Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Jeremy Donaldson plays third base for the Bobcats.
A Winder-Barrow High School grad, now a senior at Georgie College, helped the Bobcats baseball team to its first Peach Belt Conference tournament championship Sunday, May 12. A South Carolina news outlet reports Jeremy Donaldson secured the team's insurance run in the sixth inning of the final game. According to Donaldson's Georgie College player profile, he is the son of Jeff and Wendy Donaldson and is majoring in psychology. Click here to read the full tournament story. Have local high school sports news you want to share? Post a free announcement on Barrow Patch.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Brandon Mitchell is one of 10 finalists for the recognition.
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Tuesday, March 12
A Winder-Barrow High School science teacher is one of 10 finalists for 2014 Georgia Teacher of the Year. Brandon Mitchell, the Barrow County School System's 2013 Teacher of the Year, was chosen from a pool of 155 applicants. Over the next several weeks, a panel of judges will conduct video observations and interview each of the finalists. The winner will be announced at the Georgia Teacher of the Year banquet May 3, 2013, at the Georgia International Convention Center. Subscribe to Barrow Patch’s newsletters, follow us on Twitter and “like” us on Facebook.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
In a letter to the editor, the vice president of the Barrow County NAACP discusses a recent nomination to the Winder-Barrow High School Hall of Fame.
Dear Editor, We nominated Mr. Basketball himself, Mr. Jimmy Johnson, to the WBHS’s Hall of Fame because his 29.53 PPG scoring average is still the highest in Barrow County’s history. We thought that since Mr. Johnson was one of the many African Americans not allowed to attend the “Whites’Only” schools here in Barrow County, honoring his accomplishments would be a simple corrective gesture for us. Even today what is morally right is sometimes not as easy as it should be. We tried to contact all of the committee members (Sonny Morris, Jason Austin, Sammy Hale, John Mobley, Kay Turner, Elton Lynn, Ben Arms, Kevin Black, Hal Miller, Phil Bradberry, Justin Grant, Al Darby and Jerrie Hulsey). Most members never responded back. Of the 3 …
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Final Scores for schools in Barrow, Clarke, Oconee and Walton counties.
8-AAAAA Loganville 28 Winder-Barrow 14 Clarke Central 28 Gainesville 49 Apalachee 27 Cedar Shoals 23 8-AAAA Monroe Area 49 Walnut Grove 6 8-AAA Oconee County 49 Franklin County 33 North Oconee 27 Elbert County 26 8-AA Social Circle 34 Riverside Academy 35 8-A Athens Academy 45 Commerce 7 Prince Ave Christian 48 Hebron Academy 6 George Walton Academy 10 Pinecrest Academy 29 Other Loganville Christian Academy 50 Young American Christian School 0 Bethlehem Christian Academy 12 Dawson Street Academy (Lagrange) 46 Scores compiled from Patch readers and cross-checked via www.maxpreps.com. Barrow County teams covered by Josh Willard at www.hearthegame.com. Subscribe to Barrow Patch’s newsletters, follow us on Twitter …
Friday, October 19, 2012
Get your Barrow County high school football preview here.
Playoff bids are not exactly on the line in Loganville tonight, but team pride is as the the Red Devils try to eke out a win over the hapless Winder-Barrow Bulldoggs. The Devils haven't won a game since defeating Walnut Grove in their home opener in early September, and have had zero success in the 8-AAAAA region (1-5, 0-4). They hope to change that luck tonight against the 0-6/0-4 Bulldoggs, who, despite having an extra "g" in their mascot's name, haven't won a game since October of 2009. Ouch. Last week, Loganville lost to Apalachee High School in a tight game, while Winder-Barrow lost to Flowery Branch in a not-so-tight game. Next week both teams keep it in-the region, Winder-Barrow heading home to scrap with Cedar Shoals; Loganville …
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Georgia Appalachian Center for Higher Education recently presented funds to two local schools.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Two Barrow County schools have received a slice of a $182,300 pie of grants awarded by the Georgia Appalachian Center for Higher Education. Apalachee and Winder-Barrow high school are two of 21 schools to receive funds to assist in continuing to increase post-secondary enrollment rates. James Thompson, Appalachian Regional Commission state director, and Shirley Davis, GACHE director, presented “clearing-house” style checks along with “real money” to both schools during an event in September. According to a news release, the schools will use these funds to implement GACHE’s model strategies to assist and encourage students to continue their education beyond high school by enrolling in and completing a post-secondary program. Glenn Wilson…
Friday, September 28, 2012
Mike Buffington, publisher for the Barrow Journal, posted an online opinion piece Friday titled "Crybaby coaches."
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Friday, September 28, 2012
A recent poll asking readers why Winder-Barrow High School's football program has been unsuccessfull prompted the team's coach to to inform the Barrow Journal's editor that he and his staff will no longer cooperate with the newspaper's coverage, according to an opinion piece posted by Journal Publisher Mike Buffington on Friday. Click here to read the full post, which points to coach David Wagner's three years with Winder-Barrow without a single win. "Wagner is in a high-profile job in the community as a head football coach," Buffington writes. "He is a public employee, as are all the coaches in the school system. The football program uses tax-funded stadiums and training rooms. For Wagner to think he has no obligation to be under the …
Saturday, September 22, 2012
How did Barrow County's high school's do this week?
Final Scores from Sept. 21: Apalachee falls to tough opponent, now 1-3 Apalachee Wildcats-20 Gainseville-62 Winder-Barrow plays well against Salem but comes up a touchdown short in fourth straight loss Winder-Barrow Bulldoggs-20 Salem-22 Were you at one of Friday's games? Upload your photos! LHS continues skid, is now 1-3 with loss on the road Loganville Red Devils-14 Flowery Branch-47 5-0 LCA looks like the team to beat in conference play Loganville Christian Academy Lions-35 Creekside-14 1-3 Walnut Grove making progress as a team but still no match for conference favorite Stephens Co Walnut Grove Warriors-20 Stephens Co-61 MAHS looks unstoppable, holds Lumpkin to a field goal in fourth straight win of season Monroe Area …
Friday, September 14, 2012
The Barrow Patch community events calendar has the info on this event and more.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Click here to view details on tonight's game. For more events happening in and around Barrow County, check out the full Barrow Patch events calendar. Want to add an event to the calendar? Click here. Subscribe to Barrow Patch’s newsletters, follow us on Twitter and “like” us on Facebook.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
A Barrow County science teacher is among the leaders for the upcoming GEARS workshop.
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Kevin McReynolds, a science teacher at Winder-Barrow High School, is among a select group of science educators chosen to help lead one of four NASA-funded astronomy workshops. McReynolds will help lead the GEARS workshop, short for Georgians Experience Astronomy Research, at Savannah-Chatham County School District Professional Learning Center in Savannah from June 25 through 29. According to a news release, the purpose of GEARS is to change the way astronomy is taught in Georgia high schools, said Zodiac Webster, the Columbus State professor who played a key role in obtaining the NASA grant. "We're trying to inspire teachers to use some astronomical discoveries to teach physics and chemistry concepts," said Zodiac Webster, a Columbus …
Jeffrey Allen
3:20 pm on Saturday, September 22, 2012
one slight self-correction: Apalachee is 1 and 2, not 1 and 3. Sorry for the error -JA more ›