Christine Troyke

Sports Reporter / Copy Editor

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christine.troyke@gwinnettdailypost.com

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Garcia, GAC roll into state soccer finals

NORCROSS -- The bouncy opening bars of the Fratellis' "Chelsea Dagger" rang out early and often as the Greater Atlanta Christian girls rolled into the state finals.. The top-ranked Spartans' goal celebration song went off three times in the first eight minutes en route to a 7-0 victory in

Peek's last-second goal propels Mill Creek girls to thrilling win

HOSCHTON -- The Mill Creek girls had a plan and stuck to it.. Put the ball in the hands of sophomore Maddie Peek and run the clock down to its last ticks.. Peek finally found an opening and buried the game-winning goal with 8.4 seconds left to beat Roswell

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Parkview girls win title-worthy clash with Collins Hill

LILBURN -- Skillful parries. Precision passing. Diving fingertip saves. Shutdown defense.. It all more than lived up to a top-5 matchup.. In the end, No. 3 Parkview prevailed again against No. 4 Collins Hill, getting two quick goals with less than 18 minutes left in regulation to seal a

G-Braves' offensive woes continue in another loss

Gwinnett's skid reaches nine straight after setback to Pawtucket

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Higginbotham, Wolves prevail in 9th to extend series

BUFORD -- Austin Upshaw launched a high fly ball to deep center that was shagged cleanly for the second out of the ninth inning.. As soon as it was, Nick Wilhite was on his horse from third. As he did, the throw from the outfield bulleted toward third base.. Seconds

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Central boys shut down perennially powerful Walton

LAWRENCEVILLE -- Coming off a disappointing finish to the region season and playing against perennially powerful Walton, the Central Gwinnett boys soccer team was determined not to look back with any regrets.. The Black Knights got back to the style of play that served them so well this season and

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Araya leads Longhorns to first playoff win

Andrea Araya had a hat trick and led the Lanier Longhorns to a 4-0 win over LaGrange in the program's first playoff game Tuesday.

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North girls unseat Mill Creek at region golf tournament

LAWRENCEVILLE -- With another Yang in the lineup, North Gwinnett's girls golf team is back on top.. Freshman Christina Yang shot a low-round 72 and the Bulldogs won the Region 7-AAAAAA title on a drizzly Wednesday at Northwood Country Club.. The last time North took home the region

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Grayson boys win fourth straight region golf title in playoff

SNELLVILLE -- Shawn Chong walked up the hill to the clubhouse grinning.. It was an uncharacteristic show of emotion from the Brookwood sophomore. For good reason.. Chong shot an even-par 72 on Summit Chase's course Tuesday and propelled the Broncos into a playoff with Grayson for the Region 8

Grizzlies grow through adversity in first season

Georgia Gwinnett College softball coach Kat Ihlenburg knew it was going to be a tough start to the season.. She was right.. The weather played the biggest role, first delaying the opening of the Grizzlies sparkling new field and then by wreaking havoc on the schedule Ihlenburg so carefully constructed

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