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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Updated with video; In the past four years, discussions about Albany prep basketball have usually circled around one player.

Sunday, February 24, 2013  Updated with video; Clearly, Tift County didn’t forget the 2012 first round loss to Westlake, and the team proved it Saturday. Westover tallied its second double-digit playoff win Saturday pulling away from Westside, Macon 78-63.

Friday, February 22, 2013  Updated with video; Few teams know the feeling of actually winning a state championship. Westover head coach Dallis Smith knows-- he's led two teams to GHSA-AAA state titles.

Saturday, February 16, 2013  Fourth time's a charm- Westover wins region championship over Monroe. Tift County sweeps the competition in Valdosta.

Sunday, February 10, 2013  Updated with video; The Monroe Tornado basketball team finished the region season the way they started- without a blemish on the record.

Saturday, February 09, 2013  Updated with video; The Westover Lady Patriots snap Dougherty's eight game winning streak. While the Monroe Tornadoes close in on a perfect region record.

Saturday, January 26, 2013  Updated with video; The Monroe Tornadoes just keep checking items off the list. In its final regular season home game, Monroe clinched the region’s top seed with a superior performance against Crisp County.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Updated with video; In previous years, the expectation hasn’t been too high for the Lee County basketball team. With a fresh philosophy on basketball and life, head coach Kirven Davis is giving people a reason to take another look at the Trojans.

Sunday, January 20, 2013  Lee County basketball had its best week in years. Calling off a long losing streak, the Trojans are calling their last few games a welcomed improvement.

Saturday, January 19, 2013  Updated with video; Deerfield-Windsor cruises to another blowout victory, 102-61. Mitchell County pulls away from Albany, 65-50.

Saturday, January 19, 2013  Updated with video; The Monroe Tornadoes are still running through the region undefeated. On Friday, Deerfield-Windsor's Ramello Carter was as dominant as any player in Deerfield basketball history.

Sunday, January 13, 2013  Monroe and Jabari McGhee drove past the Patriots 66-62 Saturday at the Albany Civic Center.

Friday, January 11, 2013  Updated with video; The Westover boys set the right tone heading in to another match up with the Monroe Tornadoes.

Saturday, December 22, 2012  Updated with video; Just eight days ago, Westover and Monroe met for early season dominance with the Tornadoes keeping their record unbeaten. On Saturday, in the U-Save It tournament championship, the two met again- and the beat went on for Monroe.

Saturday, December 22, 2012  Updated with video; On Friday, the Westover Patriots continued their high-flying act and the Monroe Tornadoes dominated Dougherty setting up a rivalry rematch in the U-Save It Tournament Championship.