ATHLETIC RECAP

Football:

Our football team had a record of 6-5 for the 2022 football season. It was the Pack’s first year in a new region which put us up against some strong teams! The Pack went on a huge 4-0 streak at the beginning of the season, scoring a total of 147 points in the first four games. The Pack had many players named to the All-Region team which are listed below:

1st Team All-Region Offense

Merce Relaford (‘23) - RB, Ian Weihe (‘24) - WR, Hines Harmon (‘24) - OL

1st Team All-Region Defense

Conlon Walker (‘23) - LB, Bo Thompson (‘24) - OLB, Ian Geffrard (‘23) - DL, Jonathan Cassady (‘25) - DB, Ayden Duncanson (‘23) - ATH, Diego Lopez (‘24) - P, Kaden McKeown (‘23) - LS

2nd Team All-Region Defense

Harrison Rowe (‘24) - DL, Wyman Shaheen (‘24) - DB, Mac Wotton (‘24) - DB

All-Region Honorable Mention

Taylor Craig (‘24) - LB

Caleb LaVallee (‘23) was named Region Player of the Year!

The Middle School football team had a phenomenal season and finished as Metro10 champions! They finished the season 8-1 with the only loss coming early in the season to Mount Paran with a score of 0-7.

The 5th/6th football team finished their season 5-2 with huge wins over Mount Bethel!

Cross Country:

After winning the region championship, the boys and girls put on an impressive performance at the state meet. The boys placed 2nd and the girls placed 4th!

With the best combined finish in the history of Whitefield’s Cross Country program, both the boys and the girls teams stood “on the podium” and brought home championship trophies from the GHSA 1A Division 1 State Cross Country meet in Carrollton, GA on November 4.

The boys finished a close 2nd to a surprising Armuchee team from Rome. As a result, the boys brought home a 2nd place trophy and each of the seven runners on the team received an individual team medal for their performances.

In the boys’ race Taylor Wade (‘23) finished 2nd in an exciting photo finish to rival Luke Churchwell of Bleckley Country who beat him by only .05 of a second! Andrew Rothwell (‘24) also won an individual medal by finishing in the top 10 with an 8th place finish.

The girls then finished the day by accomplishing something that no other Whitefield girls’ team has ever done. They finished 4th as a team, won a trophy at the state championships, and were awarded team medals for each of the seven runners on the team.

Congratulations to the cross country team for these outstanding performances - two races, two State Meet trophies, two top ten individual medals, and 14 individual team medals!

Taylor Wade (‘23) and Andrew Rothwell (‘24) were both selected to the All-County team for their performance this season. Taylor Wade (‘23) was also selected as the County Runner of the Year!

The Middle School cross country team competed in a total of seven meets this season. At the Metro10 meet, the Pack had strong performances from the young runners and ended up finishing 7th at the meet.

Softball

The varsity softball team had a strong season as they finished the season 8-12. The team made huge improvement this year after a 2-16 season last year!

Many of our players were named to the All-Region team after the season. This list included:

Cece Springfield (‘26) - Offensive Player of the Year AND 1st Team All Region Annabelle Gallacher (‘26) - 1st Team All Region

Ella Handler (‘23) - 1st Team All Region

Elizabeth Morris (‘24) - 2nd Team All Region

Amelia Johnson (‘25) - 2nd Team All Region

Zoey Arrington (‘23) - 2nd Team All Region

The Middle School team finished their season 3-8 this year, and we are excited to see what next year brings!

Volleyball

The varsity volleyball team had their best season in Whitefield history finishing the year 19-7. The Pack was in an extremely competitive region this year, with six of the top 10 teams in the state coming from our region. Due to this, the Pack did not make it to the playoffs, but we can’t wait to see what they accomplish next year!

The JV team finished the year 11-8! We are excited to see these players move through the volleyball program!

In Middle School, the blue volleyball team finished the year 3-6 while the gold team finished 2-8. The blue team made it to the Metro10 playoffs, where they went 0-2 against Cornerstone Christian.