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Clay Crump, coach of No. 1-ranked Eagle’s Landing’s boys, says he’d like to see Georgia adopt a shot-clock rule after his team beat Albany 39-13 in the Class AAAA first round this week.

It was the lowest-scoring game in the state playoffs in 65 years, according to Becky Taylor of the Georgia Basketball Project.

Eagle’s Landing led only 9-7 after one quarter as Albany played a slow-down offense, but what was strange was Albany’s strategy after Eagle’s Landing bolted to a 28-12 halftime lead, according to Gabriel Stovall’s account of the game for the Henry Herald.

Albany twice held the ball for three minutes in the third quarter – which was scoreless for both teams.

“It’s not fun,” Crump  told the Henry Herald. “We practice to play basketball, not to play catch. It’s kind of an admission from the other team that they don’t really want to play with us.”

Albany coach Archie Chatmon defended his strategy in a story in the Albany Herald.

“They booed us, …

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

Maxwell sees the AAAA boys tournament as the most unpredictable of any draw this year. Eagle’s Landing wins 23.36 of 100 Maxwell simulations while three-time champion Columbia wins 21.13. South Atlanta, which beat Columbia in the Region 6-AAAA final last week, wins 12.75 out of 100. A third Region 6 team, Marist, wins 10.04 out of 100.

The girls tournament is more clear-cut, according to Maxwell. Columbia wins 40.86 of 100. Next closest is region rival Redan, winning 16.41 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 …

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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

CLASS …

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By S. Thomas Coleman
For the AJC

For the second time this season, Eagle’s Landing and Jonesboro went to over time.  And for the second time this season, Eagle’s Landing came out on top.

Senior Maurice Green came off the bench and was huge.  His only basket of the night was a three-pointer that broke a 53-53 tie with just 40 seconds left in overtime, as the Golden Eagles won the Region 4AAAA title, 58-44 over the Cardinals.

Eagle’s Landing (23-5) led by as many as eight, 36-28, midway through the third quarter after a bucket inside by 6-foot-10 center Desmond Ringer (committed to South Carolina), who finished with 14 points. But Joneboro (22-4) clawed back, and finally tied the game at 50-50, after reserve forward John Walker knocked down a three-pointer – his only points of the game – with less than a minute to play in regulation.

Both teams then had an opportunity to win in regulation. Eagle’s Landing forward Chris Davenport slammed home a thunderous one-handed …

Continue reading Region 4AAAA Final (Boys): Eagle’s Landing 58, Jonesboro 54 »

By S. Thomas Coleman
For the AJC

Jonesboro seniors Victoria Florence and Briana Benson combined to score 14 of the Cardinals’ 18 fourth quarter points to pull away from Woodland-Stockbridge and claim the Region 4AAAA title with a 64-55 win at Woodland.

The win for Jonesboro (24-3) avenged an earlier loss to the Wolfpack, 57-50, back on Dec. 4. Both Florence and Benson were the leading scorers for Jonesboro with 15 apiece, while Woodland’s Lindsey Reed led all scorers with 24.

Woodland led 16-14 after the first quarter in a game that was close for the first three quarters.  But Jonesboro took a 46-40 lead entering the final period.  Then Florence and Benson opened the fourth quarter with an 8-0 run to essentially put the game away for the Cardinals.  Florence knocked down back-to-back three pointers and Benson converted a put-back to push the Jonesboro lead to 54-40 early in the quarter.

Woodland (26-2) closed the gap to seven, 62-55, with just under two minutes left in …

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Below is a list of former Georgia high school football players from Class AAAA 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:

AAAAAA

AAAAA

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College players by AAAA school:

32 – Sandy Creek

25 – Banneker

22 – Fayette County

19 – Carrollton

19 – Grady

19 – Marist

18 – Cairo

17 – Redan

17 – Stone Mountain

16 – Stockbridge

16 – Woodland (Stockbridge)

14 – Columbia

14 – Eastside

14 – Griffin

14 – Troup

13 – Chamblee

13 – Lithonia

13 – North Clayton

13 – Riverdale

12 – Carver (Atlanta)

11 – Alexander

11 – Burke County

11 – …

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Six Georgia boys teams ranked in the top six in their classifications are playing out-of-state teams Saturday at Norcross in the Hilton Invitational.

Here’s the schedule:

1 p.m. – North Cobb (#1 in AAAAAA) vs. Carver (Montgomery, Ala.)

2:30 p.m. – Miller Grove (#1 in AAAAA) vs. Memphis East (Tenn.)

4 p.m. – Greater Atlanta Christian (#2 in AAA) vs. Olympic (Charlotte, N.C.)

5:30 p.m. – Eagle’s Landing (#4 in AAAA) vs. Flora MacDonald Academy (Red Springs, N.C.)

7 p.m. – Norcross (#6 in AAAAAA) vs. DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)

8:30 p.m. – Wheeler (#3 in AAAAAA) vs. Christ School (Asheville, N.C.)

Just a little about the out-of-state teams …

Olympic is ranked No. 11 nationally by MaxPreps and No. 21 by USA Today. Akron signee B.J. Gladden is Olympic’s top player.

Carver is Alabama’s defending Class 6A champion. Carver’s best player is Jeremy Johnson, who as a quarterback was Alabama’s state player of the year. He’s a 6-foot-6 guard who some believe has …

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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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Funeral services for Wayne County basketball standout Shaquille Morgan will be held in Jesup on Thursday, five days after the senior point guard was struck and killed by a train.

Morgan, a former all-region player according to his Facebook page, was walking on railroad tracks just beyond an overpass on Georgia Highway 84 on Saturday when the accident occurred, according to the Jacksonville Daily News. Morgan was pronounced dead at the scene.

Morgan is the son of Lt. Perry Morgan, a detective with the Jesup Police Department, the newspaper reported.

Wayne County’s boys and girls games Saturday against Coffee were canceled. Wayne County students will return to school from holiday break on Wednesday. Wayne County is scheduled to play at Statesboro on Friday.

Wayne County is 11-0, one of only four undefeated boys teams in the state.

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Compiled by Score Atlanta

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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Compiled by Score Atlanta
Archer 57, Marist 55

Allatoona 51, Marietta 38

Cartersville 91, Douglas County 63

Cedar Shoals 60, East Laurens 38

Central, Carroll 67, Haralson County 25

Chestatee 84, Chattooga 66

Dawson County 62, Murphy, NC 22

Effingham Country 65, Eastside, SC 62

Fayette County 59, Bishop Brossart, KY 55

Fox Creek, SC 57, Lincoln County 45

Gilmer 69, Armuchee 58

Heard County 54, Rockmart 45

Heritage, Conyers 52, Jefferson 39

Johns Creek 61, Lovett 58

Johnson, Gainesville 67, Douglass 51

McEachern 68, Oviedo, FL 63

North Forsyth 57, Our Lady of Mercy 36

Northside, Warner Robins 73, Toombs County 43

Perry 83, Hawkinsville 55

River Ridge 59, Cambridge 39

Riverwood 60, Union Grove 51

South Gwinnett 55, Walnut Grove 37

Stephenson 59, Pebblebrook 49

Stockbridge 64, Providence Christian 61

Taylor County 57, Macon County 48

Temple 71, Pepperell 67

Washington County 70, Westside, Macon 47

Woodward Academy 73, Monticello 61

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By Craig Sager

Score Atlanta

Lanier Holiday Classic

Providence Christian 38, East Jackson 28- Following a strong opening two quarters Providence Christian took a promising 22-8 lead into the intermission.  Jessie Kowalewicz scored a game high 11 points and teammate Katie Scott scored 9.

Union Grove Holiday Tournament

Woodland Henry 49, Luella 31: In the championship game of the Union Grove Tournament both teams were locked up at the half 18-18. It was a strong 2nd half for the Wolfpack who won the tournament and improved to 15-1 on the year. Aalyiah Dotson had a team high 8 points.

Westminster Holiday Classic

Grady 35, Paideia 30: In the championship game both teams got off to slow starts only posting a 5-3 Grady lead after the 1st quarter. Ellery Koelker-Wolfe found baskets for Paideia and scored a game high 15 points but it was not enough to answer Grady’s strong second half.

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By Craig Sager

Score Atlanta

Battle of the States (Hiawassee)

Dawson County 62, Murphy County 22: In the championship game Dawson County rolled to victory. Will Anglin had a team high 26 points, outscoring Murphy County by himself. Teammate Tyler Dominy scored 7 points for the Tigers and was named the tournament MVP. Dawson County remains a perfect 13-0.

Big Red Shootout (Gainesville)

Chattahoochee 59, Parkview 48: Markus Terry continued his impressive scoring exhibition by dropping 24 points in the 3rd place game of the shootout.

Lake City Classic (Allatoona)

Alexander 68, Central Gwinnett 63: In the Championship game Central Gwinnett fell short despite strong games from teammates Shaun Jones and Brian Egejuru. Jones scored 20 points and Egejuru scored 10. The duo earned all tournament honors, but Alexander was able to take home the hardware.

McDonalds Invitational (Tift County)

Archer 57, Marist 55: Two clutch free throws from Archer’s Randall Smith with 3.2 seconds …

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