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The 2011-2012 season has certainly been one of improvement for the Apalachee High School boys basketball team.

After posting just one victory for all of last season, the Wildcats enter the second portion of the subregion schedule with a 2-3 record. Coach Kevin Morris, like most coaches, is pleased by his team’s improvement, but would also like to see additional progress. [Full Story »] 

The Apalachee High School swim team had another meet full of improvements, coach Laura Rodas said.

“Every meet we’ve had this season, the majority of our swimmers have broken personal records,” the coach said. “With the season coming to an end, this gives us a lot of hope for next year’s team, and especially as new coaches this year, we really look forward to hitting the ground running. We still have a final shot at making state with our next meet at the University of Georgia on the 28th.”

Samuel Allen finished second in the 100 fly with a time of 1:00.72 (state qualifying is 58.0). Joe Allen and Sam Ransom came in second and third, respectively, in the 100 breast (state time 1:08.5). [Full Story »] 

The Apalachee High School Lady Wildcats held on for a slim two-point win against Athens Christian School Saturday.

Trying to bounce back after a 39-35 loss to Winder-Barrow Friday, AHS stepped out of subregion play against the Lady Eagles. Despite leading 35-22 at halftime and 55-37 after the third quarter, the Lady Wildcats had to escape with a 65-63 win.

Saboyce Shelton was the leading scorer with 32 points for AHS.

The Apalachee High School Lady Wildcats went through a final tuneup Tuesday night prior to the start of the subregion schedule.

AHS dispatched of visiting Monroe Area 59-31 in a game which was decided relatively early as the Lady Wildcats led by 15 after the first quarter. Kiarra Sanford scored 22 points to pace AHS while teammate Saboyce Shelton finished with 10 and was recognized for scoring her 1,000th career point.

“We didn’t practice Monday because I wanted to give the team the day off with school starting back later in the week,” coach Michael Parks said. “I was concerned coming in with Tamaica (Morrow) being injured. However, we played a lot of people, a lot of people scored and it seemed like we were having a good time. It was a game we needed.” [Full Story »] 

There are two kinds of leaders when it comes to athletics.

There are the vocal kind or the non-vocal kind. Apalachee High School’s Saboyce Shelton falls into the second category. Allowing her play on the court to do her talking, Shelton has helped the Lady Wildcats race out to a 6-2 start this season and is primed to help her team reach the state tournament for the first time in program history.

“One of her greatest strengths is that she causes matchup problems for opponents,” said Michael Parks, who has coached Shelton throughout her career. “She has a great shot from the outside. She is a very accurate shooter. She is a very dominate post player. However, she is also someone who can play the guard spot. Having her game develop in both areas has helped our team as well as her. Luckily, she has been able to adopt to whatever I need her to do.” [Full Story »] 

The Apalachee High School girls basketball team opened play in the Peach State Holiday Invitational Tuesday with a 66-51 victory against Jordan High School of North Carolina.

Saboyce Shelton scored 29 points and had 10 rebounds to lead the Lady Wildcats, who improved to 7-2 for the season. Ryan Burke added eight points and 11 rebounds while Jasmine Bell finished with 13 points. [Full Story »] 

The Apalachee High School Wildcats had just dropped a contest to Archer High School the day before by 24 points, but coach Kevin Morris has always been one to see the larger picture.

AHS, which is coming off a one-win season a year ago, is making strides during the first half of the 2011-2012 campaign. The Wildcats have already posted two victories and have knocked on the door in several other contests. For Morris, he’s been in the game long enough to know you have to accomplish certain goals before others can be faced. [Full Story »] 

It was a familiar story for the Apalachee High School wrestling team Saturday.

The Mat Wildcats competed at the Madison County Duals and emerged with a sixth-place finish against some quality opponents. AHS opened the weekend with a match against Commerce, a team Wildcat coach Jim Stoudenmire has a high level of praise for.

“Commerce is tough in a lot of spots,” the AHS coach said. “What makes the matchup tough is their strengths are at spots where our strengths are. We also had a few wrestlers out of town for the holidays.” [Full Story »]