HIAWASSEE They may go down as a one-year wonder, or not, but right now the Towns County boys basketball team is just soaking up the atmosphere of the program’s best-ever run in the Georgia High School Association state playoffs.
It had been since 1974 that any Towns County team had advanced past the second round of the GHSA playoffs. No team had ever gotten to the quarterfinals. On Saturday, the Indians will take on Chattahoochee County in the Class A Public semifinals in Cusseta with a chance to play for a berth in their first-ever state championship game.
“We are extremely excited about the opportunity to represent Towns County in the Final Four,” Towns County coach Rob Benson said on Friday. “It means a lot for us to get to this point, as basketball is a long season and it takes a lot to persevere through that grind.”
DAHLONEGA No matter what happened Friday night at a packed-out Lynn Cottrell Gym, history was being made.
Unfortunately for the Lumpkin County girls, they will not get a much-anticipated shot at a state title after a heartbreaking 46-45 loss to Cross Creek in the Class 3A semifinals.
Cross Creek’s Erin Martin scooped up a pass from a falling Jordyn Dorsey on a frantic inbounds play in the final 5 seconds and converted a layup at the buzzer for the game-winner.
That came after Lumpkin County had battled from 41-37 down to take a 45-44 lead on an Isabel Davenport free throw with 5 seconds remaining.
Champions were crowned in every high school level from 1A-7A Author: Raynard Churchwell (13WMAZ) Updated: 7:57 PM EST February 16, 2021
MACON, Georgia The Georgia High School association wrapping up its two-day run for its cheerleading state championships at the Macon Centreplex Tuesday.
After plans of having the event in Columbus crumbled, the Centreplex stepped up and allowed the young athletes to compete.
Division 3A, 4A, 6A and 7A schools competed at the event.
GHSA Associate Director Penny Mitchell talked about how each team present deserves credit for making it this far during one of the strangest sports seasons ever. The ones who have made it here today have persevered through this, the craziest season they ve ever had, Mitchell said, So they are just so happy to be here, so appreciative their parents and the GHSA has supported this and there just excited in a lot of ways to be here.
MACON The Chestatee girls wrestling team secured the school’s first-ever team state title holding off a half-dozen top contenders in the girls state meet Thursday at the Macon Centreplex.
Chestatee finished with 103 total points with Alexander out of Douglas County taking second with 89. Greenbrier, near Augusta, took third with 86 points.
The Lady War Eagles held a slim lead going into the second day and Isabella Redlinger sealed it with a win over Osborne’s Kiarra Nylander in the 225-pound finals for the individual state title.
Redlinger was the only individual champion for Chestatee, but Catarina Velasquez (102) and Ashley Godinez (152) both finished second for the Lady War Eagles.
MACON Commerce could not overcome a slim deficit on Wednesday and finished third in the 2021 Georgia High School Association Class A Traditional wrestling championships at the Macon Centreplex.
The Tigers trailed by just 9 points heading into the finals but Day 1 leader Mt. Pisgah pulled away to capture the title with 256 points. Commerce finished with 202.5 points while defending champion Trion rallied to take second with 205.
Mt. Pisgah s title win snapped Commerce s seven-year run as Class A Traditional state champions, which had been the longest current streak by any team in any sport in the GHSA.
In the Class 2A meet, Banks County finished fourth with 148 points. Fannin County won its first-ever state title with 186 points, jumping over Day 1 leader Lovett late.