Sandy Creek High School

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Location
Sandy Creek High School

"Success is a choice"
Tyrone, Georgia, United States of America
Information
Principal	Roy Rabold
Campus	Suburban
Students	1,305 ^[1]
Faculty	95
Type	Public high school
Mascot	Patriots
Established	1991
Conference	6-AAA in Georgia High School Association (GHSA)
Colors
Homepage	Sandy Creek High School

Sandy Creek High School or SCHS is located in Tyrone, Georgia, United States.

Sandy Creek serves Tyrone, northern Fayetteville, and small northern portions of Fairburn and Peachtree City. It opened in 1991 with approximately 400 students in order to relieve overcrowding at Fayette County High School and McIntosh High School.

Today, the school has 1,305 students enrolled in grades 9-12^[1] and is accredited by the Southern Association of High Schools and Colleges.

In 2004 it was a Georgia School of Excellence, and is a Blue Ribbon School. They have one the highest SAT averages in the state at about 1040 out of 1600. The class of 2007 scored the highest scores in Fayette County.

1 Sports
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[edit] Sports

In recent years, Sandy Creek has become known for its successful sports programs with many alumni having received Division I athletic scholarships, with several even playing professionally. 2000 State Cheerleading Champions, 2004-2005 Football Region Champions, 1997 & 2005 Boys Basketball Semi-Finalist, and Multiple State Track Championships

[edit] Football

In 2003 and 2004 the Patriot Football Program boasted two perfect 10-0 regular season records and trips to the AAAA State Playoffs, and 24 straight regular season victories. Rodney Walker, who in one of the most successful coaches in Georgia history with over 250 wins retired in 2005 and his son has taken over in his place. NFL players include Kedric Goldston (University of Georgia/Washington Redskins), J.R. Lemon (Stanford University/Oakland Raiders), Jabari Holloway (Notre Dame/New England Patriots/Houston Texans). Other players include Georgia Tech wide receiver Calvin Johnson, who was the ACC Rookie of the Year in 2005 and was named a preseason ACC All-American in 2006, and was chosen #2 overall by the Detroit Lions in the 2007 NFL Draft.

2003 Season Record: 10-1 (Region Champions and Undefeated in Region 4-AAAA)

2004 Season Record: 11-1 (Region Champions and Undefeated in Region 4-AAAA)

2005 Season Record: 7-4

2006 Season Record: 7-4 (First year in region 6-AAA)

2007 Season Record: 7-5 (Loss in 2nd Round of AAA State Playoffs)

[edit] Basketball

The Sandy Creek basketball team made it the Final Four in 1997 and 2005. SCHS retired the Jersey of #23 L.T. Lockett, one of the most prolific scorers in Georgia HS history, in 2001. D-I basketball players include John Beckett (Georgia State University), L.T. Lockett (Middle TN State University/NBA summer league 2006/2007)

[edit] Baseball

Brent Brewer was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers with the 60th pick of the 2006 MLB Draft. D-I baseball players include Jay Fields, Dusty Bennett (2004), Rusty Bennett (2001) (Georgia State University). Dusty Bennett was an All-Academic selection for both the Atlantic Sun Conference and the Colonial Athletic Conference. His older brother Rusty was a Freshman All-America selection by TPX, he was also a 1st Team All-Conference selection while playing in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Brian Jordan (1994) played college baseball at Gordon Junior College, and Georgia College and State University. Drafted in 1995 by the Houston Astros.

[edit] Track and Field

STATE CHAMPIONS

Boys' 400m: Michael DeHaven (2007)
Boys' 800m: Nathan Knowles (1996)
Boys' 1600m: Brent Johnson (1996)
Boys' Pole Vault: Steven Harvey (2000), Danny Giglio (2005)
Girls' Triple Jump: Mellany Stanislaus (2004, 2005)
Boys' Triple Jump: Christian Taylor (2006, 2007)
Boys' Team Title: 2007 (AAA)

D-I track athletes include Nathan Knowles (Wake Forest University) (2X All-ACC) and (University of Arkansas)(All-SEC), Brent Johnson (Georgia Tech) (Indoor Record - DMR), Mellany Stanislaus (Georgia Tech), Danny Giglio (Georgia Tech), Michael DeHaven (Auburn), and Matt Auers (Kennesaw State University).

[edit] Soccer

In Spring 2007, for the first time in school history, both the Sandy Creek boys and girls soccer teams made the state playoffs. The boys team achieved a #4 seed and the girls won the #3 seed in Region 6-AAA. The boys team has made the state playoffs each of the last 3 years.