Area basketball
- Updated: February 4, 2025
Saks’ girls win first area title since 2016 in dramatic fashion. Piedmont girls dominate on way to area title. Alexandria boys victorious in 4A, Area 12.
By East Alabama Sports Today
Class 3A, Area 9 girls
SAKS 48, RANDOLPH COUNTY 47: Alonna Crews’ putback as time expired put Saks’ girls over the top, and the Wildcats beat Randolph County 48-47 in the Class 3A, Area 9 championship game Tuesday.
The area title is the first since 2016 for Saks’ girls, who earned the right to play host to a subregional game against Westbrook Christian on Friday.
Randolph County will also advance to the subregional round at Piedmont.
Tournament most valuable player Sania Angel led the Wildcats with 15 points and was named tournament most valuable player. Meorri English added 11 points, and Crews scored nine.
Lizzie Milam paced Randolph County with 13 points, including four 3-pointers. Jabreia Birdsong and Anna Grace Henderson added 11 apiece.
Class 3A, Area 12 girls
PIEDMONT 66, WESTBROOK CHRISTIAN 33: Morgan Studdard led four Piedmont players in double figures with 13 points, and the Bulldogs (14-13) won the area title.
They also earned the right to play host to Randolph County in Friday’s subregional round. Westbrook Christian will play at Saks.
Studdard also fetched 10 rebounds.
Piedmont also got 12 points on four Carson Young 3-pointers, and Josie Young’s 11 points included three 3-pointers.
Amiyah Thomas added 10 points.
Jordan Brooks and Dani Prime led Westbrook with eight points apiece.
Piedmont’s Cayla Brothers was tournament most valuable player, and the all-tournament team included Thomas, Studdard, Carson Young and Josie Young. Also making the team were Westbrook’s Ellison Stewart and Kylee Wyatt, Ohatchee’s Lindsey Zurchin and Glencoe’s Kinlee Montgomery.
Class 4A, Area 12 boys
ALEXANDRIA 59, CHEROKEE COUNTY 41: Quendavion McDowell led three Valley Cubs in double figures, and Alexandria won the area title.
The Valley Cubs will play host to the Oneonta-Hokes Bluff loser in Saturday’s subregional round. Cherokee County will go on the road to play the Oneonta-Hokes Bluff winner.
Cleat Forrest, fresh off of his commitment to kick for Jacksonville State University’s football team, hit three 3-pointers on the way to 11 points. Cole Wheeler’s 11 points included two 3-pointers.
Jayquan Diamond led Cherokee County with 15 points, including three 3-pointers.
McDowell was tournament MVP and joined Forrest, Wheeler and Alexandria’s Jaylen Henderson on the all-tournament team. Diamond, Reid Jacoway and Tatum Perry represented Cherokee County on the all-tournament team, which also included White Plains’ Bryson Cheatwood and Ethan Turner and Cleburne County’s Lyric Ware.
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