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Four DeKalb Softball Players Participating in GDC All-State Softball Games
Georgia Dugout Club (Softball) All-State participants at Truist Park on Saturday include (top, l-r) Kate Sarago (Chamblee), Ellie Lenz (Lakeside), Rachel Axelson (Chamblee) and Gali Nelson (Chamblee, bottom photo). [...]
Blue All-Stars Capture 4th Consecutive Win in Senior All-Star Softball Classic
Named Most Valuable Players in the 2024 DCSD Senior All-Star Softball Classic were Chamblee's Rachel Axelson (left) and Decatur's Rossalia Iglesias-Lopez (right). Rachel Axelson, Elena Smith and Ellie [...]
Miller Grove Dealt 16-0 Loss in First Trip to Elite 8 Softball Tournament
Miller Grove shortstop Mariah Presley (left) comes up throwing on an infield grounder as second baseman JaNiya Smith backs up on the play. The Wolverines lost their first game [...]
Miller Grove Gets First Ever Trip to Softball Elite Eight
Miller Grove first baseman Saniya Francis (left) makes the play on a low throw to get a Thomson base runner during the Wolverines sweep of the Bulldogs to reach [...]
Chamblee Falls to Creekview in State Playoffs Sweet 16 Round
Chamblee senior Kate Sarago collects one of her four hits on the day against Creekview in the Class 5A state playoffs second round. Chamblee fell two games to none [...]
Miller Grove Sweeps Way into First Ever Elite 8 State Tournament Appearance
Miller Grove's Mariah Presley slides safely into second on steal as Thomson shortstop Kendyl Reynolds awaits a throw. Miller Grove went on to win the opening game 9-1. (Photo [...]
Miller Grove, Chamblee Hosting Sweet 16 Softball State Playoff Series
Miller Grove's Julia Kidd (top) and Chamblee's Anabelle Ritchey (bottom) lead their respective teams into the Sweet 16 of the girls' fastpitch softball state playoffs this week. (Photos by [...]
Chamblee Sweeps Dutchtown to Advance to Class 5A Softball Playoffs Sweet 16
Chamblee pitcher Gali Nelson hits an RBI single to aid her own cause on the mound during Chamblee's 20-1 game 2 win to sweep the series against Dutchtown. (Photo [...]
Miller Grove Sweeps Hardaway to Advance to Class 2A Softball Sweet 16
Miller Grove senior pitcher keeps adding to her record setting strikeout total as she picked up 20 K's in leading the Wolverines to a Class 2A state playoff sweep [...]
Region winners Chamblee and Miller Grove Lead 6 DeKalb Teams into Playoffs
Miller Grove pitcher Amiyah Morrison holds the school record for strikeouts and leads her Miller Grove team into a first round host role against Hardaway as one of six [...]
Lakeside’s Ellie Lenz Sets New DeKalb Fast Pitch Homerun Record
Lakeside's Ellie Lenz is the new DeKalb County fastpitch softball homerun king after hitting her 26th career home on Tuesday. She added two more against Dunwoody on Wednesday to [...]
Miller Grove Pitcher Amiyah Morrison Climbing DeKalb Record Book
Miller Grove's Amiyah Morrison is the all-time Miller Grove strikeout leader with 435 strikeouts in her career. She is also within three wins of the school victory record. Both [...]
Chamblee Rallies Past Collins Hill for 9-5 Non-Region Victory
Chamblee's Ava Pellettieri drove in three runs to aid the Lady Bulldogs rally from a 5-2 deficit to a 9-5 victory over the Collins Hill Lady Eagles. (Photo by [...]
Southwest DeKalb Defeats Lithonia 18-3 in Season Opener
Southwest DeKalb's Jamia Josey (8) beats a throw to Lithonia third baseman Jordan Shy to advance a base during Southwest DeKalb's 18-3 win. (Photo by Mark Brock) The [...]
DeKalb Athletics Provides Softball Players Teaching Clinic
Gary Anderson (in hat) gives instructions to DeKalb Softball Clinic attendees at Cofer Park. (Photo by David Hill) Softball players from across DeKalb County High Schools recently had [...]
Blue Evens Series with Red with 20-7 Win in DCSD All-Star Classic
Lakeside's Vanessa Oliver (left) and Arabia Mountain's Madison Heath (right) were named MVPs of the Blue and Red All-Star teams, respectively, for their play in the Blue's 20-7 win. [...]
Chamblee Comes Up Short in Class 5A State Playoffs
Chamblee's Kate Sarago (runner) in early season action against M.L. King. Sarago and her Lady Bulldogs fought hard and came up short in the Columbus Super Regional finals in [...]
Chamblee Still Alive in Class 5A Super Regional in Columbus
Chamblee remains alive in the Class 5A Super Regional at Northside-Columbus. The Chamblee Lady Bulldogs split a pair of games in the Class 5A Super Regional in Columbus [...]
Seven DeKalb Teams Go on the Road in First Round of State Playoffs
Chamblee's Julie Mansour and her Lady Bulldog teammates are headed to Class 5A Softball Super Regional State Playoff action at Northside in Columbus. Six other teams are also on [...]
Smith Pitches Three-Inning Perfect Game in Chamblee Win over M.L. King
Chamblee junior pitcher Elena Smith threw a three-inning perfect game in the Bulldogs win over Martin Luther King Jr. on Tuesday at Chamblee. (Photo by Mark Brock) Chamblee [...]
History
Dunwoody softball owns DeKalb’s only two fastpitch state titles.
DeKalb County Schools Schools could be the birthplace of fastpitch softball on the state level. The county had 18 of the 21 teams that participated in the inaugural season in 1993.
The other three entries were Marist, Berkmar and Meadowcreek. Dunwoody established itself as the powerhouse over the first four years of state competition by compiling a record of 101-15 under co-coaches Lynn Maddox and Cheryl Finke.
The Lady Wildcats won at least 17 games every year from 1993 to 1998, while finishing first or second over the first four (1993 to 1996). Dunwoody lost in the inaugural state title series after winning the first of a three-game set against Meadowcreek, losing the final game 2-1.
The Lady Wildcats bounced back for a 26-3 record and a four-game sweep in the state tournament in 1994 to claim the county’s first of two state titles, both owned by Dunwoody.
The 1995 title went to Oconee County with two straight losses in the final series. The 1996 season was another bounce back year for the Lady Wildcats with their second state title in three years.
DeKalb went through a four year dry spell in reaching the state playoffs until the 2001 season when Tucker advanced to the Class AAAA state tournament, but came up short in the bid for the title.
State Titles (2)
Dunwoody (2) – 1994, 1996