Before they were stars
The North Henry Tigers youth football team dominant and filled with future Clayton and Henry county high school football stars
VOLLEYBALL: State playoff preview
A look at local high school volleyball teams in the state playoffs.
Mount Zion volleyball sets sight on winning season
Lady Bulldogs are 17-16 going into weekend tournament
PERFECT PLAYER: Building the Southern Crescent’s ideal athlete
Taking the best attributes of six players from the Southern Crescent, a perfect player was pieced together.
VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK: For Jonesboro, beach tournament is time to grow
Coach: “Usually we come back and start to go in the right direction.”
Woodland volleyball gets all it can handle from Jonesboro
No. 4-ranked Lady Wolfpack improve to 18-0
VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK: Riverdale ready for playoff push
Lady Raiders are 10-1 going into critical Tuesday tri-match
PAGLIA: Unranked, but not forgotten
When the Associated Press’s preseason high school football rankings were released Tuesday, the Southern Crescent had just two teams ranked — one expected and one a surprise.
PAGLIA: Ola family must move forward together
Mustangs can't move on, but it can move forward with help of community
Forest Park's Clark making mark at Iowa Wesleyan
Panthers alumni overcomes futility, health scare to thrive in college
HOME-GROWN TALENT: 10 college football players from the Southern Crescent to watch
Clayton News Daily/Henry Daily Herald staff writer Brian Paglia picks 10 players from the Southern Crescent who should have the biggest impact on the biggest stages this college football season.
VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW: Despite title, ELCA embracing underdog role
Before Eagle’s Landing Christian won its first ever volleyball state championship, there was crying.
PAGLIA: With transfer issue, it’s all about value
There is no bigger controversy in high school sports than the transfer of athletes.
ROAD TO KICKOFF: Morrow keeps moving forward despite turmoil
The headlines have said Forest Park is the moribund football program of Clayton County desperate for coaching stability, starving for success and waiting for a proud tradition to return.
PAGLIA: Local football teams ready to break out
Despite their struggles last season, these four teams who could be poised for a break out year.
Forest Park once a ‘great place to be’
Mike Parris still remembers Tara Stadium packed with Forest Park and Morrow high school football fans that late October night in 1994, and for good reason.
A Summer Of Passing
Lovejoy couldn’t get enough. Forest Park wanted no part. Neither did Woodland — well, except under the right circumstances.
Kamau returns as world champion
McDonough 6-year-old wins two titles
Heru Kamau went to Orlando, Fla., thinking he was going to compete against some of the top karate competitors in the Southeast, which was interesting enough for the McDonough native looking for a challenge.
PAGLIA: Morrow’s Foster could be the one — again
Mustangs football program needs stability at head coach
Stockbridge’s Townsend featured in Sports Illustrated
16-year-old tennis phenom is one of eight teenage athletes chosen
Morrow football assistant Foster promoted to head coach
School couldn't offer previous hire teaching contract
PAGLIA: Southern Crescent has more talent than two lists can fit
My apologies, Desmond Ringer. Sincerest regrets, Tiffany Wilson. You start making lists and find that they can be constraining.
FIVE GIRLS PLAYERS TO FOLLOW
Here is a look at some girls players in the Southern Crescent that could emerge as the best in the area:
MID-SUMMER BASKETBALL REPORT: Boys teams to follow
Here is a look at five boys teams that should be worth following this upcoming season.
MID-SUMMER BASKETBALL REPORT: Girls teams to follow
Here is a look at five girls teams that should do well this upcoming season.
Summer school
Eagle’s Landing boys looking to take final step
Chris Davenport’s biggest fear when he moved from national basketball powerhouse Montverde Academy in Florida to Eagle’s Landing this summer was that he’d taken a step down.
Former Henry County baseball players fill summer league team
OTC Bearcats have nine players with county ties
PAGLIA: Southern Crescent football in black and white
I have seen the future. Correction: I have seen TWO futures.
Younginers deal their way in
Only in racing can a 1996 Mustang turn into a Legends car for dad then a Bandolero for son.
Thornton grows into a contender
Riley Thornton goes through the driver’s standard pre-race protocol — driving suit on, ear plugs in, helmet on, climb in the car, off to Thunder Ring.
PAGLIA: A dream deferred
A few Southern Crescent baseball players found out the dream of being selected in the Major League Baseball draft doesn't always going according to plan.
Massey returns in style
Defending Young Lions champ now has Bill Elliot Racing on his side
Mason Massey comes with the look — the polarized shades, the tightly-cropped, finely gelled hair and the willing smile.
Mundy’s Mill’s Crawford is first area player picked in MLB draft
Rashad Crawford wasn’t picky going into Major Legue Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft.
GIRLS SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Ashley Nagy
Ashley Nagy had two goals coming into the season — help Union Grove win a state championship and break her own single-season record for goals scored.
BOYS SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Judah Goodridge
Judah Goodridge may not have gone on a goal-scoring spree this season like he did two years ago as a sophomore, but he still came out on top in the Southern Crescent.
Forest Park’s Cole switches to Georgia State
Former Forest Park girl’s basketball standout Ashlee Cole is staying in Georgia.
PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Kevin Martin
Perhaps no single pitcher was more crucial to his team than Eagle's Landing Christian's Kevin Martin, who compiled a 12-1 record with a 1.20 ERA.
PAGLIA: For one day, I almost soared
There is no going back once inside a Legends racecar at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Stackhouse falls behind and out of U.S. Women’s Open qualifier
Things have been going well for Mariah Stackhouse. She had a big graduation party Saturday.
PAGLIA: Thanks for the close calls
Yes, there were state champions from the Southern Crescent this season. But there was so much more.
Stackhouse shoots 67 for third state title
After not participating in the Class AAAA golf tournament last season, two-time winner Mariah Stackhouse wanted to make a statement in her return.
Lax Attacks!
No sport can compare with lacrosse’s growth, and the Southern Crescent is looking to catch up
The single mother would now have even more on her plate. She couldn’t make it to the standing-room-only rally, because she had to work
Stackhouse shoots 67 for third state title
After not participating in the Class AAAA golf tournament last season, two-time winner Mariah Stackhouse wanted to make a statement in her return.
ELCA, Luella and Mundy’s Mill brace for second round challenges
Three Southern Crescent teams survived the first round of the state playoffs to advance to Wednesday’s next round.
BOY'S SOCCER: Capsules for second round matches
Previews for Clayton and Henry teams in the second round of the boy's soccer state tournament Tuesday.
Three titles would still be nice for Stackhouse
Mariah Stackhouse could win her third individual golf Class AAAA championship Monday at Bartram Trail Golf Club in Augusta, but winning it might just make it harder.
Lady Titans last team standing
Symone Townsend has played tennis long enough now that the only scouting she needs on an opponent is during warm-ups.
