GIRLS SEMIFINALS SCHEDULE
CLASS
6A
Semifinals | March 1
Cherokee vs. Grayson – 1:00 PM Newton vs. North Forsyth – 5:00 PM
Games played at Georgia State University
CLASS 5A
Semifinals | February 28
Hughes vs. Bradwell Institute – 1:00 PM Milton vs. River Ridge – 5:00 PM
Games played at Georgia State University
CLASS
4A
Semifinals | March 1
Marist vs. Creekside – 1:00 PM North Oconee vs. Jackson-ATL – 5:00 PM
Games played at Fort Valley State University
CLASS
3A
Semifinals | February 28
Cherokee Bluff vs. Jenkins – 1:00 PM Baldwin vs. Fayette County – 5:00 PM
Games played at Ft. Valley State University
CLASS
2A
Semifinals | February 28
Morgan County vs. Murray County – 1:00 PM Josey vs. Hardaway – 5:00 PM
Games played at Georgia Southwestern University
CLASS A DIVISION 1
Semifinals | March 1
East Laurens vs. Fannin County – 1:00 PM Banks County vs. Model – 5:00 PM
Games played at Georgia College & State University
CLASS
A DIVISION 2
Semifinals | February 28
Screven County vs. Wilcox County – 1:00 PM Washington-Wilkes vs. Macon Co. – 5:00 PM
Games played at Georgia College & State University
CLASS A-3A PRIVATE
Semifinals | February 28
Galloway vs. Hebron Christian – 1:00 PM St. Francis vs. Holy Innocents’ – 5:00 PM
Games played at University of North Georgia
BOYS SEMIFINALS SCHEDULE
CLASS 6A
Semifinals | March 1
Wheeler vs. Grayson – 3:00 PM Newton vs. Pebblebrook – 7:00 PM
Games played at Georgia State University
CLASS 5A
Semifinals | February 28
Hughes vs. Woodward Academy – 3:00 PM Tri-Cities vs. Lee County – 7:00 PM
Games played at Georgia State University
CLASS 4A
Semifinals | March 1
Tucker vs. Pace Academy – 3:00 PM North Oconee vs. McDonough – 7:00 PM
Games played at Fort Valley State University
CLASS 3A
Semifinals | February 28
Windsor Forest vs. Sandy Creek – 3:00 PM Monroe vs. Cedar Grove – 7:00 PM
Games played at Ft. Valley State University
CLASS 2A
Semifinals | February 28
Butler vs. Carver-Columbus – 3:00 PM Tattnall County vs. Union County – 7:00 PM
Games played at Georgia Southwestern University
CLASS A DIVISION 1
Semifinals | March 1
B.E.S.T. Academy vs. East Laurens – 3:00 PM Toombs County vs. Southwest – 7:00 PM
Games played at Georgia College & State University
CLASS A DIVISION 2
Semifinals | February 28
Savannah vs. Warren County – 3:00 PM Greene Co. vs. McIntosh Co. Acad. – 7:00 PM
Games played at Georgia College & State University
CLASS A-3A PRIVATE
Semifinals | February 28
Greenforest Christian vs. North Cobb Christian – 3:00 PM Mt. Paran Christian vs. Holy Innocents’ – 7:00 PM
Games played at University of North Georgia
BASKETBALL FANS
Welcome to the 2025 Dr. Ralph Swearngin GHSA Basketball Tournament Semifinals! Our congratulations go out to all the teams that have made it to this point in the season. All the teams are certainly successful and have put a great deal of work and effort to be here and all are hopeful to clear this last hurdle to take them to the championship game.
Special thanks go out to Darrell Lane and Ernie Yarbrough, GHSA sports administrator and consultant for basketball. They have led the effort to make this a first-class event with a support staff to ensure that your experience is the best it can be.
The quality of this event is made possible by our corporate sponsors whose organizations are in this program and posted around the venue. The GHSA thanks these companies for their support and we encourage you to support them whenever possible.
Best of luck to all our teams and I sincerely hope you enjoy high school basketball at its best.
Thanks,
Dr. Tim Scott
SEMIFINAL SHOWDOWNS SET TO CREATE THRILLING FINALS MATCHUPS
Grayson, Newton, Langston Hughes, North Oconee, East Laurens and Holy Innocents’ advanced both the boys and girls teams toward a championship in the new-look GHSA basketball playoffs following the latest reclassification cycle.
There are defending champions still alive, new rivalries being forged and fledging dynasties in the making ready to break through and reach a championship game for the first time.
Georgia College in Milledgeville (A Division I, II), Fort Valley State in Fort Valley (4A, 3A), University of North Georgia in Dahlonega (A-3A Private), Georgia State in Atlanta (6A, 5A) and Georgia Southwestern in Americus (2A) will host this year’s action.
Welcome to the semifinals.
The boys defending champions still playing are Grayson, North Oconee, Sandy Creek and Greenforest. The girls defending champions still playing are Grayson, Marist, Jackson-Atlanta, Baldwin, Hebron Christian and St. Francis.
BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK?
Hebron and St. Francis have each won two-consecutive girls championships, while Sandy Creek’s boys have won the past two titles. Sandy Creek remains in a newlook Class 3A, but Hebron now plays in Class A-3A Private alongside St. Francis and the two could meet in the championship game if each wins its semifinals contest.
LET’S RUN IT BACK IN HIGH-CLASSED STYLE
Grayson’s boys and girls each won the Class 7A championship last season and after remaining in the state’s highest class – now 6A – the Rams have a chance to repeat the glory of last season.
On the boys side, top-ranked Grayson will have to find a way to stop No. 2-ranked Wheeler in its trek for a repeat title, its second overall. On the other side, No. 5 Newton will face an unranked, but upset-minded Pebblebrook. On the 6A girls side, top-ranked North Forsyth will face No. 5 Newton and No. 3 Grayson will take on No. 9-ranked Cherokee in the semis, looking to avenge its only loss of the season.
In Class 5A, the top-ranked Tri-Cities boys will face No. 9 Lee County for a championship berth. On the other side of the bracket, No. 2-ranked Woodward Academy will play Langston Hughes. On the girls side of 5A, top-ranked River Ridge will play No. 4 Milton and No. 2 Langston Hughes will face No. 7 Bradwell Institute.
KNIGHT MOVES
In Class 4A, all eyes are on the top-ranked Pace Academy boys who are coming off a 94-46 victory against Union Grove. Tucker, which beat Jonesboro 86-80 in the quarterfinals, will try to stop the Knights. Defending champion North Oconee is ranked No. 2 and will meet No. 8 McDonough for a championship berth. On the girls side, top-ranked Creekside will face No.
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2-ranked and defending champion Marist in a championshipcaliber semifinals matchup. On the other side of the bracket, No. 8 Jackson-Atlanta will play No. 5 North Oconee for a title berth. The two-time defending champion and No. 3-ranked Sandy Creek boys will face Windsor Forest for a Class 3A title berth. No. 1 Cedar Grove will play Monroe. For the girls, unranked Jenkins is coming off a bracket shattering upset of No. 1 Pickens and will play No. 8 Cherokee Bluff. Defending champion Baldwin will play No. 4 Fayette County.
In 2A, the No. 2 Josey girls are coming off a 48-43 victory against No. 1 Thomson while its semifinals opponent, No. 6 Hardaway, beat Columbia 76-27. Murray County is ranked No. 3 and will face Morgan County. The top-ranked Carver-Columbus boys will face No. 5 Butler, while Union County - ranked No. 7faces No. 8 Tattnall County.
In Class A Division I, No. 2 Fannin County’s girls play No. 6 East Laurens and No. 4 Model meets No. 8 Banks County. On the boys side, No. 7 East Laurens meets No. 4 B.E.S.T., while No. 2 Southwest-Macon plays unranked Toombs County.
In Class A Division II, top-ranked McIntosh County Academy will take on unranked Greene County while No. 2 Savannah will play No. 10 Warren County. On the girls side, No. 3 Wilcox County will play No. 8 Screven while No. 5 Macon County meets Washington-Wilkes.
The top-ranked Hebron girls are favored in Class A-3A Private and will play against No. 6 Galloway while No. 2 St. Francis will meet No. 5 Holy Innocents’. On the boys side, No. 2 North Cobb Christian will face No. 3 Greenforest, while top-ranked Holy Innocents’ will play upset-minded Mount Paran.
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GIRLS ROSTERS
Echols
BANKS COUNTY
2 Cannon Collier W 11
Janakate Gibson W 9
Tenley Maney PG 9
Ryleigh Murphy W 12
12 Reese Murphy W 12
14 Marleigh Dale F 10
15 Maecee Crumley W 9
21 Josie Maney F 11
23 Ansley Moore PG 11
25 Emmie Chitwood PG 12
33 Maggie Irvin F 12
34 Callie Whitlock F 10 COACH
Jason Gibson
CLASS A - D2
WILCOX COUNTY
1 Shamauri Martin SG 10
2 Lezlee Roberts SF 11
3 Ava McGinnis SG 10 5 Aubrey McKinney W 10 10 Ti’Reaysha Jones PG 9 11 Carlissa Thomas SF 11 12 Titianna Lawson C 9 15 Zariah Martin PG 11 20 Jamiyah Holt W 11 22 Kamauri Martin W/SF 10 23 Carly Miller SG 12
Tyliyah Benjamin C 10
Ti’Maria Hillman C 9 COACH
Coon
SCREVEN COUNTY
2 Zaria Albright P
CLASS A - D1
BOYS ROSTERS
CARVER-COLUMBUS
EAST LAURENS
Mitchell SG/SF 12
Lowther
B.E.S.T. ACADEMY 1 Xion Evans PG 10
Jacob Mickell PG/SG 12
Jordan McBride PG 9
Nicholas Dozier PG 12
Alexander Barrett SF 11
Mario Lemons PG/SG 9
Joshua Mickell PG/SG 12
Wendell Brown Jr PF 10
Curtis Martin G 10
Weeden
CLASS A - D2
WARREN COUNTY 0 Quintavion Aldred C 10
Cortez Wilder F 11
Torossie Leslie G 10
Jakobian