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Girls Recaps, Recaps

Statewide Recap 11-22-19

BOYS

AAAAAA

No. 4 Chattahoochee 82, Centennial 67:  AJ White (30) and Rice-signee Cam Sheffield (27) combined for 57 points. Franklin Bailey netted 11 and David McDaniel scored 10.

No. 5 Sequoyah 82, Harrison 62: Mercer-signee Jacksen Greco finished with 28 points and 9 rebounds. Myles McGee chipped in 10 points and 7 rebounds while Ayden Watson scored 10 points.

No. 9 Allatoona 77, Creekview 48: Kevin Taylor posted 13 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists while Cam Baldwin tallied 13 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists in the win. Isaiah Logan scored 12 points. Cameron Charles had 10 points and 4 assists while Prentiss Church chipped in 9 points and 4 assists. Warren Williams finished with 8 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Kevin Malenius had 5 points and 5 rebounds.

Heritage-Conyers 73, Rockdale County 72: James White and RJ Noord scored 20 apiece to lead Heritage past Rockdale. Dash Boston (10) and Jalen Boston (8) added offensively.

Dalton 55, River Ridge 44: Franklin Almonte piled on 22 points and 19 rebounds for the Catamounts. Ashton Blackwell scored 17 points and Sam White netted 8.

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Girls Recaps, Recaps

Statewide Recap 11-19-19

BOYS

AAAAAAA

No. 9 Lambert 64, Hillgrove 59: Braxton Beaty finished with 18 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Samford-signee Luke Champion scored 10 points while Ohio-signee Colin Granger tacked on 9 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Will Baker chipped in 8 points and assists.

Peachtree Ridge 48, 6ANo. 7 Lanier 45 OT: Christian Williams had 13 points and 8 rebounds in the win. Navaughn Maise double-doubled with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Brandon Avant finished with 10 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Berkmar 51, Brookwood 33: In the loss, Varun Danak scored 13.

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Rankings

Week 1 Boys Rankings

Class AAAAAAA

1. Grayson (2-0)
2. McEachern (2-0)
3. Norcross (2-0)
4. East Coweta (3-1)
5. Wheeler (2-1)
6. Milton (0-0)
7. Pebblebrook (1-2)
8. Archer (3-0)
9. Lambert (2-0)
10. Newton (2-1)

Class AAAAAA

1. Tri-Cities (2-0)
2. Tucker (3-0)
3. South Cobb (1-1)
4. Chattahoochee (2-0)
5. Sequoyah (0-0)
6. Langston Hughes (0-1)
7. Lanier (2-1)
8. Douglas County (0-0)
9. Allatoona (1-0)
10. Evans (1-0)

Class AAAAA

1. Eagle’s Landing (2-0)
2. Kell (3-0)
3. Dutchtown (0-1)
4. Lithonia (2-0)
5. Carrollton (0-0)
6. Southwest DeKalb (0-2)
7. Fayette County (1-1)
8. Hiram (2-0)
9. Lithia Springs (0-0)
10. Cedar Shoals (1-0)

Class AAAA

1. Woodward Academy (2-0)
2. Denmark (2-0)
3. Sandy Creek (1-1)
4. Eastside (2-0)
5. North Clayton (1-0)
6. Cross Creek (1-0)
7. Americus-Sumter (0-0)
8. Dougherty (0-1)
9. Baldwin (1-1)
10. Chapel Hill (1-1)

Class AAA

1. Pace Academy (1-1)
2. Westside-Macon (0-1)
3. Central-Macon (0-0)
4. Dawson County (1-0)
5. Johnson-Savannah (1-0)
6. Monroe (1-0)
7. Hart County (0-0)
8. Windsor Forest (1-0)
9. Franklin County (1-1)
10. Jefferson (0-1)

Class AA

1. Therrell (2-1)
2. Vidalia (1-0)
3. Spencer (2-0)
4. Swainsboro (0-0)
5. Glenn Hills (1-1)
6. Laney (0-0)
7. South Atlanta (0-0)
8. Banks County (2-0)
9. Woodville-Tompkins (1-0)
10. KIPP Atlanta (2-1)

Class A-Private

1. St. Francis (1-0)
2. Greenforest (2-0)
3. Walker (1-0)
4. Trinity Christian (2-0)
5. Mt. Bethel (0-1)
6. Mt. Pisgah (1-0)
7. Holy Innocents’ (0-2)
8. Wesleyan (0-0)
9. Galloway (4-0)
10. Christian Heritage (0-0)

Class A-Public

1. Treutlen (0-0)
2. Wilcox County (0-0)
3. Calhoun County (0-0)
4. Wilkinson County (0-0)
5. Irwin County (0-0)
6. Pelham (0-0)
7. Clinch County (0-0)
8. Lanier County (2-0)
9. Macon County (0-0)
10. Greene County (0-0)

The constant shuffling and jockeying for position known as the GHSA State Rankings has plenty of movement already in Week 1 after tournaments Georgia’s Elite 8 Tip-Off Classic, OTR Tip-Off Classic and the Hawks Naismith Classic pitted Top 10 teams across classifications against one another providing us with some shakeup.

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Girls Recaps, Recaps

Statewide Recap 11-16-19

BOYS

AAAAAAA

No. 1 Grayson 74, No. 5 Berkmar 53: USF-signee Caleb Murphy dumped in 19 points followed by Mississippi State-signee Deivon Smith’s 16.

No. 2 McEachern 90, 6ANo. 3 South Cobb 80: Cameron McDowell (32) and Sharife Cooper (30) teamed up to oust South Cobb in a shootout at the OTR Tip-Off Classic.

No. 4 Pebblebrook 62, 5ANo. 8 Southwest DeKalb 58: Danny Stubbs (19) outdueled Ohio State-signee Eugene Brown III (14) to lift the Falcons over the Panthers at the OTR Tip-Off Classic.

Campbell 87, No. 6 Wheeler 82: Alcorn State-signee Myson Lowe netted 30 points while BK Ekweozor scored 21. Freshman Isaiah Collier had 36 in the loss.

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Girls Recaps, Recaps

Statewide Recap 11-14-19

BOYS

AAAAAAA

No. 9 Newton 88, 5ANo. 7 Fayette County 78: Shawn Smith (19), Qua Brown (15), Georgia Southern-signee Caleb Byrd (13) and TJ Clark (13) powered the Rams offense.

No. 10 Lambert 55, Brookwood 54: Ohio-signee Colin Granger had 15 points and 8 rebounds while Will Baker added 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Braxton Beaty tossed in 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

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