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Special / Your Spirit Photography -- Fellowship Christian junior goalkeeper Anna Soderlund makes a diving save in the Class A state championship game, played Saturday afternoon at Kennesaw State University. The Lady Paladins lost the match in overtime to Paideia, 3-2.

Fellowship, BT girls fall in soccer state finals

by Chase Wallace
cwallace@neighbornewspapers.com

03:30 PM, Wednesday, May 22

Playing on the big stage at Kennesaw State University, the girls of Fellowship Christian and Blessed Trinity battled to the bitter end in their GHSA State Championship matches last weekend. But the opposing teams of Paideia and St. Pius X had the ...

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Staff / Erin Gray.FAOW Johns Creek Kaitlin Kitchens

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Staff / Erin Gray -- Blessed Trinity junior forward Megan Casey guards the ball from senior forward Kourtney Keegan during practice Thursday afternoon.

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Staff / Erin Gray -- St. Francis point guard Kobi Simmons runs the ball up court during a practice this week. Simmons and the Knights are currently ranked No. 11 among Class-A private schools and on track to make the state playoffs.

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Male Athlete of the Week: Kobi Simmons
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NCSU Media Relations / Mark McIntyre -- North Carolina State point guard Lorenzo Brown, a Centennial High School graduate, goes for a layup in last Saturday’s win over archrival North Carolina. Brown, a redshirt junior, is a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, given annually to college basketball’s top point guard.

Brown gaining notoriety as elite point guard
Since leading Centennial to 77 wins in three years, a state runner-up finish as a sophomore and garnering AAAAA Playe...

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Staff / Erin Gray -- Centennial junior Paige Elliot defends the ball from senior teammate Lauren Spence during the team’s practice Monday morning.

Lockdown defense has Centennial on record pace
At 14-3 on the season, the Centennial Lady Knights are assured of their first winning campaign in eight years and inc...