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Class 4A Final 4 Girls Top Performers


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Now just five points away from becoming Georgia’s all-time leading scorer, Kate Harpring’s illustrious career will conclude on the perfect stage in the state championship. Continue reading Class 4A Final 4 Girls Top Performers

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Wednesday, March 11

Class 3A-1A Private

#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

Boys Three-Point Contest

Andrew Connell – Tift County
Trace Adcock – Rabun County
Ryan McCord – Chamblee

Class 3A

#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

Thursday. March 12

Class 1A D-II

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

Girls Three-Point Contest

Madison Bennett – Trinity Christian
Courtney Bray – Warren County
Ava Thompson – Towns County

Class 4A

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

Friday, March 13

Class 1A D-I

#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 

Co-Ed Three-Point Contest

Ben Holland & Karina Barton – Walton
Brandon Flint & Reagan Mulligan – River Ridge
Trace Adcock & Millie Southards – Rabun County
Maki Mitchell & Kenyanna Jackson – Commerce

Class 5A

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

Saturday, March 14

Class 2A

#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

Slam Dunk Contest

Kolton Kaylor – Fannin County
Oluremi Guerrero – Druid Hills
Cordell Simmons – Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe

Class 6A

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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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.

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CLASS 6A

R3 #2 Hillgrove 59, R4 #1 Archer 56
R4 #4 Grayson 68, R6 #1 South Forsyth 62

R3 #1 Campbell 58, R1 #1 Lowndes 56
R5 #1 North Paulding 58, R4 #2 Newton 47

CLASS 5A

R2 #1 Coffee 73, R4 #1 Woodward Academy 62
R7 #1 Milton 54, R6 #1 Sequoyah 49

R6 #2 River Ridge 50, R1 #1 Bradwell Institute 48
R6 #3 Creekview 43, R8 #1 Loganville 36

CLASS 4A

R2 #1 Jones County 48, R4 #1 Creekside 34
R6 #1 Kell 52, R7 #1 Dalton 41

R7 #2 Cartersville 64, R5 #4 Northview 51
R5 #1 Marist 63, R8 #1 North Oconee 49

CLASS 3A

#1 Monroe 62, #8 Cherokee Bluff 61
#4 Sandy Creek 65, #12 Stephenson 37

#6 Pickens 60, #3 Jenkins 42
#2 Heritage-Catoosa 47, #10 Oconee County 41

CLASS 2A

#1 Josey 73, #9 Hart County 54
#5 Hardaway 57, #20 Coahulla Creek 44

#3 Columbia 51,#11 Tattnall County 29
#2 Murray County 61, #7 Thomson 55

CLASS 1A D-I

#8 Putnam County 55, #16 Heard County 53
#12 Elbert County 61, #4 Vidalia 38

#3 East Laurens 64, #6 Bacon County 42
#2 Thomasville 46, #7 Rabun County 44

CLASS 1A D-II

R4 #1 Wilcox County 71, R2 #1 Brooks County 43
R7 #1 Bowdon 61, R6 #1 Macon County 57

R3 #1 Metter 50, R1 #1 Terrell County 46
R8 #1 Washington-Wilkes 57, R3 #4 ECI 36

CLASS 3A-1A PRIVATE

#1 Hebron Christian 95, #9 Whitefield Academy 46
#4 St. Francis 73, #5 Christian Heritage 53

#3 Holy Innocents’ 55, #6 Galloway 37
#7 GAC 53, #2 Athens Academy 33