The record in question is how many region championships the Lady Panthers (9-3, 7-0 Region 1-4A) have won consecutively; the number is up to six after Thursday’s 7-0 win against Warner Robins (5-3, 2-2 Region).
The Bears (9-4, 6-3 Region 2-5A) ran away with a 5-0 victory against their county rival Warhawks (11-4, 7-2 Region), all but erasing their region championship hopes and potentially stealing a home playoff game.
Since 2019 there’s only been one year that Houston County (10-2, 9-0 Region 2-5A) was not the region champion.
A big milestone and some exciting matchups filled the schedule last week as Houston County teams enter the final weeks of the regular season.
As April approaches every Houston County team has gotten at least one region series under their belt.
Houston County sure tried to make it interesting, but the Bears (14-4, 7-2 Region 2-5A) held on in Game 3 to split Friday’s region doubleheader against Thomas County Central (12-5, 6-3 Region).
Nathan Dooley has coached both the boys and girls soccer programs at Perry High School for six years now, and after Wednesday night’s pair of wins against New Hampstead the Houston County native eclipsed 250 wins with the school.
Perry’s (5-6, 4-2 Region 1-4A) start to the 2026 season wasn’t easy but they seem to have found their groove as of late, now 4-1 in their last five after a 5-0 victory over New Hampstead (5-6, 2-4 Region) on Wednesday.
There was only about 32 minutes of actual game time played on Wednesday during Perry’s (7-3, 5-0 Region 1-4A) 10-0 domination of New Hampstead (0-8, 0-4 Region).
Unfortunately for Westfield (6-4, 0-1 GIAA District 5-4A/3A) error after error piled up in the third inning as Calvary Christian (3-7, 1-0 District) scored 10 runs to seal their 14-3 win in the district opener.
