GHSA Athletics & Competitions
Link to website with Athletic handbook, physical forms, and individual high school athletics websites:
https://cherokeeathletics.com/ccsd-hq/
CCSD STATE CHAMPIONS 2025-26
May 27, 2026- Etowah High School 6A Baseball State Champions
April 24, 2026- Creekview High School Slow Pitch Softball - State Champions
March 13, 2026 - Creekview High School Girls Basketball -- State 5A Champions
January 17, 2026- Creekview High School Duals Wrestling -- State 5A Champions
November 7, 2025 - Creekview High School Boys Cross Country -- State 5A Champions
November 1, 2025- Creekview High School Fast Pitch Softball -- State 5A Champions (2nd year!)
2025-26 CCSD GHSA State Individual Championships
- Literary (6A): Avery Cheatham, Essay – Argumentative (Etowah HS)
- Literary (5A): Adrian Perez Arciniegas, Boys Solo (Sequoyah HS)
- One Act – All-Star (5A): Will McGowan (Sequoyah HS)
- One Act – All-Star (5A): Anna Kate McNeal (Sequoyah HS)
- One Act – All-Star (5A): Angelina Miller (Sequoyah HS)
- Swim – Girls (5A): Willa Faulkner, 100 m Backstroke (Creekview HS)
- Track & Field (6A): Jillian Waterman, Shot Put (Cherokee HS)
- Wrestling – Girls (Area 6; Division 1): Savannah Chao, 145lb (Cherokee HS)
- Wrestling – Girls (Area 6; Division 1): Ariel Maicon, 170lb (Creekview HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (5A): Aaron Campbell, 144lb (Creekview HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (5A): Ty Warren, 132lb (Creekview HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (5A): Weston Wilkie, 157lb (Creekview HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (5A): Costen Wright, 190lb (Creekview HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (5A): Miles Lesley, 165lb (River Ridge HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (5A): Tyler Herring, 126lb (Woodstock HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (5A): Logan Robinson, 138lb (Woodstock HS)
2025-26 CCSD GHSA Area & Region Team Championships
- Competition Cheer (Region 6-5A): Creekview HS
- Cross Country - Boys (Region 6-5A): Creekview HS
- Flag Football (Area 1-Division 5): Woodstock HS
- Football (Region 6-5A): Sequoyah HS
- One Act (Region 6-5A): Sequoyah HS
- Basketball – Girls (Region 6-5A): Sequoyah HS
- Wrestling Duals – Boys (Region 6-5A): Creekview HS
- Wrestling Traditional – Boys (Region 6-5A): Creekview
- Wrestling Duals – Girls (Area 6; Division 1): River Ridge HS
- Golf – Boys (Area 2–6A): Cherokee HS
- Track & Field – Boys (Region 6-5A): Creekview HS
2025-26 CCSD GHSA Area & Region Individual Championships
- Cross Country – Boys (Region 6-5A): Malachi Burnett (Creekview HS)
- Flag Football – Area Player of the Year (Area 1 Division 5): Kaydence Edwards (Woodstock HS)
- Flag Football – 1st Team Defense All Area (Area 1 Division 5): Noel Gee (Woodstock HS)
- Flag Football – 1st Team Offense All Area (Area 1 Division 5): Sydney Smerker (Woodstock HS)
- Flag Football – 1st Team Offense All Area (Area 1 Division 5): Ansley Vaughan (Woodstock HS)
- One Act – All Star (Region 6-5A): Parker Ingram (Sequoyah HS)
- One Act – All-Star (Region 6-5A): Will McGowan (Sequoyah HS)
- One Act – Best Actress (Region 6-5A): Anna Kate McNeal (Sequoyah HS)
- One Act – Best Supporting Actor (Region 6-5A): Nathaniel Dyer (Sequoyah HS)
- Literary (Region 5-6A): Jeremy Hett, Literary Interpretation – Solo Humorous (Cherokee HS)
- Literary (Region 5-6A): Avery Cheatham, Essay – Argumentative (Etowah HS)
- Literary (Region 5-6A): Skylee Poirrier, Essay Personal (Etowah HS)
- Literary (Region 5-6A): Mihini Senanayake, Essay – Literary Analysis (Etowah HS)
- Literary (Region 6-5A): Adrian Perez Arciniegas, Boys Solo & Literary Interpretation – Solo Humorous (Sequoyah HS)
- Literary (Region 6-5A): Matthew Agler, Extemporaneous Speaking - International (Sequoyah HS)
- Literary (Region 6-5A): Alfred Chen, Extemporaneous Speaking – Domestic (Sequoyah HS)
- Literary (Region 6-5A): Maddie DeLoach, Essay – Literary Analysis (Sequoyah HS)
- Literary (Region 6-5A): Parker Ingram, Literary Interpretation – Duo (Sequoyah HS)
- Literary (Region 6-5A): Angelina Miller, Literary Interpretation – Duo (Sequoyah HS)
- Swim – Girls (Region 6-5A): Katie Lee Cutts, 200 Yard Free Relay, 200 Yard Free (Sequoyah HS)
- Swim – Girls (Region 6-5A): Gracelee Lowry, 200 Yard Free Relay (Sequoyah HS)
- Swim – Girls (Region 6-5A): Emily McGhehey Becker, 200 Yard Free Relay (Sequoyah HS)
- Swim – Girls (Region 6-5A): Olivia Parks, 200 Yard Free Relay (Sequoyah HS)
- Swim – Boys (Region 6-5A): Mason Thomas, 100 Yard Back (Sequoyah HS)
- Wrestling – Girls (Area 6; Division 1): Savannah Chao, 145lb (Cherokee HS)
- Wrestling – Girls (Area 6; Division 1): Ariel Maicon, 170lb (Creekview HS)
- Wrestling – Girls (Area 6; Division 1): Sarah Vehar, 115lb (Sequoyah HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (Region 6-5A): Aaron Campbell, 144lb (Creekview HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (Region 6-5A): Ty Warren, 132lb (Creekview HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (Region 6-5A): Weston Wilkie, 157lb (Creekview HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (Region 6-5A): Costen Wright, 190lb (Creekview HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (Region 6-5A): Jackson Locke, 285lb (Creekview HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (Region 6-5A): Logan Pritchett, 150lb (Creekview HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (Region 6-5A): Cooper Wilkie, 106lb (Creekview HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (Region 6-5A): Miles Lesley, 165lb (River Ridge HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (Region 6-5A): Enrique Perez-Coronel, 215lb (River Ridge HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (Region 6-5A): Treaghen Connell, 113lb (Sequoyah HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (Region6-5A): Tyler Herring ,126lb (Woodstock HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (Region6-5A): Logan Robinson, 138lb (Woodstock HS)
- Wrestling – Boys (Region6-5A): Casey McElligott, 120lb (Woodstock HS)
- Track & Field (Region 5-6A): Jillian Waterman, Shot Put (Cherokee HS)
- Track & Field (Region 5-6A): Joseph Jarvis, 1600m, (Cherokee HS)
- Track & Field (Region 5-6A): Brennan Wetherington, 800m (Cherokee HS)
- Track & Field (Region 6-5A): Senorah Bleisath, High Jump (Creekview HS)
- Track & Field (Region 6-5A): Malachi Burnett, 1600m & 3200m (Creekview HS)
- Track & Field (Region 6-5A): Ryan Chase, 4X800m Relay (Creekview HS)
- Track & Field (Region 6-5A): William Eubanks, 4X800m Relay (Creekview HS)
- Track & Field (Region 6-5A): Frank Lewandowski, 4X800m Relay (Creekview HS)
- Track & Field (Region 6-5A): Tucker Saladin, 800m (Creekview HS)
- Track & Field (Region 6-5A): Sir Braxton Sprouse, 400m (Creekview HS)
- Track & Field (Region 6-5A): Benjamin Theroux, High Jump (Creekview HS)
- Track & Field (Region 6-5A): Harris White, 4X800m Relay (Creekview HS)
- Track & Field (Region 5-6A): Dariyon Briggs, 200m (Etowah HS)
- Track & Field (Region 5-6A): Kingston Caesar, High Jump (Etowah HS)
- Track & Field (Region 5-6A): Phoenix Caesar, 110m Hurdles (Etowah HS)
- Track & Field (Region 5-6A): Bo Colpaert, 3200m (Etowah HS)
- Track & Field (Region 5-6A): Morgan Dewitt, 4x100m, 4x200m (Etowah HS)
- Track & Field (Region 5-6A): Ewomazino Edet, 100m, 4x100m, 4x200m (Etowah HS)
- Track & Field (Region 5-6A): Aubrey McBeath, 4x100m, 4x200m (Etowah HS)
- Track & Field (Region 5-6A): Kimora Stevenson, 4x100m, 4x200m (Etowah HS)
- Track & Field (Region 6-5A): Alana Bourke, 4x800m Relay (River Ridge HS)
- Track & Field (Region 6-5A): Aislyn Miles, 4x800m Relay (River Ridge HS)
- Track & Field (Region 6-5A): Nikky Sobrevilla, 4x800m Relay (River Ridge HS)
- Track & Field (Region 6-5A): Evan Wiley, 4x800m Relay (River Ridge HS)
Athletes of the Month
The Cherokee County School District recognizes a CCSD Female Athlete of the Month and Male Athlete of the Month each month. 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.
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Each month we celebrate a CCSD Female Athlete of the Month and a CCSD Male Athlete of the Month. Congratulations to this month’s winners: Jillian Waterman of Cherokee High School, state champion for track and field, whose coach is Jamie Evans; and Kamren Kirklen of River Ridge High School’s region champion soccer team, whose coach is Phil Thomas.
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Each month we celebrate a CCSD Female Athlete of the Month and a CCSD Male Athlete of the Month. Congratulations to this month’s winners: Emma Morris of River Ridge High School for girls lacrosse, whose coach is Cecil Phillips; and Elijah Foote of Cherokee High School for track and field, whose coach is Jamie Evans!
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Each month we celebrate a CCSD Female Athlete of the Month and a CCSD Male Athlete of the Month. Congratulations to this month’s winners, both from the Creekview High School wrestling program: two-time state champion Ariel Maicon and state champion Costen Wright; the program’s head coach is Ross Cravens
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Each month we celebrate a CCSD Female Athlete of the Month and a CCSD Male Athlete of the Month. Congratulations to this month’s winners: Finley Parker of the River Ridge High School girls basketball team, whose head coach is Jason Taylor, and Braylon Luster of the Cherokee High School boys basketball team, whose head coach is Joe Veihman.