Basketball action took place on Friday and in a Class AAA girls game, No. 2-ranked Beach moved to 5-3 on the season after a 71-37 victory over Windsor Forest. The Bulldogs opened the game with a 20-0 run to take control and from there, Beach was not challenged. The Bulldogs led 20-2 after the first quarter and extended the lead to 45-14 at the break. Beach extended the lead through a 20-8 run in the third quarter before holding on through a 15-6 Windsor Forest run in the fourth quarter.
Senior guard Madison Evans scored her 1,000th point early in the game and finished with 13 points for Beach. Kaila Rougier, a junior guard, also finished with 13 points. Sophomore forward Ameyah Dantzler led the Bulldogs with 20 points.
The Commerce girls moved to 3-1 on the season with a 54-27 victory over Oglethorpe. Junior Bryanna Sanders led with 14 points. Junior guard Maggie Mullis scored 10 points. Ragan Allen and Lauren Massey each scored nine points and Carson Hobbs finished with seven points.
See the rest of the basketball scores below.
Boys
Alexander 68, Mays 32
Bowdon 60, Gordon Lee 52
Brookwood 72, Meadowcreek 54
Calhoun County 80, Baker County 27
Cherokee 60, Creekview 56
Dorman 91, Peachtree Ridge 68
Dougherty 92, Cairo 35
Greenville 69, Hawkinsville 26
Habersham Central 67, Notre Dame Academy 41
Hiram 72, Carrollton 70
Jackson-Atlanta 72, Grady 59
Laney 72, Screven County 37
Lithonia 62, Southwest DeKalb 54
McDonough 68, Luella 62
Miller Grove 67, Arabia Mountain 47
New Hampstead 64, Liberty County 61
North Atlanta 55, Chattahoochee 51
Pickens 70, Ridgeland 67
Pope 65, Dunwoody 41
Shiloh 72, Rockdale County 41
South Cobb 78, Sequoyah 68
Treutlen 69, Savannah Christian 59
Walker 64, Mt. Bethel Christian Academy 50
Westminster 47, Lovett 46
Windsor Forest 79, Beach 49
Girls
Alexander 65, Mays 30
Alpharetta 77, Northview 32
Arabia Mountain 79, Miller Grove 34
Beach 71, Windsor Forest 37
Bowdon 49, Gordon Lee 20
Brookwood 71, Meadowcreek 36
Brunswick 49, Bradwell Institute 45
Bryan County 76, Toombs County 31
Butler 59, Harlem 31
Calhoun 61, Murray County 50
Cambridge 47, Centennial 34
Carrollton 58, Hiram 36
Cass 100, Paulding County 50
Central-Macon 45, Westside-Macon 44
Cherokee 50, Creekview 43
Clarkston 57, Columbia 27
Cross Creek 52, Lakeside-Evans 33
Cross Keys 25, Cottage School 15
Douglass 59, Hapeville Charter 41
Duluth 49, Mountain View 26
Early County 79, Seminole County 21
East Hall 46, Lumpkin County 43
Emanuel County Institute 63, Claxton 54
Etowah 45, Kennesaw Mountain 25
Grayson 61, Loganville 49
Harrison 52, Bainbridge 50
Jackson-Atlanta 60, Grady 46
Laney 73, Screven County 8
M. L. King 69, Drew 33
McNair 39, Coretta Scott King 38
Montgomery County 62, McIntosh County Academy 36
Mt. de Sales 38, Athens Christian 8
North Atlanta 38, Chattahoochee 28
North Forsyth 53, Jefferson 41
North Murray 64, Adairsville 40
North Oconee 49, Johns Creek 34
Northeast-Macon 57, Dodge County 49
Northgate 32, Temple 28
Osborne 48, Dalton 28
Our Lady of Mercy 64, W.D. Mohammed 31
Paideia 59, Elite Scholars Academy 51
Pickens 89, Ridgeland 48
Pope 54, Dunwoody 40
Putnam County 57, Social Circle 29
River Ridge 54, Sprayberry 48
Salem 62, Hampton 50
South Cobb 51, Sequoyah 47
St. Pius X 53, Lakeside-DeKalb 40
Starr’s Mill 61, Whitewater 22
Stephenson 58, Mt. Zion-Jonesboro 54
Therrell 56, Washington 49
Trinity Christian 57, Heritage School-Newnan 27
Troup County 72, East Coweta 51
Turner County 65, Cook 20
Union County 52, Towns County 24
Veterans 65, Lee County 51
Westlake 50, St. John’s 39
Westminster 49, Lovett 11
Woodville-Tompkins 51, Vidalia 44
Worth County 53, Thomas County Central 49