Adam Krohn

Freelance Writer at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Lacrosse championships Day 1 coverage from Denmark High: Cambridge girls repeat

3 weeks ago | ajc.com | Adam Krohn

(Check back throughout the day for updates on today’s games.)The Cambridge Bears girls are back-to-back champions after beating the Blessed Trinity Titans 17-5 in the Division I championship Saturday at Denmark High in Alpharetta. The Bears (19-2), ranked No. 1 in Division I, won their second title overall, capping a dominating season that includes a win over Milton, ranked No. 3 nationally. The Bears, who won 5A-6A last year, are ranked No. 6 nationally.
Lacrosse championships Day 1 coverage from Denmark High: West Forsyth girls

3 weeks ago | ajc.com | Adam Krohn

(Check back later for the results of Friday’s nightcap, the Division III boys championship between No. 2 South Forsyth and top-ranked Lambert.)The West Forsyth Grizzlies closed a memorable season by winning the girls Division III championship, 16-6, over the Walton Raiders on Friday at Denmark High in Alpharetta. For the Grizzlies (19-2), it was their first state championship for a program that began in 2008.
Milton girls seek 7th straight title, 18th in 20 years

3 weeks ago | ajc.com | Adam Krohn

For the Milton girls lacrosse team, winning championships is only part of the gig. When the top-ranked Eagles (19-2) play No. 3 Creekview (15-7) on Saturday in the Division II final, they can win their seventh consecutive state title and 18th in the 20 years since the GHSA began recognizing lacrosse as a championship sport in 2005.
Hughes senior Maurice Gleaton is fastest high school runner in Georgia history

1 month ago | ajc.com | Adam Krohn

Hughes senior track star Maurice “Lae” (pronounced “Lay”) Gleaton already ranks among the state’s all-time great track stars. At a Region 3-5A meet April 25 at Northside-Columbus, Gleaton set a state record in the 100 meters, becoming the first to run it in under 10 seconds, at 9.98 seconds, passing Our Lady of Mercy’s Christian Coleman, who in 2015 tied Mount Zion-Jonesboro’s D’Angelo Cherry’s 2008 record of 10.16 seconds.
Esports boosting extracurricular participation, self-esteem in Georgia high schools

1 month ago | ajc.com | Adam Krohn

In the summer of 2018, Carrollton computer science teacher Robby Blakemore was finalizing plans to form a school esports club when then-Trojans athletic director Paul Fitz-Simons suggested something different. “We had a lot of students interested in forming a esports club and were making one when (Fitz-Simons) came to me and said the GHSA would be adding esports, and would we like to give it a shot. We were already ready to go. It happened so quick.
Carpet capital Dalton becomes soccer mecca amid Hispanic population growth

1 month ago | ajc.com | Adam Krohn

The northwest Georgia city of Dalton for decades has been called the Carpet Capital of the World. In the realm of high school athletics, locals now can argue that the city is the soccer capital of Georgia. Whitfield County schools Christian Heritage, Coahulla Creek, Dalton, Dalton Academy and Southeast Whitfield, all in Dalton, and Northwest Whitfield, in the next town over, Tunnel Hill, have produced 14 GHSA boys champions since 2013, at least one each season from 2017-23.
Cobb County brothers reach 500-win milestone weeks apart

2 months ago | ajc.com | Adam Krohn

A month ago, George Hansen, coach of the Kennesaw Mountain Mustangs, celebrated with family, including his brother, Allatoona coach Keith Hansen, on the field following the Mustangs’ season-opening 4-1 win over Paulding County. They weren’t just celebrating a winning start to the season but also Hansen’s 500th career win. Keith’s Buccaneers had won their opener earlier that day, 6-2 at Peachtree Ridge, and Keith hustled through a one-hour drive to be in Kennesaw for the final out that day, Feb. 14.
Class 6A semifinals: Grayson girls headed to championship

Mar 1, 2025 | ajc.com | Adam Krohn

The Grayson Rams are in the Class 6A girls championship after beating Cherokee 53-48 in the Class 6A semifinals Saturday at GSU Convocation Center. Rams senior Tatum Brown hit the go-ahead bucket with 1:37 left, giving her team a 48-47 lead, then went 3-for-4 from the free-throw line to ice the game as Cherokee went 0-for-2 from 3, and 1-for-2 from the free throw line as it failed to close the game.
Holy Innocents’ running with ‘lightning in a bottle’ opportunity

Feb 26, 2025 | ajc.com | Adam Krohn

Holy Innocents’ basketball is in rare territory as the boys and girls programs chase a state championship. Both have McDonald’s All-American selections in Hailee Swain and Caleb Wilson. Since the inaugural McDonald’s girls team of 2002, the school having a representative in the same year has happened 11 other times, but the Golden Bears are the first in Georgia. Of the others, only one saw both teams win a state championships that year.
No. 2 Milton, on unlikely path, marches past Riverwood; No. 1 Woodward Academy next

Feb 19, 2025 | ajc.com | Adam Krohn

Wednesday night’s first round of the boys basketball tournament saw Class 5A’s second-ranked team, Milton, somehow as road warriors, facing Riverwood, winners of last year’s 6A title. It was the most intriguing first-round boys basketball matchup in the state, pitting all-state selections and 2,000-point scorers Josh Dixon and J.R. Leonard against each other. Though Riverwood’s Leonard won the scoring battle, Dixon and Milton won the game 70-64.