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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.

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.

Saturday, January 05, 2013  Updated with video; Tift County basketball has been all over the map this season, and everywhere they've been- the Blue Devils have won.

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.

Friday, December 21, 2012  Monroe, Westover and Dougherty cruise to quarterfinal victories at the U-Save It Basketball tournament in Albany. While the Albany Indians fall to Statesboro 64-55.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  Updated with video; Holiday hoops hit the Albany hardwood for the annual U-Save It basketball tournament, and this year organizers expect a better result on and off the court.

Saturday, December 15, 2012  Updated with video; Thanks to Monroe’s Jabari McGhee and a solid defensive effort, the Tornadoes defended their home court with a 70-63 win.

Saturday, December 08, 2012  In an early 4A- region one battle, the Monroe Tornadoes held the advantage over Crisp County.

Saturday, November 24, 2012  Updated with video; Girl's basketball scores from the Thanksgiving Shootout at Westover High School.

Thursday, April 19, 2012  During his four seasons at Monroe High School, Tornado Rantavious Gilbert has grown in to a mountain of a basketball player. Now, the 6”8 center is heading amongst the mountains to play college ball.