GHSA Basketball Sweet 16 Pairings

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SWEET 16 PRIMER

Today, we list the Sweet 16 pairings for the GHSA basketball state playoffs that will take place this Wednesday and Thursday. Also, Craig Sager II previews the boys Class AAAA pairings. Check out ScoreATL.com for more coverage.

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

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BASKETBALL SWEET 16 PAIRINGS

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GHSA BASKETBALL SWEET 16 PAIRINGS

The GHSA basketball state playoffs tipped off over the weekend and set the stage for the Sweet 16 round next. The action will take place this Wednesday and Thursday at the high-seeded schools.

The pairings are listed below.

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Class AAAAAAA

Boys

R4#3 Roswell vs. R3#4 Marietta

R7#2 Norcross vs. R8#1 Grayson

R4#2 Cherokee vs. R3#1 McEachern

R6#2 Peachtree Ridge vs. R8#4 Archer

R2#3 Pebblebrook vs. R4#1 Etowah

R8#2 Newton vs. R7#1 Meadowcreek

R2#2 Wheeler vs. R1#1 Tift County

R8#3 Shiloh vs. R6#1 Discovery

Girls

R1#2 Tift County vs. R2#1 Westlake

R7#2 Norcross vs. R8#1 Grayson

R4#2 Roswell vs. R3#1 Mc Eachern

R6#2 Duluth vs. R5#1 North Forsyth

R2#3 Pebblebrook vs. R4#1 Cherokee

R8#2 Rockdale vs. R6#4 Mill Creek

R2#2 Campbell vs. R1#1 Colquitt County

R8#3 Archer vs. R6#1 Collins Hill

Class AAAAAA

Boys

R1#2 CoffeeCounty vs. R2#1 Brunswick

R6#3 Sequoyah vs. R5#4 Douglas County

R4#2 Mundy’s Mill vs. R2#4 Bradwell Institute

R7#3 Chattahoochee vs. R5#1 Tri-Cities

R3#2 Evans vs. R4#1 Tucker

R8#2 Gainesville vs. R7#1 Cambridge

R3#3 Heritage-Conyers vs. R1#1 Houston County

R5#2 Alexander vs. R6#1 South Cobb

Girls

R4#3 Stephenson vs. R2#1 GlynnAcademy

R6#3 Sequoyah vs. R8#1 Lanier

R4#2 Forest Park vs. R2#4 Richmond Hill

R6#2 Creekview vs. R5#1 Hughes

R3#2 Grovetown vs. R4#1 Lovejoy

R5#3 New Manchester vs. R7#1 Northview

R2#2 Bradwell Institute vs. R1#1 Valdosta

R8#3 Dacula vs. R6#1 Harrison

Class AAAAA

Boys

R4#3 Dutchtown vs. R2#1 WayneCounty

R7#2 Villa Rica vs. R8#1 Buford

R4#2 Woodland vs. R3#1 Jonesboro

R7#3 Carrollton vs. R5#1 Southwest-DeKalb

R3#2 Fayette County vs. R4#1 Eagles Landing

R8#2 Cedar Shoals vs. R7#1 Kell

R3#3 Starr’s Mill vs. R1#1 Warner Robins

R5#2 Lithonia vs. R7#4 Rome

Girls

R1#2 Veterans vs. R2#1 Statesboro

R7#2 Carrollton vs. R8#1 Buford

R4#2 Jones County vs. R3#1 Griffin

R7#3 Rome vs. R5#1 Southwest-DeKalb

R3#2 Starr’s Mill vs. R4#1 Eagles Landing

R5#3 Arabia Mountain vs. R7#1 Villa Rica

R2#2 Wayne County vs. R1#1 Harris County

R5#2 Columbia vs. R7#4 Cass

Class AAAA

Boys

R1#2 Americus-Sumter vs. R2#1 Upson-Lee

R7#2 Marist vs. R8#1 St. Pius X

R1#3 Dougherty vs. R3#1 Thomson

R7#3 Blessed Trinity vs. R5#1 Sandy Creek

R3#2 Cross Creek vs. R4#1 Woodward Academy

R8#2 Stephens County vs. R7#1 Denmark

R2#2 Howard vs. R1#1 Carver-Columbus

R5#2 Cartersville vs. R7#4 West Hall

Girls

R1#2 Hardaway vs. R2#1 Spalding

R7#2 Marist vs. R8#1 MadisonCounty

R4#2 Luella vs. R3#1 Baldwin

R6#2 Northwest Whitfield vs. R5#1 Sandy Creek

R3#2 Burke County vs. R4#1 Henry County

R8#2 St. Pius X vs. R7#1 Flowery Branch

R3#3 Cross Creek vs. R1#1 Carver-Columbus

R8#3 Oconee County vs. R6#1 Heritage-Catoosa

Class AAA

Boys

R1#2 Worth County vs. R2#1 Tattnall County

R7#2 GAC vs. R8#1 MorganCounty

R4#2 Westside-Macon vs. R3#1 Windsor Forest

R6#2 Calhoun vs. R5#1 Cedar Grove

R3#2 Beach vs. At Large Franklin County

R5#3 Westminster vs. R7#1 Dawson County

R3#3 Johnson-Savannah vs. R1#1 Crisp County

R8#3 Hart County vs. R6#1 North Murray

Girls

R4#3 Peach County vs. R2#1 Tattnall County

R6#3 North Hall vs. R8#1 Hart County

R4#2 Central-Macon vs. R3#1 Beach

R7#3 Dawson County vs. R5#1 Lovett

R3#2 Johnson-Savannah vs. At Large Morgan County

R8#2 Jefferson vs. R7#1 GAC

R2#2 Pierce County vs. R4#4 Rutland

R5#2 Pace Academy vs. R6#1 Sonoraville

Class AA

Boys

R1#2 Thomasville vs. R2#1 Woodville

R7#2 Rockmart vs. R8#1 Elbert County

R4#2 Hephzibah vs. R3#1 Northeast Macon

R6#2 Therrell vs. R5#1 Bremen

R3#2 Washington County vs. R4#1 Laney

R5#3 Callaway vs. R7#1 Chattooga

R2#2 Vidalia vs. R1#1 Early County

R5#2 Spencer vs. R6#1 South Atlanta

Girls

R1#2 Early County vs. R2#1 Woodville

R7#2 Chattooga vs. R8#1 RabunCounty

R4#2 Josey vs. R3#1 DodgeCounty

R7#3 Model vs. R5#1 LamarCounty

R2#3 Swainsboro vs. R4#1 Laney

R8#2 Elbert County vs. R7#1 Rockmart

R2#2 Bryan County vs. R1#1 Fitzgerald

R8#3 Banks County vs. R6#1 Douglass

Class A-Public

Boys

#9 Terrell County vs. #8 Pelham

#16 Drew Charter vs. #1 Calhoun County

#12 Clinch County vs. #5 Wilkinson County

#13 Chattahoochee County vs. #4 Marion County

#10 Montgomery County vs. #7 Hancock Central

#15 Dooly County vs. #2 Treutlen

#11 Macon County vs. #6 Wilcox County

#14 Greene County vs. #3 Irwin County

Girls

#9 Mitchell County vs. #8 Clinch County

#16 Pelham vs. #1 Greenville

#12 DoolyCounty vs. #5 Wheeler County

#13 Emanuel County vs. #4 Marion County

#10 Central-Talbotton vs. #7 Georgia Military

#15 Turner County vs. #2 Telfair County

#11 Wilcox County vs. #6 Bowdon

#14 Towns County vs. #3 Calhoun County

Class A-Private

Boys

#9 Athens Academy vs. #8 Savannah Country Day

#16 Pinecrest Academy vs. #1 St. Francis

#21 Hebron Christian vs. #5 Greenforest

#13 Holy Innocents’ vs. #4 Mt.Bethel

#10 Walker vs. #7 Riverside Military

#15 Mt. Pisgah vs. #2 ELCA

#11 Wesleyan vs. #6 Christian Heritage

#14 North Cobb Christian vs. #3 Lakeview Academy

Girls

#9 Athens Academy vs. #8 Mt. Paran

#17 Greenforest vs. #1 Holy Innocents’

#12 Tallulah Falls vs. #5 Calvary Day

#13 Prince Avenue vs. #4 Stratford Academy

#10 Paideia vs. #7 ELCA

#18 Christian Heritage vs. #2 St. Francis

#11 Savannah Christian vs. #6 Wesleyan

#14 Darlington vs. #3 LakeviewAcademy

CLASS AAAA BLOG: SWEET 16 PRIMER

R1#2 Americus-Sumter vs. R2#1 Upson-Lee

Two-time defending state champion Upson-Lee defeated Richmond Academy 66-56 in the first round. The Knights jumped out to a 19-3 lead after the first quarter, but a poor night of shooting at the foul line (14-of-32, 44 percent) curbed their pace. Americus-Sumter’s 55-54 loss to Carver-Columbus in the Region 1 Championship resulted in their No. 2 seed. It was the third loss to the Tigers experienced during the 2018-19 season. The Panthers matched up with Salem in the first round and scored a 72-50 victory to improve to 23-4. Americus-Sumter’s 6-foot-7 senior Joshua Lusane will be matched up with Upson-Lee’s Travon Walker—a 6-foot-5, 250-pound five-star defensive end and double-double machine that is signed to play football at Georgia next fall.

R7#2 Marist vs. R8#1 St. Pius

Rivals Marist and St. Pius will square off for the second time this year. When the teams met back on Dec. 4, St Pius scored a 62-49 victory. Marist used a 48-43 win over LaFayette to advance to the Sweet 16 and St. Pius used an 81-40 victory over Cedartown.

R1#3 Dougherty vs. R3#1 Thomson

Dougherty proved to be a dangerous No. 3 seed in the first round by dispatching Henry County 85-64. Thomson was just as impressive and cruised past West Laurens 75-40. Thomson has held its last eight opponents to 56 points or less and Dougherty has scored more than 56 points in its 11 last games.

R7#3 Blessed Trinity vs. R5#1 Sandy Creek

Blessed Trinity dropped a 46-43 matchup with Denmark and earned the No. 3 seed with a 65-50 victory over West Hall in the Region 7-AAAA consolation final. The Titans opened the playoffs with a 78-50 win over Heritage-Catoosa, but now they clash with a red-hot Sandy Creek team. The Patriots are in the hunt for the program’s first state title and are carrying a 15-game winning streak into the Sweet 16. The top-seeded Patriots scored an 88-42 win over North Oconee in the first round. Drexel signee TJ Bickerstaff posted 19 points and a team-high eight assists. Jabari Smith had 19 points with his six rebounds and Julian Anderson finished with 13 points, seven assists and five rebounds. Keith Williams (9), DeShon Procter (8) and Matt Williams (7) also added offensive contributions in Sandy Creek’s well-balanced effort.

R3#2 Cross Creek vs. R4#1 Woodward Academy

Cross Creek closed out a 67-52 win over Mary Persons by outscoring the Bulldogs 35-22 in the second half. No. 1 seeded Woodward Academy was fortunate to survive its first round contest with an athletic Westover team. Fourth-seeded Westover led by as many as 17 points in regulation, but the War Eagles got back in striking distance and Walker Kessler’s put back with 9.4 left in the fourth would force overtime at 59-59. Kessler opened the scoring in the extra period and put the War Eagles in front for the first time. He finished with a game-high 28 points to go with his 13 rebounds. Teammate Jacorrei Turner also came up big—contributing 26 points to fuel Woodward Academy’s dramatic 72-66 comeback.

R8#2 Stephens County vs. R7#1 Denmark

Stephens County defeated Troup 62-59 in the first round and Denmark cruised past Ridgeland 70-46 to record the program’s first-ever playoff victory. The Danes led 28-22 at the half before Ridgeland was able to tie it 34-34 late in the third. Denmark answered by closing the quarter on a 12-1 run and a dominant fourth quarter ultimately turned it into a 36-12 swing. Sutton Smith led the Danes with 24 points, Adonnis Tolbert added 19 and Ze'Vian Capers finished with 12.

R2#2 Howard vs. R1#1 Carver-Columbus

Howard survived a 69-66 overtime thriller with Baldwin in the first round. The Huskies grabbed a 20-15 lead after the opening quarter, but the margin never went past seven points and Baldwin was able to force overtime 60-60. Collin Tarver’s game-high 25 points and a 72 percent night at the foul line ultimately lifted Howard to victory. Kelvin Burrell (12) and Leon Pitts (10) also finished in double-figures for the Huskies. Baldwin was led in scoring by Torez Hicks (15) and Donte Justice (13). Top-seeded Carver-Columbus defeated a highly-talented Druid Hills team 79-64 and looked poised to make a deep run in this year’s playoffs.

R5#2 Cartersville vs. R7#4 West Hall

No. 4 seed West Hall took a 15-10 lead after the first quarter and never trailed in its 76-75 upset of top-seeded Southeast Whitfield. West Hall’s lead grew to 52-44 at the end of the third quarter, and they led by four points until Southeast Whitfield drilled a three-pointer at the buzzer to bring the margin to a point. Noah Edmondson finished with a game-high 26 points and shot 4-of-5 from beyond the arc to pace West Hall. Region 5 No. 2 seed Cartersville used a 59-57 win over Madison County to punch its ticket.

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