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Lawmakers and athletic leaders encourage more flag football for girls

Georgia lawmakers and athletic leaders gathered at Mercedes-Benz stadium Thursday to spread the word about a girls' sport that's growing in popularity. 

May 15, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis
Southwest guard Chase Dupree screams after a dunk during the Patriots’ 65-54 semifinal win over Toombs County. Southwest will play B.E.S.T. Academy for the state championship Saturday at the Macon Coliseum. Jason Vorhees / The Melody

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Southwest advances to first state title game since 1989 with thrilling 65-54 win over Toombs County

The Patriots kept the lead and ran out the clock on Toombs County, riding the energy of the impassioned crowd to secure a 65-54 win in the Final Four of the GHSA Class A-Division I state tournament Saturday night and advance to the championship game in Macon next weekend.

March 03, 2025
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  • Micah Johnston
Senator Greg Dolezal

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State Senate committee lays groundwork for restricting transgender athletes

The state Senate committee considering the participation of transgender athletes in sports released its findings Friday. 

December 16, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
Grayson High School basketball player dunks

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Here's what to watch for in the Georgia High School Basketball Championships this week

The Georgia High School Basketball Championships are getting started Wednesday at the Macon Coliseum and GPB will be broadcasting it live.

March 07, 2023
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  • Peter Biello

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Dave Matthews visits Cobb County as Georgia set a new single-day record for in-person early voting

On the Tuesday, Nov. 29 edition of the Georgia Today podcast: Georgia sets a record for early in-person voting, the fastest growing sport in Georgia schools is flag football, and Dave Matthews makes an appearance in Cobb County for Sen. Raphael Warnock.

November 29, 2022
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  • Peter Biello
McEachern varsity high school flag football team

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Girls flag football is the fastest-growing sport in Georgia schools

As the girls high school flag football playoff games get underway in Georgia, GPB Morning Edition host Leah Fleming finds out what makes the game so attractive to players.

 

November 29, 2022
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  • Leah Fleming
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Ga. Senate lawmakers pass bill that bans transgender athletes from school sports

The Georgia Senate passed the “Save Girls Sports Act,” which would ban Georgia schools from competing against others that allow transgender athletes to play on girl’s sports teams and would require student athletes to participate in sports according to the sex on their birth certificate.

February 24, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
People try to get on a bus as they leave Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee.

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Political Rewind: Russia attacks Ukraine; Women and the ballot in 2022; 'Red meat' issues in session

Thursday on Political Rewind: How will a deeply divided electorate respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Also, our panel discussed the role women on both sides of the aisle are playing in this year’s election — as candidates, organizers and voters.

February 24, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
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Tattnall Square Academy wrestler Grady Tisdale practices at Macon’s Rush Mixed Martial Arts gym. The only member of his high school wrestling team, Tisdale is one of the best wrestlers in Georgia at his weight class.

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A team of one: Tattnall’s only wrestler Grady Tisdale has his eye on a state title

Grady Tisdale, a senior at Tattnall Square Academy, is the school’s only wrestler.

February 11, 2022
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  • Tanya Ott
Imani Bell's father (in purple) stands with his attorneys, reacting to news of criminal charges against two high school basketball coaches involved in the heat-related death of the 16-year-old in August 2019.

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Family Reacts to New Criminal Charges Against Coaches In Girl's 2019 Heat-Related Death

Two Clayton County high school basketball coaches have been indicted on criminal charges of second degree murder, second degree child cruelty, involuntary manslaughter, and reckless conduct.

August 11, 2021
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  • Amanda Andrews
Antonio Jimenez (L) and his father Antonio Garcia at their home in Portland, Ore. Jimenez, a 16-year-old high school junior, has been trying to develop his basketball skills during the pandemic by training in small groups with other players and shooting several hundred jump shots daily at home.

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While Pro And College Athletes Fight Through A Pandemic, Kids Have A Tougher Path

The coronavirus pandemic has eliminated or cut short many sports opportunities for youth athletes. Parents are still looking for ways to help their kids but it's not easy.

November 16, 2020
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  • Tom Goldman
The Georgia High School Association announced Wendesday, flag football will become an sanctioned state sport.

Girls Flag Football Becomes An Official Sanctioned Sport In Georgia

High school girls across Georgia will have the chance to participate in a newly-sanctioned sport next year. Flag football is now a sport that high...

December 19, 2019
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  • Ross Terrell

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