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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

DeKalb Holiday Basketball Tournament Starts Saturday

Seventh annual event will by hosted by Arabia Mountain and Clarkston and includes Dunwoody's girls team.

Arabia Mountain and Clarkston high schools play hosts to the 2012-13 DeKalb County School District Holiday Tournament beginning with first round action on Saturday, Dec. 15. Dunwoody High School girls' basketball will play in a tilt against North Druid Hills at Arabia Mountain High School. Eight girls’ teams and eight boys’ teams will compete in championship and consolation brackets with each team to play at least two games. Teams competing include the following Arabia Mountain (boys and girls), Chamblee (boys and girls), Clarkston (boys and girls), Druid Hills (boys and girls), Dunwoody (girls), Lithonia (boys), McNair (boys and girls), Meadowcreek (girls), Towers (boys and girls) and Stone Mountain (boys) Play continues with second round…

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Five Things You Need to Know for the Weekend (Dec. 10-12)

Get out this weekend in Dunwoody to see the musical "Hairspray," hear Handel's "Messiah," cheer on high school swimmers and basketball players, watch The Metropolitan Opera on the big screen, or visit homeless kitties and pooches available for adoption.

Welcome to "Five Things You Need to Know for the Weekend," a Dunwoody Patch column that sifts through the long list of events competing for your time to offer our pick of five things worth doing with your time off. Please email peter.cox@patch.com with any tips for this weekly feature, we'll try to get your events and announcements on our page and, hopefully, into this column. 1. Dive into the weekend with some local high school sports Friday night. At 7:30 p.m., Dunwoody High School's swim and dive team The Wet Wildcats are going up against Lakeside High School at the Lakeside pool. The meet is free. Closer to home, basketball fans can cheer for the Dunwoody girls' and boys' varsity teams, which both have home games Friday …

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Dunwoody Girls Basketball Faces Test Against Marist

Wildcats will face their biggest challenge of the early season on Monday night

Of all the Dunwoody girls basketball players' Region 6-AAAA Division A opponents, Tuesday's has their undivided attention. Neighborhood rival Marist has reached the state playoffs all but one season this century, which means the Wildcats have their work cut out at 6 p.m. tonight on the road. "This is a tough test for us early on," Wildcats 16th-year coach Angela Nash said. "But our goal is to take it one game at a time and focus on whoever's in front of us." Dunwoody has had only three games of preparation for Tuesday's first that counts toward playoff qualification. The Wildcats (1-2) tuned up in Parkview's 14th annual Tip-Off Classic, going 1-2 with losses to Peachtree Ridge and Riverdale and a victory over Winder-Barrow. "We were …

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Outlook: DHS winter sports season

Dunwoody High's swimming and girls basketball will build on experience, while boys basketball and wrestling will count on younger talent.

BOYS BASKETBALL (Region 6-AAAA, Div. A) Coach: Adam Griffin, second season Top returners: Darrell Strozier, Jr., G Last season: 20-5 Outlook: After graduating eight players, including six now competing in college, the Wildcats are in rebuilding mode. The only returner who played significant minutes is Strozier, who averaged 14 points and three steals per game. Forwards Kelvin Brown and Marcus Wilson, center Chris Hale and guard David Ani round out the starting five.             "We're a pretty talented team, but it'll be a challenge with only one (starter) back," Griffin said. "We'll be learning on the go."    GIRLS BASKETBALL (Region 6-AAAA, Div. A) Coach: Angela Nash, 16th season Top returners: Cynthia Onyeneho, Sr., F; Camille Wingo, Sr…

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