John Bednarowski

6 days ago | mdjonline.com | John Bednarowski

In past years, the Kennesaw State men's basketball team has worked to find quality, underrecruited high school players in the current era of the transfer portal. The Owls' coaches are hopeful to have done the same again after announcing the signing of 6-foot-8, 210-pound forward Trey Simpson on Thursday.

6 days ago | mdjonline.com | John Bednarowski

Former Walton standout Wendell Gregory is moving from the Southeastern Conference to the Big 12. Gregory, an edge rusher at South Carolina, announced Thursday evening on social media that he had committed to Oklahoma State. "Gods plan," Gregory wrote on X. "Go Pokies." Gregory, who entered the transfer portal earlier this week, is the first of a number of highly rated Cobb County products to find a new home.

6 days ago | mdjonline.com | John Bednarowski

The high school basketball season may have ended just a month ago, but MaxPreps is already taking a look ahead at the 2025-26 season. The outlet released its "way-too-early" national top 25 for next season, and it ranked Wheeler No. 4. The Wildcats are the highest-ranked public-school program in the poll. Wheeler is coming off a 29-3 season in which it claimed the Class AAAAAA state championship and finished with a No. 7 national ranking by MaxPreps.

1 week ago | mdjonline.com | John Bednarowski

Multiple media outlets reported that more than 1,000 Football Bowl Subdivision players entered the transfer portal Wednesday when it opened for the first time this spring. Three more Cobb County players were among that group as former Campbell quarterback Luke Marble, Kennesaw Mountain defensive back Savion Riley and Marietta defensive lineman Ezekiel Durham-Campbell announced their intentions to find a new college team. All three made their intentions known on social media.

1 week ago | mdjonline.com | John Bednarowski

Pope’s lineup rallied to their fifth straight game of scoring 10 or more runs to secure the 11-4 victory over Lassiter to remain undefeated in Region 6AAAAA play. The Greyhounds (25-3, 19-0) tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single from Jensen Morneau in the top of the fifth inning and got a two-run single from Thomas Williams to take the lead for the first time in the game.