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Jaguars Score Late to Upend Panthers 3-2 in Region 6-4A Soccer Action
Stephenson's Anthony Zelaya (9) tries to move past Southwest DeKalb defender Abenezer Sefiw (6) during Stephenson's 3-2 win on Thursday night at Hallford Stadium. (Photo by Mark Brock) [...]
Chamblee Wins 4-2 in Overtime Against Cross Keys
Chamblee Bulldogs keeper Julian Quirk makes a save to keep the Bulldogs in front during first half action of a 4-2 overtime win over the Cross Keys Indians. (Photo [...]
Lady Bulldogs Get Historic Girls’ Soccer State Championship
The 2022 GHSA Class 5A Girls' State Soccer Champions -- Chamblee Lady Bulldogs Chamblee completed a historic DeKalb County Schools girls’ soccer season with an 8-1 victory over [...]
Chamblee Defeats Blessed Trinity 3-1 for Class 5A State Finals Berth
Chamblee's Kara Croone (17) battles Blessed Trinity's Lizzie Heller (12) for a loose ball that got away. Croone did not loose many battles on the night as she scored [...]
Lakeside Falls 4-3 in Penalty Kicks to River Ridge
Lakeside senior Sam Newmyer (4) scored the Vikings only goal in a tough 3-4 PK loss to River Ridge in the Class 6A boys' quarterfinals. (Photo by Mark Brock) [...]
Chamblee’s Blitz Like Offense Takes Down No. 3 McIntosh
Chamblee's Kara Croone (17) puts shot past McIntosh keeper Avery Heeb for her second of four goals in the Lady Bulldogs 6-2 Class 5A Elite 8 state playoff win. [...]
No. 10 West Forsyth Holds Off Dunwoody 3-2 to Advance to State Semifinals
Dunwoody's Lindsey Lampron scored on of the Lady Wildcats two goals in their 3-2 loss to West Forsyth in the Class 7A girls' Elite 8 soccer state playoffs. (Photo [...]
Vikings Score Two Second Half Goals to Defeat Kennesaw Mountain 3-1
Lakeside keeper Finn Marchisen (left) and Zach Martin (right) played key roles in the Vikings' 3-1 Class 7A playoff win over Kennesaw Mountain at Adams Stadium. (Photo by Mark [...]
Lady Bulldogs Roll into Class 5A Soccer Elite 10-0 over Ware County
Chamblee's Solei Washington scored four goals including this blast from about 20 yards to lead the Lady Bulldogs to a 10-0 Class 5A Sweet 16 win over Ware County. [...]
Lady Wildcats Advance Past Hillgrove into Class 7A Soccer Elite 8
Dunwoody's Lindsey Lampron dribbles down the field during second half action of Dunwoody's 2-1 Class 7A girls' soccer playoff victory. Lampron scored both goals for the Lady Wildcats in [...]
Lakeside, Tucker Move into Class 6A Boys Soccer Sweet 16
Lakeside's Brayan Zetina scored a pair of goals in the Vikings 5-0 win including this penalty kick for a 1-0 lead at the half. (Photo by Mark Brock) [...]
Lakeside Lady Vikings Advance in Class 6A State Soccer Playoffs
Lakeside's Caitlin Chalker (4) scored a goal and had an assist during the Lady Vikings' 8-3 Class 6A girls' playoff victory over South Effingham. (Photo by Mark Brock) [...]
Early Penalty Kick Gives Madison County 1-0 Win over Druid Hills
Druid Hills' Celia Sanchez moves up field against the Madison County defense during a 1-0 Class 4A state playoff loss. (Photo by Mark Brock) Madison County made a [...]
Croone Scores Fives Goals in Chamblee’s 10-0 Playoff Win over Woodland
Chamblee's Sarah Washburn (14) maneuvers around a Woodland defender during Chamblee's 10-0 Class 5A first round state playoffs victory on Tuesday. (Photo by Mark Brock) Kara Croone struck [...]
Overtime Goal Sends Dunwoody into Class 7A Girls Soccer Playoffs Sweet 16
Dunwoody's Sarah Holland (5) left the Etowah goalie on the ground with a great move to the goal, but another defender thwarted her effort to score on the play [...]
DeKalb Sending 15 Teams to Soccer State Playoffs Beginning Tuesday
Girls' soccer action gets underway on Tuesday and some of the 8 teams represented include (clockwise from top left) Chamblee's Alexis Harris, Dunwoody's Lily Garrigan, Lakeside's Tristan Linscott and [...]
Southwest DeKalb Scores Three Late Goals in 4-1 Win over Arabia Mountain
Southwest DeKalb's Ezekial Babara (8) races to the ball against Arabia Mountain's Mulbah Guilavogui (16). Babara had a goal and an assist on the night in the Panthers' 4-1 [...]
Bulldogs Seal Sweep of Stone Mountain with Two Late Goals
Chamblee's Angel Sabino (5) tries to avoid Stone Mountain's Nam Kua Aung (10) during first half action of Chamblee's 3-0 Region 5-5A victory over Stone Mountain on Tuesday. (Photo [...]
Tucker Completes Sweep of Druid Hills in Tigers 2-0 Win over the Red Devils
Tucker's Amedo Issaya (10) battles for control of the ball in front of the goal. Druid Hills Joe Win (3) and an unidentified teammate come up to defend. (Photo [...]
Dunwoody Lady Wildcats Improve to 6-0 in Region 7-7A Play
Dunwoody's Julia Guild (9) comes up to put a carom off Berkmar goalie Hailey Barrios into the net for one of two of her goals in the 9-0 Region [...]
History

Lakeside’s 2008 Class AAAA state title victory gives the Vikings seven of the 16 state titles owned by DeKalb County.
DeKalb County Schools joined the Georgia High School Associations’ soccer championships in 1968 and promptly made a statement winning seven out of the next 8 state titles on the way to the current total of 16 boys’ state championships.
Briarcliff won the first boys’ state title in the county’s opening season in the GHSA sponsored championships in 1968. DeKalb missed out in 1969, but won titles every year from 1970 thru 1975 to prove a dominant force in soccer. Briarcliff added two more (1971, 1972) during this span to round out its three state titles while Lakeside also picked up three championship trophies (1970, 1974, 1975) in the run. Peachtree captured its only state title in 1973 to help complete the seven year run for DeKalb.
Another run of consecutive titles for the county came in 1978 to 1981. Lakeside won in 1978 and 1981 to sandwich two state titles by Southwest DeKalb in 1979 and 1980.
It would be eight years before DeKalb would bring home another title with Redan capturing the prized trophy in 1988. Henderson won its lone title in 1991 and Lakeside picked up its seventh in 1997.

Chamblee won its first state title (Class AAA) in 2008 giving DeKalb a double-dip in state titles that year.
The 2008 season was the first time two schools won titles in the same season as Lakeside won the class AAAA title 1-0 (3-1 PKs) over Southeast Whitfield and Chamblee won its first title with a 2-1 victory over Westminster. It was also the first state titles in 11 years for the district.
The county teams have had three of the final four in the state championships five times in the 47-year history of the state sponsored championships. The 1988 season was the most amazing of the time period as four DeKalb teams made the final four. Redan defeated Druid Hills for the title while Clarkston claimed third and Shamrock fourth.
Lakeside leads the country in state playoff victories with a 60-27-1 record followed by Druid Hills at 32-23, Redan at 21-17-1, Clarkston at 20-14-1 and Chamblee at 18-11.
State Titles (16)
- Lakeside (7) – 1970, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1997, 2008
- Briarcliff (3) – 1968, 1971, 1972
- Southwest DeKalb (2) – 1979, 1980
- Chamblee (1) – 2008
- Henderson (1) – 1991
- Peachtree (1) – 1973
- Redan (1) – 1988
History
Girls’ soccer started in 1982 in DeKalb County and a county championship was held from 1982 to 1987.
Stone Mountain dominated the tournament from 1985-87 winning three consecutive titles while going undefeated. Chamblee, Peachtree and Lakeside won the first three tournaments.
The first Girls’ Metro Atlanta Tournament was held in 1988 and was held until the state began sponsoring the state tournament in 1993. Henderson won the first ever Girls Metro Championship in 1988 by defeating fellow DeKalb rival Stone Mountain 2-1 giving the Lady Pirates their first loss in four years. Lakeside finished third as three DeKalb teams made the final four. This was considered the unofficial girls’ state championship at the time.
The 1993 state tournament had four DeKalb teams in the inaugural event in Lakeside, Stone Mountain, Tucker and Dunwoody. The Lakeside Lady Vikings shut out Lovett and Brookwood in the opening two rounds of the tournament before dropping a 2-1 decision to Pace Academy in the semifinals.
Stone Mountain reached the 1994 state semifinals where a 1-0 loss to Fayette County on a goal with just 1:50 remaining overtime ended the Lady Pirates’ season.
The Lady Vikings reached the only finals in the history of DeKalb in 1997 dropping a 1-0 decision to Marist in the Class AAA title game. The goal to Marist was the only goal allowed by Lakeside in its run to the finals which included shutouts of Tucker (3-0), North Hall (4-0) and Sandy Creek (2-0).
Lakeside would return to the semifinals in 1998 with wins of 12-0 over Eastside and 1-0 in overtime against North Gwinnett before losing a heartbreaking 2-1 overtime game to Starr’s Mill.
Lakeside also leads the girls’ contingent with a 17-19 state playoff record. Thirteen of the current 19 high schools hold at least one playoff appearance in their history. Martin Luther King, Jr. reached the state playoffs for the first time in school history in 2004 while Chamblee notched its first state playoff berth in 2009 to start a four-year run in the playoffs.