Friday's h.s. hoops: Upson-Lee wins 50th straight, comeback for Mary Persons, Stratford tops Wilkinson County; Saturday schedule
FRIDAY'S SCORES
Girls
Baldwin 69, Hephzibah 22
Banks County 61, Putnam County 40
Bleckley County 54, East Laurens 48
Jahnaria Brown was serious, with 17 points, 21 rebounds and 11 rebounds for the Royals.
Central 42, Peach County 22
The fifth-ranked Chargers rolled of the eighth-ranked Trojans behind ReNsha Goolsby's 15 points and Jada Clowers' 13 rebounds and 5 blocks. Tyleia Williams added 9 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, while Kayia Geene had 5 rebounds. JeNya Wilder scored 9 points to go with 8 rebounds.
Lamar County 61, Heard County 39
The Trojans improved to 11-6 overall and 3-1 in region play with the home win.
Marion County 59, Hawkinsville 16
Mount de Sales 48, FPD 35
New Creation Christian 52, Central Georgia 35
Rutland 65, Jackson 42
Stratford 63, Wilkinson County 40
Taylor County 56, Dooly County 45
Valdosta 44, Northside 39
Tamia Sapp led Northside with a good night of 16 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks.
Veterans 67, Warner Robins 52
The Warhawks improved to 12-4 overall by sealing the game with a 26-16 fourth quarter. Veterans was balanced, with 21 points from Stacie Jones, 19 from Tamia Luckey and 15 from Chandler Shepherd, Jones added 13 rebounds and Luckey and Zykeria Jenkins 6 each. Shepherd also had 6 assists. Diamond Ellison led Warner Robins with 27 ponts, 12 on 3-pointers, whiel Jordan Thomas added 10.
Washington County 53, Southwest 42
Destinee Ellison's 22 points led the Golden Hawks (12-3/6-0), while senior Nikayona Warthen just missed a double-double with 9 points and 14 points.
Upson-Lee 53, Howard 39
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Missing
Jones County-Locust Grove
Spalding-West Laurens
Mary Persons-Perry
Northeast-Dublin
Schley County-Crawford County
Aquinas-Hancock Central
Trinity Christian-Burke Acad.
John Hancock-Rock Springs
Sherwood Christian-CFCA
Fullington-Covenant
Brentwood-Briarwood
Westminster-Gatewood
FPCA-Twiggs Acad.
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BOYS
Aquinas 67, Hancock Central 44
Baldwin 74, Hephzibah 49
Banks County 67, Putnam County 45
Bleckley County 52, East Laurens 40
Central 66, Peach County 54
Dooly County 63, Taylor County 59
Dublin 82, Northeast 64
FPD 66, Mount de Sales 52
Heard County 56, Lamar County 50
New Creation Christian 72, Central Georgia 57
GMC 67, Glascock County 35
Mary Persons 81, Perry 78
The Bulldogs were down 15 at halftime and stormed back for the region win behind Cam Holden's 24 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals. Tre Edge added 23 points and 5 boards.
Southwest 47, Washington County 45
Southwest took advantage of an undermanned Washington County group - more than a half-dozen out, mostly flu - to hold on. Freshman Kejuan Bloodsaw led the Golden Hawks with 11 points.
Stratford 74, Wilkinson County 65, OT
Nathan Hunt had 30 and Jaden Harris 24 as the Eagles sealed the win at the line in overtime.
Twiggs County 60, Tattnall 56
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Upson-Lee 74, Howard 34
The top-ranked and undefeated Knights had no trouble winning their 50th straight game and improving to 18-0 this season. Tye Fagan's 22-13 points-rebounds double-double led the way, with Zyrice Scott adding 19 points, 5 assists and 4 steals.
Valdosta 58, Northside 52
Warner Robins 83, Veterans 39
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Missing
Jones County-Locust Grove
Spalding-West Laurens
Brentwood-Briarwood
John Hancock-Rock Springs Christian
Fullington-Covenant
FPCA-Twiggs Acad.
Westminster-Gatewood
Trinity Christian-Burke
Sherwood Christian-CFCA
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SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE
Doubleheaders, girls first, boys to follow, unless noted
1:30 p.m.
Peach County at Jenkins
2 p.m.
B-Southwest at Howard
Brookstone at Hawkinsville
Schley at Fullington
3 p.m.
Mary Persons at Northside
3:30 p.m.
Westwood at Windsor
4 p.m.
Valdosta at Houston County
Taylor County at Pike County
4:30 p.m.
B-Westside at Newton
5 p.m.
Warner Robins at Bainbridge
5:30 p.m.
GMC at Aquinas
6 p.m.
Veterans at Thomas County Central
Dublin at Dodge County
Northeast at Washington County
Jackson at Lamar County
Wayne County at East Laurens
Manchester at Macon County
Hancock Central at Lincoln County
Crisp County at Dooly County
Rutland at Crawford County
Wilkinson County at Baldwin
6:30 p.m.
Crisp Acad. at Twiggs Acad.
7 p.m.
Putnam County at Monticello
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