Jackson defeats Midtown for GHSL girls basketball AAAAA state championship

Shakir Gresham leads the Cougars with 21 points

Gary Adornato | Mar 7, 2024

Jackson defeats Midtown for GHSL girls basketball AAAAA state championship /

MACON, GEORGIA – The Jackson Jaguars started a little slow Thursday evening in the GHSAA AAAAA girls basketball state championship game, at the Macon Centerplex, but they got it in gear in the second quarter on their way to a 58-44 win over Midtown.

The Jaguars outscored Midtown 18-10 in the second quarter to turn a 4-point deficit into 28-22 lead.

Shakir Gresham went 9-of-16 from the field and scored 21 points to lead Jackson. She also led the team with 8 rebounds and 5 steals. Jackson was especially tough on the defensive end, coming up with 15 steals.

Aaliyah added 13 points and Taliah Cornish netted 11 points for the Jaguars.

Midtown's Devin Bockman scored a game-high 23 points. She added 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. Hailey Wortman added 11 points for the Knights to go with 6 rebounds.

Published Mar 7, 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.