A recap of the opening round of the GHSA girls basketball state tournament plus a preview of some of the top Sweet 16 matchups this week.
R6 #2 Collins Hill 62, R8 #3 Grayson 40
R4 #1 Cherokee 68, R2 #4 Campbell 52
R3 #2 Hillgrove 69, R1 #3 Tift County 66
R5 #1 Lambert 58, R7 #4 Central Gwinnett 51
R6 #3 Duluth 66, R8 #2 Newton 54
R2 #1 Westlake 44, R4 #4 Roswell 29
R3 #3 Marietta 66, R1 #2 Lowndes 58
R7 #1 Norcross 65, R5 #4 West Forsyth 38
R2 #2 Pebblebrook 62, R4 #3 Woodstock 50
R8 #1 Archer 60, R6 #4 Mountain View 52
R7 #2 Brookwood 46, R5 #3 South Forsyth 38
R1 #1 Colquitt County 49, R3 #4 North Cobb 48
R2 #3 Wheeler 54, R4 #2 Etowah 43
R6 #1 Mill Creek 69, R8 #4 Rockdale 47
R5 #2 North Forsyth 45, R7 #3 Parkview 26
R3 #1 McEachern 68, At Large South Gwinnett 35
R6 #2 Harrison 54, R8 #3 Dacula 34
R4 #1 Tucker 53, R2 #4 Bradwell Institute 28
R1 #3 Houston County 54, R3 #2 Heritage-Conyers 31
R5 #1 Douglas County 84, R7 #4 Pope 74
R6 #3 River Ridge 54, R8 #2 Gainesville 53
R4 #4 Stephenson 55, R2 #1 Brunswick 48
R1 #2 Valdosta 57, R3 #3 Evans 37
R7 #1 Northview 54, R5 #4 South Paulding 36
R4 #3 Jonesboro 52, R2 #2 Glynn Academy 45
R8 #1 Winder-Barrow 59, R6 #4 Sequoyah 51
R5 #3 Mays 58, R7 #2 Alpharetta 54
R3 #4 Greenbrier 52, R1 #1 Northside-Warner Robins 51
R4 #2 Lovejoy 54, R2 #3 Richmond Hill 20
R6 #1 Creekview 50, R8 #4 Habersham Central 40
R7 #3 Chattahoochee 30, R5 #2 New Manchester 19
R3 #1 Grovetown 59, R1 #4 Coffee 48
R6 #2 Lithia Springs 50, R8 #3 Loganville 47
R4 #1 Eagle’s Landing 69, R2 #4 South Effingham 20
R3 #2 McIntosh 62, R1 #3 Harris County 57
R5 #1 Southwest DeKalb 64, R7 #4 Kell 25
R8 #2 Flowery Branch 58, R6 #3 North Springs 32
R2 #1 Statesboro 65, R4 #4 Locust Grove 40
R3 #3 Fayette County 45, R1 #2 Bainbridge 36
R7 #1 Carrollton 63, R5 #4 Chamblee 29
R2 #2 Ware County 45, R4 #3 Woodland-Stockbridge 44
R8 #1 Buford 78, R6 #4 Decatur 36
R5 #3 Columbia 60, R7 #2 Cass 41
R1 #1 Warner Robins 68, R3 #4 Morrow 41
R2 #3 Wayne County 48, R4 #2 Dutchtown 47
R6 #1 Maynard Jackson 62, R8 #4 Clarke Central 50
R5 #2 Arabia Mountain 52, R7 #3 Villa Rica 45
R3 #1 Griffin 54, R1 #4 Veterans 38
R8 #3 Madison County 48, R6 #2 Heritage-Catoosa 45
R4 #1 North Clayton 63, R2 #4 Upson-Lee 56
R3 #2 Richmond Academy 69, R1 #3 Shaw 68
R5 #1 Sandy Creek 59, R7 #4 Blessed Trinity 28
R8 #2 North Oconee 62, R6 #3 Pickens 37
R2 #1 Spalding 58, R4 #4 Salem 22
R1 #2 Columbus 69, R3 #3 Burke County 49
R7 #1 West Hall 78, R5 #4 Troup 54
R4 #3 Luella 68, R2 #2 Perry 54
R8 #1 Jefferson 58, R6 #4 Gilmer 35
R5 #3 Chapel Hill 51, R7 #2 Chestatee 36
R1 #1 Carver-Columbus 68, R3 #4 Baldwin 48
R4 #2 Henry County 64, R2 #3 West Laurens 37
R6 #1 Northwest Whitfield 44, R8 #4 St. Pius 30
R5 #2 LaGrange 46, R7 #3 Marist 43
R3 #1 Cross Creek 60, R1 #4 Americus-Sumter 51
R8 #3 Hart County 72, R6 #2 Calhoun 63
R4 #1 Central-Macon 55, R2 #4 Liberty County 41
R3 #2 Beach 61, R1 #3 Dougherty 33
R5 #1 Redan 62, R7 #4 East Hall 44
R6 #3 Ringgold 53, R8 #2 Franklin County 52
R2 #1 Tattnall County 53, R4 #4 Westside-Macon 30
R1 #2 Cook 60, R3 #3 Jenkins 49
R7 #1 Greater Atlanta Christian 72, R5 #4 Cedar Grove 43
R2 #2 Pierce County 51, R4 #3 Kendrick 47
R8 #1 Morgan County 61, R6 #4 Sonoraville 26
R7 #2 Dawson County 72, R5 #3 Lovett 61
R1 #1 Monroe 64, R3 #4 Southeast Bulloch 25
R4 #2 Peach County 60, R2 #3 Long County 35
R6 #1 Haralson County 61, R8 #4 Jackson County 49
R7 #3 North Hall 44, R5 #2 Pace Academy 25
R3 #1 Johnson-Savannah 79, R1 #4 Crisp County 27
R6 #2 Douglass 53, R8 #3 Putnam County 47
R4 #1 Laney 70, R2 #4 Swainsboro 44
R3 #2 Dodge County 70, R1 #3 Early County 51
R5 #1 Heard County 42, R7 #4 Pepperell 40
R6 #3 South Atlanta 68, R8 #2 Banks County 62
R2 #1 Bryan County 62, R4 #4 Westside-Augusta 31
R1 #2 Berrien 57, R3 #3 Washington County 38
R7 #1 Model 63, R5 #4 Temple 28
R2 #2 Vidalia 72, R4 #3 Jefferson County 44
R8 #1 Rabun County 70, R6 #4 Therrell 40
R7 #2 Armuchee 66, R5 #3 Lamar County 38
R1 #1 Fitzgerald 86, R3 #4 Dublin 76
R2 #3 Jeff Davis 43, R4 #2 Josey 38
R6 #1 Hapeville Charter 43, R8 #4 Elbert County 27
R7 #3 Dade County 58, R5 #2 Callaway 30
R3 #1 Bleckley County 51, R1 #4 Thomasville 43
#9 Pinecrest Academy 74, #24 Savannah Country Day 38
#8 Landmark Christian – BYE
#16 Paideia 53, #17 Christian Heritage 43
#1 St. Francis – BYE
#12 Tattnall Square Academy 38, #21 ELCA 34
#5 Holy Innocents’ – BYE
#13 Aquinas 49, #20 Fellowship Christian 42
#4 Stratford Academy – BYE
#10 Prince Avenue 41, #23 Athens Christian 29
#7 First Presbyterian Day – BYE
#15 George Walton Academy 44, #18 Savannah Christian 37
#2 Wesleyan – BYE
#11 Darlington 44, #22 Athens Academy 39
#6 Calvary Day – BYE
#14 Greenforest 55, #19 Our Lady of Mercy 39
#3 Lakeview Academy – BYE
#9 Hancock Central 51, #24 Calhoun County 41
#8 Taylor County – BYE
#16 Turner County 48, #17 Seminole County 40
#1 Telfair County – BYE
#12 Wilcox County 48, #21 Manchester 42
#5 Woodville-Tompkins – BYE
#13 Wilkinson County 48, #20 Gordon Lee 44
#4 Marion County – BYE
#10 Macon County 46, #23 Hawkinsville 29
#7 Treutlen – BYE
#15 Georgia Military 48, #18 Johnson County 33
#2 Wheeler County – BYE
#11 Terrell County 53, #22 Greene County 46
#6 Greenville – BYE
#19 Lanier County 52, #14 Mitchell County 43
#3 Pelham – BYE
R8 #3 Grayson 52, R6 #2 Collins Hill 50
R4 #1 Etowah 70, R2 #4 Campbell 62
R3 #2 Hillgrove 59, R1 #3 Lowndes 51
R7 #4 Brookwood 61, R5 #1 Milton 58
R6 #3 Duluth 67, R8 #2 Shiloh 57
R2 #1 Pebblebrook 96, R4 #4 Lassiter 46
R1 #2 Colquitt County 64, R3 #3 Kennesaw Mountain 51
R7 #1 Norcross 83, R5 #4 West Forsyth 38
R2 #2 Westlake 50, R4 #3 Roswell 37
R8 #1 Newton 100, R6 #4 Peachtree Ridge 72
R7 #2 Berkmar 69, R5 #3 South Forsyth 51
R1 #1 Tift County 65, R3 #4 Marietta 44
R2 #3 Wheeler 73, R4 #2 Cherokee 37
R6 #1 Mountain View 65, R8 #4 South Gwinnett 52
R5 #2 Lambert 72, R7 #3 Meadowcreek 70
R3 #1 McEachern 88, At Large Mill Creek 52
R6 #2 South Cobb 65, R8 #3 Lanier 55
R2 #4 Glynn Academy 75, R4 #1 Stephenson 63
R1 #3 Coffee 77, R3 #2 Heritage-Conyers 71
R5 #1 South Paulding 70, R7 #4 Cambridge 49
R8 #2 Dacula 89, R6 #3 Osborne 65
R2 #1 Brunswick 81, R4 #4 Forest Park 49
R1 #2 Northside-Warner Robins 74, R3 #3 Greenbrier 59
R7 #1 Pope 59, R5 #4 Mays 51
R2 #2 Effingham County 64, R4 #3 Tucker 55
R8 #1 Gainesville 82, R6 #4 Creekview 42
R5 #3 Langston Hughes 59, R7 #2 Dunwoody 34
R1 #1 Lee County 71, R3 #4 Alcovy 59
R4 #2 Jonesboro 56, R2 #3 Richmond Hill 49
R6 #1 Allatoona 69, R8 #4 Winder-Barrow 37
R5 #2 Tri-Cities 60, R7 #3 Alpharetta 57
R1 #4 Valdosta 56, R3 #1 Lakeside-Evans 55
R6 #2 Riverwood 65, R8 #3 Flowery Branch 63
R4 #1 Eagle’s Landing 61, R2 #4 Wayne County 41
R3 #2 Starr’s Mill 64, R1 #3 Harris County 58
R5 #1 Miller Grove 73, R7 #4 Paulding County 46
R8 #2 Cedar Shoals 64, R6 #3 Maynard Jackson 47
R2 #1 Statesboro 63, R4 #4 Jones County 50
R3 #3 Riverdale 74, R1 #2 Veterans 65
R5 #4 Lithonia 75, R7 #1 Villa Rica 66
R2 #2 New Hampstead 65, R4 #3 Union Grove 62
R8 #1 Buford 75, R6 #4 Lithia Springs 63
R5 #3 Southwest DeKalb 52, R7 #2 Kell 34
R1 #1 Warner Robins 80, R3 #4 Griffin 53
R4 #2 Dutchtown 59, R2 #3 Ware County 55
R6 #1 Carver-Atlanta 57, R8 #4 Loganville 44
R5 #2 Columbia 71, R7 #3 Carrollton 54
R3 #1 Fayette County 58, R1 #4 Bainbridge 48
R6 #2 Lafayette 69, R8 #3 North Oconee 53
R4 #1 Henry County 78, R2 #4 Howard 34
R3 #2 Richmond Academy 63, R1 #3 Shaw 58
R5 #1 LaGrange 80, R7 #4 West Hall 62
R8 #2 Stephens County 74, R6 #3 Heritage-Catoosa 38
R2 #1 Upson-Lee 73, R4 #4 North Clayton 50
R3 #3 Thomson 67, R1 #2 Americus-Sumter 62
R7 #1 Blessed Trinity 56, R5 #4 Troup 31
R2 #2 Mary Persons 81, R4 #3 Eastside 77
R8 #1 St. Pius 81, R6 #4 Ridgeland 50
R7 #2 Marist 50, R5 #3 Cartersville 46
R1 #1 Carver-Columbus 96, R3 #4 Burke County 76
R2 #3 Perry 72, R4 #2 Druid Hills 56
R6 #1 Northwest Whitfield 68, R8 #4 Madison County 45
R5 #2 Sandy Creek 79, R7 #3 White County 48
R1 #4 Westover 64, R3 #1 Baldwin 60
R8 #3 Monroe Area 76, R6 #2 Sonoraville 73
R4 #1 Westside-Macon 96, R2 #4 Long County 71
R3 #2 Johnson-Savannah 65, R1 #3 Monroe 52
R5 #1 Pace Academy 63, R7 #4 Dawson County 30
R6 #3 Coahulla Creek 49, R8 #2 Franklin County 45
R2 #1 Liberty County 92, R4 #4 Kendrick 71
R3 #3 Islands 78, R1 #2 Worth County 60
R7 #1 East Hall 65, R5 #4 Westminster 64
R2 #2 Tattnall County 81, R4 #3 Peach County 80
R8 #1 Morgan County 71, R6 #4 Adairsville 40
R5 #3 Lovett 62, R7 #2 Greater Atlanta Christian 58
R1 #1 Crisp County 108, R3 #4 Savannah 106
R4 #2 Central-Macon 107, R2 #3 Appling County 69
R6 #1 Calhoun 75, R8 #4 Hart County 53
R5 #2 Cedar Grove 71, R7 #3 Lumpkin County 58
R3 #1 Jenkins 75, R1 #4 Cook 65
R6 #2 Hapeville Charter 98, R8 #3 Putnam County 77
R4 #1 Laney 81, R2 #4 Bacon County 44
R3 #2 Dublin 66, R1 #3 Fitzgerald 65
R5 #1 Heard County 69, R7 #4 Dade County 44
R8 #2 Monticello 61, R6 #3 Therrell 56
R2 #1 Swainsboro 80, R4 #4 Westside-Augusta 55
R1 #2 Thomasville 59, R3 #3 Bleckley County 41
R7 #1 Chattooga 59, R5 #4 Temple 53
R4 #3 Josey 58, R2 #2 Metter 37
R8 #1 Banks County 53, R6 #4 Washington 34
R7 #2 Rockmart 49, R5 #3 Spencer 47
R1 #1 Early County 63, R3 #4 Southwest-Macon 48
R4 #2 Butler 88, R2 #3 Jeff Davis 67
R6 #1 South Atlanta 85, R8 #4 Elbert County 61
R5 #2 Callaway 62, R7 #3 Coosa 60
R3 #1 Washington County 61, R1 #4 Albany 56
#9 Holy Innocents’ 86, #24 Mt. Pisgah 68
#8 Tattnall Square Academy – BYE
#16 Mt. Paran 49, #17 Christian Heritage 48
#1 Greenforest – BYE
#12 Tallulah Falls 69, #21 Landmark Christian 41
#5 St. Francis – BYE
#20 Stratford Academy 68, #13 Darlington 67
#4 Aquinas – BYE
#10 First Presbyterian Day 62, #23 Riverside Military 55
#7 Athens Christian – BYE
#15 Wesleyan 68, #18 Savannah Christian 33
#2 Lakeview Academy – BYE
#11 Whitefield Academy 63, #22 Prince Avenue 41
#6 Southwest Atlanta Christian – BYE
#14 Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy 56, #19 King’s Ridge 45
#3 North Cobb Christian – BYE
#9 Quitman County 70, #24 Dooly County 67
#8 Macon County – BYE
#16 Lincoln County 58, #17 Portal 54
#1 Treutlen – BYE
#12 Crawford County 72, #21 Terrell County 65
#5 Wilkinson County – BYE
#13 Central-Talbotton 75, #20 Irwin County 49
#4 Taylor County – BYE
#10 Hawkinsville 77, #23 Jenkins County 50
#7 Turner County – BYE
#15 Towns County 68, #18 Schley County 58
#2 Calhoun County – BYE
#11 Wilcox County 81, #22 Twiggs County 76
#6 Montgomery County – BYE
#19 Manchester 85, #14 Randolph-Clay 56
#3 Clinch County – BYE
The state tournament is here!
Detailed breakdown on each classification, boys & girls, including my Final Four picks.
Interested in earning bragging rights? The February Frenzy Bracket Challenge is back. Class A brackets are now available. Details below.
Brackets: http://www.ghsa.net/2016-2017-ghsa-class-aaaaaaa-boys-state-basketball-tournament-bracket
No. 5 Quitman County (21-7) *#9 seed*
No. 8 Wilcox County (19-9) *#11 seed*
The yucky Power Ratings system takes a bite out of Quitman County and Wilcox County. No. 7 Lincoln County could have a beef for drawing the #16 seed, but the Red Devils didn’t see much competition in Region 7 until the region tournament where they squandered a lead against Class A-Private No. 9 Tattnall Square Academy and lost in overtime. Lincoln County does however get their first home playoff game in school history and faces #17 Portal. Quitman County gets the #9 seed after going 14-4 in Region 1. They fell to No. 1 Calhoun County three times, 75-52, 66-61 and in the championship 66-63, proving they can play with the big boys. Instead they see #24 Dooly County in the opening round and No. 10 Macon County who is the #8 seed in the second round.
#6 Montgomery County and #7 Turner County are fortunate. Turner County has more of an argument than Montgomery County, but both teams did not do enough to earn a first round Bye. The Rebels were blown out in the Region 2 semifinals by Wilcox County 88-67. Wilcox went on to lose 65-55 to #3 Clinch County but somehow the Patriots get the #11 seed instead and will have to host a dangerous #22 Twiggs County which boasts aggressive guards. Montgomery County comes out of the weak Region 3. They spent time in the Top 10 early in the season but fell out for the second half of the year. They played #1 Treutlen close once (76-69 OT) but then were drilled twice, losing 90-65 and then 73-47 in the region title game.
No. 6 Whitefield Academy (19-8) *#11 seed*
Class A-Private doesn’t have too many glaring seeding snubs but Whitefield Academy has a right to complain. #7 Athens Christian should not have a Bye. At 21-6 out of the week Region 8, they have no significant wins other than beating #12 Tallulah Falls in the region semifinals 52-49. The Eagles lost twice to #2 seed No. 7 Lakeview Academy, 58-42 in the regular season and 43-41 in the region championship, a better result but still not enough to warrant a top seed. Lakeview has dominated the region for the past two seasons and if you can’t beat the best in your own region, you shouldn’t be rewarded with a Bye. Whitefield’s wins over Sacred Heart, AL, Velma Jackson, MS, Lincoln, NY, #19 King’s Ridge and #5 No. 5 St. Francis trumps Athens Christian’s resume.
