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Tucker Falls 3-2 to No. 4 Ranked Cass in 5A Quarterfinals
Tucker's Mikael Dawit scored an early goal for the Tigers on a penalty kick for a 1-0 lead the Tigers could not hold in a 3-2 Class 5A boys' [...]
Tucker Advances in Class 5A Playoffs with 2-1 Overtime Win
Tucker's Joseph Crick scored the winning goal with 22.8 seconds left in the first of two 10-minute overtime periods to give the Tigers the lead for good against the [...]
Tucker, Chamblee Girls Soccer Teams Fall in Sweet 16 of State Playoffs
Tucker's Maryam Mumim (8) collects the ball and moves forward ahead of Northside defender Heidi Swain (5). (Photo by Mark Brock) The DeKalb girls’ soccer run in the [...]
Six DeKalb Soccer Teams Open Second Round State Playoffs
Tucker's Jenni McIntosh kicks the ball up the field during regular season play. McIntosh and her teammates are vying to be the first Lady Tiger squad to reach the [...]
Red Devils Knock Off Cedartown 2-0 to Advance in Class 4A Playoffs
Druid Hills keeper Wyatt Bennett pitched a shutout against Cedartown as the Red Devils moved into the Sweet 16 round of the Class 4A boys' state playoffs with a [...]
Cross Keys Shuts Out Bradwell Institute to Advance to Class 5A Sweet 16
Cross Keys' Jefferson Diaz (9) gets in front of Bradwell defender Dominic Manznares (18) during first half action of Cross Keys' 4-0 Class 5A state playoff win. Diaz had [...]
Chamblee Cruises Past Coffee 10-0 in Class 5A Girls’ Playoff Opener
Chamblee's Ansley Harrison (16) puts a header into the net off a corner kick from Cassidy Kuehne on the way to a hattrick in Chamblee's 10-0 win over Coffee [...]
Fourteen DeKalb Soccer Teams Opening State Playoff Action This Week
Tucker goal keeper Kaylee Rice (right) defends against Chamblee's Addison Morris (left) during regular season action. Both lead their teams into the Class 5A state playoffs. (Photo by Mark [...]
Lady Red Devils Shutout Heritage 6-0 behind Hidalgo’s Hattrick
Druid Hills' Zaila Karim-Hidalgo (16) works against a Heritage defender during second half action of Druid Hills' 6-0 win. Hidalgo completed the game with three goals to collect the [...]
Four-Goal Second Half Propels Red Devils Past Heritage 5-1
Druid Hills goalkeeper Wyatt Bennett kicks away after a save against Heritage. Bennett allowed just one first half goal and held Heritage scoreless in the second half along with [...]
Clarkston Sweeps Region 6-4A Soccer Matches against Hapeville
Clarkston's Kaw Htoo kicks for his first of four goals in the first half 11-0 victory over Hapeville in boys' high school soccer action this past week. (Photo by [...]
Dunwoody Sweeps South Cobb in Region 4-6A Shutout Wins
South Cobb keeper Yeshua Carbajal (77) won this battle with Dunwoody's Jordi Orellana (8), but just minutes later Orellana put a header into the goal on a Will Lamb [...]
Tucker Earns Region 4-5A Split with 2-0 Shutout of Chamblee
Tucker's Mikael Dawit (10) blocks a Chamblee pass during Tucker's 2-0 win over the Bulldogs in Region 4-5A play at Adams Stadium on Thursday. (Photo by Mark Brock) [...]
Chamblee’s Solai Washington Named Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year
Chamblee's Solai Washington (19) scored four goals in the Class 5A state championship match ( a 9-0 win over Greenbrier). She was the Class 5A Player of the Year [...]
Chamblee Puts Exclamation Point on Class 5A State Title Run
The Chamblee Lady Bulldogs posed as Class 5A girls' soccer state champions for the second consecutive year following a 9-0 shutout of No. 4 ranked Greenbrier. (Photo by Mark [...]
Chamblee Knocks Off No. 2 Midtown to Reach State Finals
Chamblee's Cami Maynor sends a free kick up the field during the Lady Bulldogs 3-0 Class 5A state playoff semifinal win over Midtown on Thursday. (Photo by Mark Brock) [...]
Lady Bulldogs Advance to Class 5A Semifinals 6-3 over Cambridge
Chamblee goalkeeper Mary Entreckin moves over to deny a shot during Chamblee's 6-3 win over Cambridge in the Class 5A girls' quarterfinals at Cambridge. Entrekin had 9 saves in [...]
Lakeside Advances to Class 6A State Soccer Playoffs Elite 8
Lakeside's Bryan Zetina (11) races upfield in Region 4-6A play late in the regular season against Dunwoody. The Vikings advanced to the Elite. (Photo by Mark Brock) The [...]
Tucker Falls 1-0 to Bradwell – Chamblee Knocks Off No. 4 Greenbrier in Class 5A Soccer Playoffs
Tucker's Colin Mott (23) tries to head a ball into the goal off a corner kick during first half action of the Tigers 1-0 loss to Bradwell in the [...]
Croone’s Five Goals Powers Chamblee to 10-0 Win over Ola
Chamblee's Kara Croone (17) weaves past Ola defenders Payton Bates (11) and Brooklyn Veliz (26) on the way to the first of her four goals in the first four [...]
History
Lakeside’s 2008 Class AAAA state title victory gives the Vikings seven of the 16 state titles owned by DeKalb County.
DeKalb County Schools joined the Georgia High School Associations’ soccer championships in 1968 and promptly made a statement winning seven out of the next 8 state titles on the way to the current total of 16 boys’ state championships.
Briarcliff won the first boys’ state title in the county’s opening season in the GHSA sponsored championships in 1968. DeKalb missed out in 1969, but won titles every year from 1970 thru 1975 to prove a dominant force in soccer. Briarcliff added two more (1971, 1972) during this span to round out its three state titles while Lakeside also picked up three championship trophies (1970, 1974, 1975) in the run. Peachtree captured its only state title in 1973 to help complete the seven year run for DeKalb.
Another run of consecutive titles for the county came in 1978 to 1981. Lakeside won in 1978 and 1981 to sandwich two state titles by Southwest DeKalb in 1979 and 1980.
It would be eight years before DeKalb would bring home another title with Redan capturing the prized trophy in 1988. Henderson won its lone title in 1991 and Lakeside picked up its seventh in 1997.
Chamblee won its first state title (Class AAA) in 2008 giving DeKalb a double-dip in state titles that year.
The 2008 season was the first time two schools won titles in the same season as Lakeside won the class AAAA title 1-0 (3-1 PKs) over Southeast Whitfield and Chamblee won its first title with a 2-1 victory over Westminster. It was also the first state titles in 11 years for the district.
The county teams have had three of the final four in the state championships five times in the 47-year history of the state sponsored championships. The 1988 season was the most amazing of the time period as four DeKalb teams made the final four. Redan defeated Druid Hills for the title while Clarkston claimed third and Shamrock fourth.
Lakeside leads the country in state playoff victories with a 60-27-1 record followed by Druid Hills at 32-23, Redan at 21-17-1, Clarkston at 20-14-1 and Chamblee at 18-11.
State Titles (16)
- Lakeside (7) – 1970, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1997, 2008
- Briarcliff (3) – 1968, 1971, 1972
- Southwest DeKalb (2) – 1979, 1980
- Chamblee (1) – 2008
- Henderson (1) – 1991
- Peachtree (1) – 1973
- Redan (1) – 1988
Gatorade Player of the Year (3)
1991 – Chris Faklaris, Redan
1996 – Troy Garner, Redan
2016 – Josh Bronstorph, Dunwoody
History
Girls’ soccer started in 1982 in DeKalb County and a county championship was held from 1982 to 1987.
Stone Mountain dominated the tournament from 1985-87 winning three consecutive titles while going undefeated. Chamblee, Peachtree and Lakeside won the first three tournaments.
The first Girls’ Metro Atlanta Tournament was held in 1988 and was held until the state began sponsoring the state tournament in 1993. Henderson won the first ever Girls Metro Championship in 1988 by defeating fellow DeKalb rival Stone Mountain 2-1 giving the Lady Pirates their first loss in four years. Lakeside finished third as three DeKalb teams made the final four. This was considered the unofficial girls’ state championship at the time.
The 1993 state tournament had four DeKalb teams in the inaugural event in Lakeside, Stone Mountain, Tucker and Dunwoody. The Lakeside Lady Vikings shut out Lovett and Brookwood in the opening two rounds of the tournament before dropping a 2-1 decision to Pace Academy in the semifinals.
Stone Mountain reached the 1994 state semifinals where a 1-0 loss to Fayette County on a goal with just 1:50 remaining overtime ended the Lady Pirates’ season.
The Lady Vikings reached the only finals in the history of DeKalb in 1997 dropping a 1-0 decision to Marist in the Class AAA title game. The goal to Marist was the only goal allowed by Lakeside in its run to the finals which included shutouts of Tucker (3-0), North Hall (4-0) and Sandy Creek (2-0).
Lakeside would return to the semifinals in 1998 with wins of 12-0 over Eastside and 1-0 in overtime against North Gwinnett before losing a heartbreaking 2-1 overtime game to Starr’s Mill.
Lakeside also leads the girls’ contingent with a 17-19 state playoff record. Thirteen of the current 19 high schools hold at least one playoff appearance in their history. Martin Luther King, Jr. reached the state playoffs for the first time in school history in 2004 while Chamblee notched its first state playoff berth in 2009 to start a four-year run in the playoffs.
The Chamblee Lady Bulldogs won the first GHSA girls’ state title in 2023 with a 9-0 shutout win over Greenbrier behind Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year Solai Washington’s four goals.
State Titles (1)
- Chamblee (1) – 2023
Gatorade Player of the Year (3)
2023 – Solai Washington, Chamblee