Category Archives: Marietta Sports

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Best Mountain Bike Trails in the Southeast

April 1, 2010 – 1:26 pm

If you’re a mountain biker and have not ridden Blanket’s Creek just outside of Atlanta, then you’re missing out. Big Time. With some of the best dedicated riders out there, the trails at Blanket’s Creek are about as good as they get in the South, and they’re about get even better. Read this post from [...]

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Local Marietta American teenager Melanie Oudin’s spectacular run at the US Open

September 8, 2009 – 8:46 am

Melanie Oudin celebrates beating Nadia Petrova in the US Open. Photograph: Jason O’Brien/Action Images Local Marietta American teenager Melanie Oudin’s spectacular run at the US Open gathered momentum when she beat Russian 13th seed Nadia Petrova 1-6 7-6 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals. The 17-year-old has captured the imagination of the home public by rolling [...]

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New Marietta Mountain Bike Trails are open!

August 25, 2009 – 12:37 pm

The city of Marietta, members of the A.L. Burruss family and mountain biking enthusiasts hit the trails to celebrate the opening of four hiking and family-friendly mountain-biking trails August 23 at Burruss Park, off South Cobb Drive near Cobb Parkway. Admission to the park is free, and the park is open to the public. Visitors [...]

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Marietta City Council at their August 12 meeting approved creating hiking and family-friendly Marietta mountain biking trails

August 17, 2009 – 9:59 am

Marietta City Council at their August 12 meeting approved creating hiking and family-friendly Marietta mountain biking trails at Wildwood and Burruss parks off South Cobb Drive and Cobb Parkway. To help prevent injuries on the trails and ensure long-term trail sustainability, directional signs will be posted to let bicyclists and pedestrians know which way to [...]

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Marietta’s Melanie Oudin has a tough loss in the fourth round of Wimbledon

June 30, 2009 – 9:09 pm

Two days after beating former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic, the unseeded Melanie Oudin (above) fell in straight sets to 11th seed Agnieszka Radwanska. “I’m very proud of myself how I did here,” the 17-year-old from Marietta, Ga., said Monday after losing 6-4, 7-5 to 11th-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska. “I think it’s just like another step [...]

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Harrison Tennis Center Receives Grant From USTA

December 15, 2008 – 10:34 am

Today’s story is a little far from the Marietta Square, but is a great place to play tennis in Cobb County – so we wanted to report this great news for the Harrison Tennis Center! The United States Tennis Association announced that Harrison Tennis Center has been awarded a public facility grant that will go [...]

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The city of Marietta will continue its repaving project with six city streets November 10-November 21

November 11, 2008 – 10:35 am

During times of redevelopment, we all must be patient. We’ve heard from our readers the frustrations of some of the surface streets and the shape they’ve been left in by some of the contractors in recent weeks. The good news is that a lot of the streets are being resurfaced over the next couple weeks.

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Marietta Blue Devils suffer hard loss in final minutes

October 4, 2008 – 7:47 am

The last 4-5 minutes in a battle of Region 5AAAAA rivals Friday at Walter Cantrell Stadium was intense. McEachern’s Daniel King connected with Terrell Mitchell for two touchdown passes in the second half to help McEachern wipe out the 13-0 Blue Devil lead that was established early on in the game. The outcome? Blue Devils [...]

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Blue Devils suffer loss to East Paulding

September 29, 2008 – 6:37 am

Last Friday night, the Blue Devils suffered a 27-7 Loss to East Paulding at Northcutt Stadium. Got any pictures from the game? We’d love to post them – email us at advertising@whitlockavenue.com Here’s the full 2008 Marietta Blue Devils schedule so you can catch the remaining games. Date Opponent Location Time 9/5/08 at Northview (WON) [...]

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Cobb Gymnastics Center reopens after major renovation

July 9, 2007 – 4:07 pm

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held recently officially re-opening Cobb County Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs’ fully renovated and expanded Cobb Gymnastics Center. The building was recently expanded to include 7,300 square feet with additional program area, new offices, concession area, restrooms, lobby and mezzanine spectator area. Renovation of the 30-year-old building and addition of [...]

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