GHSA Athletics & Competitions

CCSD STATE CHAMPIONS 2023-24

Team Competition

• Baseball- Etowah High School (6A)
• Boys Soccer- River Ridge High School (6A)
• Slow Pitch Softball-Creekview High School (All classifications)

 

 

 

Individual Competition

Track

• Luke Stradley (Etowah HS) 6A State Champion in Long Jump and High Jump
• Grayson Venezia (Creekview HS) 6A State Champion in Pole Vault 

Cross Country

• Katelynn Dollar (Creekview HS) 6A State Champion

Literary

• Teagan Durham (Sequoyah HS) 6A State Champion in Humorous Interpretation 
• Valor Lekas (Sequoyah HS) 6A State Champion in Extemporaneous Speaking - Domestic

 

CCSD TEAM REGION CHAMPIONS
 

• Cherokee HS Region 5AAAAAAA 
• Creekview HS Region 6AAAAAA Sectionals Champion

Cross Country 

• (G) Sequoyah HS Region 6AAAAAA
• (B) Creekview HS Region 6AAAAAA

Fast Pitch Softball

• River Ridge HS 6AAAAAA

Volleyball

• River Ridge HS 6AAAAAA

WINTER
Basketball

• (G) Cherokee HS Region 5AAAAAAA
• (G) River Ridge HS Region 6AAAAAA
• (B) Woodstock HS Region 6AAAAAA 

Literary

• Cherokee HS Region 5AAAAAAA
• Sequoyah HS Region 6AAAAAA

Riflery

• Cherokee HS (Area 10 Champions)

Wrestling (Team)

• Traditional Creekview HS 6AAAAAA
• Duals Creekview HS 6AAAAAA

SPRING
Baseball

• Etowah HS Region 6AAAAAA

Golf 

• (B)Cherokee HS Area 3 (7A) Champions
• (B) Creekview HS Area 2(6A) Champions 

Lacrosse

• (B) Woodstock HS  (Area 4 (5-6A) Champions) 
• (G) Creekview HS (Area 4 (5-6A) Champions) 

Soccer

• (B) River Ridge HS Region 6AAAAAA

Slow Pitch Softball

• Creekview HS (Area 7 Champions) 

Tennis 

• (G) River Ridge HS Region 6AAAAAA
• Track
• (G) Etowah HS Region 6AAAAAA

CCSD INDIVIDUAL REGION CHAMPIONS

Cross Country

Katelynn Dollar (Creekview HS) Region 6AAAAAA

Literary

• Aiden Cumberland (Cherokee HS) Extemporaneous Speaking – International, Region 5AAAAAAA
• Wyatt Darnell (Cherokee HS) Boys Solo, Region 5AAAAAAA
•  Isabella Fillyaw (Cherokee HS) Analysis Essay, Region 5AAAAAAA
• Emily Gross (Cherokee HS) Argumentative Essay, Region 5AAAAAAA
• Kaylee Kula & Emmanuel Mwangi (Cherokee HS) Interpretation Duo, Region 5AAAAAAA
• Fatima Tafarki (Cherokee HS)  Personal Essay, Region 5AAAAAAA
• Ruby Womack (Cherokee HS) Extemporaneous Speaking – Domestic, Region 5AAAAAAA
• Hailey Weiner (Etowah HS) Argumentative Essay, Region 5AAAAAAA
• Brody Allen, Hunter Alligood, Ayden Hunsberger, Josh Kirk (River Ridge HS) Quartet, Region 6AAAAAA
• Taylor Daugherty, Makenzie White, Claire Zinck (River Ridge HS) Trio, Region 6AAAAAA
•  Teagan Durham (Sequoyah HS) Humorous Interpretation, Region 6AAAAAA
•  Alex Gilliam (Sequoyah HS) Boys Solo, Region 6AAAAAA
•  Emma Jira (Sequoyah HS) Dramatic Interpretation, Region 6AAAAAA
• Cayla Johnson (Sequoyah HS) Analysis Essay, Region 6AAAAAA
• Michael Kimani and Valor Lekas (Sequoyah HS) Interpretation Duo, Region 6AAAAAA
• Valor Lekas (Sequoyah HS) Extemporaneous Speaking - Domestic, Region 6AAAAAA
• Sophia Foisy (Woodstock HS) Extemporaneous Speaking - International, Region 6AAAAAA 

 

Girls Wrestling

• Savannah Chao (Cherokee HS) Region 5AAAAAAA, 135 Area Champion
• Emma Gunter (Creekview HS) Region 6AAAAAA, 120 Champion
• Ariel Maicon (Creekview HS) Region 6AAAAAA, 155 Champion (Sectional Champion)

Boys Wrestling

• Javon Hobson (Cherokee HS) Region 5AAAAAAA, 285 Champion
• Devin Mays (Cherokee HS) Region 5AAAAAAA, 126 Champion
• Tristan Parris (Cherokee HS) Region 5AAAAAAA, 144 Champion
• Christian Tabb (Cherokee HS) Region 5AAAAAAA, 132 Champion
• Preston Abrams (Creekview HS) Region 6AAAAAA, 126 Champion
• Jake Hughes (Creekview HS) Region 6AAAAAA, 190 Champion
•  Jackson Locke (Creekview HS) Region 6AAAAAA, 215 Champion (Sectional Champion)
• Brockland Salas (Creekview HS) Region 6AAAAAA, 132 Champion
• Cole Warren (Creekview HS) Region 6AAAAAA, 106 Champion
•  Weston Wilkie (Creekview HS) Region 6AAAAAA, 157 Champion
• Costen Wright (Creekview HS) Region 6AAAAAA, 165 Champion
• Tyler Herring (Woodstock HS) Region 6AAAAAA, 113 Champion
• Landon Robinson (Woodstock HS) Region 6AAAAAA, 138 Champion
• Logan Robinson (Woodstock HS) Region 6AAAAAA, 120 Champion

Girls Track

• Zino Edet, Kira Stevenson, Kimora Stevenson, Gabbi Crane (Etowah HS) 4X100 Relay, Region 6AAAAAA
• Kamryn Peeples, Kimora Stevenson, Kamryn Williams, Sophia Wasdin (Etowah HS) 4x400 Relay, Region 6AAAAAA
• Kelly Miles (River Ridge HS) 1600 & 800 meter, Region 6AAAAAA
• Koryln Jordan (Sequoyah HS) High Jump, Region 6AAAAAA
•  Kyndal McKinney (Woodstock HS) Shotput and Discus, Region 6AAAAAA

Boys Track

• Reid Schmidt, Hayden Callahan, Joseph Jarvis, Brennan Wetherington (Cherokee HS) 4X800 Relay, Region 5AAAAAAA
• Malachi Burnett (Creekview HS) 1600 & 3200 meter, Region 6AAAAAA
• Grayson Venezia (Creekview HS) Pole Vault, Region 6AAAAAA
• Luke Stradley (Etowah HS) Long Jump, High Jump, Triple Jump, Region 6AAAAAA
• Patrik Liska (River Ridge HS) 800 meter, Region 6AAAAAA
• Xavier Murphy (Woodstock HS) 300 Hurdles, Region 6AAAAAA

Athletes of the Month

The Cherokee County School District is beginning a new monthly recognition for outstanding high school athletes in 2024-25, recognizing a CCSD Female Athlete of the Month and Male Athlete of the Month each month. 

Congratulations to the first two winners: Julia Moore of Sequoyah High School for softball, whose coach is Lisa Chapman; and Drew Burmeister of Woodstock High School for football, whose coach is Dan Devine!

Outstanding student athletes are nominated by their high schools, and a committee selects an overall winner.  The winners receive a T-shirt sponsored by BSN, a certificate and recognition on CCSD’s athletics website and social media.

AUGUST 2024