Basketball region standings through games of Jan. 16
BOYS GIRLS 1-AAAAA Region Overall 1-AAAAA Region Overall Shaw 5-1 13-5 Carver-Columbus 5-0 15-2 LaGrange 4-1 15-3 Columbus 5-1 15-2 Carver-Columbus 3-1 12-4 Northside-Columbus 3-2 10-4...
View ArticleDrew boys seek to hand McIntosh first region loss
Here are some of the top games involving Class AAAAA basketball teams this weekend: – McIntosh at Drew, Saturday (boys): No. 5-ranked McIntosh is the only remaining unbeaten team in 4-AAAAA play, but...
View ArticleHeritage boys seek to end four-game slump
Here’s a look back at some of the top stories from the week in Class AAAAA basketball: *Heritage-Conyers boys slumping: The sixth-ranked Heritage boys team (15-5, 7-3) has hit its worst stretch of the...
View ArticleBasketball region standings through games of Jan. 23
BOYS GIRLS 1-AAAAA Region Overall 1-AAAAA Region Overall LaGrange 6-2 17-4 Carver-Columbus 7-0 17-3 Shaw 6-2 15-6 Northside-Columbus 6-2 14-4 Carver-Columbus 5-2 14-5 Columbus 5-2 15-3...
View ArticleNew Manchester, South Paulding boys battling for second behind Allatoona
Here are some of the top games involving Class AAAAA basketball teams this weekend: – New Manchester at South Paulding, Friday (boys): Top-ranked Allatoona (21-0, 14-0) has just about wrapped up the...
View ArticleAllatoona, Miller Grove boys rolling along
The top-ranked Allatoona boys are the only remaining unbeaten basketball team – boys or girls – in Class AAAAA. The Buccaneers were 22-0 heading into Saturday’s game against Paulding County after...
View ArticleBasketball region standings through games of Jan. 30
BOYS GIRLS 1-AAAAA Region Overall 1-AAAAA Region Overall LaGrange 8-2 19-5 Carver-Columbus 10-0 20-3 Northside-Columbus 7-3 16-6 Columbus 9-2 19-3 Carver-Columbus 7-3 16-7 Northside-Columbus 7-3 16-5...
View ArticleNo. 1 seeds still at stake on last night of regular season
Here are some of the top games involving Class AAAAA basketball teams this weekend: – Heritage-Conyers at Salem, Friday (boys): No. 10-ranked Heritage (17-6, 9-4) started the season 15-1 but has gone...
View ArticleRegion tournament scores, schedules
Here are the scores and schedules from the Class AAAAA boys and girls region basketball tournaments. Some regions are not complete because of games played Friday and Saturday night that will affect the...
View ArticleFilling in the state tournament brackets
(Note: The scores and schedules for the Class AAAAA basketball region tournaments have moved to new pages. Click the links for the boys tournaments and the girls tournaments.) Clinched berths The...
View ArticleMiller Grove and Allatoona boys, SWD girls enter as favorites
The state basketball tournaments begin with first-round play on Tuesday and Wednesday. Here’s a look at the Class AAAAA boys and girls brackets. The favorites *Boys: The road to the championship...
View ArticleWinder-Barrow, Region 8 girls ready to roll on to Round 2
The Winder-Barrow girls basketball team made the most of its first state-tournament appearance in 22 years and paved the way for a Region 8-AAAAA sweep in the first round on Tuesday. The Bulldoggs,...
View ArticleClass AAAAAA girls: Douglas County 53, Collins Hill 48
Douglas County let an early 13-point lead slip away, but the Tigers outscored Collins Hill 19-9 in the fourth quarter for a 53-48 victory in the second round of the Class AAAAAA girls basketball...
View ArticleAAAAAA girls: Tucker 74, Woodstock 60
The top-ranked Tucker basketball girls team got 20 points from Jayla Morrow and used its size advantage inside to dominate No. 9 Woodstock 74-60 in the Class AAAAAA quarterfinals Thursday at the...
View ArticleAAAAAA boys: Newton 71, Grayson 52
The historic season for the Grayson boys basketball team has come to an end. The Rams, who were the only remaining No. 4 seed in Class AAAAAA, were eliminated from the state tournament with a 71-52...
View ArticleAAAAAA girls: Douglas County 56, Parkview 52
The Douglas County girls basketball team has lost just one game this season, a 74-64 setback against top-ranked Tucker on Dec. 19. Now it will have a chance to avenge that loss when the teams meet...
View ArticleAAAAAA boys: Westlake 44, Shiloh 43
The Westlake boys basketball team opened its Class AAAAAA quarterfinal like it was going to have little trouble with No. 5 Shiloh. Instead, the Lions had to overcome a scoring drought of almost five...
View ArticleAAAAAA girls: West Forsyth 49, Cherokee 39
West Forsyth all-state candidate Jenna Staiti served as a facilitator with a couple of nice assists in the opening minutes of the Wolverines’ Class AAAAAA quarterfinal matchup with Cherokee. Once she...
View ArticleAAAAAA boys: Milton 94, Campbell 83
Milton outscored Campbell 10-0 in the final 1:47 after watching most of a 19-point lead disappear and escaped with a 94-83 victory in the Class AAAAAA boys basketball quarterfinals Friday at the...
View ArticleAAAAAA girls: McEachern 62, Westlake 45
The McEachern girls basketball team passed its toughest test of the 2016 Class AAAAAA tournament, and the Indians’ bid for a third consecutive championship is still alive. The third-ranked Indians...
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