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Red Devils Hold Off Pirates 73-61 to Complete Region 6-4A Sweep
Druid Hills Elonzo Miller (21) finds an opening against Stone Mountain's Vonte Edwards (4) during the Red Devils' 73-61 win on Tuesday at Stone Mountain. (Photo by Mark Brock) [...]
Columbia Dedicates Gym to Phil McCrary as Eagles defeat Miller Grove
It was a family affair as Columbia High School dedicated its gym and floor as Dr. Phil McCary Gym and Court on Tuesday. Joining McCrary (third from left) were [...]
Bahama Tournament Repeat Gives McCrary His 700th Career Victory
Columbia boys' basketball coach Dr. Phillip McCrary stands in front of his five championship trophies. His 32-year career now includes 700 career victories after the Eagles won the Dale [...]
Cold Shooting Saints Fall in State Title Game to Sandy Creek
The Cedar Grove Saints finished as the Class 3A state runners-up on Friday with a tough 66-38 loss to Sandy Creek. (Photo by Mark Brock) The Cedar Grove [...]
Saints Get Another Shot at Sandy Creek in 3A Boys’ Basketball State Championship
Cedar Grove's EJ Colson (2) pulls down a rebound in front of teammate Darius Reynolds (15) during the Saints' 61-45 Class 3A boys' basketball semifinal last Friday. The Saints [...]
Columbia Comes Up Short in 55-52 Semifinal Loss to Westside
Columbia's Kevin Bruce had an early steal for a basket in the Eagles' tough 55-52 loss to Westside in the Class 2A semifinals on Saturday night. (Photo by Mark [...]
Saints Marching on to Macon for Class 3A State Championship Game
Cedar Grove's Manny Green (1) gets the first of two second half dunks as the Saints gained all the momentum on the way to a 61-45 win over Douglass [...]
Familiar Foes Stand in Cedar Grove and Columbia’s Paths to Title Games
Cedar Grove guard Jaylen Adside races up court against Long County in the Saints 94-91 double overtime win in the Class 3A quarterfinals. Adside and his Saints teammates meed [...]
Cedar Grove Pulls Out 94-91 Double Overtime Thriller against Long Co.
Cedar Grove's Darius Reynolds gets one of his 8 blocked shots on the night against Long County's Keshawn Smith during the Saints thrilling 94-91 double overtime win in the [...]
Lady Rams Come Up Short against No. 8 Calhoun in 5A Elite 8 Contest
Arabia Mountain's Malaya Jones (2) shoots over Calhoun's Kat Atha (5) during second half action of Calhoun's 62-52 Class 5A girls' Elite 8 matchup. (Photo by Mark Brock) [...]
Cedar Grove Wins on the Road at No. 4 Monroe Area, Tucker Falls to Jones Co.
Cedar Grove's Emanuel Green (1) shown against Sandy Creek had a 17-point, 12-rebound double-double in the Saints 62-55 win over No. 4 ranked Monroe Area. The Saints host Long [...]
Arabia Mountain Erupts in 4th Quarter on way to 52-36 Win over Jones Co.
Arabia Mountain's Angelina Billingsley (21) steps out to defend against Jones County's Britley Johnson (24) during fourth quarter action of Arabia Mountain's 52-36 Class 5A Sweet 16 win on [...]
Columbia Turned Up the Defense to Knock Off Drew 63-50
Columbia's Jadan Baugh (20) defends against Drew's Michael Reid (0) during first half action of Columbia's 63-50 win in the first round of the Class 2A boys' state playoffs. [...]
Arabia Mountain, Lithonia Move into the State Playoffs Sweet 16
Arabia Mountain's Sierra Burns (13) gets past McIntosh's Maya Nowell for a layup during second half action of Arabia's 65-39 Class 5A girls' first round state playoff win. (Photo [...]
DeKalb Sending 16 Teams to the State Basketball Playoffs
DeKalb County has 16 teams headed on the Road to Macon in the basketball state playoffs with first round gamesbeginning on Tuesday and Wednesday. DCSD STATE BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS [...]
Eagles Fly Past Raiders for Region 5-2A Championship
Columbia's Kevin Bruce scored 12 points in the Eagles' 5-2A Region tournament championship game on Friday at Columbia. The No. 2 ranked Columbia Eagles jumped out to a [...]
Arabia Mountain’s Triple Threat Combined for over 3,000 Points
Arabia Mountain girls' basketball triple threat of (l-r) Myori Pruitt, Sierra Burns and Malaya Jones had combined for 3,203 career points. (Photo by Mark Brock) Arabia Mountain Lady [...]
Druid Hills Red Devils, SW DeKalb Panthers Claim Class 4A State Playoff Berths
Druid Hills guard Nick Majors (4) lifts off past Stephenson's Christian Thompson (14) in the lane on the way to a basket during the Red Devils 45-41 comeback win [...]
Lakeside Lady Vikings Slip Past North Atlanta 38-37 for State Playoff Berth
Lakeside's Sybil Thomas (11) races up court against North Atlanta's Caili Holloway (5). Thomas' Lakeside squad defeated North Atlanta to make it four in a row. (Photo by Mark [...]
Arabia Mountain Uses 12-0 Run to Win JV Boys Basketball Title over Lithonia</strong
The Arabia Mountain Rams used a 12-0 second quarter run to take control on the way to a 41-27 win over Lithonia to take the DCSD Junior Varsity Boys' [...]
Boys’ History
The Miller Grove Wolverines are setting the bar high for DeKalb County basketball teams which have a combined 45 state titles (boys and girls) after winning a DeKalb County record seventh state title with a 50-48 victory over previously undefeated Allatoona to finish the 2016 season.
The Wolverines own a record sixth consecutive state titles (2009-2014) with the sixth coming in a blow out 70-43 win over No. 5 ranked Warner Robins in the 2014 Class AAAAA state championship game.
Miller Grove won its fifth consecutive title in 2013 with a 61-57 victory over Gainesville. Miller Grove’s fifth consecutive title set a Georgia high school boys’ record for consecutive title victories. The Wolverines became the 10th program in the state of Georgia to win three-consecutive titles in 2011. The Wolverines were the first in Class AAAA to win four consecutive championships and the first DeKalb program to capture four state titles in a row which later became six.
Columbia sits at No. 2 of the DeKalb state title holders with its fifth state championship in 2012, its fifth in seven seasons. Columbia won titles in 2006, 2008, 2010-12. The Eagles played in five consecutive state championship games.
Druid Hills and Dunwoody held claim to the top spot with three state titles apiece following the 2009 season before Columbia claimed its third title in six seasons in 2010.
Druid Hills won in 1953 to break the 13-year drought following Clarkston’s 1940 title run and followed up in 1954 and 1957 with two more.
Dunwoody won its first state title in 1995 and claimed back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2006.
Clarkston made it two titles by taking the 1964 crown to go with the 1940 championship season.
Tucker joined the two-time state champions list in 2007.
The other boys state titles belong to Stone Mountain (1957), Cedar Grove (1997) and Cross Keys (2002).
Ten DeKalb teams have won 15 or more games in state tournament play. Columbia moved into first place in tournament wins in 2010 at 37-10 (now 51-14) followed by Tucker (42-27) in second. Miller Grove moved into third on the list with a 41-3 record after its 32-0 run in the state tournament from 2009 to 2015 with Dunwoody at 26-11(10-0 in 2005-06) in fourth and Lithonia sits in fifth at 28-19.
Boys’ State Titles (25)
- Miller Grove (7) — 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
- Columbia (5) — 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
- Druid Hills (3) — 1953, 1954, 1957
- Dunwoody (3) — 1995, 2005, 2006
- Tucker (2) — 1996, 2007
- Clarkston (2) — 1940, 1964
- Cedar Grove (1) — 1997
- Cross Keys (1) — 2002
- Stone Mountain (1) — 1957
Gatorade Player of the Year (3)
1997 – Dion Glover, Cedar Grove, F
2012 – Tony Parker, Miller Grove, F
2016 – Alterigue Gilbert, Miller Grove, G
Girls’ History
The Southwest DeKalb Lady Panthers sit atop the state championship heap for DeKalb County Schools girls’ after claiming three consecutive class AAAA state titles from 2008 to 2010, its fourth in 2013 (AAAAA) and fifth in 2016.
Southwest’s third consecutive title was a first for DeKalb County Schools basketball (boys or girls). Coach Kathy Walton became just the 8th Georgia high school girls’ coach to win 5 state titles in 2016.
Columbia captured its third state title in 2013 with a thrilling 38-37 win over Sandy Creek in the Class AAAA championship. It was the second consecutive state title for the Lady Eagles who won the Class AAA championship in 2012.
Stone Mountain ruled on the girls’ side with two state titles (1966, 1997) until Stephenson won the class AAAAA title in 2008 to go with its 2004 championship. Stephenson then joined Southwest DeKalb and Columbia with three state titles as the Lady Jaguars defeated Mays for the 2015 Class 5A championship.
Druid Hills won the first girls’ championship in 1960 and Sequoyah won in 1971.
Avondale won its first championship in 2006 while Columbia joined the state title club with its first ever championship in 2010. Tucker won its first girls’ state title with a big win over rival Southwest DeKalb in the 2014 Class AAAAA championship, the third consecutive year for an all-DeKalb final.
Southwest DeKalb climbed into first in the playoff record standings at 49-18 following state championships in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014 and 2016 and a run to the state finals in 2012, 2013 and 2015.
Stephenson’s six consecutive Final Four appearances (2004-2008) and three state championships (2004, 2008, 2015) has the team in second all-time in playoff wins with a 38-13 record.
Redan sits third in playoff wins with a 35-21 record after a pair of perfect seasons (27-0, 33-0) with state championships in 2009 and 2014. The first state title came in 2009 with a perfect mark of 27-0 on the season and three consecutive championship game appearances (2008 to 2010). The Lady Raiders also own the county’s longest win streak of 58 games from 2009 to 2010.
Girls State Titles (20)
- Southwest DeKalb (5) — 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016
- Columbia (3) — 2010, 2012, 2013
- Stephenson (3) — 2004, 2008, 2015
- Redan (2) — 2009, 2014
- Stone Mountain (2) — 1966, 1997
- Avondale (1) — 2006
- Druid Hills (1) — 1960
- Miller Grove (1) — 2012
- Sequoyah (1) — 1971
- Tucker (1) — 2014
Gatorade Player of the Year (3)
1991 – Sherbiya Morris, Avondale, G/F
1992 – Sherbiya Morris, Avondale, G/F
2010 – Kayla Lewis, SW DeKalb, G/F