Marist girls cruise to GHSA AAAAAA state basketball championship

Eagles soar past North Forsyth behind 27 points from Katie Harpring

Gary Adornato | Mar 8, 2024

Marist girls cruise to GHSA AAAAAA state basketball championship /

MACON, GEORGIA – The Marist girls basketball team capped a near perfect season, Thursday evening at the Macon Centerplex, when the War Eagles soared to a 67-48 victory over North Forsyth in the GHSA AAAAAA girls basketball state championship week.

Ironically, the War Eagles, who finished 30-1, spoiled North Forsyth's bid for a perfect season, as the Raiders finished 31-1.

Katie Harpring led Marist with a game-high 27 points and 8 rebounds.

Hanna Faklaris scored 16 points and Abby Lindsay added 13. Lindsay was instrumental in the victory as she hit three 3-pointers in the second quarter to help Marist pull away from a 16-16 first quarter tie and build a 32-23 halftime lead.

Marist shot a sensational 63% from the field and out-scored the Raiders 38-22 in the paint. The War Eagles also went 12-of-17 from the free throw line.

Gabbie Gliatta scored 16 points to lead North Forsyth and London Weaver netted 15.

Marist finished the 2023-24 season with a 30-1 record after routing Marist, 67-48, in the GHSL AAAAAA girls basketball state championship game. — Marist finished the 2023-24 season with a 30-1 record after routing Marist, 67-48, in the GHSL AAAAAA girls basketball state championship game

Published Mar 8, 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.