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GHSA boys basketball state tournament first-round scores
The Georgia High School Association boys basketball state tournament is less than a week away, and the brackets are beginning to be filled in. (Jason Getz/AJC 2025)
By Chip Saye
Updated Feb 24, 2026The first round of the Georgia High School Association boys basketball state tournament was completed Wednesday night.
The 16 winners in each of the eight classifications advanced to the second round, to be played Friday and Saturday.
Listed below are the scores from the first round.
The state finals will be played March 11-14 at the Macon Coliseum.
To see the girls first-round matchups, click here.
Class 6A
- FINAL: Central Gwinnett 61, Tift County 54
- FINAL: Grayson 81, Norcross 49
- FINAL: Hillgrove 56, Walton 53
- FINAL: Westlake 74, Forsyth Central 55
- FINAL: Valdosta 53, Mill Creek 51
- FINAL: Meadowcreek 52, Rockdale County 37
- FINAL: Pebblebrook 79, Cherokee 72
- FINAL: Lambert 67, Douglas County 53
- FINAL: Chapel Hill 47, North Atlanta 31
- FINAL: McEachern 89, Marietta 61
- FINAL: Peachtree Ridge 63, Newton 47
- FINAL: Lowndes 58, Dacula 40
- FINAL: South Forsyth 62, East Coweta 51
- FINAL: Wheeler 90, Osborne 58
- FINAL: North Gwinnett 51, South Gwinnett 46
- FINAL: Buford 59, Richmond Hill 42
Class 5A
- FINAL: Habersham Central 65, Brunswick 60
- FINAL: Woodward Academy 71, Lanier 47
- FINAL: Kennesaw Mountain 56, Newnan 55
- FINAL: Houston County 67, Pope 48
- FINAL: Evans 59, Jackson County 57
- FINAL: Gainesville 64, Chamblee 51
- FINAL: Dutchtown 73, South Paulding 45
- FINAL: Lassiter 61, Veterans 35
- FINAL: Woodstock 70, Lee County 56
- FINAL: Hughes 67, East Paulding 61
- FINAL: Tri-Cities 71, Johns Creek 60
- FINAL: Bradwell Institute 71, Loganville 55
- FINAL: Sprayberry 60, Coffee 57
- FINAL: Alexander 76, Morrow 37
- FINAL: Decatur 68, Milton 64
- FINAL: Winder-Barrow 68, Statesboro 63
Class 4A
- FINAL: Eastside 58, Warner Robins 40
- FINAL: Pace Academy 65, Dalton 40
- FINAL: Southwest DeKalb 49, Griffin 40
- FINAL: Eagle’s Landing Christian 74, Kell 60
- FINAL: East Forsyth 67, Wayne County 53
- FINAL: Allatoona 56, Jackson-Atlanta 54
- FINAL: Tucker 60, Starr’s Mill 39
- FINAL: Cambridge 55, Eagle’s Landing 52
- FINAL: Westminster 77, Locust Grove 64
- FINAL: Jonesboro 76, Marist 69
- FINAL: Hiram 60, Midtown 56
- FINAL: Ware County 70, Walnut Grove 23
- FINAL: Union Grove 62, Centennial 49
- FINAL: St. Pius 87, Mundy’s Mill 42
- FINAL: Mays 69, Cartersville 66
- FINAL: North Oconee 56, Benedictine 48
Class 3A
- FINAL: Sandy Creek 70, Monroe Area 55
- FINAL: Harlem 70, Spalding 56
- FINAL: Troup 76, Cherokee Bluff 66
- FINAL: Long County 70, LaFayette 54
- FINAL: Cedar Grove 75, Cairo 52
- FINAL: Douglass 75, Northwest Whitfield 52
- FINAL: Dougherty 57, Liberty County 53
- FINAL: Monroe 58, Bainbridge 46
- FINAL: Calhoun 79, Luella 74
- FINAL: Dawson County 57, Beach 53
- FINAL: Jefferson 63, Pickens 48
- FINAL: East Hall 70, North Clayton 46
- FINAL: Baldwin 71, Hephzibah 46
- FINAL: Westside-Augusta 67, Heritage-Catoosa 60
- FINAL: Westover 61, Lumpkin County 51
- FINAL: Cross Creek 91, Whitewater 54
Class 2A
- FINAL: Carver-Columbus 95, Jackson 46
- FINAL: Therrell 57, Redan 52
- FINAL: Hart County 60, Spencer 50
- FINAL: Carver-Atlanta 68, Murray County 64
- FINAL: Morgan County 76, Coahulla Creek 39
- FINAL: Tattnall County 51, North Murray 45
- FINAL: Thomson 68, Rutland 58
- FINAL: Crisp County 88, Appling County 55
- FINAL: South Atlanta 88, Glenn Hills 40
- FINAL: Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 57, Sumter County 45
- FINAL: Franklin County 60, Kendrick 54
- FINAL: KIPP Atlanta Collegiate 75, Callaway 60
- FINAL: Columbia 87, Union County 45
- FINAL: Burke County 81, Shaw 79
- FINAL: Salem 63, Ringgold 51
- FINAL: Butler 84, Pierce County 43
Class A Division I
- FINAL: Vidalia 64, Banks County 48
- FINAL: Jeff Davis 61, Toombs County 55
- FINAL: Commerce 57, Social Circle 48
- FINAL: Swainsboro 59, Northeast 49
- FINAL: Model 86, Brantley County 58
- FINAL: Elbert County 63, Washington County 44
- FINAL: East Laurens 74, Bremen 51
- FINAL: Southwest 66, Woodville-Tompkins 48
- FINAL: Fitzgerald 72, ACE Charter 49
- FINAL: Dodge County 69, Dade County 36
- FINAL: Dublin 63, Jasper County 57
- FINAL: Putnam County 75, B.E.S.T. Academy 50
- FINAL: Fannin County 60, Temple 49
- FINAL: Thomasville 59, Haralson County 53
- FINAL: Heard County 53, Jefferson County 36
- FINAL: Rabun County 80, Chattooga 47
Class A Division II
- FINAL: Early County 66, Towns County 63
- FINAL: Wheeler County 59, Trion 51
- FINAL: Screven County 90, Johnson County 70
- FINAL: Clinch County 80, Marion County 29
- FINAL: Warren County 47, Seminole County 46
- FINAL: Bowdon 74, Treutlen 59
- FINAL: Metter 76, Wilkinson County 50
- FINAL: Chattahoochee County 74, Atkinson County 53
- FINAL: Taylor County 55, Brooks County 42
- FINAL: Portal 67, Twiggs County 44
- FINAL: Elite Scholars Academy 66, Hawkinsville 54
- FINAL: Mitchell County 56, Greene County 55
- FINAL: Turner County 52, Macon County 49
- FINAL: Savannah 68, Hancock Central 66
- FINAL: Wilcox County 61, Manchester 53
- FINAL: Washington-Wilkes 62, Randolph-Clay 51
Class 3A-A private
- FINAL: Darlington 82, Aquinas 33
- FINAL: St. Francis 69, Prince Avenue Christian 67
- FINAL: Greater Atlanta Christian 59, W.D. Mohammed 35
- FINAL: Calvary Day 74, Wesleyan 47
- FINAL: Greenforest Christian 96, Atlanta International 39
- FINAL: Mount Bethel Christian 89, Mount Paran Christian 56
- FINAL: Savannah Christian 58, Whitefield Academy 56
- FINAL: Mount Vernon 71, Landmark Christian 42
- FINAL: North Cobb Christian 75, Trinity Christian 33
- FINAL: Lovett 67, Savannah Country Day 49
- FINAL: Walker 71, Athens Academy 51
- FINAL: Hebron Christian 74, Mount Pisgah Christian 38
- FINAL: Christian Heritage 90, Fellowship Christian 49
- FINAL: Paideia 69, Providence Christian 47
- FINAL: Southwest Atlanta Christian 45, King’s Ridge Christian 40
- FINAL: Holy Innocents’ 75, Weber School 40
About the Author
Chip Saye rejoined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2025, at the launch of AJC Varsity. In 2009 he helped start Georgia High School Football Daily. He previously worked for the AJC, Athens Banner-Herald, Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail and Gwinnett Daily News.
