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ROAD TO VICTORY. Sand Rock’s Riley Norris helped lead his team last week in the Northeast Regional Basketball Tournament at Jacksonville State University. Riley claimed regional Most Valuable Player honors.
The Sand Rock Wildcats, Spring Garden Lady Panthers and Piedmont Bulldogs all claimed Northeast Regional Tournament championships at Jacksonville State University’s Pete Mathews Coliseum last week.
Third-ranked Sand Rock (28-3) was the first to punch its ticket after defeating Ranburne 78-61 last Monday and Section 75-67 in the Class 2A Northeast Regional final on Thursday. It’s the second consecutive season the Wildcats have made the state tournament.
Sand Rock took on Central Regional champion Pickens County (24-2) in the Class 2A state semifinals in Birmingham on Tuesday night.
Spring Garden (22-9) clinched its eighth Class 1A Final Four trip in nine seasons. The ninth-ranked Lady Panthers defeated Parkway Christian 55-15 last Tuesday and captured a 26-25 victory over Gaston in the Class 1A Northeast Regional final on Friday to earn their latest trip to the Magic City.
Spring Garden faced Central Region champion Sunshine (22-1) on Tuesday at noon at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Complex.
Piedmont (23-8) earned the Class 3A Northeast Regional boys’ title with a 78-73 overtime victory on Wednesday and a 56-40 win over Leeds on Saturday in the regional final.
Piedmont makes it’s first trip in the modern era to the Class 3A Final Four. The fourth-ranked Bulldogs take on Central Regional champion Greene County (21-7) in the state semifinals on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.
Highlights of all three teams’ games in Birmingham can be found on The Herald’s website at www.cherokeeherald.com.
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