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Sandy’s Spiel Spring Showcase – [:33]
Day 1 (Private/3A) – [1:41]
Day 2 (1A D-II/4A) – [23:15]
Day 3 (1A D-I/5A) – [44:40]
Day 4 – (2A/6A) [1:02:24]
#1 No. 1 Hebron Christian (29-1) vs. #3 No. 3 Holy Innocents’ (24-6), 1:00
#2 No. 1 Holy Innocents’ (26-3) vs. #1 No. 7 Darlington (29-2), 3:00
Andrew Connell – Tift County
Trace Adcock – Rabun County
Ryan McCord – Chamblee
#4 No. 2 Sandy Creek (25-6) vs. #2 No. 7 Heritage-Catoosa (27-4), 5:30
#2 No. 1 Cross Creek (26-5) vs. #17 No. 6 Harlem (23-9), 7:30
R4 #1 No. 1 Wilcox County (28-1) vs. R8 #1 No. 2 Washington-Wilkes (21-7), 1:00
R2 #1 No. 5 Clinch County (28-4) vs. R3 #1 No. 7 Portal (26-5), 3:00
Madison Bennett – Trinity Christian
Courtney Bray – Warren County
Ava Thompson – Towns County
R5 #1 No. 1 Marist (29-2) vs. R6 #1 No. 2 Kell (25-5), 5:30
R5 #1 No. 1 St. Pius X (32-0) vs. R4 #1 No. 3 Pace Academy (24-7), 7:30
#12 No. 9 Elbert County (22-8) vs. #3 No. 8 East Laurens (27-4), 1:00
#2 No. 1 Rabun County (29-2) vs. #4 No. 2 Southwest-Macon (27-6), 3:00
Ben Holland & Karina Barton – Walton
Brandon Flint & Reagan Mulligan – River Ridge
Trace Adcock & Millie Southards – Rabun County
Maki Mitchell & Kenyanna Jackson – Commerce
R7 #1 No. 1 Milton (27-4) vs. R6 #3 No. 7 Creekview (26-5), 5:30
R5 #1 No. 2 Alexander (29-2) vs. R4 #1 No. 3 Woodward Academy (25-6), 7:30
#2 No. 4 Murray County (26-4) vs. #5 No. 5 Hardaway (23-8), 11:00
#2 No. 2 Butler (25-4) vs. #5 No. 7 Morgan County (25-6), 1:00
Kolton Kaylor – Fannin County
Oluremi Guerrero – Druid Hills
Cordell Simmons – Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe
R5 #1 No. 1 North Paulding (29-2) vs. R4 #4 Grayson (22-10), 5:30
R5 #1 No. 1 Wheeler (26-6) vs. R3 #3 No. 5 Pebblebrook (23-8), 7:30
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Sandy’s Spiel Spring Showcase – [:23]
Class 6A – [1:26]
Class 5A – [6:08]
Class 4A – [12:19]
Class 3A – [19:08]
Class 2A – [23:47]
Class 1A D-I – [28:50]
Class 1A D-II – [35:31]
Class 3A-1A Private [39:41]
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Sandy’s Spiel Spring Showcase – [:24]
Class 6A – [1:19]
Class 5A – [6:09]
Class 4A – [13:45]
Class 3A – [18:12]
Class 2A – [26:53]
Class 1A D-I – [31:43]
Class 1A D-II – [37:44]
Class 3A-1A Private [42:20]
Saturday, March 7 at Georgia State
R3 #3 No. 5 Pebblebrook 70, R3 #2 No. 4 Hillgrove 57: Jaylen Humphrey netted 21 points.
R5 #1 No. 1 Wheeler 56, R3 #1 No. 2 McEachern 52: UConn-signee Colben Landrew finished with 22 points. Chase Lumpkin had 22 points for McEachern.
Friday, March 6 at Georgia State
R4 #1 No. 3 Woodward Academy 62, R7 #1 No. 1 Gainesville 61: Myles Hayes hit a three in the corner with seconds left to knock off Gainesville (30-1). Hayes finished with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks for Woodward Academy (25-6) while Jarvis Hayes Jr. had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. Donovan Johnson netted 12 points and Bentley Lusakueno added 10 points. Gainesville received 14 points from Brandon Nelson. Kevin White and Belmont-signee Charlie Gersmehl scored 12 apiece.
R5 #1 No. 2 Alexander 85, R4 #3 Tri-Cities 76: Charleston Southern-signee Marquise Leslie poured in 27 points. Georgia Southern-signee Jayden Crawford finished with 17 points. Torian Greene tossed in 14 points and Colorado State-signee Pops Dunson recorded 11 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. Georgia Tech-signee Jalan Wingfield powered Tri-Cities with 27 points and 6 rebounds.
Saturday, March 7 at Akins Arena (Athens)
R4 #1 No. 3 Pace Academy 60, R6 #1 Cambridge 55: Pace Academy (24-7) outscored Cambridge (18-13) 28-12 in the fourth quarter to stun the Bears amid multiple stoppages in the fourth quarter due to court conditions. The Knights trailed 43-32 after three quarters after struggling to score in the period, stuck on two points for roughly the first five minutes of the third quarter. Gavin Fountain took over in the fourth quarter with 15 points including three threes as he finished with 23 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. The Knights got back in the game with their press and ability to play bully-ball in the post. Brian Clark made key plays defensively and racked up 12 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals and 2 blocks including sinking two free throws at the 3:24 mark to give Pace their first lead of the second half at 51-50. Penn football-signee Jaydon Avery had 11 points and 6 assists, eight points in the first quarter. Cambridge was led by Navy-signee Carter Higdon who tallied 22 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. Bryson O’Kelley had 11 points.
R5 #1 No. 1 St. Pius X 79, R3 #1 No. 4 Jonesboro 63: St. Pius X (32-0) extinguished their boogeyman, beating Jonesboro (23-8) after losing in their previous four meetings in the postseason dating back to 2015. The Golden Lions drilled 12 threes — eight in the first half — and connected on 25-28 from the foul line to overwhelm the Cardinals. Clemson-signee Harris Reynolds shot 15-16 from the line and sunk four deep threes as he piled in 33 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 7 blocks. Max Etienne scored 16 points, Westin Keppen had 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists and Thomas Rogers supplied 8 points. Columbus State-signee D’Marley Elliott contributed 7 points and 7 assists. In the loss, Jonesboro was led by Calvin Goss’ 28 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. Frank Jackson added 15 points and 10 rebounds while Tenaje Freeman had 10 points off the bench.
Saturday, March 7 at Legacy Arena (Douglasville)
#17 No. 6 Harlem 63, #12 No. 8 Douglass 50: Harlem (23-9) rode AJ Williams to 25 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Ty Shine scored 14 points and Jayden Futrell added 11. Malachi Edgell led Douglass with 20 points and 7 rebounds.
#2 No. 1 Cross Creek 78, #6 East Hall 59: Cross Creek (26-5) got 23 points from Frashad Tisby in the win after leading 42-18 at the half.
Friday, March 6 at Legacy Arena (Douglasville)
#5 No. 7 Morgan County 69, #16 No. 6 Therrell 62: Zeki Locus had 17 points, 15 points in the second half. Garrett Ward scored 14 points while freshman Trey Carter and Jacoby Simmons scored 10 apiece.
#2 No. 2 Butler 50, #6 No. 1 KIPP Atlanta 41: Coming in averaging around four points per game, Lajerry Wright exploded for a game-high 17 points as Butler (25-4) eliminated KIPP Atlanta (24-6) setting up an opportunity to repeat as state champs. Kwamane Bridges netted 15 points.
Saturday, March 7 at Fort Valley State
#4 No. 2 Southwest-Macon 62, #1 No. 5 Vidalia 51: Alex Butts drilled five threes in the second half to propel Southwest-Macon (27-6) past Vidalia (26-3) in a heated game which saw a kerfuffle late which resulted in heavy police presence.
#2 No. 1 Rabun County 70, #3 No. 6 Fitzgerald 59: Navy-signee Huey Blalock dominated with 27 points and 13 assists as Rabun County (29-2) clinched a spot in the state championship.
Friday, March 6 at Fort Valley State
R2 #1 No. 5 Clinch County 53, R6 #1 No. 1 Chattahoochee County 44: Clinch County (28-4) is heading to Macon for the first time in 37 years after Kamarion Johnson led the way with 22 points followed by Traviian Miller’s 15.
R3 #1 No. 7 Portal 60, R8 #1 No. 9 Washington-Wilkes 48:
Friday, March 6 at Akins Arena (Athens)
#1 No. 7 Darlington 57, #4 No. 2 Mt. Vernon 48: Cam Selig poured in 26 points and 7 rebounds while DJ Hall battled foul trouble to orchestrate 6 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals to life Darlington (29-2) past Mt. Vernon (28-4) who defeated the Tigers in January 70-57. Freshman Joseph Ogunyemi had 11 points, 11 rebounds and 1 block. In the loss, the Mustangs got 13 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists from Gabe Alterman. Chase Daniels scored 11 points.
#2 No. 1 Holy Innocents’ 63, #11 No. 6 Walker 47: Smothering defense built a 31-13 halftime lead for Holy Innocents’ (26-3) as the Golden Bears cruised back to Macon for a chance to repeat. Jaden McCullough finished with 19 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals and 1 block. Belmont-signee Devin Hutcherson tallied 18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals. Khalid Worthy contributed 13 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 4 blocks. Walker was led by Anderson Carey’s 11 points. Devan Fernande had 10 points. Lorenzo McCorvey recorded 8 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 4 blocks. Sean Nalls racked up 8 points, 2 rebounds and 4 steals.
