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CLASS 6A

Saturday, March 1 at Georgia State

R5 #1 No. 2 Wheeler 68, R4 #1 No. 1  Grayson 53: Wheeler (28-3) avenged a 77-68 loss to Grayson (28-3), stunning the Rams holding them to 21 points in the second half. Kevin Savage (18), Mansur McClain (16) and Ole Miss-signee Tylis Jordan (14) paced the Wildcats. Grayson received 18 points from Caleb Holt, 13 from Cal State Fullerton-signee Kiwane Garris and 6 points from UGA-singee Jacob Wilkins.

R4 #2 No. 6 Newton 56, R3 #2 No. 9 Pebblebrook 53:  Dead in the water, Pebblebrook (22-9) went on an 8-0 run over a 31-second span to trim the Newton (22-9) lead to 53-51 with 20 seconds left on Zyree Brown’s fifth three-pointer of the game but Newton was able to hit just enough free throws to ice it as a halfcourt heave rimmed off the front iron. Jordan Green led Newton with 15 points. App State-signee Ted Neal netted 13 points and Marcus Smith II had 10. Brown led the Falcons with 16 points. Jaylen Humphrey scored 12 and Jayvion Nurse chipped in 10.

CLASS 5A

Friday, February 28 at Georgia State

R4 #1 No. 1 Woodward Academy 63, R3 #1 No. 9 Langston Hughes 58: Jarvis Hayes Jr. posted 18 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists while Clemson-signee Zac Foster recorded 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block to lead Woodward Academy (27-4). Ethan Carter led Langston Hughes (24-9) with 20 points before fouling out. Jaron LaMelle added 10.

R4 #2 No. 2 Tri-Cities 75, R2 #1 No. 10 Lee County 63: Tri-Cities (25-6) advanced to the state championship for the fifth time in the past nine years, setting up a fourth meeting with region rival Woodward Academy. Georgia Southern-signee Sean Van Dorn and Tre Keith combined for 52 points.

CLASS 4A

Saturday, March 1 at Fort Valley State

R4 #1 No. 1 Pace Academy 76, R5 #1 No. 4 Tucker 40: Pace Academy (27-4) jumped out to a 9-0 lead and never trailed against Tucker (25-7), overwhelming the Tigers with their size and aggressive full court pressure. Chandler Bing posted 24 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists followed by Georgia Tech-signee Eric Chatfield’s 20 points and 5 rebounds. Hayden Clay scored 11 points. Freshman Bentley Lusakueno pitched in 9 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks. Jakobe Williams led Tucker with 13 points.

R8 #1 No. 2 North Oconee 70, R2 #1 No. 9 McDonough 60: North Oconee (29-2) staved off McDonough (25-6) to advance back to the state title game. Khamari Brooks posted 22 points followed by Justin Wise’s 20. Banks Pourchier tallied 17 points.

CLASS 3A

Friday, February 28 at Fort Valley State

#1 No. 3 Sandy Creek 71, #5 No. 8 Windsor Forest 42: Sandy Creek (28-3) advanced back to Macon with a chance for a three-peat. The Patriots led 14-0 to start. Kingston Hawkins scored 18 points followed by Jared White’s 15 and Avohn Florence’s 14. Amari Latimer chipped in 10.

#3 No. 1 Cedar Grove 53, #7 No. 10 Monroe 45: Cedar Grove (28-3) held off Monroe (21-10) to set up a 2023 state championship rematch with former region rival Sandy Creek. Manny Green led the Saints with 18 points and 9 rebounds while Yusef Bower netted 13 points, 9 assists and 4 steals. Keith Gillespie and Javonte Floyd scored 8 points each. Brayden Burns (17) and Lorenzo Still (13) paced Monroe.

CLASS 2A

Friday, February 28 at Georgia  Southwestern

#4 No. 4 Butler 78, #1 No. 1 Carver-Columbus 73 OT: Butler (20-8) held down 27-3 Carver-Columbus’ high-powered offense just enough to clinch a berth in the state championship. After missing two free throws late in regulation, Carver’s Tony Mongomery, a Troy-signee, drilled a three with 7 seconds left to force overtime. The tandem of Denver-signee Marcus Scurry and Kwamane Bridges anchored the Bulldogs.

#6 No. 7 Union County 54, #2 Tattnall County 38: Union County (26-5) outscored Tattnall County (25-5) 22-10 in the third quarter behind Hayden Hughes’ four three-pointers in the frame. The Panthers held the Warriors to just 20 points in the second half. Houston Henry poured in 24 points while Hayden Hughes had 15. Maddox Young added 9. Justin McMillian powered Tattnall County with 21 points.

CLASS A D-I

Saturday, March 1 at Georgia College

#15 No. 3 BEST Academy 73, #14 No. 10 East Laurens 58: BEST Academy (24-7) took control in the second half to eliminate East Laurens (20-8) to advance to their first ever trip to the state championship. Nick Dozier (20), Jacob Mickell (17), Xion Evans (16) and Josh Mickell (14) all reached double digits.

#1 No. 2 Southwest-Macon 65, #5 Toombs County 54: Southwest-Macon (27-2) will have a home game at the Macon Centreplex in search of their seventh state title, first since 1989. The Patriots slowly extended their lead against Toombs County (18-12), who got hot at the end of the season and falls one game short of a return to the state title game. CJ Howard (23), Chase Dupree (21) and Brandon Ashley (17) carried the load. Mike Polke scored 19 for the Bulldogs.

CLASS A D-II

Friday, February 28 at Georgia College

R3 #1 No. 1 Savannah 64, R8 #2 Warren County 55: Savannah (26-4) held off a furious comeback attempt from Warren County (21-10), closing on a 10-5 run to advance to the state title game after seeing a double digit lead trimmed to four points.

R3 #2 No. 3 McIntosh County Academy 49, R8 #1 No. 10 Greene County 41: The Buccaneers (26-5) took down Greene County (22-8) to set up a fourth meeting with Region 3 foe Savannah for the state title.

CLASS 3A-1A PRIVATE

Friday, February 28 at North Georgia

#1 No. 3 North Cobb Christian 57, #4 No. 2 Greenforest 51: North Cobb Christian (28-3) punched their ticket to the GHSA state championship for the first time in program history. Xavier Butler scored 20 points on five threes and Brock Bass-Bonner poured in 17 points. Grant Robich and Isaiah Chandler each scored 9 points. Orion Wilson led Greenforest (23-6) with a game-high 22 points. Kyree Taylor tossed in 12.

#3 No. 1 Holy Innocents’ 84, #7 No. 6 Mt. Paran 42: Holy Innocents’ (26-4) used an overpowering 27-3 second quarter to race away from Mt. Paran (20-14). North Carolina-signee Caleb Wilson poured in 19 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks. Devin Hutcherson posted 17 points and 4 rebounds. Jordan Mays pitched in 12 points and freshman Jaden McCullough had 10 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.

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CLASS 6A

Saturday, March 1 at Georgia State

R4 #1 No. 2 Grayson 53, R5 #1 No. 6 Cherokee 48: Grayson (30-1) rallied from down nine points in the third quarter to topple Cherokee (26-5), avenging their lone loss of the year which came in the season opener. Jacksonville-signee Tatum Brown poured in 21 points to lead the comeback. Zoie Lofton scored 11 points and Jayla Bennett added 8. South Florida-lacrosse signee Alex Whitecliffe scored 16 points while Lyla Griffith added 14 for the Warriors.

R4 #2 No. 7 Newton 55, R6 #1 No. 3 North Forsyth 47:  The young Rams rode sophomore London Smith to storm past North Forsyth (30-1). Smith poured in 15 points in the third quarter to give Newton (24-5) a 37-36 lead heading into the fourth quarter after trailing 23-18 at the half. Smith finished with a game-high 28 points. Mya Perry scored 10 points and Zoey Jackson added 7. Chattanooga-signee London Weaver finished her career with 22 points for the Raiders. Gabbie Gliatta netted 10 points.

CLASS 5A

Friday, February 28 at Georgia State

R3 #1 No. 2 Langston Hughes 66, R1 #1 No. 8 Bradwell Institute 46: Karrell Greene came off the bench to pour in a game-high 24 points to power Langston Hughes (29-2). UGA-signee Jocelyn Faison scored 12 points while Georgia State-signee Savannah Robinson-Holmes tacked on 10. Kylar Rae Johnson (9) and Cornelia Ellington (8) balanced the attack. West Georgia-signee Parris Parham paced Bradwell Institute (26-4) with 20 points.

R6 #1 No. 1 River Ridge 91, R7 #1 No. 4 Milton 64: River Ridge (30-1) advanced to their second state championship in three years. The Knights led 33-7 early in the second quarter before Milton (24-7) cut the lead to 11. Finley Parker (22), Georgia Southern-signee Kayla Cleaveland (20), Kyla Cantey (16), Makayla Roberson (15) and Furman-signee Sophia Pearl (11) balanced the attack. Milton was led by Londyn Walker’s 20 points. Florida A&M-signee Zana Justice had 14 points and Deyva Davis added 11.

CLASS 4A

Saturday, March 1 at Fort Valley State

R4 #1 No. 1 Creekside 54, R7  R5 #1 No. 3 Marist 43: The dream of a perfect season is still alive for Creekside (31-0) after the Seminoles withstood star guard C’India Dennis fouling out at the 3:50 mark with 32 points and the Noles up 49-36, knocking off defending state champion Marist (29-3). Kate Harpring scored 28 in the loss.

R4 #3 No. 10 Maynard Jackson 80, R8 #1 No. 5 North Oconee 79 3OT: A wild marathon of a game was decided by a controversial whistle as Aaliyah Weaver baited a foul and coolly sank two free throws with three seconds left to lift Maynard Jackson (20-7) back to Macon for a chance to repeat as state champs, surviving Oklahoma-signee Kendall Wells’ 30 points. Missed free throws plagued the Lady Titans in the loss who took the lead with 12 seconds left on a Lolly Willis baseline wrap-around pass to freshman Leah Pollack after Cayden Cornish sank a pair of free throws to give the Jaguars the lead, part of her 23 points. Weaver finished with 29 points to power the Jaguars while Willis netted 28 for the Titans. Journey Conley double-doubled for Maynard Jackson with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

CLASS 3A

Friday, February 28 at Fort Valley State

#4 No. 8 Cherokee Bluff 56, #8 Jenkins 54: Bristol Kersh netted 17 points including the game-winning banked in runner at the buzzer to lift Cherokee Bluff (24-8) to the state championship. Claire Carlson scored 23 points and hit a corner three late in the game to take a one-point lead before Jenkins (20-9) answered with a go-ahead bucket. I’Yarna Lee led the Warriors with 23 points.

#7 No. 1 Baldwin 62, #3 No. 3 Fayette County 55: Baldwin (25-6) received 20 points and 18 rebounds from Janaye Walker. Georgia Southwestern-signee Kassidy Neal piled in 20 points and 8 rebounds to top Fayette County (25-6) for the second time this season. Suri Clark double-doubled with 12 points and 10 rebounds. The Tigers saw Journy Scott score 17 points. USC Upstate-soccer commit Deyla McCoy netted 15 points while New York-signee Megan Ohonde had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 6 steals. BriAnn Freeman chipped in 9 points and 8 rebounds.

CLASS 2A

Friday, February 28 at Georgia  Southwestern

#1 No. 3 Murray County 71, #5 No. 8 Morgan County 66: Murray County (30-1) advanced to the state championship for the first time since 1966 behind freshman Blaklee Ledford’s 21 points and 5 assists.  Montreat-commit Bayleigh Winkler posted 17 points and 8 rebounds while Callan Ledford collected 12 points and 10 rebounds. In the loss, Morgan County (21-10) was led by Emmanuel-signee Jaden Young’s 29 points. Kymora Smith and Cydney Burke each scored 14 points.

#3 No. 4 Hardaway 65, #2 No. 1 Josey 45: Hardaway (25-6) advanced back to the state championship, pulling away from Josey (24-4) in the fourth quarter.

CLASS A D-I

Saturday, March 1 at Georgia College

#1 No. 3 Fannin County 72, #5 No. 2 East Laurens 63: Fannin County (28-2) punched their ticket back to Macon for the first time since 2021 as the Rebels pulled away from East Laurens (22-6) in the second half.

#2 No. 1 Banks County 51, #3 No. 5 Model 44 OT: Model (24-6) melted down against the Leopards’ pressure, squandering a 44-38 lead with 66 seconds to play in regulation, losing in overtime as Banks County (25-5) finished the game on an 13-0 run. The Lady Blue Devils had upwards of 30+ turnovers allowing the Leopards to stay within striking distance as they trailed for a significant portion of the second half.

CLASS A D-II

Friday, February 28 at Georgia College

R4 #1 No. 1 Wilcox County 75, R3 #1 No. 5 Screven County 47: Jaliah Roberts had 22 points and 7 rebounds in the loss for Screven County (23-6) while Olivia Jackson had 14 points and 11 rebounds.

R8 #1 Washington-Wilkes 66, R6 #1 No. 2 Macon County 55: Washington-Wilkes (14-8) clinched a berth in the state title game by beating Macon County (22-4).

CLASS 3A-1A PRIVATE

Friday, February 28 at North Georgia

#1 No. 1 Hebron Christian 74, #5 No. 4 Galloway 32: Auburn-signee Ja’Kerra Butler scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds while George Washington-signee Mia James pitched in 17 for Hebron Christian (29-1). Miami-signee Danielle Osho had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Alanna Beckham scored 10. Taryn Thompson scored 15 points for Galloway (20-9).

#3  No. 3 Holy Innocents’ 63, #2 No. 2 St. Francis 61: Freshman Loriel Murray scored 18 points, 16 in the second half including the game-winner with 10 seconds left to advance Holy Innocents’ (24-5) to the state title game. Stanford-signee and All-American Hailee Swain had the steal and assist to win the game, finishing with a game-high 23 points. Nakhai Worthy added 14 points. Giaunni Rogers netted 16 points and Camryn Golston powered St. Francis (28-3) with 15 points.

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