgia Scholastic Press Association Spring Workshop and Awards Ceremony at the University of Georgia’s Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
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The 21st Century Community Learning Center is an after-school program at all CCSD middle schools providing students with tutoring and extracurricular opportunities.
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ODYSSEY Media Group students participated in the 2024 Southern Interscholastic Press Association conference in Columbia, South Carolina from March 1-3.
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Game preview: Clarke Central High School vs. Gainesville High School
by Cooper Jones September 8, 2023The varsity football team will play Gainesville High School at 7:30 p.m. on Sep. 9 at Billy Henderson Stadium.
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57th Classic City Championship Package
by Staff August 19, 2023The Clarke Central High School varsity football team will face off against Cedar Shoals High School in the 57th Classic City Championship at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 19 at CSHS’ Waters-Wilkins Stadium.
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CCHS has received just less than $2,000 from the Georgia Department of Education to help fund equipment purchases in physical education classes at CCHS.
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Student-owned businesses are no longer a fantasy as young entrepreneurs at CCHS find ways to express themselves through a variety of business ventures.
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After the loss of key senior leaders last season, the CCHS track and field team is coming into the 2023 track season with a new identity.
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Journalism I students Cooper Jones and Abigail Holloway debate the merits of “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol.”
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Twelve CCHS track and field team members will participate in the State Sectionals meet on May 7.
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Student ambassadors from the ODYSSEY Media Group, Journalism I class and iliad literary-art magazine returned to the Southern Interscholastic Press Association convention in Columbia, S.C. after a two-year hiatus.
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The CCHS varsity boys basketball team is playing Loganville High School today at 8:30 p.m. and Cedar Shoals High School on Saturday at 3:30 p.m..
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The ODYSSEY Media Group virtually attended the Fall Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association National High School Journalism Convention, in which they received recognition for their work and participated in journalism workshop video sessions.
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The CCHS boys varsity basketball team will play Oconee County High School on Nov. 16 for their first official game of the season.
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CCHS began offering Epidemiology, a class about the science of disease and transmission, for the 2021-22 school year, allowing students to apply what they have learned to the pandemic.
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The CCHS varsity football team won against Walnut Grove High School on Oct. 8, their fourth win of the regular season.
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Members of the Clarke Central High School community service club volunteer at the Milledge…
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The Clarke Central High School varsity football team is striving for team bonding and success throughout the 2021-22 season.
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CCHS track and field team places at the state championship
by Chloe Sears May 15, 2021The Clarke Central High School track and field team competed in the 2021 5A Division state championship track meet from May 12 to May 14.
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The CCHS mock trial team has begun preparing for their season. This year they are facing a multitude of changes due to COVID-19.
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On Oct. 17, community members held the Athens Women’s Rally for Unity on the steps of City Hall, featuring 12 speakers on topics related to women’s rights, Black Lives Matter, and gun violence.
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Classic City Championship: Coaches Q&A
by Ireland McCage September 4, 2020In preparation for the Classic City Championship game on Sept. 8, Odyssey Media Group Staffers sat down for Q&As with Cedar Shoals High School head football coach LeRoy Ryals and Clarke Central High School head football coach David Perno.
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At Clarke Central High School, self-segregation has the potential to negatively impact connections between students of different races.
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Top 10 Albums of the Decade
by Alexandra Lang January 21, 2020Journalism 1 staffer Grace Lang looks back on the best albums of the 2010’s now that 2020 has arrived.
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To rectify the mistreatment of African-American communities during slavery, demands for reparations have recently taken shape in the United States and more locally at the University of Georgia.
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Starting with Sherman
by Gretchen Hinger November 15, 2019Clarke Central High School head cross country coach Mollie Sherman is new to the cross country team in the 2019-20 school year.
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Members of the Clarke Central High School varsity football team hope to build off the progress of the 2018 season.
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CCHS vs. Winder-Barrow High School varsity football preview
by Owen Donnelly August 21, 2019On Aug. 23, the Clarke Central High School varsity football team will play Winder-Barrow High School at Billy Henderson Stadium.
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Sports staffer Zach Donegan reminisces on his football career.
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Clarke Central High School variety staffer Tecoya Richardson talks with retired Athens Housing Authority Board of Directors Chairman Charlie Maddox as he shares his insight on Black History Month.
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After months of pre-season conditioning, members of the Clarke Central High School track and field team attended their first practice on Jan. 15.
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In the first playoff game hosted at Clarke Central High School’s Billy Henderson Stadium since 2011, the Gladiators defeat the East Paulding High School Raiders and advance to the third round of the state playoffs.
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Gladiators defeat the Thomson Bulldogs
by Mackenzie Caudill September 8, 2018Clarke Central High School varsity offensive lineman Kenzavion Watson runs a play in a…
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Although nearly 77 percent of Clarke Central High School’s population is made up of minorities, White students comprise the majority of enrollees in AP classes.
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Seven Clarke Central High School student athletes signed their Letters of Intent to play…
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The Clarke Central High School track and field team has begun practicing for the upcoming season with new recruits and first-year runners.
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With what some may consider to be lax gun laws in the state of Georgia, the issue of gun accessibility for minors arises.
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Clarke Central High School is hosting a book drive during the month of October for Books for Keeps.
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The Clarke Central High School varsity football team faced Region 8-AAAAA opponent Johnson High School in CCHS’ eighth game of the season.
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The Clarke County School District has updated their testing retake guidelines for the 2017-18 school year.
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Last track season, the Clarke Central High School boys track and field team placed second at state. This season they strive to place first.
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University of Miami fullback Marquez Williams, a 2011-12 Clarke Central High School graduate, has traveled a path that has led him to his dreams.
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Upward Bound, a federally funded program that serves low-income and first-generation high school students, provides Clarke Central High School students with opportunities and resources.
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On Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m., Clarke Central High School will host the Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Football Game.
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Incidents throughout the 2015-16 Clarke Central school year have tested emergency protocol and administrative methods on campus.
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Clarke Central High School teachers and administrators are seeking to counteract current illiteracy and poverty trends with extensive reading initiatives. Will they work?
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Former counseling department secretary Jenny Vargas replaced former attendance secretary Anna Lumpkin, who retired after 28 years at Clarke Central High School.
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In School Suspension paraprofessional Walter Jones discusses his youth, college years and the future.
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Varsity golf coach and physical education department chair Dinah Posey will be retiring from Clarke Central High School in May. She will be taking a part time job at Foothills Education Charter High School beginning in the 2015-16 school year.
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Georgia Scholastic Press Association success for Central publications
by Kevin Mobley April 25, 2014Members of Clarke Central’s Iliad Literary-Art Magazine, Odyssey Online, ODTV and Odyssey Newsmagazine recieve accolades from state competition.
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Forty-five members of Clarke Central High School’s ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Odyssey Online, ODTV and Iliad Literary-Art Magazine participated in the University of South Carolina’s Southern Interscholastic Press Association’s #NoFilter convention in Columbia, S.C. from Feb. 28 – March 2, along with more than 450 other students from across the Southeast.
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The powderpuff football game replaced the homecoming parade in an effort to have more student participation.
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According to a piece on ESPN’s Outside the Lines, an Emmy Award-winning investigative series, aired in Dec. 2009, the percentage of African American basketball players in the National Basketball League is 71.8, internationals account for 18.3 percent, and the percentage of White Americans is 9.9.
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The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated Notre Dame 42-14 on Monday, Jan. 7, and now the SEC has secured its seventh consecutive national championship.
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Lady Gladiators beat Salem High School 25-7 and 25-11
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