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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 #2 No. 4 Hillgrove (23-7) vs. R3 #3 No. 5 Pebblebrook (22-8), 3:00
R5 #1 No. 1 Wheeler (25-6) vs. R3 #1 No. 2 McEachern (25-4), 7:00
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 (23-7) vs. R6 #1 Cambridge (18-12), 3:00
R5 #1 No. 1 St. Pius X (31-0) vs. R3 #1 No. 4 Jonesboro (23-7) , 7:00
Saturday, March 7 at Legacy Arena (Douglasville)
#17 No. 6 Harlem (22-9) vs. #12 No. 8 Douglass (22-8), 3:00
#2 No. 1 Cross Creek (25-5) vs. #6 East Hall (14-15), 7:00
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
#1 No. 5 Vidalia (26-2) vs. #4 No. 2 Southwest-Macon (26-6), 3:00
#3 No. 6 Fitzgerald (25-4) vs. #2 No. 1 Rabun County (28-2), 7:00
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.
Saturday, March 7 at Georgia State
R3 #2 No. 8 Hillgrove (24-6) vs. R4 #4 Grayson (21-10), 1:00
R5 #1 No. 1 North Paulding (28-2) vs. R3 #1 No. 7 Campbell (25-5), 5:00
Friday, March 6 at Georgia State
R7 #1 No. 1 Milton 59, R2 #1 Coffee 48: Grace Musselman, Berry-signee Caroline Young, Tamia Tomlinson and Brooklyn Brunetti all scored 13 points to pace Milton (27-4). Jasmine Porter led Coffee (28-3) with 27 points.
R6 #3 No. 7 Creekview 57, R6 #2 No. 2 River Ridge 50 OT: Brenley Matthews (15), Kentucky softball-commit Lili Beal (13), Brenau-signee KK Hamby (11) and Kylee Herrick (10) led Creekview (26-5) past River Ridge (23-8) after losing twice before. UNC Greensboro-signee Kyla Cantey paced River Ridge with 12 points. Finley Parker had 11 points.
Saturday, March 7 at Akins Arena (Athens)
R6 #1 No. 2 Kell (24-5) vs. R2 #1 No. 8 Jones County (25-5), 1:00
R5 #1 No. 1 Marist (28-2) vs. R7 #2 No. 7 Cartersville (24-5), 5:00
Saturday, March 7 at Legacy Arena (Douglasville)
#1 No. 3 Monroe (27-3) vs. #4 No. 2 Sandy Creek (24-6), 1:00
#6 No. 8 Pickens (22-9) vs. #2 No. 7 Heritage-Catoosa (26-4), 5:00
Friday, March 6 at Legacy Arena (Douglasville)
#5 No. 5 Hardaway 61, #1 No. 1 Josey 59 OT: Hardaway (23-8) saw Josey (25-4) rally from down 16-points to force overtime but the Hawks survived thanks to Rhianna Boynton’s 29 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks. Jaylah Todd added 12 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals while Marlana White pitched in 8 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Freshman Amerria Crowley posted 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals. Nicole Baldwin had 5 points.
#2 No. 4 Murray County 61, #3 No. 2 Columbia 47: Callan Ledford piled in 27 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 6 steals while Blaklee Ledford had 18 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals and 1 block as Murray County (26-4) clinched a rematch with Hardaway in the state title.
Saturday, March 7 at Fort Valley State
#8 No. 2 Putnam County (21-2) vs. #12 No. 9 Elbert County (21-8), 1:00
#3 No. 8 East Laurens (26-4) vs. #2 No. 7 Thomasville (25-3), 5:00
Friday, March 6 at Fort Valley State
R4 #1 No. 1 Wilcox County 71, R7 #1 Bowdon 45: In the loss, Bowdon freshman Meg Robinson scored all 14 of her points in the first half. Melaya Andrews added 13 points.
R8 #1 No. 2 Washington-Wilkes 57, R3 #1 No. 4 Metter 37: Samaria Young scored 16 points and Bugg Porter added 14.
Friday, March 6 at Akins Arena (Athens)
#1 No. 1 Hebron Christian 71, #4 No. 2 St. Francis 62: Hebron Christian (29-1) rode a balanced attack to pull away from St. Francis (27-5). Tennessee-signee Gabby Minus dumped in 21 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Michel Robbins provided 17 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steal while UGA-signee Alanna Beckham finished with 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, scoring 13 points in the first half. Nariah Nelson came on strong to close the game with 13 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, 10 points coming after the half. St. Francis was led by Giaunni Rogers’ 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. South Alabama-signee Cam Golston scored eight points in the fourth quarter, part of her 18 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Aila Courtenay was effective, with 10 of her 15 points coming in the first half to go along with her 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block.
#3 No. 3 Holy Innocents’ 49, #7 No. 8 GAC 44: With their twin towers saddled with foul trouble sitting nearly the entire first half, Holy Innocents’ (24-6) found a way to sneak past GAC (23-9) as Makayla Weaver scored nine of her 15 points in the first half to finish with her 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 5 steals. Loriel Murray had just two points at half time but took over down the stretch with 15 points, 12 rebounds and 1 block while Elana McMasters added 11 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks. GAC was tied at 6 after one quarter and down 17-16 at the half before heading into the fourth deadlocked at 27. Milan Johnson led the Spartans with 15 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. Dru Jeckewicz had 10 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal. Freshman Peyton Frazier collected 10 points, 10 rebounds and 8 blocks.
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Sandy’s Spiel Spring Showcase – [:25]
Class 6A – [1:17]
Class 5A – [5:34]
Class 4A – [11:35]
Class 3A – [22:08]
Class 2A – [30:19]
Class 1A D-I – [36:43]
Class 1A D-II – [42:51]
Class 3A-1A Private [49:20]
