Photos: Lovejoy defeats Sequoyah to win Class 6A girls state title

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Photos: Lovejoy defeats Sequoyah to win Class 6A girls state title

Lovejoy topped Sequoyah in the Class 6A girls championship game in Macon. (March 11, 2022)

Lovejoy players celebrate after their victory over Sequoyah Friday in the Class 6A girls state championship game in Macon. (Hyosub Shin/hshin@ajc.com)

March 11, 2022 Macon - Lovejoy players celebrate their victory over Sequoyah during the 2022 GHSA State Basketball Class AAAAAA Girls Championship game at the Macon Centreplex in Macon on Friday, March 11, 2022. Lovejoy won 54-38 over Sequoyah. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

March 11, 2022 Macon - Lovejoy players celebrate their victory over Sequoyah during the 2022 GHSA State Basketball Class AAAAAA Girls Championship game at the Macon Centreplex in Macon on Friday, March 11, 2022. Lovejoy won 54-38 over Sequoyah. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

March 11, 2022 Macon - Lovejoy players celebrate their victory over Sequoyah during the 2022 GHSA State Basketball Class AAAAAA Girls Championship game at the Macon Centreplex in Macon on Friday, March 11, 2022. Lovejoy won 54-38 over Sequoyah. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

March 11, 2022 Macon - Lovejoy's La'nya Foster (23) and Lovejoy's Layla Hood (right) grab a rebound during the 2022 GHSA State Basketball Class AAAAAA Girls Championship game at the Macon Centreplex in Macon on Friday, March 11, 2022. Lovejoy won 54-38 over Sequoyah. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

March 11, 2022 Macon - Lovejoy's Bryana Hardy (20) grabs a rebound over Sequoyah's Amy Singh (left) during the 2022 GHSA State Basketball Class AAAAAA Girls Championship game at the Macon Centreplex in Macon on Friday, March 11, 2022. Lovejoy won 54-38 over Sequoyah. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

March 11, 2022 Macon - Lovejoy's Layla Hood (10) shoots over Sequoyah's Milanni Abdus-Salaam (21) during the 2022 GHSA State Basketball Class AAAAAA Girls Championship game at the Macon Centreplex in Macon on Friday, March 11, 2022. Lovejoy won 54-38 over Sequoyah. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

March 11, 2022 Macon - Lovejoy's Ayana Boyd (3) drives past Sequoyah's Callie Gaddis (5) during the 2022 GHSA State Basketball Class AAAAAA Girls Championship game at the Macon Centreplex in Macon on Friday, March 11, 2022. Lovejoy won 54-38 over Sequoyah. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

March 11, 2022 Macon - Lovejoy's Bryana Hardy (20) grabs a rebound over Sequoyah's Sayler Davies (23) during the 2022 GHSA State Basketball Class AAAAAA Girls Championship game at the Macon Centreplex in Macon on Friday, March 11, 2022. Lovejoy won 54-38 over Sequoyah. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Lovejoy's Camiah Muldrow (center) fights for a loose ball against Sequoyah's A'ryn Jackson (left) and Elle Blatchford (right) during the Class 6A girls state championship game Friday in Macon. (Hyosub Shin/hshin@ajc.com)

March 11, 2022 Macon - Lovejoy's Bryana Hardy (20) goes up for the shot during the 2022 GHSA State Basketball Class AAAAAA Girls Championship game at the Macon Centreplex in Macon on Friday, March 11, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

March 11, 2022 Macon - Lovejoy's Layla Hood (10) goes in for a lay-up over Sequoyah's A'ryn Jackson (13) during the 2022 GHSA State Basketball Class AAAAAA Girls Championship game at the Macon Centreplex in Macon on Friday, March 11, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

March 11, 2022 Macon - Sequoyah's Bella Eden (12) holds onto a ball as Lovejoy's Jakayla Harrison (4) tries to steal during the 2022 GHSA State Basketball Class AAAAAA Girls Championship game at the Macon Centreplex in Macon on Friday, March 11, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

March 11, 2022 Macon - Lovejoy's Layla Hood (10) prepares to shoot against Sequoyah's A'ryn Jackson (13) during the 2022 GHSA State Basketball Class AAAAAA Girls Championship game at the Macon Centreplex in Macon on Friday, March 11, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

March 11, 2022 Macon - Lovejoy's Keyra Peterson (2) shoots against Sequoyah's Amy Singh (24) during the 2022 GHSA State Basketball Class AAAAAA Girls Championship game at the Macon Centreplex in Macon on Friday, March 11, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Credit: Hyosub Shin/hshin@ajc.com

Lovejoy players celebrate after their victory over Sequoyah Friday in the Class 6A girls state championship game in Macon. (Hyosub Shin/hshin@ajc.com)

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