Lady Spartans Advance to Title Game

Senior Baylee Hawkins scored 11 points and handed out seven assists to lead to a 54-27 win over Creekside High Thursday in the Campbell Holiday Classic.

The Lady Spartans, 4-6, will face Region 4-AAAAA rival South Cobb in tonight’s championship game at 7. Campbell upset the Lady Eagles 49-38 at South Cobb in a region game on Dec. 6.

In Thursday’s win, D’Asia Cain scored a game-high 14 points while Diamond Freeman was strong on the boards with nine rebounds for the Lady Spartans.

The Campbell boys fell 61-57 to Forest Park on Thursday to drop to 5-5 on the season. Tristan Cameron scored 22 points to pace the Spartans, who will face Washington in today’s third-place game at 5:30 p.m. Forest Park will face Pope at 8:30 for the tournament championship.

Elsewhere, Noah Dickerson, a 6-foot-6 freshman, was named to the Holiday Classic all-tournament team after leading the Lions to a second-place finish.

Lovett lost 66-49 to Alpharetta in the tournament finals Thursday after an opening round win over and an overtime victory over Wesleyan.

At 6-6 on the year, Lovett resumes play Tuesday at home with a 6-AA region game against Buckhead archrival Westminster.

And in Spartanburg, S.C., Whitefield Academy fell 58-55 to McEachern High in the Upward Classic on Thursday. The Wolfpack went 1-2 in three tournament games in South Carolina. The lone win came Wednesday in a 61-47 victory over host Spartanburg High as Kenneth Gaines scored 27 points and Jordan Coar added 13 points.