WHEREAS: The DeKalb County School System is dedicated to developing students academically as well as athletically; and WHEREAS: The Southwest DeKalb Panthers’ girls’ basketball team under the direction of Coach Kathy Walton captured the 2013 Class AAAAA state basketball championship; and WHEREAS: The Southwest DeKalb Lady Panthers defeated No. 3 ranked and fellow DeKalb foe [...]

WHEREAS: The DeKalb County School System is dedicated to developing students academically as well as athletically; and WHEREAS: The Miller Grove High School Wolverines boys’ basketball team under the direction of Coach Sharman White captured the 2013 Class AAAAA state basketball championship; and WHEREAS: The Wolverines defeated the then No. 8 ranked Gainesville Red Elephants [...]

School Board Recognition: WHEREAS: The DeKalb County School System is dedicated to developing students academically as well as athletically; and WHEREAS: The Columbia High School Eagles girls’ basketball team under the direction of Coach Chantay Frost captured the 2013 Class AAAA state basketball championship; and WHEREAS: The Lady Eagles defeated the Sandy Creek Fighting Lady [...]

Lithonia High School basketball coach Barry Browner is out of a job. On March 11, a video of Browner and his students doing a popular dance, the “Harlem Shake,” in a classroom was posted on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FTWHCS0UVtI). According to a DeKalb County School District spokeswoman, Browner was disciplined for the video, but was fired for [...]

      Some of DeKalb County’s top boys and girls basketball players showed off some of their flashy moves in the 2013 DeKalb County Basketball All-Star Games on April 4 at Tucker High School. The boys’ game featured dunks and alley-oops, while the girls displayed their three-point shooting and no-look passes. The girls teams [...]

“Nobody gave them a chance.” Those were the words that Miller Grove High School boys’ basketball head coach Sharman White said as he celebrated his team’s fifth consecutive state title, a first in state history. Many people didn’t expect the Miller Grove Wolverines to make it back to the winners’ circle after losing some of [...]

The Class AAAAA girls’ high school basketball state championship was all about unfinished business for the Southwest DeKalb Lady Panthers. Like any team that falls in a championship game, the Lady Panthers were upset after losing to the Miller Grove Lady Wolverines in the 2012 Class AAAA girls’ title game. They made it their mission [...]