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DEL.ICIO.USRegion races coming down to the wire
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Turner County put itself into position to go unbeaten in Region 2-A play by getting double-figure scoring from six different players Tuesday night. Led by Marquis Jackson’s 16 points, No. 4 Turner County seized control of the Region 2-A boys race by whipping Dooly County 91-54.
The Rebels (19-2, 10-0 in region play) meet second-place Wilcox tonight with first-place on the line. The Turner-Wilcox game is one of several around the state that could settle playoff seeds.
Some races going down to the wire:
BOYS
Region 6-A: Trion, Gordon Lee and Bremen all have two region losses. Trion could have the upper hand, particularly if the Bulldogs beat Excel Christian Friday, which would guarantee them at least a tie for first place.
Region 3-AAA: Glenn Hills, led by Jerel Stephenson’s 16.5 points per game, is 20-3 and 6-2 in the subregion, tied with Thomson for second place and a game back of first-place Washington County. Thomson and Washington County play Friday with first place on the line.
Region 7-AA: Coosa and Darlington are each 8-1 in region play. Coosa is 18-3 overall.
Region 1-AAAAA: Warner Robins scored 101 points in a win over Lowndes last week, but the Demons lost their hold on first place in the region by losing to Tift County 54-53 Tuesday night. Tift, which won the state title in 1996, is 16-6 overall and forced a first-place tie.
Region 3-AAAAA: Johnson-Savannah (17-5, 9-2) plays Beach with first place on the line. The Atom Smashers get 20 points and 14 rebounds per game from 6-foot-8 junior Toby Veal.
Good Stats, Bad Struggles: Harlem senior Demarcus Morris is averaging 14.9 points per game, but his Bulldogs are just 4-16. Morris scored 29 against Thomson last week and 21 against Butler … Elijah Pitts averages 12.6 points for 7-13 Hardaway.
GIRLS
Region 1-AAA: Worth County and Dougherty each have one region loss and will likely settle the region’s top seed Tuesday in Sylvester. Dougherty took a double-overtime win at home the first time the two teams played. Worth (19-2 overall, 6-1 region) gets back leading scorer Tia Lewis (14 ppg, 15 rebounds per game), who sat out the Rams’ win over Monroe Tuesday because of a violation of team rules.
Region 7-AA: With two games left, Armuchee (19-3) is tied for the south subregion lead with fellow Rome school Model … In the north, LaFayette (15-4, 7-0) looks to win its first girls basketball championship, according to coach Matt Swanson, whose club gets 12.5 ppg each from Jenny Link and Keri O’Neal.
Region 7-AAAA: Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe, led by high-scoring Kayla Weaver (21.8 ppg), looks to keep a clear path to a region title tonight against Northwest Whitfield. The Lady Warriors can claim the regular-season region title by winning that game and beating Dalton.
Region 1-AAAAA: Houston enters the weekend at 7-2 in region play, a half game ahead of Warner Robins (16-4) and Lowndes. Lowndes plays Houston tonight (Friday) and Houston plays host to Warner Robins Feb. 6. Warner Robins’ Cherie White surpassed 1,200 career points with a 17-point effort Tuesday …
Region 7-AAA: Pickens (17-4, 5-0) needs one win in its last two games to clinch its third straight subregion title. The 17 wins are the most by a girls team at the Jasper school since the 1999-2000 season.
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By fanman
February 2, 2007 04:00 PM | Link to this
Region 6N-AA is very close, with three teams tied for 1st place. Wesleyan, Decatur, and Buford all have one loss in the region…all losing to each other. Decatur plays at Buford tonight, then Buford plays at Wesleyan next Tues., then Decatur visits Wesleyan next Fri.
If one team wins out, they will win the sub-region.
By Jazzy-J
February 3, 2007 08:44 AM | Link to this
Region 4A-AAAA is a tight race with the North Clayton Eagles, Riverdale Raiders and the surging Griffin Bears all playing for 1st place in the sub region and a birth into the regional sections. With Griffin beating Riverdale Tuesday and North Clayton losing to Mt. Zion on Friday, Saturday’s Lovejoy - Riverdale game is very important. Could mean either first place or third place for the Raiders, who would still need an upset by Mt. Zion over Griffin on Tuesday. What a tight region! This one will go down to the final games.
By mike
February 3, 2007 08:00 PM | Link to this
i think that region 8-4a will be a toss up betweenwinder barrow cedar shoal’s and clarke central not to metion dacula
By mike
February 3, 2007 08:01 PM | Link to this
i think that region 8-4a will be a toss up betweenwinder barrow cedar shoal’s and clarke central not to metion dacula
By South of ATL
February 4, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this
The race for no. 1 in Girl’s Region 5-AA has come down to the wire between Macon County and Rutland. Has anyone checked out the 6’3” sophomore Porschia Hadley for Macon County who has been dominating the region regularly posting double-doubles? (Points & rebounds) More attention and press needs to be given to kids south of Macon.
By 7AA contender
February 7, 2007 09:39 AM | Link to this
Armuchee is ahead of Model in the top 10 again, (in this poll), in fact Model’s not even there. Let’s remember that Model has won 2 out of 3 games against Armuchee, with one defeat being by 25 points. It’s like Armuchee gets a nod no matter what. Against tough teams, AHS is 1 out of 4.