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GHSA Boys Basketball Final 4 Matchups


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CLASS 6A

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.

CLASS 5A

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.

CLASS 4A

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.

CLASS 3A

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.

CLASS 2A

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.

CLASS 1A D-I

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.

CLASS 1A D-II

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:

CLASS 3A-1A PRIVATE

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.

GHSA Girls Basketball Final 4 Matchups


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CLASS 6A

Saturday, March 7 at Georgia State

R4 #4 Grayson 68, R3 #2 No. 8 Hillgrove 56: Kennesaw State-signee CoCo Rudolph exploded for 40 points to guide Grayson (22-10) back to the state title game for the third consecutive season. Hillgrove (24-7) saw Aeris Macon score 17 points followed by Tori Thompson’s 12 and Shelby McCall’s 11.

R5 #1 No. 1 North Paulding 69, R3 #1 No. 7 Campbell 54: North Paulding (29-2) punched their ticket back to Macon for a 2023/24 rematch with Grayson as Kenzie and Kalee Hinkson scored 17 points each while Morgan Landrum added 16. Gabrielle (13) and Aleigha (10) Parish combined for 23 points for Campbell.

CLASS 5A

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.

CLASS 4A

Saturday, March 7 at Akins Arena (Athens)

R6 #1 No. 2 Kell 69, R2 #1 No. 8 Jones County 49: Kell (25-5) shot 26-34 from the foul line compared to the Greyhounds’ 13-27. The Longhorns received 23 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals from Maliyah Gilbert while Asiah Thompson added 16 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. Howard-signee Kennedy Deese collected 10 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 blocks. Jones County (25-6) led 26-25 at the half but were outscored 24-11 in the third. Aubrey Norris paced the Hounds with 21 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block. Georgia Southwestern-signee Kamiyah Adams finished with 14 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals and 1 block.

R5 #1 No. 1 Marist 77, R7 #2 No. 7 Cartersville 41: UNC-signee Kate Harpring finished five points away from breaking the all-time career scoring record in the state of Georgia, pouring in 37 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. Katie Elder filled up the box score with 18 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks for Marist (29-2). Cartersville (24-6) was led by Trinity Montgomery’s 13 points, Zoe McCurry’s 11 and Columbus State-signee KK Arnold’s 9 points and 4 assists.

CLASS 3A

Saturday, March 7 at Legacy Arena (Douglasville)

#4 No. 2 Sandy Creek 85, #1 No. 3 Monroe 69: Sandy Creek (25-6) saw Morghan Reckley dump in 46 points in a battle of five-star prospects.

#2 No. 7 Heritage-Catoosa 46, #6 No. 8 Pickens 35: Tori Epps scored 18 points and Paisley Collins had 11 as Heritage-Catoosa (27-4) clamped down on Pickens (22-10) holding North Georgia-signee Ellison Steinhauer to 12 points, 11 in the fourth.

CLASS 2A

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.

CLASS 1A D-I

Saturday, March 7 at Fort Valley State

#12 No. 9 Elbert County 48, #8 No. 2 Putnam County 45: Elbert County (22-8) got 12 points from Audrey Lunsford as the Blue Devils knocked off Putnam County (21-3).

#3 No. 8 East Laurens 55, #2 No. 7 Thomasville 45: Deanna Lowther posted 20 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks. Jameria Bing scored 12 points, Zahmaria Robinson had 10 and freshman Garyunna Mitchell collected 6 points and 19 rebounds.

CLASS 1A D-II

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.

CLASS 3A-1A PRIVATE

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.

Spielin’ & Dealin’ Ep. 167: Boys Elite 8 Preview


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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]

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Spielin’ & Dealin’ Ep. 166: Girls Elite 8 Preview


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Sandy’s Spiel Spring Showcase – [:35]
Class 6A – [1:32]
Class 5A – [11:12]
Class 4A – [22:44]
Class 3A – [29:42]
Class 2A – [43:32]
Class 1A D-I – [48:06]
Class 1A D-II – [56:42]
Class 3A-1A Private [1:01:15]

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