Coweta County parents who wish to secure a spot for their child in the school system’s 2013-14 Pre-Kindergarten classes should be aware that space for those classes will be limited. Sign-ups for the available seats will be held from March 11-22.

Elementary schools will accept Pre-K applications for eligible students Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. during March 11-22. Applications will be accepted through noon of the day of the drawing, on Friday, March 22. The drawing for spots will be held at schools at 1 p.m. on March 22, according to school system spokesman Dean Jackson. Read More»

Sandy Creek's girls basketball team was poised to steal the AAAA championship game against Columbia tonight, but it was Columbia who stole the game in the final seconds with a 38-37 final.

Creek was down nearly the entire game but poured it on in the final quarter against Columbia to take the lead, sending their fans over the edge as the nail-biting end ensued. Full details to come later.

On Friday representatives from MaxPreps sports came to present head Coach Chip Walker and the Sandy Creek Patriots varsity football team with a Tour of Champions trophy. The Patriots are ranked third in the state of Georgia and 88 overall in the nation out of 17,000 schools. MaxPreps also presented the Patriots with a special gift, a street sign labeled Champion Way for Sandy Creek’s three state championships in four years. Photo/Horace Holloman III.

The sequel to the Battle of the Bubble (the annual meetings of the boys and girls basketball teams of Starr’s Mill) wasn’t as intense as the first installment. McIntosh’s Lady Chiefs cruised to a 46-27 win over Starr’s Mill and the McIntosh boys defeated Starr’s Mill 58-46, one of the first match-ups between these two schools in recent memory that did not come down to a buzzer beater. Read More»