Pope High School

Message from the Athletic Director
Welcome to the Pope High School Athletic webpage. We hope that you will find this website is useful in locating specific information about our athletics program. Pope is consistently ranked in the top 15 AAAAA Athletic Programs in Georgia, according to the GADA Directors Cup. We are a member of the most competitive region in the state, Region 6AAAAA, and we boast several state and region titles in various sports. In the fall semester of 2006 alone, we have already won the state championship for the 7^th time in eight years in Slow Pitch Softball. Pope also won our Area in Volleyball, finishing 4^th in the state, and placed in the top 5 in the state in cheerleading competition.

At Pope, we offer 16 varsity level sports; most of which have freshman and junior varsity teams . In spring 2007, we will enter our first year of competitive gymnastics. In the 2005-2006 school year, we had approximately 700 student athletes. Research has shown that students attain higher levels of achievement when involved in extracurricular activities; therefore, we strive to offer something for everyone. Many of our student athletes have earned college scholarships and some professional contracts. This year, our 20^th year anniversary, we will be inducting the inaugural Pope High School Athletic Hall of Fame class to celebrate the accomplishments of our past student athletes.

With the support of our active booster clubs, we have recently accomplished the following: added stadium seating to the baseball field, an indoor hitting facility, brand new weight room equipment, upgraded the locker room facilities, upgraded the gym, and made various improvements to the stadium and concession stand. Our baseball field even won the Georgia Field of the Year in 2005.

We strive to “inspire students to achieve extraordinary success”, both in the classroom and on the field. Pope expects our student athletes to be leaders on the team, in the school, and in character.
We invite you to come out and see, support, and cheer for our student athletes in action. All schedules should be attached to each sport’s respective website. Students can buy an athletic pass for $50, which will give them admission to every athletic event on Pope’s campus, aside from playoffs and booster club scrimmages.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to email me, Robert Shaw at robert.shaw@cobbk12.org or Patrick Abney, our Athletic Coordinator, at Patrick.abney@cobbk12.org .
Thanks for your support. Go Greyhounds!

Helpful Websites
www.ghsa.net
www.gasports.com
www.mdjonline.com

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