2026 5-10 G Kate Harpring – Marist
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
2026 6-1 W Gabby Minus – Hebron Christian
The Tennessee-signee had everything clicking in a 71-62 win over St. Francis. Continue reading Class 3A-1A Private Final 4 Girls Top Performers
#1 No. 1 Hebron Christian 46, #3 No. 3 Holy Innocents’ 42: With three starters fouled out, Holy Innocents’ (24-7) fought till the buzzer and nearly rallied to stun Hebron Christian (30-1) for a second consecutive season, but the Lions survived 13-27 free throw shooting — 7-13 in the fourth quarter — to clinch the program’s fourth state title. Following a slow start which saw Hebron Christian trail by as many as 10 points in the first half including falling behind 14-6 after the first quarter, the Lions raced ahead with a 20-2 run in the second quarter to gain a 30-24 halftime advantage they would never relinquish. Poor three-point shooting sank Hebron Christian last year in their title loss to Holy Innocents’ going 0-19, but back-to-back threes from Mia Huckaby in the second quarter ended a streak of 25-straight misses from beyond the arc in Macon. Huckaby would finish with a game-high 14 points shooting 3-7 from deep while as a team the Lions would connect on 5-22 from distance. Through three quarters Hebron Christian led 39-29. Fouls piled up on the Golden Bears as Elana McMasters finished with 8 points fouling out at the 3:59 mark of the fourth quarter. Soon to follow on the bench would be Makayla Weaver and Loriel Murray who both scored 10 points before disqualification. With three starters fouled out, Holy Innocents’ would spark a 6-0 run keyed by freshman Parker Smith with two threes. Smith would net 8 points in total, drawing Holy Innocents’ to within 43-42 with 2:53 to play. Hebron would score the final three points of the game, struggling to put the game away from the line. SEC-signees Alanna Beckham (UGA) and Gabby Minus (Tennessee) were held under wraps to shoot a combined 3-24 from the field but Beckham shot 5-12 from the line including two key free throws with 24.9 seconds left to ice it. Beckham had 7 points and 9 rebounds while Minus ended with 7 points and 13 boards. Nariah Nelson chipped in 7 points. In the loss, Aaniyah Branch patrolled the paint to collect 3 points, 16 rebounds and 8 blocks.
#1 No. 7 Darlington 53, #2 No. 1 Holy Innocents’ 50: Down a key starter lost to injury in the Elite Eight — Christian Teasley, Darlington (30-2) still managed to make history, holding on to knock off defending state champion Holy innocents’ (26-4). The Tigers got off to a slow start, just 3-17 from the field. After missing their first seven threes, Darlington caught fire with a 6-13 second quarter and shot 9-26 for the game to turn a 12-6 deficit after one into a 25-23 halftime advantage. Belmont-signee Devin Hutcherson was saddled with three fouls late in the second quarter after Brent Bell drew his third on a charge. He did not return to the floor till 3:18 to play in the third quarter but the Golden Bears had won the minutes 11-8 with him out to take a 34-33 lead. The story of the game was DJ Hall who was the best player on the floor, dumping in 30 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals with just 3 turnovers while shooting 9-17 from the field, 5-8 from deep and 7-9 from the line including a pair of free throws with 23.1 seconds left in regulation to extend the lead to 53-49. The Tigers shot 8-15 from the foul line and just 3-8 from the stripe in the fourth quarter, lifted by Hall’s two clinchers. Before the free throws, Darlington suffered a scoring drought of over four minutes, seeing a 42-38 lead after three quarters trimmed to 44-43 before Hall scored on a drive with 2:54 to push the advantage to three points. DJ once again came up big with 1:21 to play, converting a tough eurostep layup through contact to go ahead 50-45. The closest the Golden Bears would get would be 51-49 at with 25.1 seconds left when Jaden McCullough hit a pull-up three, part of his 12 points. The Tigers missed two more free throws with 6.9 seconds left, but Hutcherson’s coast-to-coast pull-up three was an airball, landing out of bounds with one second left to extinguish Holy Innocents’ chances of a repeat. For Darlington, in support of Hall was Cam Selig who had 9 points and 8 rebounds. His bucket off a Hall assist at the 44-second mark of the third quarter marked the first Tiger other than Hall to have multiple field goals in the game. For Holy Innocents’, Hutcherson led with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Jordan Mays was 4-5 from the field with 10 points.
1. Trace Adcock – Rabun County
2. Ryan McCord – Chamblee
3. Andrew Connell – Tift County
#2 No. 7 Heritage-Catoosa 65, #4 No. 2 Sandy Creek 62 OT: Heritage-Catoosa (28-4) trailed by 10 points with 4:46 to play in the third quarter but the Generals’ champion DNA (three-peat in softball) shined through, forcing overtime on a Georgia Gracy three with four seconds left then outlasting Sandy Creek (25-7) once five-star guard Morghan Reckley fouled out with 2:35 to play in overtime. Reckley, who finished with 29 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 steals, fouled out after creating an And-1 for sister Madison to put the Patriots ahead 62-60, bumping Gracy after the fact. Sandy Creek wouldn’t score from the field after her departure, USC Upstate soccer-signee Deyla McCoy netting a free throw with 1:35 to play to wrap up the Patriot offense and finishing her night with 22 points on 6-7 shooting from the field. The Generals took their first lead of the second half on Paisley Collins’ cut to the rim with 22 seconds to play, the game-winning basket. Collins finished with 17 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists while Ema Tanner led the Gens with 18 points and 9 rebounds. Tori Epps had 12 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. Gracy, who sent the game to overtime and baited the foul out of Reckley, finished with 10 points and 9 rebounds.
#2 No. 1 Cross Creek 56, #17 No. 6 Harlem 51: For a fourth-time, Cross Creek (27-5) found a way past Harlem (23-10) in order to capture their third state title. Frashad Tisby scored 14 points after halftime to finish with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 5 blocks including two timely threes, one to give the Razorbacks their first lead since the 4:22 mark of the third quarter at 43-42 with 3:54 to play and then with 1:11 left to make it 53-49. Dontrell Jackson scored 14 points in the first half but had a scoreless third period before dumping in 11 fourth quarter points to close with 25 points and 7 rebounds. Derrick Shine added 11 points. Harlem saw leading scorers (20.4 ppg) Ty Shine go down with a left ankle injury after just eight minutes of play and no points. AJ Williams carried the Bulldogs with 28 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks. Christaan Gandy tacked on 12 points and 5 rebounds in support. The Bulldogs entered the fourth quarter up 38-32 after closing on a 12-0 run.
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
Madison Bennett – Trinity Christian
Courtney Bray – Warren County
Ava Thompson – Towns County
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
#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
Ben Holland & Karina Barton – Walton
Brandon Flint & Reagan Mulligan – River Ridge
Trace Adcock & Millie Southards – Rabun County
Maki Mitchell & Kenyanna Jackson – Commerce
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
#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
Kolton Kaylor – Fannin County
Oluremi Guerrero – Druid Hills
Cordell Simmons – Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe
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
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.
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 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.
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.
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
#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.
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.
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
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
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
#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
#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
#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
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
#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
