Mary Persons’ athlete Anyana Barkley is the 2023 recipient of the James P. Evans, Jr. Scholarship. She played point guard for the Region Champs (Elite 8) Lady Bulldogs basketball team. Anyana earned the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for her leadership on and off the court. She made first team A…

The Covenant Academy girls, including several Monroe County residents, trounced David Emanuel Academy on Senior Night on Monday, April 24 by an 11-1 score in Macon.

Rock Springs Christian Academy has won the GAPPS Division I AA 2023 Baseball State Championship after only 2 years of having a varsity baseball team. 

Mary Persons senior Maury Lowe signed a letter of intent on May 10 to continue his basketball career with Georgia Prep.

Mary Persons football coach Brian Nelson said he was pretty pleased with Friday’s spring scrimmage as the Bulldogs threw four passing TDs in a 28-14 win over Therrell.

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It was just like the good ole days (perhaps just with Icy Hot) for 56 former Mary Persons soccer players who competed in the MP Alumni Game at Lancaster Field on Saturday, May 20. MP girls soccer coach Jacob Haygood, himself an alumni, helped organize the game. They had such a good response …

Almost 100 runners took to the streets of Forsyth on Saturday, May 13 for the 6th Annual Fit to Achieve 5K. The event drew participants of all ages and fitness levels from around the region. 

Former Mary Persons soccer star Julian Rivera was named the GCAA Player of the Year and first team All-American in his sophomore season at GMC. Rivera was captain for GMC and led the team with 15 goals and 5 assists. They won a second consecutive Atlantic district title after defeated Patric…

Former Mary Persons baseball star Eric Snow has been named the Defensive Player of the Year by the American Athletic Conference. As a freshman, Snow led The American with 139 assists and has posted a fielding percentage of .976 with only five errors in 211 chances. Snow has been part of 19 d…

Girls take 12th place in Class AAA

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Mary Persons graduate Seth Berkebile has been named the Wesleyan College athletic director for the 2023-24 season.

The 2023 Georgia Independent Athletic Association (GIAA) girls’ state championship soccer game was a rematch of two of the season’s best matches. 

High school football coaching is not a job; it is a calling. Thousands of coaches across the state put their families and lives on hold for part of the year to chase the allure of those Friday night lights. Wins, losses, and heartbreak culminate every weekend during the season as adults put …

Stratford senior Marshall Butler signed a letter of commitment to play golf for Wofford College earlier this month. Marshall is a four-year letter-winner for the Eagles. He has been a member of two Region Championships teams, Runner-up Area Low Medalist in 2022 and All-State 2022, as voted o…

The First Presbyterian Vikings baseball team came into the postseason ranked third in GIAA Class 4A with an 18-13 record. That earned them a first-round bye and a home series against St. Anne Pacelli in the second round. 

The Mary Persons track team will send 22 athletes, 14 girls and 8 boys, to the state meet in Albany on May 11-13 after they qualified at sectionals in Columbus on Saturday, May 6. Athletes will have to finish in the Top 8 in preliminaries on May 11-12 to make it to the finals on Saturday, May 13.

Former Mary Persons baseball player Eric Snow was named to the watchlist for the 2023 Brooks Wallace Award, which honors the best shortstop in Division 1 college baseball.

It was another family dinner night in the Snow household. Eight-year-old Eric, now freshman shortstop of USF baseball, went to his room and grabbed an orange ball from the many Super Balls he had collected, bouncing them against cabinets and walls while his mom and dad cooked dinner. 

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The Mary Persons football team opened spring practice on Monday, May 8, and will continue until the Spring Game vs. Therrell at 6:30 p.m. on May 19 in Dan Pitts Stadium. 

Former Mary Persons running phenom Justin Wachtel was awarded the University of Virginia cross country men’s Coaches Award for Excellence last week. The sophomore had a great cross country year in the fall, winning the Virginia Invitational, placing 3rd at the Southeast regional individually…

Chad Hitt and son Hudson of Forsyth won the Church League Fishing Classic over the weekend with 1st place and big fish. It was the end of season tournament and they also won a big jackpot.

The Mary Persons Diamond Dawgs saw their season come to an end in Savannah on Saturday when they dropped two games to Savannah Christian in Round 2 of the state playoffs.

The Mary Persons girls track team won Region 2-AAA again by a landslide on Tuesday, April 25.

The MP boys and girls golf teams competed at the area 1-AAA and state qualifier tournament on Monday, May 1 at Bull Creek Golf Course in Columbus.  The girls golf team finished in 4th place overall and Makenzie Hicks qualified for the state tournament as an individual medalist, tying for 2nd…

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The Monroe County Middle School football team held its spring football practice during the last week of April.

Mary Persons has hired new basketball coaches for both the boys and the girls.

Former Mary Persons soccer coach Dallas Hall is returning in August after one year at Johns Creek High School in Fulton County.

The Mary Persons baseball team advanced to Round 2 of the state playoffs on Tuesday with an 11-2 win over Crisp County to win the series 2-1. The win gave MP coach Clae Mathis his 200th career victory.

The Mary Persons girls track team will try to win back-to-back region titles on Wednesday, April 26 in the Region 2-AAA meet in Jackson after missing first place by just 3 points at the Region Tune Up Meet last Thursday, April 20 at McConnell Talbert Stadium in Warner Robins.

The best way to attract hummingbirds to your Monroe County yard is to provide the birds with a combination of food supplied in feeders and nectar plants. While most local hummingbird enthusiasts do an excellent job maintaining feeders, many of us do not do as much as we could planting the pl…

FPD senior baseball player Colton McDonald of Bolingbroke signed a letter of intent to play college baseball at Andrew College in Cuthbert on Thursday, April 20. A second baseman, Colton is the son of Ron and Alison McDonald of Bolingbroke, and the grandson of Mike King and Shelly Shuman of …

The MP Boys Tennis Team advanced to the Sweet 16 by eating Dougherty County 5-0 at home in the first round of the playoffs on Monday, April 17.  Trilok Patel made short work at 1 Singles by defeating Landon Hill 6-1, 6-1. Aaron McCoy won against Damarius Lawrence 6-0, 6-1 at 2 Singles. Carte…

The Mary Persons Diamond Dogs have gone on an offensive tear ever since they were swept by the defending state champs.

The Mary Persons girls soccer team finished their season 12-5-2 after falling to St. Vincents 4-0 in Savannah on Monday

The Mary Persons Bass Team continues to grow as it wraps up its 2023 campaign with 10 boats of 20 anglers.

The MP Girls Tennis Team shut out Monroe (Albany) 3-0 in the first round of the playoffs on Monday, April 17 to advance to the Sweet 16.  Lauren Thomas defeated Kamela King 6-2, 6-0 in a quick match. Jayci Daniels persevered and hung on for a 6-4, 6-4 victory against Charisse Harris. Claire …

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The Mary Persons boys soccer team gave No. 1 seed Columbus (17-1) all it could handle last Wednesday April 12 before succumbing 2-1, ending the Bulldogs’ season.