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Pope Looks to Escape Middle of Pack

Here's what's happening in high school athletics in East Cobb Patch on April 1.

Pope (7-7, 2-2) and Villa Rica (12-3, 2-2) both have identical records in Region 5-AAAA play thus far and share space in a five-team logjam in the standings. Pope hosts the Wildcats on Friday and will look to put some distance between the two schools in the standings.

(8-6, 1-1) and (8-7, 1-2) are also set to battle in what is always an explosive Northeast Cobb/East Cobb rivalry.

Here's the high school sports schedule for Friday:

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Baseball

at , 5:55 p.m.

Lassiter at Walton, 5:55 p.m.

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Villa Rica at Pope, 5:55 p.m.

Darlington at , 5 p.m.

Girls Soccer

Fellowship Christian at Walker, 4:30 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse

Wheeler at North Forsyth, 7:30 p.m.

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