17th Annual “Battle of Paulding” In Memory of Coach Ken Phillips was played on Friday, September 9 th with HHS hosting PCHS Paulding County High School Patriots was presented the revolving “Battle” trophy on September 9th with a come from behind win.
The Wolfpack marched into the Woodstock’s Wolverines house and rearranged the furniture. Mr. Easton Murphy showed the direction of the evening in the first quarter. The game played into the Wolfpack with the change in momentum and never varied. A 49 – 21 win over the Woodstock team was the reward.
The Kell Longhorns and proved that their #6 ranking is totally justified as they all phases of the game against a good Paulding County team. Kell's defense limited the Patriots to less than a hundred yards of offense.
PATRIOTS BUMP,SET,SPIKE TO VICTORY The Paulding County County Patriots volleyball team improved their record to 6-10 on the season with a match victory over Lithia Springs in straight sets 25-9,25-18,and 25-23.
Wildcats take Raiders 17-7. Luck was not with these Paulding Raiders this time during their game with Villa Rica. Despite best efforts, and a last-minute touchdown by Jody Waddell, East Paulding took a loss to the Villa Rick Wildcats.
In what seems to be a growing trend trend in Paulding County Athletics the Patriot softball team came from behind to defeat the Cass Colonels in Region 7-(5A) action at home. The Patriots now have a secure hold on 4th place in the region with a 6-4 record.
Patriots Explode in OT Win Against Hornets - With just minutes left in the game Friday night, the Hiram Hornets led the Paulding County Patriots by a score of 21-7.
Friday night was the match of the cross town rivals. When North meets East and the game is the game of the week on WSB Channel 2 stuff is going to happen. DJ Shockley was there at the end to hand the trophy over to the Wolfpack with a 22 – 21 win.
Kennesaw State Owls 49-3 win over Point Skyhawks gave the Owls their first season win in 5/3 stadium. The commanding lead of 28-3 was lead with starting QB, Chandler Burks passed for two TD to Justin Sumpter. Burks 51 yard run in the 2nd quarter gave the Owls their third TD.
South Paulding Spartans traveled to Alexander for the 3 rd game of the year. What had hoped to be another upset to follow last years upset, it just wasn’t meant to be. The cougars punished the Spartans with a final score of 69-7.
The Paulding County Patriots improved to 1-1 on the young season with a thrilling victory over the New Manchester Jaguars of Douglas County Friday night 24-21. Junior place kicker Ryan Martin kicked a 33 yard field goal as time expired to give the Patriots the victory.
The Wolfpack is the real deal this year. They are definitely worth the price of admission. Friday night was a bit one sided but those that were there saw touchdowns in every flavor.
The first race of the cross country season for East Paulding happened this past weekend in Jasper, GA. The Raiders brought a very inexperienced squad up to compete with teams across the state at the Pickens Preview. The first race of the day was the Varsity Boys, and last year’s 8 th place county finisher Trevor Robinson.
East Paulding held their 2 mile time trial in order to find the varsity line up for the 2016 cross country season. The team has 55 athletes this year, the biggest it has been in years, 13 boys and 16 girls are first year runners. This leads to a very young group of runners.