WORD FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WELCOME GHSA SOCCER FANS
Welcome to the 2025 GHSA Soccer State Championships! The finals are sure to be exciting as all of the schools represented are looking forward to their team achieving the title of "Champion". However, we all know that all of our teams are outstanding and are definitely winners. Our congratulations are in order for all of the teams, coaches, administrators, students and parents who have supported the athletes through this year's journey to the finals. I know you will enjoy and appreciate the state championships and all of the work leading up to this exciting event!
I would also like to thank you for your support of high school soccer throughout the season. Your attendance and support are integral to the success of high school athletics and for the team and individuals you are here to cheer on. Good sportsmanship is expected for our athletes, and I urge you to be positive in your support of all of our teams. To put on an event of this magnitude takes many volunteers who have worked tirelessly to provide a "first class" event. The GHSA sta has been working for weeks as well to ensure a special event for all involved.
Finally, I would like to thank our corporate sponsors who make it possible to put on these championships. Their advertisements can be seen throughout this program, and I encourage you to support them whenever possible. The GHSA wants to thank these exemplary companies for their involvement, we appreciate their support.
Thank you for your attendance, and I know you are going to enjoy the best high school soccer anywhere!
Dr. Tim Scott Executive Director
CHAMPIONSHIP SOCCER SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, MAY 13
McEachern 5 PM – Class A Div. 1 Girls Bremen vs. Model 7:30 PM – Class A Div. 1 Boys Armuchee vs. Thomasville
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14
McEachern
5 PM – Class 3A Girls Jefferson vs. Oconee County 7:30 PM – Class 3A Boys NW Whitfi eld vs. Johnson-Gainesville
Duluth
5 PM – Class A-3A Private Girls Lovett vs. GAC
7:30 PM – Class A-3A Private BoysAtlanta Int. vs. Whitefi eld Acad.
THURSDAY, MAY 15
McEachern 5 PM – Class 6A Girls Walton vs. Buford 7:30 PM – Class 6A BoysGrayson vs. Campbell
Duluth 5 PM – Class 4A Girls
Marist vs. Blessed Trinity
7:30 PM – Class 4A Boys
Marist vs. Westminster
Mercer
5 PM – Class A Div. 2 Girls
Atlanta Classical vs. Lake Oconee Acad.
7:30 PM – Class A Div. 2 Boys Atkinson County vs. Lake Oconee Acad.
FRIDAY, MAY 16
Duluth 5 PM – Class 5A Girls Northgate vs. Roswell
7:30 PM – Class 5A Boys Sprayberry vs. River Ridge
Mercer 5 PM – Class 2A Girls
Pike County vs. Savannah Arts
7:30 PM – Class 2A Boys Shaw vs. Drew Charter
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GHSA SOCCER STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS TAKE TO THE PITCH
BY SETH ELLERBEE | SELLERBEE@SCOREATL.COM
Thirty-two of the best soccer teams in the state will make the trek to one of three locations to achieve greatness as the GHSA soccer season ends Tuesday to Friday.
Each determined squad will attempt to etch their names into program and GHSA history and more than a few have done it before, while others are seeking their first-ever state soccer championships in new-look classifications.
McEachern in Powder Springs, Duluth and Mercer University in Macon will be the sites to bear witness of the culmination of a season-long race to the finals.
LET’S RUN IT BACK
The champions who are trying to defend have spent the season yearning for this moment and a chance to add another chapter to their program’s history.
On the boys side, River Ridge won the Class 6A title last season and returns, now in Class 5A, trying for its secondever title. Westminster’s boys have won 15 previous championships including the Class 4A title last season and have the prowess for a 16th trophy.
On the girls side, Marist won last year’s Class 6A title
– the team’s 12th -- and will try for the Class 4A crown this season. In Class 3A, Oconee County are trying for the team’s third-straight and third-overall championship. Greater Atlanta Christian was in Class 5A last season, where it won the team’s fourth championship, and is now competing for the title in Class 1A-3A Private.
WE ARE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER CASE
Many of the teams making the trek to the title match have championship-winning experience in the school’s history and some enter with recent memories of late-season success. While other teams are drawing on the lore of a program’s long-lost championship season.
On the boys side, Grayson (6A) has a tied championship in 2004 alongside Richmond Academy for the Rams’ lone title and now wants their second. Marist (4A) is trying for its third title after winning in 2006 and 2009. JohnsonGainesville (3A) has three titles – 2018, 2022 and 2023 –and will try for a fourth after falling in the Class 4A finals last season, 2-0 to Westminster. Northwest Whitfield (3A) has
one title, 2018. Thomasville (A-Division I) previously won titles in 2010 and 2019. Whitefield Academy (1A-3A Private) won the Class A title in 2017, it's only championship.
For the girls, Walton (6A) has one title from 1993, the second year that GHSA girls soccer was a sanctioned sport and considered an ‘open event’. Roswell (5A) is trying for its second title after winning in 2023. Northgate (5A) will try for its second title and first since 2013. Blessed Trinity (4A) has six titles – 2004, 2006 (tie), 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2021. Atlanta Classical (A-Division II) wants its second title, its first coming in 2021.
HUNGRY FOR SOME HARDWARE
Several programs will try for their first-ever title and on the boys side, Campbell (6A), Sprayberry (5A), Shaw (2A), Drew Charter (2A) Armuchee (A-Division I), Atkinson County (A-Division II) and Lake Oconee Academy (1A-3A Private) are seeking first-ever championships. On the girls side, Buford (6A), Jefferson (3A), Pike County (2A), Savannah Arts (2A), Bremen (A-Division I), Model (A-Division I) and Lake Oconee Academy (1A-3A Private) have never won a title.
Shiloh
PAST BOYS SOCCER STATE CHAMPIONS
Tie: Heritage/Parkview Lovett 1995 _ Walton St. Pius X _ 1996 Lassiter St. Pius X
1997 _ Parkview Tie: Lakeside, DeKalb/St. Pius X Lovett
1998 _ Parkview Heritage Gainesville
1999 Clarke Central Woodward Academy St. Pius X
2000 _ McIntosh Starr's Mill Tie: Greater Atlanta Christian/Athens Academy
2001 Tie: Parkview/Brookwood St. Pius X Westminster Athens Academy
2002 Walton Heritage Riverwood Savannah Country Day
2003 Shiloh Tie: Heritage/Dalton Lovett Decatur
2004 Brookwood Woodward Academy Tie: Richmond Academy/Grayson Savannah Country Day
2005 Parkview Woodward Academy Richmond Academy Aquinas
2006 Walton Marist Westminster Pace Academy
2007 Harrison McIntosh Westminster Greater Atlanta Christian
2008 Walton Lakeside, Dekalb Chamblee Walker
2009 Collins Hill Marist St. Pius X Greater Atlanta Christian
2010 Collins Hill Starr's Mill Gainesville Thomasville
Year AAAAAA AAAAA AAAA AAA AA A
2011 Walton Chattahoochee St. Pius X Westminster Walker
2012 Collins Hill Lambert Woodward Academy Westminster Aquinas
2013 Berkmar McIntosh Dalton St. Pius X Westminster Paideia
2014 Brookwood McIntosh Dalton St. Pius X GAC Paideia
2015 Duluth Dalton St. Pius X West Hall GAC Atlanta International
2016 Parkview Riverwood St. Pius X Decatur Wesleyan Paideia
Year AAAAAAA AAAAAA AAAAA
2017 Meadowcreek Chattahoochee McIntosh SE Whitfield Westminster Benedictine Whitefield Academy
2019 Lambert Dalton McIntosh Oconee County Westminster Thomasville Georgia Military Wesleyan
2020 (not held)
2021 South Forsyth Dalton McIntosh SE Whitfield Coahulla Creek Pace Academy Georgia Military Wesleyan 2022 Harrison Lassiter Johnson-Gaines. SE Whitfield Greater Atlanta Christian Pace Academy Dalton Academy Atlanta International Year AAAAAAA AAAAAA
A-DIV 1 A-DIV 2
2023 Lambert Lassiter Dalton Johnson-Gainesville Coahulla Creek Tattnall Co. Paideia Christian Heritage
2024 Kennesaw Mountian River Ridge McIntosh Westminister Columbus Toombs County Atlanta Int. Georgia Military
PAST GIRLS SOCCER STATE CHAMPIONS
Year Open Event
1992 McIntosh
1993 Walton
1994 McIntosh
Year AAAAA AAAA AAA AA/A
1995 McIntosh Tie: Pace Academy/Marist
1996 _ Sprayberry Westminster
1997 _ Parkview Marist Pace Academy
1998 Brookwood St. Pius X Westminster
1999 Tie: Parkview/Pope Starr's Mill Providence
2000 Tie: McIntosh/Pope Starr's Mill Paideia
2001 Pope Tie: Marist /St. Pius Lovett Paideia
2002 Tie: Pope/Starr's Mill St. Pius X Westminster Savannah Country Day
