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22 hours ago | northwestgeorgianews.com | Zeke Palermo

Pepperell baseball is back. With a sweep Tuesday night of Jeff Davis, the Dragons qualified for their first baseball state championship since 1985. Pepperell will face either Gordon Lee or Vidalia next week for the Class 1A Division I title. Pepperell’s wins (5-1, 4-1) featured heroic pitching performances from junior Sam Ross and senior Cade Middleton. In Game 1, Ross threw a three-hit complete game, allowing just one earned run while striking out eight.

1 day ago | northwestgeorgianews.com | Zeke Palermo

Armuchee is a state champion in boys soccer for the first time ever. The Indians, playing in the school’s first-ever finals for a boys “scoreboard sport”, defeated Thomasville 4-3 Tuesday night in the Class 1A Division I boys soccer championship game at McEachern High School in Powder Springs. “We have lost to the (eventual) state champs the past two years,” Armuchee coach Jason Park said. “I said, ‘why don’t we just win it all?

1 day ago | northwestgeorgianews.com | Zeke Palermo

For the first time ever, Model is a girls soccer state champion. The Blue Devils beat region rival – and fellow Blue Devils – Bremen 3-0 Tuesday in the Class 1A Division I girls soccer state championship at McEachern High School in Powder Springs. The victory, which avenged a 2-0 double-overtime loss in the regular season, clinched Model’s first girls team state championship since 1995. “I’m speechless,” Model coach Lauren Jones said. “My girls worked so hard for this.

1 day ago | northwestgeorgianews.com | Zeke Palermo

Armuchee senior Luke Lively was named a Region 7-1A Division I Co-Player of the Year and led a class of 15 local players to receive region honors, the region’s coaches announced Monday. Lively excelled as a two-way player for the Indians as they reached the fourth consecutive year. At the plate, he hit .460 with a .547 on-base percentage in region games, walking 2.5-times more than he struck out. His average jumped to .522 with runners in scoring position. On the mound, Lively was just as effective.

1 day ago | northwestgeorgianews.com | Dave Williams

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp signed a package of bills Monday aimed at strengthening Georgia’s workforce. House Bill 192, which the General Assembly passed this year with just two “no” votes, codifies into state law the Georgia MATCH program, a direct university and technical college admissions program created in 2023.