Cedar Grove High School alum Gerald Rivers has come full circle in a year. Last spring, the 6-foot-4, 249-pound defensive end was preparing for his senior season at the University of Mississippi when the most influential person in his life, his grandmother, passed away. The loss caused Rivers’ mind to stray away from school and [...]

Four former DeKalb County School District football players saw their NFL dreams come true this past weekend when they were drafted and signed by NFL teams. Jamoris Slaughter, a former Tucker High School and Notre Dame free safety, was drafted by the Cleveland Browns with the No. 175 pick in the sixth round. Cedar Grove [...]

Shamrock High School graduate Jeff Saturday was awarded the Distinguished Young Alumni Award by the General Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.   Saturday, who recently retired after playing center 14 years in the National Football League, received the award for bringing credit to the university through his achievements. The [...]

Pace Academy cornerback Jack “Tiger” Brown will move to California in the fall after signing a football scholarship with division III’s Claremont McKenna College. The 18-year-old from Decatur made the decision to commit to Claremont McKenna College after a visit to the school in October. “I fell in love,” he said. Brown first heard about [...]

It is surprising to hear a man who has coached football for more than 30 successful years say he had never intended to coach football. But, that was the case with retired Southwest DeKalb High School football coach William “Buck” Godfrey. Godfrey, who got his first head football coaching job at Southwest DeKalb in 1983, [...]

The St. Pius X defense played stoutly throughout the playoffs and it carried over into the Class AAA state Championship game on Dec. 14. But in the fourth quarter with the game tied at 3, Buford had a fourth-and-1 at the St. Pius X 39-yard line with 9:10 remaining. Buford quarterback Taylor Mitchell pitched the [...]

A stout performance by the defense helped the St. Pius X Golden Lions earn a trip to the Georgia Dome to play for the Class AAA state title. The Golden Lions (12-2) beat the North Hall Trojans (11-3) 31-6 on Dec. 7 in the Class AAA playoff semifinals. Although the offense put up 31 points, [...]