Top stars, best performances in Georgia high school boys and girls basketball (Feb. 14-20)

Here are some stars from the past week’s boys and girls basketball games across Georgia.

Here are some stars from the past week's boys and girls basketball games across Georgia.

If you know of a top performance we should include, please let us know in the comments.

Pictured above is North Gwinnett's RJ Godfrey (photo by Jamie Spaar).

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Carley Haban, Rabun County girls basketball 

Haban scored 17 points, along with eight rebounds and two assists to help Rabun County capture its first region title since 2019.

R8-2A Championship
#1 No. 1 @RabunWbb 47
#2 No. 2 @ECCHSBBALL 40@rabuncountyhigh captures the Region 8-2A title, their first since 2019@Carley_Haban 17p 8r 2a
@lucyh135 13p 3r 4a 4s@graciedeetz 7p 8r 3s 2b@MoonAniya 13p 4r 2s@AaniyahAllen 11p 8r 3a
Terrace Hester 8p pic.twitter.com/4t4l3SA9pw

— Kyle Sandy (@KyleSandy355) February 19, 2022

Isaiah Collier, Wheeler boys basketball

Collier dropped 24 points in a big win vs. Kell to make Wheeler region champs. 

OT FINAL: Wheeler 67, Kell 62.

The Wildcats are your 6-6A champions behind 24 points from Isaiah Collier.

Arrinten Page added 15 while DJ Mitchell finished with 10.

Aaron Smith led Kell with 15. pic.twitter.com/6mJNWNbNNg

— Josh Tec (@_joshtec) February 19, 2022

Rett VanDeMark, HALO boys basketball

VanDeMark’s monster double-double of 22 points and 15 rebounds, while adding five blocks, helped push HALO past Lafayette Christian. 

We did it!!! @GAPPSchools Div 2 State Champs!!! Victory over Lafayette Christian. 52-40. Aiden Allen- 21 pts/4 steals, @Rett_vandy12 22pts/15rebs/5blks. @SEBARoundball @KyleSandy355 @CSDavisHSPN @NCHBCLive pic.twitter.com/ibeglUv3a2

— HALO Wolfpack (@HALOpackattack) February 19, 2022

Braedan Lue, Alexander boys basketball

Lue dropped a double-double with 14 points and 11 boards, and added two steals to help seal the win versus Rome. 

ALX- 65
Rome- 53@braedanlue11 14p, 11r, 2s @JoffreyJNunnal1 13p, 2a @noahmelsonn 11p, 5r @Z2hardd 10p, 4r, 2a @JahPayne50 8p, 6r, 4a Great win!

— Alexander Basketball (@ALX_Bball) February 18, 2022

Trinity Thomas, Greater Atlanta Christian girls basketball

Thomas stuffed the stat sheet with nine points, 12 rebounds and five steals. 

Two down, one to go! It wasn’t pretty, but we never backed down. Championship Friday Night @ 7. We>Me@BoldenJaci 22p@2OKAY_Addie 20p, 2s@Trinity37507533 9p, 12r, 5s
Myla Benton 8p, 10r
Sydney Lucas 3p, 8r@KyleSandy355 @GDPsports @PGH_Georgia @GAC_Athletics pic.twitter.com/9c6k4YeFk5

— Greater Atlanta Christian Girls’ Basketball (@GACS_GBB) February 17, 2022

Shaun Nichols, Heritage boys basketball

Nichols had a game high for rebounds and scoring with 11 boards, 25 points, along with adding a team-high six assists. 

Hawks win & advance to Region Championship!

Final:
THS - 67
TCS - 48

Shaun Nichols - 25pts 11reb 6ast
Max Skidmore - 23pts 2reb 2ast
Owen Markel - 5pts 3reb 2ast
Malachi Townsend - 4pts 4reb 4ast
Demetrius Gibson - 4pts 5reb
Ian Hall - 4pts 2stls #ProtectTheNest 🔵🔴

— The Heritage School Basketball (Newnan) (@THS_HawksMBB) February 17, 2022

RJ Godfrey, North Gwinnett boys basketball

Godfrey dropped a game-high 28 points, while adding six rebounds and five assists. 

REGION CHAMPIONS!!!

🏆 🏆 🏆

Beat the Green School in a dog fight 61-53.

Leaders...

RJ 28 pts, 6 rebs, 5 asts
Dylan 13 pts, 9 rebs
Julian 8 pts, 4 blks
Thomas 6 pts, 7 rebs, 5 asts
Gunnar 4 asts, 4 stls#NGPRIDE #NGBrotherhood pic.twitter.com/pmYDm3vv8M

— North Gwinnett Basketball (@NG_Hoops) February 16, 2022

Jase McCullough, St. Francis boys basketball

McCullough’s 17 points, five rebounds and two assists helped St. Francis defeat Brandon Hall and advance to the region semifinals. 

Final

St. Francis 56
Brandon Hall 47

McCullough: 17pts, 5rebs, 2asts
C.Robinson: 14pts, 7rebs, 2asts
D.Robinson: 11pts, 5rebs, 2stls

Knights advance to region semifinals on Thursday

— Saint Francis Hoops (@StFrancishoops1) February 16, 2022

Jessie Parish, Hebron girls basketball

Parish did a little bit of everything with 11 points, two blocks, four steals and four assists. 

HCA 74 AIS 25
Record 21-4@jayden_watts13 15p 5r@jcparish_12 11p 2b 4s 4a@melton_malia 11p@aubrey_beckham 10p 7s 5a@kayla10lane 7p 3s 2a@GDPsports @scoreatlanta @hcaathletic @KyleSandy355
@PGH_Georgia #NextUp // #DoWhatYouDo // #jt pic.twitter.com/c36YsE3pR4

— HebronGBB (@HebronGBB) February 16, 2022

Dennis Scott, Mount Vernon boys basketball 

Scott dropped a game-high 23 points with seven made 3s in a blowout win over Wesleyan. 

Our young men punch their ticket to @OfficialGHSA STATE for the 1st time in 4 yrs. GOD is good! @MV_MOV 73
Wesleyan 37

'24 @dscott1_ 23p (7/9 3pt)
'23 @KLWilliams_ 15p 12r
'22 @SyncereHarris3 12p 6r 5a
'23 @aj_patterson15 10p 10r 5a
'23 @kennysouthalljr 9p 2r 2a#LOYALTY pic.twitter.com/NDpKx9Xyjm

— Coach Tarrik Mabon (@coachT_fearless) February 16, 2022

Joseph Thomas, Portal boys basketball 

Thomas scored a game-high 20 points as Portal defeated Jenkins County to become region champs. 

Congrats to ⁦@Portalbball⁩ region champs 59-54 over Jenkins Co. Portal outscores Jenkins 22-4 in the third quarter and the Panthers 21-25 from free throw line in the second half Joseph Thomas 20 pts Elijah Coleman 17 pts ⁦@KyleSandy355⁩ ⁦@scoreatlanta⁩ pic.twitter.com/FLW6A4I33E

— Josh Aubrey (@thejoshaubrey) February 20, 2022

Ant Arrington, Galloway boys basketball 

Arrington had a 40-point double-double with a 40-piece and 13 rebounds. 

These boys are region champs! First region championship in boys or girls basketball in school history. What a group of young men, who battled a tough Providence team. Headed to state with an 18-7 record and more work to be done.

Arrington 40p, 13r
Alterman 13p, 8a pic.twitter.com/u7Usf7LvCW

— Andrew Tulowitzky (@CoachTulo) February 20, 2022

Jeremiah Holloway, Winder Barrow boys basketball

Holloway had a double-double of 25 points and 10 boards in the region tournament vs. Habersham Central. 

Guys battled hard to the end but came up short 59-51 to Habersham in the Region Consolation game. Time to get some much needed rest then prep for State Tournament.@Jerrydholloway 25p 10r
@318Timm 22p 5r#GoDoggs

— WBHS Hoop Doggs (@wbhshoopdoggs) February 19, 2022

Kiersten James, Etowah girls basketball 

James hit the game-winner to take down Roswell and also had 19 points. 

Awesome win vs Roswell 58-57 with @KierstenJames27 knocking down the game winner finished w/19 @taylordavis_ had 17 and @meganreed2024 had 14 we will play @ archer @KyleSandy355 @CherokeeTribune pic.twitter.com/cyvkMZyF9q

— Coach Graner (@granerrob) February 19, 2022

Beth Murphy, Telfair girls basketball 

Murphy had a triple-double of 12 points, 10 rebounds and 13 steals. 

The Telfair Lady Trojans take the 3rd seed going into the State Tournament beating Wilcox County 65-31 in the Region 4-A tournament.

Passion Clay 24p, 10s
Zah’Mya McDuffie 15p
Beth Murphy 12p,13s,10r@SandysSpiel @KyleSandy355 @HypesouthMedia

— Telfair County High School Girls Basketball (@telfair_s) February 19, 2022