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Chris Cokley, the leading scorer and rebounder for Savannah’s second-ranked boys basketball team in Class AAA, is questionable for the semifinals against top-ranked Buford after being knocked unconscious in Wednesday’s game, the Savannah Morning News reported.

After getting a rebound, Cokely fell to the floor and hit his head in the first quarter of Savannah’s 61-57 victory over Washington County. He was unconscious, face down for several minutes, the newspaper reported. He later walked off the court but did not return to the game and was hospitalized for a CAT scan.

“From what I saw, he got undercut and then hit his head,” teammate Jovante Spivey told the newspaper. “I saw his eyes rolling back and he was fidgeting and twitching. I wanted to break down right then, but I knew I had to stay strong for the team.”

Messages to coach Tim Jordan’s cell phone could not be sent Thursday morning because his mailbox was full.

The Savannah-Buford game will be played at Armstrong Atlantic …

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Dell McGee, the former Auburn football player who turned Carver of Columbus into a state football power, is returning to his college alma mater to be part of Auburn’s football support staff, according to several media reports.

McGee, 39, reportedly was hired by new Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn. Auburn has not announced the hire.

“I’m very grateful for the years I spent at Carver,” McGee told David Mitchell of the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.  “And I’m grateful for the opportunity Coach Malzahn has given me here.”

A graduate of Kendrick High in Columbus and former NFL defensive back, McGee  arrived at Carver in 2005, when the school had not had a winning football season since 1995 or a state-playoff victory since 1987.

After a 3-7 start in his initial season, McGee led Carver to seven straight seasons of at least 11 victories. The run included a Class AAA championship in 2007.

In 2012, Carver had 33 of its former players on college football rosters, including Georgia All-America …

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When the first-round pairings for the state tournament were announced, the No. 1-ranked Buford boys knew their opponent wasn’t going to be the typical pushover that a top-seeded team sees in the opener.

Buford, the Region 7-AAA champion, had to open the tournament against Cedar Grove, a team that was ranked as high as seventh in the state a month ago.

“We wrote it on the board. This was not a typical No. 4 seed,” said Buford coach Allen Whitehart. “They had a letdown in the region tournament and lost a couple of games. Our kids were aware of the situation.”

The properly prepared Wolves broke free midway in the first quarter, using a 12-2 run to set the pace as they rolled to a 61-43 win over Cedar Grove. Buford improved to 23-6.

The difference was the defense. Buford was able to physically impose itself on Cedar Grove, with Kyle Doyle grabbing rebounds and knocking away passes and shots. Point guard Isaiah Williams didn’t have much trouble against the Cedar Grove pressure and …

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Here are the Maxwell Ratings’ computer-generated odds of winning the state championship for each of the 64 Class AAA boys and girls playoff teams.

Maxwell’s simulations point to a boys and girls sweep by Buford, with the boys winning 18.8 of 100 trials and the girls winning 48.4 of 100. Washington County also has a fair shot at a sweep, with the boys winning 15.86 of 100 and the girls winning 12.85 of 100.

The odds are based on team strength, but also the difficulty of each team’s draw.

Here’s a definition of terms:

Rating = Strength of the team.

Draw = Strength of opponents this team might face. (Low number means a favorable draw.)

Wins=Number of times team would win out championship in 100 tries.

Odds = Chances of this team winning the title.

Here are the odds for other classifications:

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1. Buford Rating: 84.76 Draw: 74.42 Wins: 18.8 Odds: 4.32

2. Washington County Rating: 84.35 Draw: 74.67 Wins: 15.86 Odds: 5.3

3. Thomson Rating: 81.42 Draw: …

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First-round matchups are unofficial. If you notice errors, please point them out.

Girls first-round games will be played Tuesday. Boys first-round games will be played Wednesday. Schools that have home games for both their boys and girls teams may schedule double-headers, putting both games on Tuesday or Wednesday, if the opposing schools agree.

CLASS AAAAAA

BOYS

(R3-#4) Douglas County at (R2-#1) Druid Hills

(R4-#3) Campbell at (R1-#2) Brunswick

(R2-#4) Luella at (R3-#1) Tri-Cities

(R1-#3) Valdosta at (R4-#2) Hillgrove

(R5-#4) Walton at (R8-#1) Shiloh

(R6-#3) Centennial at (R7-#2) Peachtree Ridge

(R8-#4) Dacula at (R5-#1) Wheeler

(R7-#3) Meadowcreek at (R6-#2) Chattahoochee

(R4-#4) McEachern at (R1-#1) Tift County

(R3-#3) Westlake at (R2-#2) Rockdale County

(R1-#4) Coffee at (R4-#1) North Cobb

(R2-#3) Morrow at (R3-#2) Newnan

(R6-#4) Lambert at (R7-#1) Norcross

(R5-#3) Cherokee at (R8-#2) Archer

(R7-#4) Collins Hill at (R6-#1) Alpharetta

(R8-#3) Berkmar (R5-#2) Roswell

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The Woodward Academy boys made only one basket in the fourth quarter, but it was a strong defensive effort that made the difference at the end.

No. 8 Woodward Academy won its first region title since the 1996-97 season, when current coach Anthony Thomas played on the team as junior. The War Eagles turned back St. Pius 46-41 in the final of the Region 6-AAA championship game Friday at Decatur High School.

Woodward (23-5) led 37-27 after an 8-1 run, but Pius clawed its way back into the game and drew to within two points at 41-38 when Nick Harris converted a three-point play with 2:11 left. But Woodward’s cool guard Benji Russell came down and answered with a basket to stop the momentum and allow the War Eagles to prevail.

“That changed the momentum of the game. It changed it up,” Russell said. “This was a huge for our school and huge for us. I’m a senior and I had to step up.”

Russell finished with eight points. Woodward got 11 from Christian Harrison. St. Pius was led by …

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Before the Region 6-AAA girls championship game, St. Pius coach Kyle Snipes wore a worried look. His Golden Lions had seemed a step slow in the semifinals the previous night and were preparing to play a team they had already beaten twice.

It took no time for those concerns to be allayed. St. Pius scored the first 12 points of the game and easily went on to beat Decatur 51-35 to win the region title.

“At the walk-through they came in with a more business-like approach and it carried into the game,” said Snipes, whose team had already beaten Decatur by 13 and 14 points during the regular season. “This validates their hard work.”

The No. 3-ranked Golden Lions (25-3) got a tremendous offensive effort from Jasmine Carter, who scored 24 points, including four 3-pointers. Asia Durr added 13 points, including a buzzer-beater from well past midcourt to end the first half.

But Durr’s main contribution was on defense, where she spearheaded the effort to stop Decatur standout Jordan …

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Kaela Davis, the Georgia Tech women’s basketball signee who left her Buford high school team last week, is being treated for an inner-ear disease that causes hearing loss and vertigo, according to a report by ESPN.

Buford has Meniere’s disease and has lost 90 percent of her hearing in her left ear.

“Now we’re concerned about her other ear,” her father, former NBA player Antonio Davis, told ESPN’s Walter Villa. “This is something we’ve never discussed publicly before. We don’t want pity for our daughter. But we felt it was something we had to address now because of the decision to pull her from the team.”

The decision to take Davis off the team was her parents’ decision, according to the story. Davis suffers from spells of dizziness and nausea, her father said.

“Her health is the most important thing,” Antonio Davis said. “I don’t want her to deal with this for the rest of her life. This is something we need to address now.”

Davis helped lead Norcross to a state championship in …

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Sophomore Quindarious “Tookie” Brown of Morgan County and Brooke Hubbard of North Oconee were named the Region 8-AAA Players of the Year.

Morgan County enters the playoffs as the No. 1 seed in Region 8-AAA. Also representing the Bulldogs on the all-region boys team was junior C.J. Thurman. Seniors Josh Sallette and Mike Williams were both named honorable mention.

Others voted on the first team unit were: junior Marc Moon, senior Ben Routh and junior Jay Jay Moon of Elbert County; seniors Tomonia McGlocking and Red Montgomery of Franklin County; senior Trae Gaines of Hart County; senior Nick Colvin of North Oconee; senior Connor White of Oconee County; and junior Casey Reed of East Jackson.

The North Oconee girls are also seeded No. 1. Ginny Channell and Hannah Durden were also named to the all-region team.

Also named to the all-region team were: Cyairra Hill and Bri Moon of Elbert County, Morgan Meglio of Oconee County; Laurequia Langston of Hart County; Victoria Fontana of …

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Georgia Tech women’s basketball signee Kaela Davis is no longer a member of her high school team at No. 1-ranked Buford.

Buford coach Gene Durden could not be reached early Friday to comment or say whether the decision of Davis or his.

Davis has not played since Buford (18-4), ranked No. 1 in Class AAA, lost to Wesleyan 44-40 on Jan. 26. Davis was held to nine points.

Davis, the daughter of former NBA player Antonio Davis, is one of the top 10 recruits in the country. She helped lead Norcross to a state championship in 2010 as a teammate of Diamond DeShields.

Davis transferred the next season to Buford and won another state title. Buford was the Class AA runner-up in 2012.

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Below is a list of former Georgia high school football players from Class AAA schools who were on college rosters in 2012.

This list is the work of Tucker Tigers fan Steve Slay, a researcher with the Georgia High School Football Historians Association whose hobby is providing hard-to-find, fascinating information of all sorts about high school players and teams in the state. He’s compiled this information for the past four years, at least. It’s a remarkable effort. AJC.com is giving him a forum to share his work.

Here are the links to the lists for each classifications:

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College players by AAA school:

37 – Buford

33 – Carver (Columbus)

29 – Cedar Grove

23 – St. Pius

20 – Henry County

18 – Douglass

17 – Woodward Academy

16 – Callaway

15 – North Oconee

15 – Peach County

14 – Adairsville

13 – Cartersville

9 – Blessed Trinity

9 – Decatur

8 – Thomson

7 – Towers

6 – Appling County

6 – Chapel Hill

6 – Elbert County

6 – Maynard Jackson

6 – McNair

6 – Pike …

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Compiled by Score Atlanta

Blessed Trinity 45, Lassiter 36

Cedartown 41, Rockmart 25

Columbia 57, Marist 52

Dalton 77, Murray County 55

Elbert County 51, Stephens County 39

Flowery Branch 68, Lanier 43

Forest Park 44, Drew 35

Habersham Central 38, Apalachee 21

Jones County 42, Georgia Military 29

McIntosh 37, Starr’s Mill 33

Mountain View 51, Archer 45

North Gwinnett 76, Alpharetta 50

Paulding County 47, South Paulding 36

Peach County 58, Taylor County 47

Providence Christian 32, Commerce 27

Redan 74, Lithonia 28

Rockdale County 44, Salem 34

Sonoraville 55, Pickens 50

Southwest Atlanta Christian 49, Wesleyen 46d

St. Francis 71, Mt. Paran Christian 27

St. Pius 57, Decatur 37

Stephenson 74, M.L. King 21

Treutlen 39, Montgomery County 27

Warner Robins 35, Northside, WR 28

Washington-Wilkes 60, Glascock County 32

Westover 37, Monroe 22

White County 32, Lumpkin County 25

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Blessed Trinity 50, Lassiter 48

Calvary Day 46, Episcopal, FL 37

Chattahoochee 61, South Gwinnett 50

Elbert County 82, Stephens County 59

Fayette County 69, LaGrange 66

Gilmer 54, Gordon Central 49

Grady 57, North Atlanta 53

Greenforest Christian 54, Westminster 40

Hillgrove 57, Woodstock 40

Jackson County 58, Riverside Military 54

Jones County 46, Georgia Military 43

LaFayette 55, Armuchee 43

Landmark Christian 54, Woodward Academy 50

Lithonia 57, Redan 43

McEachern 50, Brookwood 48

North Cobb 67, Kell 38

North Cobb Christian 58, Fellowship Christian 31

Northside, WR 63, Warner Robins 55

Rockmart 80, Cedartown 40

Shaw 73, Carrollton 53

St. Francis 74, Mt. Paran Christian 48

Vidalia 77, Richmond Hill 38

W.D. Mohammed 66, Lovett 43

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Allatoona 73, Rome 31

Calvary Day 59, Landmark Christian 54

Campbell 53, North Cobb 39

Chattahoochee 66, North Forsyth 45

Commerce 48, Towns County 36

Crisp County 43, Cairo 32

Dawson County 51, East Hall 43

Galloway 74, Walker 54

Hawkinsville 77, St. Anne Pacelli 47

Hillgrove 87, South Cobb 60

Johns Creek 61, West Forsyth 43

Marietta 55, Lassiter 48

North Gwinnett 63 Collins Hill 51

North Murray 77, Sonoraville 39

Northside, Warner Robins 69, Houston County 64

Pope 70, Northview 44

Rabun County 75, Washington-Wilkes 69

Savannah High 68 Tattnall County 59

South Gwinnett 82, Central Gwinnett 75

St. Pius X 78, Lovett 38

Stephenson 59, M.L. King 51

Union Grove 57, Woodland Henry 48

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Archer 59, Smyrna, TN 57

Bremen 43, South Paulding 31

Central, Carroll 56, Cleburne County, AL 29

Creekview 51, North Oconee 43

Dodge County 55, Burke County 40

Etowah 81, Newsome, FL 53

Farragut, TN 46, Carrollton 30

Frankfort, KY 57, Douglass 45

George Walton Academy 48, South Gwinnett 41

Grovetown 44, Cass 39

Haralson County 36, Heard County 34

Heritage, Conyers 49, Jefferson 31

Loganville 53, Lakeview-Ft Oglethorpe 37

Madison County 67, Blue Ridge, SC 54

Monroe 58, Norland High School 50

Mountain View 62, Central Gwinnett 49

North Forsyth 63, Cartersville 35

North Murray 49, LaFayette 40

Nova, FL 53, Duluth 50

Pace Academy 41, Lumpkin County 39

Peachtree Ridge 43, Rockdale County 42

Pepperell 59, Temple 32

Providence Christian 38, East Jackson 28

Seton, MD 55, St. Pius 51

Sonoraville 61, North Paulding 27

Southwest Atlanta Christian 53, Woodstock 41

Sprayberry 73, Murray County 26

Warner Robins 57, Worth County 27

Wesleyan 59, Buford 53

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