Region Tournaments to Watch: Class 5A

<!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Region 2</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TEAMS: Coffee, Houston County, Lee County, Northside-Warner Robins, Thomas County Central, Veterans</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Coffee, Lee County and Veterans are all in contention for the first-seed. Coffee is 21-1, their lone loss in overtime at Veterans 72-70 before winning the rematch 63-62. [player_tooltip player_id='790247' first='Lexie' last='Bradford'] powers the Trojans with 15.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game. [player_tooltip player_id='541422' first='Nariah' last='Nelson'] is a D-I guard that has kept Veterans in contention even with [player_tooltip player_id='541424' first='Gabby' last='Minus'] leaving for Hebron Christian. Lee County holds a 51-50 win over Veterans. Sophomores [player_tooltip player_id='1178971' first='Camya' last='Hutcherson'] (13.9 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.7 apg, 3.9 spg) and [player_tooltip player_id='1178972' first='Taliyah' last='Porter'] (12.7 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 1 apg, 3.5 spg, 1.3 bpg) pace Lee County. Northside-Warner Robins won at Thomas County Central 32-29 in early January. The two play again on Friday for the four-seed. Jaden Crews leads the Yellow Jackets in scoring at 13.9.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Region 6</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>TEAMS: River Ridge, Creekview, Pope, Sequoyah, Lassiter, Woodstock, Sprayberry, Riverwood</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>River Ridge is the heavy favorite to win the region title behind [player_tooltip player_id='608120' first='Finley' last='Parker'], [player_tooltip player_id='296847' first='Sophia' last='Pearl'], [player_tooltip player_id='350683' first='Kayla' last='Cleaveland'], [player_tooltip player_id='476459' first='Makayla' last='Roberson'] and [player_tooltip player_id='674569' first='Kyla' last='Cantey'], arguably the best starting five in Georgia but Creekview has come on strong with [player_tooltip player_id='476495' first='Kailyn' last='Hamby'] outside and [player_tooltip player_id='285230' first='Amilya' last='Taft'] inside. Pope has been carried by [player_tooltip player_id='582144' first='Abbey' last='Bensman'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1105853' first='Sarah' last='Gentry'] in the backcourt. Sequoyah and Woodstock are both heavily reliant on the three-point shot. [player_tooltip player_id='674574' first='Carly' last='Bass'] is averaging 16.6 points per game while Georgia College-signee [player_tooltip player_id='302976' first='Milanni' last='Abdus-Salaam'] is averaging 16.9 points and 7.3 rebounds. [player_tooltip player_id='476499' first='Morghan' last='Slater'] (13.5 ppg) has been one of the top stock risers in Georgia for the Wolverines. Lassiter gets production from [player_tooltip player_id='378444' first='Kenzie' last='Wyman'] and [player_tooltip player_id='674749' first='Claire' last='Mackenny']. Sprayberry has been a wildcard this season behind [player_tooltip player_id='1178979' first='Kaitlyn' last='Williams'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->