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The graduating class of 2025 has been around for quite a few of Georgia Athletics’ proudest moments. Here is a look at some of the greatest moments from Georgia Bulldogs sports over the past four years. Football finally gets it done, twice Georgia Football head coach Kirby Smart kisses the College Football Playoff National Championship […]

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The graduating class of 2025 has been around for quite a few of Georgia Athletics’ proudest moments. Here is a look at some of the greatest moments from Georgia Bulldogs sports over the past four years.

Football finally gets it done, twice







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Georgia Football head coach Kirby Smart kisses the College Football Playoff National Championship trophy on Jan. 10, 2022 after the Bulldogs won the title. (Photo/ Kathryn Skeean, kskeean@randb.com)


Football has always reigned supreme at Georgia, and so the cries over Georgia’s 41-year-long championship drought only grew louder as it got further from 1980. Finally, the Bulldogs won the national championship after Kelee Ringo’s pick six sealed the deal over Alabama in Georgia’s 33-18 win to cap off the 2021 College Football Playoff. Kirby Smart had officially brought a national title home to his alma mater. The cathartic win only got sweeter the following season after Georgia returned to the mountaintop and demolished TCU 65-7 in 2022’s title game. For a town like Athens where football is king, back-to-back football championships are about as good as it gets.

Simone Biles in the Classic City







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Olympian Simone Biles poses with the Georgia gymnastics team during the UGA vs. Boise State gymnastics meet at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. Georgia won 196.825-193.600. (Photo/Laney Martin: @LaneyMartinPhotography)




Simone Biles, one of the greatest athletes of all time, made an appearance in Athens in 2025 at Georgia’s Jan. 17 home-opening gymnastics meet against Boise State. Co-head coach Cécile Canqueteau-Landi is a longtime coach of Biles, and the 11-time Olympic medalist came to support her coach in her first home meet for the Bulldogs. Georgia defeated Boise State 196.825-193.600 with Biles in attendance.

Tennis picks up some hardware







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Georgia tennis player Aysegul Mert, Georgia tennis player Guillermina Grant during Georgia’s match during the 2024 ITA Sectionals at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (Ethan Levine/UGAAA)


Georgia’s tennis program has long been one of the school’s most decorated. In May 2023, Georgia tennis player Ethan Quinn won the NCAA singles championship. He became just the third Bulldog in history to bring home the individual title and turned pro shortly after. Georgia’s women’s tennis team was also busy in the last four years, winning its seventh national championship at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship final in February 2025. The team is aiming to cap off its season with an NCAA championship in mid-May.

Basketball goes dancing







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Scenes Georgia center Somtochukwu “Somto” Cyril (6) and Georgia guard Tyrin Lawrence (7) hug after a men’s NCAA basketball game against Florida at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. Georgia won 88-83. (Photo/Mady Mertens; @madymertensphotography)




A day some Georgia fans never thought would come happened this past March when the Georgia men’s basketball team qualified for its first NCAA tournament berth since 2015. Now, the game itself didn’t exactly go swimmingly for Georgia, as the team was swiftly crushed by Gonzaga 89-68 after a disastrous start to the game left them trailing 30-5. Nevertheless, it was a critical step forward for a program that has seen numerous rebuild attempts in recent years. Georgia’s 12-1 start to the season in 2024-25 was its best since 1930. Also, in 2022, Georgia’s women’s basketball team advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament before losing to the Caitlin Clark-led Iowa Hawkeyes.

Baseball advances to Super Regional







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Georgia senior Corey Collins (6) celebrates home run with redshirt sophomore Charlie Condon (24) during game four of the NCAA Athens Regional between UNCW and Georgia at Foley Field in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday, June 1, 2024. Georgia won 11-2. (Photo/Mady Mertens; MadyMertensPhotography)




Georgia baseball had one of its best years in program history in 2024, finishing 43-17 in head coach Wes Johnson’s first year leading the team. Charlie Condon won the Dick Howser Trophy, awarded to the best player in college baseball, after hitting .410 and mashing 62 home runs in the season. Corey Collins was also an All-American. The team advanced to the Athens Super Regional for the first time since 2008 after losing the last five regionals that it played in. The Bulldogs nearly reached their first College World Series since 2008, but were eliminated by NC State. Though Condon and Collins have since moved on to the pros, Georgia reloaded with talent and is in pursuit of a deeper run this season.

Equestrian brings another title to Athens







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Georgia rider Catalina Peralta during Georgia’s meet against South Carolina at the UGA Equestrian Complex in Bishop, Ga., on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (Courtesy/Sofia Yaker/UGAAA)


Football wasn’t Georgia’s only national champion. The equestrian team won the 2025 national title, the program’s first since 2021 and eighth overall. Kennedy Buchanan and Catalina Peralta both received dual discipline selections, headlining the 11 Bulldogs receiving honors after the victory. The win came on the heels of head coach Meghan Boenig’s induction into the National Collegiate Equestrian Association Hall of Fame.

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Graduation 2025

Manizha Ahmady Next year: I plan to attend NYU (New York University) for Liberal Studies and eventually transition into Biology. I will be spending my first year abroad in Florence, Italy. 0

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Next year: I plan to attend NYU (New York University) for Liberal Studies and eventually transition into Biology. I will be spending my first year abroad in Florence, Italy.

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Fantastic four

The Sun-Times’ high school basketball Mount Rushmore project highlights the sport’s biggest names and greatest stars. With the prep career as the criteria’s centerpiece — with a sprinkling of post-high school success and overall stature used as a separator — we’ve created a Mount Rushmore for 10 geographical regions throughout the Chicago area. In many […]

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The Sun-Times’ high school basketball Mount Rushmore project highlights the sport’s biggest names and greatest stars.

With the prep career as the criteria’s centerpiece — with a sprinkling of post-high school success and overall stature used as a separator — we’ve created a Mount Rushmore for 10 geographical regions throughout the Chicago area.

In many cases, these 40 influential and legendary players defined the history of high school basketball in their respective areas — and often the sport itself. Their rare talents and achievements, which have had a lasting legacy and impact, provide a glimpse into what makes many of these players timeless in the eyes of high school basketball fans.

There will be debate. There should be debate. Any conversation regarding any Mount Rushmore in the sports world is supposed to spark an argument or two. This is ours to dissect and wrangle over with fellow basketball fans.

When trying to absorb a century’s worth of high school basketball stars, you’re reminded how special the sport truly is throughout the Chicago area. The cover features our ultimate Mount Rushmore, the four best players ever from across the area. The talent is arguably greater here than in any other metropolitan area in the country. So choosing just one Mount Rushmore is a tall task.

As you would imagine, the subjective nature of the assignment left us with one repeated question: “How can you leave off (fill in a handful of different names)?”

There were certainly deserving legends left off. But that’s kind of the point. The reverence surrounding this Mount Rushmore is real. And leaving off any of the final four that were chosen would create debate in and of itself.

These four players were impactful in unique ways, inspiring future generations of players. From their elite production and success to their extraordinary stature and never-to-be-forgotten games, the distinct imprint these four left led us to our Chicago-area Mount Rushmore. The best of the best are Thornton’s Quinn Buckner, Simeon’s Derrick Rose, Carver’s Cazzie Russell and St. Joseph’s Isiah Thomas.

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Pair of Eagles Highlights Williams' Weather Plagued Trip to Nationals

PLYMOUTH, Ind. – Neither gusty winds nor rain nor frost could stay Jackson Williams from representing Northeast Mississippi Community College well in his final appearance with the golf program. Williams finished in a tie for 29th individually with an aggregate score of 305 at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II championship from […]

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Pair of Eagles Highlights Williams' Weather Plagued Trip to Nationals

PLYMOUTH, Ind. – Neither gusty winds nor rain nor frost could stay Jackson Williams from representing Northeast Mississippi Community College well in his final appearance with the golf program.

Williams finished in a tie for 29th individually with an aggregate score of 305 at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II championship from May 20-23 at Swan Lake Resort.

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Massachusetts high school sports tournament highlights for June 10

Concord-Carlisle’s Karleigh Mutch celebrated one of her four goals in a 13-6 win over Chelmsford to send the Patriots to the Division 1 title game against Westford. Winslow Townson for The Boston Globe Despite unhelpful weather, six of the eight girls’ lacrosse finalists, and all four for boys’ volleyball, were decided Tuesday. There will be […]

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Concord-Carlisle’s Karleigh Mutch celebrated one of her four goals in a 13-6 win over Chelmsford to send the Patriots to the Division 1 title game against Westford. Winslow Townson for The Boston Globe

Despite unhelpful weather, six of the eight girls’ lacrosse finalists, and all four for boys’ volleyball, were decided Tuesday.

There will be a first-time Division 1 girls’ lacrosse champion when top-seeded Concord-Carlisle faces No. 6 Westford in an all-Dual County League final Thursday (7:15 p.m.) at Babson College, which is hosting all four girls’ lax title games over two nights.

There will also be a new Division 2 titlist after three-time defending champ Notre Dame (Hingham) was stunned by Reading, 8-7, in the semifinals. The fourth-seeded Rockets will face second-seeded Walpole, which took care of business against Westwood, in Friday’s final (5 p.m.).

While the D3 girls’ lax final is still to be determined, Thursday’s D4 title game (5 p.m.) will pit third-seeded Norwell and No. 1 Cohasset, both of whom won going away in the semifinals.

Over in boys’ volleyball, top-seeded Brookline rallied after dropping the first set to take down defending Division 1 champion Newton North and set up a showdown with third-seeded Needham, a Bay State Conference rival, in Friday’s final at Xaverian (6:30 p.m.).

Division 2 will pit No. 3 Wayland against top-seeded Agawam, which survived a five-set battle with neighboring West Springfield in the semifinals, in Thursday’s championship match at Shrewsbury High (6:30 p.m.).

1. The reading list

2. Three stars

Kassidy Carmichael, Westford — The Ohio State-bound senior scored nine of her team’s 11 goals, including the winner with one second left on the clock, to send the Ghosts past Wellesley, 11-10, and into the Division 1 championship game against Concord-Carlisle.

Finn Bell, Wayland — The junior, who reached 1,000 career kills last week, dominated at the net with 27 kills, adding five digs to help the third-seeded Warriors reach the Division 2 final with a 3-1 win over Westfield in the semis.

Scarlett Mirak, Concord-Carlisle — The standout sophomore learned the game from her three older sisters, Gabrielle, Audrey, and Eliza, and will now be the first of her siblings to play for a Division 1 championship after she netted six goals in a 13-6 semifinal win over Chelmsford.

3. Daily lacrosse leaderboard

Goals

Kassidy Carmichael, Westford, 9

Scarlett Mirak, Concord-Carlisle, 6

Charlie Cox, Norwell, 5

Avery Regan, Cohasset, 5

Elisabeth Stutzman, Sandwich, 5

Abby Beggans, Wellesley, 4

Reese Hansen, Cohasset, 4

Karleigh Mutch, Concord-Carlisle, 4

Caitlyn Naughton, Walpole, 4

Molly Campbell, Cohasset, 3

Olicia Comella, Wellesley, 3

Sophia Fruci, Walpole, 3

Emily Hagan, Walpole, 3

Holly Panttila, Norwell, 3

Emily Regan, Cohasset, 3

Molly Trahan, Reading, 3

4. Bedford’s Rossi honored

With a spectacular senior season for Bedford, Alyx Rossi has been named Gatorade Massachusetts Softball Player of the Year.

“Rossi is such a talented pitcher and hitter as well,” said Westford Academy coach Gina Mustoe in a statement. “She dominates on the mound and has such control over all of her pitches.”

The Boston College-bound Rossi has the Buccaneers in the Division 2 semifinals and has posted a 0.35 ERA with 276 strikeouts in 120 innings. She is hitting .543 with a .614 OBP, seven home runs, 26 RBIs, 31 runs, and six steals.

The 5-foot-9-inch lefthander, who was named the Globe’s Division 2 Player of the Year as a junior, has 958 career strikeouts.

A member of the Spanish National Honor Society and Bedford’s Academic Hall of Fame, Rossi volunteers with the town’s club of social concern and was a member of Bedford’s Model UN team.

5. Commitment central

▪ St. Mary’s sophomore Bella Owumi will be transferring to the Tilton School in New Hampshire.

Owumi, who has been a varsity starter since seventh grade, already has 1,224 career points and was named Catholic Central MVP after averaging 17.1 points per game while leading the Spartans to the Division 3 state title.

Owumi will be joined by her Spartans and MCW Starz teammate Lily Norton in Tilton’s 2027 class, which also features Kam Derba, who grew up in Easton and played at Dexter Southfield.

▪ Northfield Mt. Hermon junior Olivia Fleming has committed to play women’s basketball at Lehigh. The 5-foot-7 guard from Wyndham, N.H., was named NEPSAC Class AA Player of the Year and also plays for Rivals.

▪ Quarterback Dante Reno (Sturbridge), who attended Loomis Chaffee and Cheshire Academy in Connecticut, will transfer from South Carolina to play for his father, Tony, at Yale. The 6-foot-2-inch, 214-pound redshirt freshman will have four years of eligibility remaining. He threw for 2,358 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior for Cheshire. Tony Reno has coached Yale since 2012 and has won four Ivy League championships.

▪ North Andover announced Ben Murphy as its new boys’ hockey coach.

Murphy, who played at Cushing before winning a Hockey East championship and reaching two national title games at Maine, brings 19 years of collegiate coaching experience.

Most recently, Murphy was an associate head coach on the women’s staff at Providence. Prior to that he had stints with RPI, Bentley, St. Lawrence, and Castleton State. He began his coaching career with the Wichita Thunder of the CHL.

Murphy replaces Scott Greene, who led the Scarlet Knights since 2021.

▪ North Andover didn’t stop with its boys’ hockey program, also announcing the hiring of Don Viselli as girls’ basketball coach.

Viselli most recently served as an assistant at Derryfield School in Manchester, N.H., and he has 25 years coaching experience, from fifth grade to high school. He started and coached the Merrimack Valley Roadrunners AAU program and has also coached with MassRivals.

▪ Essex Tech announced the hiring of Liv Robles as its girls’ basketball coach.

Robles spent last season as an assistant at Emmanuel after graduating from Saint Anselm in 2024 after a four-year career for the Hawks. From Connecticut, she was a three-time All-Southern Connecticut Conference selection at Mark T. Sheehan School.

▪ After coaching Somerset-Berkley boys’ basketball to a Division 2 state title this winter, the program’s first since 1954, Bob Slater is hanging up his whistle.

The 1987 Attleboro graduate volunteered at his alma mater and was on staff for a state championship run in 1998. He joined Somerset-Berkley’s staff in 2002, becoming JV coach in 2005, and varsity head coach in 2009. Slater led the Blue Raiders to the D2 state semifinals in 2023 and was given Globe Coach of the Year honors.

This winter he led the Blue Raiders to a 24-1 record capped with a stunning 65-44 win over three-time defending champion Malden Catholic in the state championship.

“It’s a good way to go out,” Slater said. “It’s special to go out with this group after the successes we’ve had the past few years.”

7. College corner

▪ Will Jones, Jordan Gottesman, and Charlie Walker were among five Northeastern baseball players named to the Northeast All-Region First Team, while Aiven Cabral earned second team recognition.

Jones, a graduate student and Hamilton-Wenham graduate, went 11-1 with a 2.62 ERA over 15 starts, striking out 75 in 72 innings and setting a program record for wins in a season.

Gottesman, a graduate student and Acton-Boxborough graduate, was 9-2 with a 2.27 ERA over 16 appearances, striking out 97 in 83 1/3 innings.

Walker, a junior and Milton graduate, was 4-0 with seven saves and a 1.29 ERA in 16 appearances, striking out56 in 48 2/3 innings.

Cabral, a junior and St. Mary’s graduate, went 10-3 with a 2.92 ERA over 16 starts, striking out 74 in 89 1/3 innings.

▪ Dartmouth senior rower Jenna Martin, a Wayland graduate, was named an honorable mention CRCA All-American. Martin was a member of the Big Green’s varsity eight that finished fourth at the Princeton Chase, beating Virginia and Harvard. Dartmouth teammate and fellow Wayland resident Aine Ley, who attended the Groton School, was also a CRCA honorable mention All-American following her junior season.


Brendan Kurie can be reached at brendan.kurie@globe.com. Follow him on X @BrendanKurie.

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Hortonville tops De Pere in sectional final, advances to state after two upsets

SUAMICO (NBC 26) — Hortonville is headed to the Division 1 state baseball tournament after a 3-1 win over defending state champion De Pere in Tuesday’s sectional final. Watch the highlights and postgame interviews here: Hortonville tops De Pere in sectional final, advances to state after upsets over two conference champions The Polar Bears broke […]

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SUAMICO (NBC 26) — Hortonville is headed to the Division 1 state baseball tournament after a 3-1 win over defending state champion De Pere in Tuesday’s sectional final.

Watch the highlights and postgame interviews here:

Hortonville tops De Pere in sectional final, advances to state after upsets over two conference champions

The Polar Bears broke a scoreless tie in the top of the fifth inning. Kameron Chronis lined a single to left field to score Broden Butzin, and two more runs came across after a pair of De Pere throwing errors on the same play.

De Pere got on the board in the sixth on an RBI single to center by Ryan Wettstein, scoring Brandon Krueger to cut the lead to 3-1.

The final out of the game came on a fly ball to center field — confirmed after a brief delay — sealing the win for Hortonville.

Pitcher Griffin Jens picked up the win on the mound as Hortonville advanced to state by knocking off both FVA champion Kimberly and FRCC champion — and defending state champion — De Pere.

The Division 1 quarterfinals begin Monday at Fox Cities Stadium.

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UW Inks All

Story Links SEATTLE – Washington head men’s basketball coach Danny Sprinkle has landed another major addition through the transfer portal, announcing the signing of All-Big Ten Honorable Mention guard Desmond Claude from USC. Claude is Washington’s seventh addition from the transfer portal, joining Lathan Summerville, Quimari Peterson, Jacob Ognacevic, former USC teammate Wesley Yates III, Bryson […]

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SEATTLE – Washington head men’s basketball coach Danny Sprinkle has landed another major addition through the transfer portal, announcing the signing of All-Big Ten Honorable Mention guard Desmond Claude from USC.
 
Claude is Washington’s seventh addition from the transfer portal, joining Lathan Summerville, Quimari Peterson, Jacob Ognacevic, former USC teammate Wesley Yates III, Bryson Tucker and Christian Nitu. Claude is the third incoming Husky that led his team in scoring a year ago.
 
The addition bolsters an already impressive transfer haul, with the Husky class ranking as the third best in the nation per On3, coming in at No. 6 per ESPN’s Jeff Borzello and No. 8 via HoopsHQ.
 
“Desmond was one of the best guards we played all season last year,” Sprinkle said. “He completely dominated and controlled both of our games against USC. He is a veteran, experienced player and has been extremely effective and productive at the Big East and Big Ten levels. We are expecting him to continue that production and have a great senior season for the Dawgs!”
 
On3 ranks Claude as the nation’s No. 29 overall transfer prospect, with the 6-6 guard ranking at No. 31 per 247Sports.
 
Claude, who was voted All-Big Ten Honorable Mention by the media and received NABC All-Pacific District plaudits, paced the Trojans at 15.8 points per game, the 12th-highest average in the Big Ten, on 48.2 percent shooting. Claude also led USC at over 4.2 assists per game.
 
Claude eclipsed the 30-point mark twice for the Trojans a season ago, hanging 30 on the road at Rutgers and dropping 31 in USC’s road upset at No. 13 Illinois. In Washington’s visit to Los Angeles, the Connecticut native posted a double double with 25 points and 11 rebounds.
 
Prior to USC, Claude spent two seasons at top Big East program Xavier, earning the conference’s Most Improved Player award in 2023-24 after averaging 16.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. Claude came up clutch for the Musketeers down the stretch, leading the Big East in scoring during the month of March at 22.8 PPG.
 
Claude earned Big East All-Freshman laurels as a rookie, playing in 35 games for Xavier primarily off the bench. The Putnam Science Academy product posted averages of 4.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists.
 
A consensus four star, top-100 recruit out of high school, Claude was rated as the No. 83 overall prospect, No. 11 point guard and No. 2 player in Connecticut by On3.

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