Nine Savannah Area teams had a chance of being crowned region champions. Five brought home the Georgia High School Association Region and Georgia Independant Athletic Association "SHIPS" and will get #1 seeds in next week's GHSA and GIAA state basketball championship playoffs. In GHSA were Woodville-Tompkins boys and girls, Benedictine and Windsor Forest boys - St. Andrew's School boy's team from GIAA.
Today GHSA Class 3A Region 3 will crown a boys and girls champion. Bethesda Academy starts it's quest for a South Carolina Independant Schools Association championship. Below are the final scores and today's basketball schedules.
REGION TOURNAMENT & STATE PLAYOFF
BOYS/GIRLS FINAL SCORES & CHAMPIONSHIP
BOYS
GHSA Class 4A CHAMPION BENEDICTINE
Friday (2/17) @ Wayne County
Consolation: #5 Southeast Bulloch 60, #3 New Hampstead 55
Championship: #1 Benedictine 68 #2 Burke County 45
GHSA Class 2A CHAMPION WINDSOR FOREST
CHAMPIONSHIP Friday (2/17) @ Tattnall County
Consolation: #3 Toombs County 53, #4 Vidalia 52
Championship: #1 Windsor Forest 58, #2 Tattnall County 52
GHSA Class 1A CHAMPIONS WOODVILLE TOMPKINS
CHAMPIONSHIP Friday (2/17) @ Woodville-Tompkins
Consolation: #3 Bryan County vs. #5 Screven County 5:30
Championship: #1 Woodville-Tompkins 58, vs. #2 Savannah 50
BOYS GIAA AAAA/AAA District 2 CHAMPION ST. ANDREWS
CHAMPIONSHIP Friday (2/17) @ PINEWOOD
Consolation: #3 Pinewood Christian 57, #5 Bulloch Academy 46
Championship: #1 St. Andrew's 66, #2 Frederica Academy 43
OTHER FINAL SCORES
BOYS GIAA A REGION 6
CHAMPIONSHIP Friday (2/17) @ Brewton Parker
Consolation: #3 First Preparatory Christian 73, vs. #4 Twiggs 24
Championship: #2 Robert Toombs Christian 51, #1 Memorial Day 39
BOYS GAPPS D1-AA State Tournament
Friday (2/17) @ Jenkins Athletic Club, Savannah, GA
Unity Christian 73, Habersham School 62
GIRL'S FINAL SCORES
GHSA Class 1A CHAMPION WOODVILLE-TOMPKINS
Region 3
CHAMPIONSHIP Friday (2/17) @ Woodville-Tompkins
Consolation: #3 Screven County 44, #5 Savannah 37
Championship: #1 Woodville-Tompkins 70, #2 Bryan County 39
OTHER SCORES GIRLS GIAA A REGION 6
GIRLS GIAA AAAA/AAA District 2
Championship Friday (2/17) @ PINEWOOD
Consolation: #3 Frederica Academy vs. #5 St. Andrew's (NSF)
Championship: #1 Bulloch Academy 50, #3 Frederica Academy 26
GIRLS GAPPS D1-AA State Tournament
Friday (2/17)
At Sharpsburg, GA
Central Christian 70, Habersham School 38
TODAYS SCHEDULE
Saturday 2/18/23
GHSA Class 3A BOYS
Region 3
Semi-final Scores
Friday (2/17) @ Calvary Day
#2 Johnson 66, #3 Groves 53
#5 Long County 55, #1 Beach 45
CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY (2/18) @ Calvary Day
Consolation: #1 Beach vs.#3 Groves 1:00
Championship: #2 Johnson vs. Long County 4:30
GHSA Class 3A GIRLS
SEMI-FINAL Scores
Friday (2/17) @ Calvary Day
#3 Liberty County 54, #2 Savannah Country Day 51
#1 Calvary 62, #4 Long County 56
CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday (2/18) @ Calvary Day
Consolation: #2 Savannah Country Day vs. #4 Long County 2:45
Championship: #1 Calvary vs. #3 Liberty County 6:30
BOYS STATE PLAYOFFS
SCISA STATE Tournament
@ Cathedral Academy, Charleston, SC
Saturday (2/18)
Bethesda Academy vs. Lee Academy at 3 pm
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