Hello and welcome to the Class 2A coverage for the 2021-22 basketball season.
As the AJC high school sports team transitions from football to basketball coverage we’ll be following a holiday schedule, posting blogs on Dec. 28 and 31, and Jan. 4. From there, this space will be updated twice weekly.
Let’s take a look at the top holiday tournaments to watch:
Boys
The top-ranked Columbia Eagles will play in the St. Augustine Classic in Louisiana, a two-day tournament spread across two Louisiana high schools — Booker T. Washington and Martin Luther King — and played Friday and Saturday.
On Friday, The Eagles play Carver Collegiate Academy of New Orleans. Carver Collegiate is No. 2 in 4A according to the MaxPreps computer rankings. On Saturday, they play New Orleans’ Booker T. Washington, an unranked 3A school.
From Dec. 27-30, the Eagles will be in Ocala, Tenn., for the Kingdom of the Sun Invitational — a 16-team tournament hosted at Vanguard with teams from Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee. They’ll start with Bartlett (Tenn.), ranked No. 10 in 4A.
The No. 2 Pace Academy Knights host the “Playing for a Change” tournament Dec. 18-21 and open with 3A’s No. 2 Sandy Creek on Saturday. Other teams participating include 1A Private’s top-ranked Greenforest Christian and 7A’s No. 4 Grayson and No. 6 McEachern.
On Dec. 31, the Knights will play 4A’s No. 4 Fayette County in the Big South Shootout at Sandy Creek.
Girls
The No. 2 Fannin County Rebels play in the Kelly King Classic, an eight-team tournament hosted by Lumpkin County from Dec. 28-30. The Rebels start with North Gwinnett on Dec. 28 and will play either 6A’s unranked Johns Creek or 4A’s No. 1 Jefferson the next day.
The No. 3 Lamar County Trojans host the Oscar Wimberly Classic, starting Dec. 28 against 1A Public’s No. 4 Taylor County. Other teams include Westside and 5A’s No. 7 Warner Robins.
No. 5 Josey will be in South Carolina to play Aiken (S.C.) Saturday, ranked No. 4 in 4A according to the MaxPreps computer rankings.. Monday, the Eagles play Silver Bluff (S.C.), ranked No. 7 in 2A.
Check back on Dec. 28, when we take a look at the top teams and players on the boys’ side. Happy holidays!
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