Middle School Girls’ Soccer beats Woodward
The Middle School Girls’ soccer team had an exciting win recently against Woodward Academy. This is the first time that the MS team has ever beaten Woodward! With a score of 6-0, the MS team dominated the field and kept the ball at the Woodward end a majority of the game. Frances Hamilton and Katie Mitcham had two goals each. Sophie Kemether and Ma...
Alumni recognized as basketball conference leaders
Congratulations to two Whitefield alumni who recently received top recognition in their conferences for their outstanding college basketball seasons. Brandon Reed (class of 2009), is now a freshman at Arkansas State University. Reed was named the SunBelt Conference Freshman Player of the Year and was a second-team All-Sun Belt selection. Junard Ha...
Tekele Cotton selected for Naismith Boys’ All Metro Team
Congratulations to Varsity basketball player Tekele Cotton, who was recently selected for the Naismith Boys’ All Metro Team by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. The Atlanta Tipoff Club was founded in 1956 to promote continued support for the game of basketball and to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of high school and college players who make the g...
Middle School Tennis team stomps Wesleyan
Whitefield’s Middle School tennis team dominated in their recent match against Wesleyan. The girls' team won four out of five games, with Sarah Zschunke, Rachel Hicks, Caroline Holliday, Annie Sickling, Megan Schwarzkopf, and Sydney Burke leading Whitefield to victory. The boys' team easily beat Wesleyan. Single players Robby Keough, Walker Wood, ...
Varsity Boys' Tennis scores victories against Walker
Whitefield’s Varsity Boys’ Tennis team recently faced their toughest competition this year against Walker. Matt McGill came off the court first with 6-3 and 6-4 wins over a strong Walker senior. Eric Zschunke, also faced a senior, but played tenaciously and skillfully to win both his sets. Kyle Children, currently ranked seventh in the state for ...
Varsity Golf Teams Beat Lovett
Congratulations to both the Boys’ and Girls’ Varsity Golf teams for beating Lovett! Colleen Panosian and Taylor Benford secured a victory of Lovett for the girls, 84-86, and Colleen led all golfers with a 38! The boys’ team beat Lovett 147-154. Leading the WolfPack were Kameron Givens with a 40, Paul Mims with a 37, Ty Hampel with a 36, and Anders...
A Great Season in Varsity Girls' Basketball
For just the second time in school history, the Varsity Girls’ Basketball team advanced to State basketball competition. Players Briana Jones, Carson Quiros and Caitlin Hesse led the team in a neck to neck game against Prince Avenue Christian in Athens this past Saturday. Down in the fourth quarter, Alexis Cook tied up the score with a free throw...
Whitefield Chess Teams qualify for state
Whitefield Academy fielded two teams for the Regional Tournament this past Saturday, Feb. 27. Both the primary (K-3) and elementary (K-5) teams had outstanding performances and secured automatic bids to the State Tournament to be held on March 20.
K-3 Team Captain Luke Petersen (3rd grade) finished with a perfect score to lead his team to an imp...
Varsity baseball wins again
The WolfPack defeated the Osborne Cardinals 14 - 2 Friday, Feb. 26. The WolfPack led 4 - 1 after five innings of play, but the top of the sixth inning proved to be the back breaker for the Cardinals.
After two quick outs to start the inning, Kevin Whitney drew a walk. Nahim Attaf followed with a double to center field. Harrison Goudiss knocke...
Lady WolfPack Soccer Team beats St. Francis
The Lady WolfPack Varsity Soccer Team beat St. Francis on Friday, Feb. 26 - winning 6-1. From the start, the girls placed a lot of pressure on their opponent. Molly Burke made numerous threats to the goal, and assisted Katie Harrell on two goals in the first half. And the team was just warming up. In the second half, Freshman Mary Claire McClellan ...
WolfPack boys stomp Social Circle, set to take on Paideia tomorrow
In a clash between the #4 seed Social Circle and the #1 seed Whitefield Academy in the first round Class A state playoff home game, the varsity boys stomped the Redskins 78-39 on Friday, Feb. 26.
Leading the offense was Kanneth Gaines' with 22 points, seven rebounds, three assists and five steals. Kennard Backman scored 15 points and had four r...
Solid win earned by Varisty Boys Tennis Team
The Boys Varsity Tennis Team played another great match on Feb. 25 against Pace Academy.
Whitefield dominated Pace quickly at singles - with Kyle Childree, Matt McGill and Eric Zschunke all winning by big margins in straight sets. Tommy Keough and Cole Enright played tough at doubles and won 7-5, 6-4. Beau Harrison and Tanner Parks teamed up t...
Varsity Baseball shuts out St. Francis in season opener
The WolfPack won their season opener 11-1 in 5 innings over St. Francis on a cold and windy afternoon.
The offense was lead by Nahim Attaf who went 3 for 4 with 4 RBI's with a 2 run home-run in the third inning. Spencer Garrett was 1-for-1 with 4 RBI's. Kevin Whitney went 3-for-4 with a double. Greg Schultz went 2-for-3 with 2 RBI's and a dou...
Lovas, Boswell named STAR students; Hellier, McDonald named STAR teachers
On Feb. 8, Ethan Boswell, Nancy Lovas, math teacher Mr. Steve Hellier and science teacher Mr. Christopher McDonald were honored at the annual Student Teacher Achievement Recognition banquet. Twenty five students and 25 teachers were honored. The STAR program was created in 1958 to honor academic excellence.
Ethan Boswell is a member of the Nat...
MS Baseball Team stomps Paideia in season opener
The Middle School Baseball Team defeated Paideia 4-2 in a very cold season opener.
The team got off to a sluggish start offensively but thanks to Bailey Combs’ 3 hits and Ryan Wesley’s 3 walks, the team put together enough runs to pull out the victory. With dominate WolfPack pitchers, it was a true team effort. Bradley Davidson (3 innings), Nil...
Boys Varsity Soccer starts season strong
At the beginning of the season, the Whitefield WolfPack Boys Varsity Soccer Team set four team performance goals.
On Wednesday night, Feb. 24, they met the first one which is one of the most important goal - a come from behind victory. After falling behind 1-0 with 7 seconds remaining in the first half, the WolfPack rallied with 2 goals in the s...
Whitefield Students To Compete in Math Olympics
Lower and Middle School students at Whitefield Academy are preparing to compete in Math Olympics, an A.C.S.I. sponsored competition, on March 5, at Bridgeway Christian Academy in Alpharetta, GA. The competition begins at 12:25 pm with an opening assembly, followed by testing. Testing includes four rounds of 11-minute tests in two areas: computatio...
Whitefield Celebrates Black History With Grandparents' Forum
Whitefield Academy grandparents will share their personal stories of growing up in the midst of segregation and racism with middle and high school students on Friday, February 26th at 2:00 pm in the Athletic Center. Members of the panel include Reverend Cameron Alexander, grandfather of Adam Alexander (6th); Catherine Robinson, grandmother of Murph...
Boys basketball set to play #4 seed at State on Feb. 26
Sitting in the #1 Rank for Class A for most the season and securing a 21-3 record, the Whitefield Varsity Boys Basketball Team looks to captures its second straight State Title.
At 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26, the Whitefield boys will gear up to take on Social Circle. With the dominating record and slated as the #1 seed, Whitefield is clearly the...
Lady WolfPack gets ready to play in state tourney
For just the second time in Whitefield’s athletic history, the Lady WolfPack qualified as the fourth seed in Region 5 for the State Tournament.
The girls will head to Athens for a 6:00 p.m. match-up against the #1 seed from Region 8, Prince Avenue Christian School.
Plagued by injuries throughout the season and five new freshman players, the L...
Kerman places 15th in breatstroke at State
After placing 12th in the 100-breaststroke at the State Preliminary meet on Feb 16, Rebecca Kerman went on to compete at the State Finals on Feb. 17.
Kerman swam away with 15th place in the 100-breaststroke at the 2010 State Swim Meet. Following her win, Rebecca immediately switched strokes and headed out to play tennis for the Girls Varsity Ten...
Six wrestlers compete at state, Dabbiere places fifth
Whitefield Academy wrestler Alex Dabbiere came back from the state tournament with a medal in his weight category.
Dabbiere took fifth in the 140 pound weight class. Five other Whitefield athletes also traveled to the state mee, including Chase Butler, Luke Putney, Taylor Tutt, Forrest Parks, and Sam Shuler.
“The varsity wrestling team had a...
Lee participates in GMEA District 12 District Band Concerts
After extensive auditioning in December, the musicians receiving the highest marks were invited to participate in the annual GMEA District 12 band concerts during the weekend of Feb. 4-6. Whitefield Academy Sophomore Sophie Lee was selected to play flute in the 2009/10 Grade Clinic Band–which concluded its weekend-long practices with a concert on F...
