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Lassiter scores 45 unanswered points in 52-7 win over Pope
Lassiter routed rival Pope 52-7 on Friday in a GHSA Region 6 game with playoff seeding implications for both East Cobb programs.
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Walton beats Etowah to claim region volleyball title
Walton defeated Etowah 3-1 on Thursday to win its eighth consecutive Region 5AAAAAAA volleyball title, clinching a top-eight seed in the Class AAAAAAA state tournament.
Marietta, GA
10:59 am, October 13, 2026
70°F
Sunny
Feels like 70° · 0% rain
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Lassiter scores 45 unanswered points in 52-7 win over Pope
Lassiter routed rival Pope 52-7 on Friday in a GHSA Region 6 game with playoff seeding implications for both East Cobb programs.
Sports
Walton beats Etowah to claim region volleyball title
Walton defeated Etowah 3-1 on Thursday to win its eighth consecutive Region 5AAAAAAA volleyball title, clinching a top-eight seed in the Class AAAAAAA state tournament.
Marietta, GA
10:59 am, October 13, 2026
70°F
Sunny
Feels like 70° · 0% rain
Sports
Lassiter scores 45 unanswered points in 52-7 win over Pope
Lassiter routed rival Pope 52-7 on Friday in a GHSA Region 6 game with playoff seeding implications for both East Cobb programs.
Sports
Walton beats Etowah to claim region volleyball title
Walton defeated Etowah 3-1 on Thursday to win its eighth consecutive Region 5AAAAAAA volleyball title, clinching a top-eight seed in the Class AAAAAAA state tournament.
Marietta, GA
10:59 am, October 13, 2026
70°F
Sunny
Feels like 70° · 0% rain
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Wheeler Bearcats' second-half collapse leads to 8-0 season-opening loss
Wheeler High School's boys varsity soccer team lost its season opener 8-0 at Lowell on Tuesday, Aug. 18, conceding six second-half goals after holding the Red Devils to two in the first half. The Wildcats travel to Marquette on Wednesday for a 5:30 p.m. kickoff.
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KSU's Griffin's Game to support Woodstock teen's leukemia battle
Kennesaw State volleyball's 11th annual Griffin's Game on Sept. 4 will benefit Aliz Torres, a 13-year-old Woodstock volleyball player fighting Acute Myeloid Leukemia who received a bone marrow transplant from her 3-year-old brother in July.
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Kennesaw State soccer opens against No. 21 Memphis and its 40-game home streak
Kennesaw State women's soccer opens its 2026 season Wednesday night at No. 21 Memphis, bringing a rebuilt roster of 17 underclassmen and key returners Sydni Whitehead and Delaney Edwards into a daunting road test against the Tigers' 40-match home unbeaten streak.
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Six Kennesaw State players earn preseason All-CUSA honors
Six Kennesaw State Owls, including three first-teamers, were named to Pro Football Network's preseason All-Conference USA team on Aug. 10, adding to the defending champions' growing list of preseason accolades ahead of their Sept. 3 home opener against West Georgia.
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Marietta's Corey Heim wins Brickyard 400 in career-best cup victory
Marietta native Corey Heim, 24, passed team co-owner Denny Hamlin on the final restart and held off Christopher Bell by 0.287 seconds to win the Brickyard 400 on Sunday, July 26, becoming the first Cup driver to win twice in his first 15 starts since A.J. Foyt in 1965.
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KSU football sets six-game home slate after CUSA title season
Kennesaw State head coach Jerry Mack and CUSA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Baron Hopson represented the defending conference champions at the 2026 CUSA Football Kickoff in Arlington, Texas, previewing a six-game home schedule that opens Thursday, Sept. 3, against West Georgia.
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Five Kennesaw State athletes compete at USATF Outdoor Championships
Three current Kennesaw State student-athletes and two KSU alumni are competing at the 2026 USATF Outdoor Championships at Icahn Stadium in New York from Thursday, July 23, through Sunday, July 26, with hammer thrower Kali Terza and 800-meter runner Emma Sullivan wearing the KSU jersey for the final time.
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225 girls attend free basketball clinic at Marietta Middle School
About 225 girls from across Georgia and neighboring states attended a free seventh annual basketball clinic at Marietta Middle School on Saturday, July 19, hosted by the I Hoop Too Foundation and its founder Christina Granville, with Georgia Rep. Mary Frances Williams in attendance.
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