Game-by-game breakdown of the four days of high school basketball state tournament action in Macon:
SATURDAY
Class A Public Girls: Calhoun County 49, Clinch County 45
After finishing as the state runnerup two years ago and losing in the semifinals last year, Calhoun County captured the first girls basketball championship in school history.
Class A Public Boys: Towns County 64, Hancock Central 60
Towns County (25-3) won its first state championship in boys basketball. Hancock Central came up short in its bid for a third state title and finished 15-2.
Adaptive: Gwinnett County Heat 42, Houston County Sharks 25 | Photos
Gwinnett ended Houston County’s eight-year domination in adaptive basketball with the 17-point victory in the American Association of Adaptive Sports Programming title game.
Class 7A Girls: Marietta 52, Woodstock 47 | Photos
Marietta (21-5) won its first state championship since 1951 and the second overall. Woodstock (22-9) was seeking its first state title.
Class 7A Boys: Milton 52, Berkmar 47 | Photos
Milton, ranked as high as No. 10 in the nation, finished its season-long mission by winning the school’s third state title and first since 2012.
FRIDAY
Class 3A girls - Cross Creek 56, Greater Atlanta Christian 44 | Photos
Cross Creek, which lost in the second round of the Class 4A playoffs last year before moving down in a reclassification, won the first championship in program history and finished 23-2. GAC (15-8) was denied its 10th state title.
Class 3A boys - Cross Creek 57, Sandy Creek 49 | Photos
It was the first state title for the Razorbacks, whose girls won their first state championship in an earlier game.
Class 6A girls - Westlake 64, Carrollton 46 | Photos
Westlake became the seventh girls basketball program in GHSA history to win four consecutive state championships, winning the previous three in Class 7A before moving down in class this season.
Class 6A boys - Wheeler 71, Kell 61
It was the eighth state championship for the Wildcats, who won the Class 7A crown last year before dropping a level during reclassification.
THURSDAY
Class 2A girls - Josey 47, Fannin County 42
Josey (20-6), the only unranked girls team to reach the finals, won its first state title since 1998. Sixth-ranked Fannin County (23-5) fell short of its first championship since 1999.
Class 2A boys - Pace Academy 73, Columbia 42 | Photos
Pace Academy’s convincing win in the state title game was its 28 straight after losing the season opener to Sandy Creek, which will play for the Class 3A title on Friday.
Class 5A girls - Woodward Academy 62, Forest Park 59 | Photos
The victory gave No. 1 Woodward Academy (23-1) its first state title since 1999 and its fourth overall.
Class 5A boys - Eagle’s Landing 81, Tri-Cities 69
Eagle’s Landing (29-1) finished the season with a 16-game winning streak and the second state title in school history.
WEDNESDAY
Class A Private girls - Hebron Christian 51, St. Francis 46 (OT) | Photos
The championship was the first in girls basketball for Hebron Christian (29-2), but not for its coach, Jan Azar, who won 13 state titles at fellow Gwinnett County private school Wesleyan.
Class A Private boys - Mount Pisgah Christian 43, Holy Innocents’ 41 | Photos
Kasheem Grady came up with a steal and knocked down the winning basket as time expired to give Mt. Pisgah Christian a 43-41 win against Holy Innocents’.
Class 4A girls - Carver-Columbus 70, Cairo 54
The sixth-ranked Tigers, whose 17 games were the fewest of any of this year’s state finalists, rolled to their second championship in three seasons. Carver-Columbus (15-2) went almost a month without playing at one point due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Class 4A boys - Baldwin 54, Fayette County 53
William Freeman drove to the basket and made a short jumper with 3.8 seconds left to give Baldwin the victory. The Braves (17-0) won their first state championship since 1981.
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