Thirty-two Georgia high school basketball teams took the final steps in the chase for 16 championships at the Macon Coliseum this week.
Here are the results:
WEDNESDAY
Class A Private girls - Hebron Christian 51, St. Francis 46 (OT) | Photos
The championship was the first in girls basketball for Hebron Christian (29-2), but not for its coach, Jan Azar, who won 13 state titles at fellow Gwinnett County private school Wesleyan.
A Private boys - Mount Pisgah Christian 43, Holy Innocents’ 41 | Photos
Kasheem Grady came up with a steal and knocked down the winning basket as time expired to give Mt. Pisgah Christian a 43-41 win against Holy Innocents’.
4A girls - Carver-Columbus 70, Cairo 54
The sixth-ranked Tigers, whose 17 games were the fewest of any of this year’s state finalists, rolled to their second championship in three seasons. Carver-Columbus (15-2) went almost a month without playing at one point due to the coronavirus pandemic.
4A boys - Baldwin 54, Fayette County 53
William Freeman drove to the basket and made a short jumper with 3.8 seconds left to give Baldwin the victory. The Braves (17-0) won their first state championship since 1981.
THURSDAY
Noon - 2A girls (Josey vs. Fannin County)
2:30 p.m. - 2A boys (Columbia vs. Pace Academy)
5 p.m. - 5A girls (Woodward Academy vs. Forest Park)
7:30 p.m. - 5A boys (Tri-Cities vs. Eagle’s Landing)
FRIDAY
Noon - 3A girls (Greater Atlanta Christian vs. Cross Creek)
2:30 p.m. - 3A boys (Sandy Creek vs. Cross Creek)
5 p.m. - 6A girls (Carrollton vs. Westlake)
- The girls’ 3-point shooting contest will be held after the 6A girls title game.
7:30 p.m. - 6A boys (Wheeler vs. Kell)
SATURDAY
10 a.m. - A Public girls (Clinch County vs. Calhoun County)
12:30 p.m. - A Public boys (Towns County vs. Hancock Central)
3 p.m. - AAASP wheelchair (Houston County Sharks vs. Gwinnett County Heat)
5:30 p.m. - 7A girls (Marietta vs. Woodstock)
- The boys’ slam-dunk contest will be held after the girls 7A title game
8 p.m. - 7A boys (Milton vs. Berkmar)
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