Sports Programs
Under Coach Charlie Owens, the baseball team won the Georgia Class A State Championship from 1993 to 1995, all of which included future Major League Baseball player Michael Barrett.
Lead by Coach Ricks Carson, the boys soccer team won the final three Fall Soccer League championships (2002 to 2004), and finished second nationally in the final NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches of America) poll during the fall of 2003. In its first season in the GHSA Spring League in 2006, the team captured the Class AA/A State Championship and finished 19th nationally and 5th in Region II in the Final NSCAA poll.
The boys lacrosse team, coached by Tom Kates, has consistently contended for the GHSA All-Classification championship in its twelve years of existence. The team reached the state finals twice, and has played in three other state semifinals.
In 2006, the school announced plans to add a football team, with varsity play scheduled to begin in 2009. For most of its existence, the school focused on its soccer and baseball programs, opting to take part in a smaller fall soccer season to allow players to play baseball in the spring. However, the cancellation of the fall soccer season left the spring season the only option, encouraging the school to finally develop a football program.
The Middle School football team reached the championships of the Atlanta Metro Football League in its first year in existence. Matt Hall is the head coach of the Varsity football team, playing its first season in 2008. He is a former player on the Amherst College football team.
In the Fall of 2010, after a 9-1 regular season, the Pace Knights football team made its first GHSA playoff appearance. The team's Seniors were in the class of Eighth Graders that had been on the original Middle School football team.
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—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
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