Girls basketball rankings: Shortened schedule produces few major changes
There were few major changes in the girls basketball rankings after a week in which a significant portion of the schedule, particularly in the northern part of the state, was wiped because of the icy...
View ArticleHow teams stand heading down the home stretch
The fight for seeding in the boys and girls basketball region tournaments is nearing its conclusion, with the end of the regular season less than two weeks away. Class AAAAAA teams will be busy heading...
View ArticleRaces tight in Regions 4, 5 and 8
There is a logjam at the top of both the boys and girls basketball standings in Region 8-AAAAAA, and how those races shake out will depend in large part on how Dacula’s teams fare this weekend when...
View ArticleGirls basketball rankings: Laney, Franklin County unbeaten heading into home...
Laney and Franklin County are the only remaining unbeaten girls basketball teams in the state heading into the final weekend of the regular season. Laney, the defending champion in Class AA, maintained...
View ArticleTeams that could surprise in the postseason
It’s not always the highly ranked or highly regarded teams that make the deepest postseason runs. Last year, for example, the Mays girls team won the Class AAAAAA basketball championship despite being...
View ArticleMcEachern girls gearing up for run at fifth consecutive state title
McEachern coach Phyllis Arthur talks to her team during a timeout in their 62-29 victory over Kennesaw Mountain on Tuesday (Jan. 30, 2018). The McEachern girls basketball team appears to be hitting its...
View ArticlePebblebrook boys beat Wheeler 75-64, clinch top seed in region tournament
Fourth-ranked Pebblebrook outscored No. 8 Wheeler 17-6 in the game’s final 4:50 Friday at the Cobb Civic Center, holding the Wildcats to one field goal in that stretch, for a 75-64 victory that...
View ArticleGirls basketball rankings: Class AAA’s GAC loses, but all eight No. 1 teams...
All eight No. 1-ranked girls basketball teams held on to their top spots after the final weekend of the regular season, despite Class AAA’s Greater Atlanta Christian suffering a 23-point loss on...
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