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GHSA boys basketball state tournament second-round scores
The 8 winners in each of the eight classifications will meet in quarterfinal games on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Holy Innocents Episcopal Jaden McCullough (right) shoots against KIPP Atlanta Collegiate Akil Robinson during Region 5AA Championship game at Therrell High School, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, in Atlanta. Holy Innocents Episcopal won 56-46 over KIPP Atlanta Collegiate. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
By Chip Saye
Updated March 1, 2026The second round of the Georgia High School Association boys basketball state tournament was completed Saturday night with 63 games in the state’s eight classifications.
The eight winners in each class will meet in the quarterfinals, to be played Tuesday and Wednesday.
Listed below are the second-round scores.
Girls second-round matchups can be found here.
Class 6A
- FINAL: Grayson 62, Central Gwinnett 53
- FINAL: Hillgrove 85, Westlake 62
- FINAL: Meadowcreek 59, Valdosta 32
- FINAL: Pebblebrook 66, Lambert 49
- FINAL: McEachern 94, Chapel Hill 57
- FINAL: Peachtree Ridge 62, Lowndes 52
- FINAL: Wheeler 98, South Forsyth 45
- FINAL: North Gwinnett 58, Buford 48
Class 5A
- FINAL: Woodward Academy 70, Habersham Central 52
- FINAL: Houston County 64, Kennesaw Mountain 43
- FINAL: Gainesville 83, Evans 53
- FINAL: Dutchtown 58, Lassiter 43
- FINAL: Hughes 74, Woodstock 58
- FINAL: Tri-Cities 64, Bradwell Institute 59
- FINAL: Alexander 78, Sprayberry 63
- FINAL: Decatur 68, Winder-Barrow 62
Class 4A
- FINAL: Pace Academy 57, Eastside 55
- FINAL: Southwest DeKalb 67, Eagle’s Landing Christian 36
- FINAL: East Forsyth 66, Allatoona 53
- FINAL: Cambridge 58, Tucker 56
- FINAL: Jonesboro 62, Westminster 58
- FINAL: Ware County 81, Hiram 61
- FINAL: St. Pius 96, Union Grove 72
- FINAL: North Oconee 66, Mays 64
Class 3A
- FINAL: Harlem 42, Sandy Creek 41
- FINAL: Troup 73, Long County 66
- FINAL: Douglass 63, Cedar Grove 57
- FINAL: Dougherty 60, Monroe 58
- FINAL: Calhoun 61, Dawson County 52
- FINAL: East Hall 73, Jefferson 49
- FINAL: Baldwin 70, Westside-Augusta 33
- FINAL: Cross Creek 59, Westover 52
Class 2A
- FINAL: Therrell 65, Carver-Columbus 55
- FINAL: Hart County 89, Carver-Atlanta 72
- FINAL: Morgan County 76, Tattnall County 36
- FINAL: Thomson 57, Crisp County 55
- FINAL: South Atlanta 65, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 47
- FINAL: KIPP Atlanta Collegiate 93, Franklin County 59
- FINAL: Columbia 75, Burke County 57
- FINAL: Butler 65, Salem 56
Class A Division I
- FINAL: Vidalia 54, Jeff Davis 43
- FINAL: Commerce 53, Swainsboro 39
- FINAL: Model 70, Elbert County 53
- FINAL: Southwest 70, East Laurens 58
- FINAL: Fitzgerald 69, Dodge County 60
- FINAL: Putnam County 79, Dublin 50
- FINAL: Fannin County 64, Thomasville 52
- FINAL: Rabun County 84, Heard County 52
Class A Division II
- FINAL: Wheeler County 60, Early County 56
- FINAL: Clinch County 66, Screven County 53
- FINAL: Bowdon 83, Warren County 47
- FINAL: Chattahoochee County 76, Metter 47
- FINAL: Portal 62, Taylor County 36
- FINAL: Mitchell County 63, Elite Scholars Academy 46
- FINAL: Turner County 60, Savannah 56
- FINAL: Washington-Wilkes 65, Wilcox County 56
Class 3A-A private
- FINAL: Darlington 69, St. Francis 46
- FINAL: Calvary Day 51, Greater Atlanta Christian 47
- FINAL: Greenforest Christian 60, Mount Bethel Christian 36
- FINAL: Mount Vernon 77, Savannah Christian 43
- FINAL: North Cobb Christian 78, Lovett 64
- FINAL: Walker 71, Hebron Christian 69
- FINAL: Christian Heritage 68, Paideia 64
- FINAL: Holy Innocents’ 64, Southwest Atlanta Christian 49
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.
