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GHSA plans to make 2-time transfers ineligible

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 Written By Todd Holcomb High school athletes who change schools twice after the ninth grade will be ineligible for a year under new GHSA bylaws expected to get final approval in July. Other bylaw changes aimed at policing transfers would require schools to send the GHSA copies of driver’s licenses, utility bills and lease agreements from the families of transferring athletes to prove they have moved into their new school zones and relinquished previous residences. “We’re an education-based organization, and we want to make sure that when student-athletes move, they’re not moving for athletic purposes,” GHSA executive director Tim Scott said Monday. “Situations change, and families move due to job changes or whatever, so we’ve added a few things to make sure it’s not just for athletics.” One high-profile recent athlete who transferred twice as a high schooler was Jacob Wilkins, an incoming freshman at UGA and the son of Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins. Jacob Wilkins played at Herita...
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Georgia ranks No. 1 in safety, according to Springer Institute

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 Written By Todd Holcomb Georgia ranks No. 1 nationally for policies that prevent and manage sudden death and catastrophic injury in high school sports, according to the Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut. The organization has been reviewing state high school sports safety policies since 2017 based on high school association bylaws and state laws that address heat acclimatization, emergency plans, coaching education, athletic trainers, health care and strength-and-conditioning programs for high school athletes.  For the first time, Georgia came out on top this week. Georgia policies met 93.7% of the Stringer Institute’s criteria. The median score was 49.9%. “Georgia does an amazing job,” said Christianne Eason, the Korey Stringer Institute’s president of sports safety and education. “They did their research, particularly in heat-illness prevention, to determine what some of the safety standards should be, and we’ve really adopted their model, especially ...
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McFerrin, coach with 341 victories, dies at age 83

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 Written By Todd Holcomb T. McFerrin, who won 341 games in 38 seasons as a head football coach and nurtured one of the more impressive coaching trees in Georgia history, died Tuesday. He was 83. McFerrin’s career record was 341-101-4. He won historic first state championships at Elbert County (1995) and Jefferson (2012) before retiring after the 2012 season. McFerrin is the only coach in Georgia history to lead seven schools to region titles, five to state semifinals or four to championship games. The eight Georgia teams that McFerrin coached improved from an average of 4.3 wins to 8.2 wins in his first seasons. His head coaching stops came at Lithonia (1968-70), Forest Park (1971), Sullivan Central, Tennessee (1972-75), Peachtree (1976-82), Southeast Whitfield (1984), Tucker (1986-89), Elbert County (1990-96), South Gwinnett (1998-2004) and Jefferson (2009-12). Shannon Jarvis, a 20-year former Georgia head coach and now Elbert County Schools’ assistant superintendent, played for M...
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GHSA tables proposal to reclassify schools based on performance

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  The Georgia High School Association’s proposed competitive-balance reclassification model is dead for now, and the Class 3A-A private playoff division that curtailed private-school sports domination is alive until at least 2028, pending final approval this fall. The GHSA’s reclassification committee voted 13-5 on Wednesday at a meeting in Thomaston to table any further discussion of competitive balance, a model that proposed to move schools up and down in class based on their sports success instead of their enrollment numbers, until next year. WATCH VIRAL VIDEOS :  CLICK HERE   “It was time to move forward and start clearing the table of stuff that people weren’t interested enough in,” GHSA reclass committee chairman Curt Miller said. “There were several proposals that just never got enough steam.” After four reclass meetings this year that were designed to hear other proposals, Miller said the committee now will focus on tweaking the current model, which covers the 202...
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Hughes’ record-setting 2022 season made Hines a popular choice as new coach

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  When former Hughes coach Daniel Williams took the Northside-Warner Robins job in January, he left his former team primed for another title run. He had just taken Hughes to the Class 5A championship game. Before he left, Williams helped the Panthers one last time. He assisted the Hughes administration in the search for a successor and recommended Andrico Hines, his offense coordinator from two years earlier. Hines had coached at Berkmar for two seasons.   “He (Hines) came and, in one season, did what nobody in the state could do, because we broke the scoring record with his offense,” Williams said of Hines. “When I say one of the best guys for the job, I mean professional, understands the game and understands how to run the program.” Hines - a former star quarterback for Riverdale, Middle Tennessee and arena leagues - was named Hughes’ head coach on Jan. 31. He first came to Hughes in 2022. Hughes went 15-0 that year, winning its region and the Class 6A championship, Hug...
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Dutchtown turns over program to young former star player Glenn

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  New Dutchtown coach Kevon Glynn has known what he wanted to do for a living for a long time. “I always said as a kid, once I was done playing football and retired, whether it was college or the NFL, I wanted to be a coach,” he said. The dream came true quicker than he must’ve imagined. At age 24, Glenn is one of the youngest head football coaches in Georgia. He’s so young that his little brother, senior cornerback Jayden Glenn, is one of his new Dutchtown players. Glenn enters this new phase of his life with hope and purpose and with his best friend – NFL star and former Dutchtown teammate Will Anderson Jr. - rooting him on. Anderson remains close to the program. On Saturday, he ran the second annual Will Anderson Jr. Youth Football Camp at Dutchtown, working with 100 kids.  WATCH VIRAL VIDEOS :  CLICK HERE   “My boy Kevon Glenn and I grew up together and played football together, and it is great that he opened up the stadium for us to do this this year,” Anderson ...
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Commerce is banking on new coach, top-notch facilities, wide-open offense

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  Lenny Gregory wasn’t looking for a change this winter. He was settled and building at Gordon Central, where he ended the program’s 31-game losing streak last season and finished with a historic playoff berth. In January, out of the blue, he received a call. It was from Commerce, and when he thought about the rich tradition there and the new facilities, he was hooked. Commerce is building a $9 million multi-level fieldhouse with a state-of-the-art indoor practice facility and weight room. The facility will rival some college programs, with a player lounge, coaching offices, meeting rooms and a modern locker room.  “To see that investment and then be able to go to work for a school that’s the 16th-winningest program in the state of Georgia, and this is going to be the 100th season in Commerce football, it really excited me,” Gregory said. WATCH VIRAL VIDEOS :  CLICK HERE   Commerce has played 99 seasons and won 660 games, claimed 19 region titles (tied for 27th) and ...
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Two-time reigning champ Milton rebuilds after graduating 17 starters

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  Milton is coming off back-to-back state championships and and a 15-0 finish to the 2024 season that made the Eagles the consensus No. 2 team in the nation.  With 17 starters and nine major Division I signees graduated, Milton’s current seniors inherited the high expectations of 38-6 record during their three years, same as their coach, Ben Reaves Sr., who was promoted before the 2022 season.  “They (seniors) know that they are going to be overlooked,” Reaves said. “They know that they’re going to be the underdog. They know that they’re playing, arguably, the toughest schedule we’ve ever had here at Milton. But all they want to do is go out and play hard and prove everybody wrong and continue the success and traditions we’ve had here.” WATCH VIRAL VIDEOS :  CLICK HERE   This year’s schedule starts with a road game against Buford, then a trip to Florida to take on The First Academy. Here in Georgia, we know about Buford, but The First Academy has five committed ...
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