Monday, December 3, 2012
Emily Morrison, a volleyball player, will head to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Natasha Sherrod, a softball player, signed with Presbyterian College in South Carolina.
St. Pius has had two senior student athletes sign national letters-of-intent with NCAA Division I colleges during the fall signing period. Emily Morrison (Norcross) and Natasha Sherrod (Atlanta) will further their athletic careers in volleyball and softball, respectively. Morrison, an outside hitter and four-year varsity letter winner, signed a national letter of intent to play volleyball at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga beginning in the fall of 2013. She has been selected first team AAA all-state for three consecutive years and has led the Golden Lion volleyball squad to back-to-back state runner-up finishes in 2011 and 2012. Morrison holds the school record for kills in a career and career kills per game. She was named a “…
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Friday, November 9, 2012
After winning three tough matches last week, the Lady Vikings could not fight off Whitewater in the semi-finals.
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Lakeside's volleyball team finishes the season in the final four in Georgia High School Association's 5A state playoffs. After winning the 6AAAAA region and taking three tough matches in the state playoffs, Lakeside could not fight off Whitewater in the semi-finals last Wednesday night. Lakeside has been a GHSA team since 2009 and a club team before that. Henderson Middle School helps develop players, and players participate on club teams Tsunami DeKalb and Tsunami South and A-5 in Alpharetta. Graduating senior players are co-captains Jenny Miller and Amy VanSant, Brittany Scott, Jasmine Echols and Emma Wakeman. "We had a massive fan turnout in Peachtree City [for the semi-final game]," said Kelly VanSant, Lakeside volleyball's booster …
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
And other Golden Lions sports news from the past week.
As the calendar turned to November, fall sports at St. Pius have either finished or in the stretch run as winter sport practices begin. Volleyball advanced to the state title game for the second consecutive season. Football moved up in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution AAA poll to No. 7 after its win Friday night. Boys’ cross country continued to sit in the top spot in the ga.milesplit.com poll, while the lady harriers are No. 2 in their poll. The Golden Lions bounced back on the gridiron with a 24-17 victory over then-No. 7 Blessed Trinity. Nick Glass returned an interception 39-yards early in the second half to give St. Pius (7-2, 4-1) a 16-14 lead. Ryan Braswell capped a 12-play, 96-yard drive on a one-yard touchdown run with just over a…
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Monday, October 29, 2012
And other Golden Lions sports news.
The last full week of October saw a light week of competition for fall sports at St. Pius. Volleyball, ranked No. 5 in the ScoreAtlanta AAA poll, advanced to the state semi-finals by taking two matches last week. Football dropped to No. 9 in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution AAA poll after dropping its game. Boys’ and girls’ cross country were off last week preparing for the Region 6-AAA meet this weekend. The boys’ are No. 4 in the ga.milesplit.com all-classification poll, while sitting in the top spot in AAA. The lady harriers are No. 2 in AAA. The football team dropped its first region contest since 2010, as Woodward defeated the Golden Lions, 20-14. St. Pius (6-2, 3-1) were led by Ryan Braswell, as the senior fullback rushed for 155 …
Monday, October 22, 2012
And other Golden Lions sports news from the previous week.
St. Pius volleyball, which is ranked No. 5 in the AAA ScoreAtlanta poll, hosted first round state playoff action last week while football continues to sit in the No. 5 spot in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution AAA poll. Boys’ cross country is perched in the top spot in the ga.milesplit.com all-classification poll for the second consecutive week while maintaining its No. 1-ranking in the AAA poll. Girls’ cross country remains No. 2 in the AAA poll. The football team was back in action after the bye week, defeating Region 6-AAA foe Cedar Grove 38-28. The Golden Lions (6-1, 3-0) fell behind 14-7 before scoring 24 unanswered points to take control of the game. Ryan Braswell rushed for a school-record 283 yards and three touchdowns on 35 carries…
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
And other news from Golden Lions sports over the weekend.
The state playoffs begin for the third-ranked volleyball team this week while the season ended in the first round of the state playoffs last week for the softball squad. Football continues to sit in the No. 5 spot in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution AAA poll and are back in action after having the week off. Boys’ cross country has climbed to the top spot in the ga.milesplit.com all-classification poll while maintaining its No. 1-ranking in the AAA poll. Girls’ cross country remains No. 2 in the AAA poll. The Golden Lion volleyball team will enter the state playoffs this Wednesday as the No. 2 seed out of Area 5-AAA after dropping the area title game to Blessed Trinity. St. Pius (39-17-1) will host the third-seed from Area 6, Morgan County…
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Monday, October 1, 2012
Coach Paul Standard's football team continues to site in the No. 5 spot in a regional poll.
The past week in sports at St. Pius featured a coaching milestone as head football coach Paul Standard recorded his 100th career victory as his team continues to sit in the No. 5 spot in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Georgia High School Football Daily AAA poll. Volleyball has occupied the No. 3 spot in the AAA poll by scoreatl.com for most of the season while boys’ cross country remains in the top spot in the ga.milesplit.com AAA poll and No. 6 in its all-classification poll. The girls’ cross country team, which was idle this week, kept its grip on the No. 2 spot in the ga.milesplit.com poll. The Golden Lion football squad began Region 6-AAA play with a 48-6 win over Towers. St. Pius (4-1, 1-0) was led by the passing of Jack Spear, as …
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Monday, September 24, 2012
And more Golden Lion news from cross country, volleyball, softball and competition cheer.
As the end of September approaches, the end of the regular season is just around the corner for softball and volleyball. The football team continues to sit in the No. 5 spot in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution AAA poll while volleyball stays put at No. 3 in the scoreatl.com poll. Boys’ cross country reclaimed the top spot in the ga.milesplit.com AAA poll and climbed to No. 5 in the all-classification poll. Girls’ cross country has held steady in the No. 2 spot in AAA since the beginning of the season. The Golden Lion football team shut out No. 4 Lovett (AA) 24-0 in the first meeting between the two schools since 1983. Ryan Braswell scored on a pair of one-yard touchdown plunges, and Jack Spear rushed for 110 yards, including a 56-yard TD …
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The Golden Lions lost 21-14 to then-No. 5 Thomson.
St. Pius finished the first week in which all six fall sport teams saw action. Competition cheerleading opened its season at Meadowcreek last weekend. Volleyball continues to sit in the No. 3 spot in the AAA Scoreatl.com poll. Football dropped to No. 5 in the Georgia High School Football Daily/Atlanta Journal-Constitution AAA pool. In the ga.milesplit.com cross country polls, the Golden Lion boys' squad dropped to No. 2 in AAA and No. 7 in the all-classification poll. The lady harriers continue to sit in the No. 2 spot in the AAA poll. On the gridiron, the Golden Lions dropped a 21-14 decision on the road at then No. 5 Thomson. The loss was the first in the regular season for St. Pius (2-1) since 2010 and only the third regular season …
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Monday, September 10, 2012
Football moved to No. 2 in the AJC AAA poll, and the Golden Lions volleyball team occupies the No. 3 spot in the AAA Scoreatl.com/AJC poll.
Five of the six St. Pius fall sports saw action last week. Football moved up to No. 2 in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution AAA poll after an impressive win Friday night. The volleyball team continues to occupy the No. 3 spot in the AAA Scoreatl.com/AJC poll. The boys’ and girls’ cross country teams are in the top spot and No. 2 spot in AAA in their respective ga.milesplit.com polls while the male harriers are No. 2 in the all-classification poll. Softball traveled to Columbus over the weekend for a tournament. The Golden Lion football team opened its home season with a 50-14 dismantling of then-No. 5 North Oconee. Ryan Braswell rushed for 83 years and three touchdowns to lead St. Pius (2-0). Jack Spear and Nick Ruffin also ran for a TD each…
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Tom Doolittle
11:15 am on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Lakeside is ranked #6 in AAAAA--play Lithia Springs tonight at 6:00 at home. Fun matches, very popular with student body. http://www.lakesidevolleyball.com/ (apologise for piggybacking St Pius article--Lakeside needs a publicist) more ›