Greenforest boys and girls sweep GHSA A-D2 basketball state titles

Boys thump Manchester in the final, while the girls top Montgomery County

Gary Adornato | Mar 6, 2024

Greenforest boys and girls sweep GHSA A-D2 basketball state titles /

MACON, GEORGIA – Green Forest Christian Academy had plenty to celebrate at the Macon Centerplex as both its boys and girls basketball teams capture GHSA Class A Division 2 state championships.

The girls kicked off the championship day with a 39-28 win over Montgomery County as Mili Lazarevic and Arek Manoon combined for 21 points is this low scoring affair. Manoon finished with a double-double, adding 14 rebounds to our 10 points. She also had 4 blocks and a steal.

Lana Koricanac also had a solid performance for Greenforest, scoring 6 points, securing 6 rebounds, handing out 6 assists, blocking a shot and getting a steal.

Montgomery County’s Marley Bell also had a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds. She added 3 blocks and 2 steals.

The Greenforest Christian boys took the court as soon as the girls finished their awards ceremony and captured a state championship trophy of their own with a 68-39 victory over Manchester.

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Nine different Eagles scored points, led by 18 from Elijah Lewis. Caleb Kawela finished with an 11 point, 11 rebound double-double. He also added 2 assists.

The Eagles scored 34 points in the paint and got 17 points off turnovers.

Treylin Jones and Daryus Bryant combined for 24 points pace Manchester.

Published Mar 6, 2024

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.