The state basketball

tournament was not kind to the two boys teams representing Fayette County.

The Fayette County Tigers and the Sandy Creek Patriots were both eliminated

in first round play on Friday night, ending both team's seasons.

Beach led the

Tigers for the entire game. Beach built a 12-8 lead at the end of the

first quarter and stretched that lead to 24-14 with a minute remaining

in the half. Fayette County was being out rebounded and outhustled by

Beach and had a tough time responding to Beach's pressure defense. The

Tigers trailed 27-16 at the half and found themselves down 39-18 with

two minutes remaining in the third quarter. In the final 10 minutes of

the game, the Tigers made a rally, outscoring Beach 27-17. It wasn't enough

however and the Tigers lost 56-45.

Sandy Creek

had a poor night shooting and rebounding against Statesboro, a team ranked

third in the state, which only lost once in the regular season before

losing twice in the region tournament. Though the Patriots had a height

advantage, Statesboro was quicker and won 65-47. Aaron Caruthers scored

16 points and pulled in four rebounds and Kevin Craig added 13 points

and eight rebounds.

Cocah Maurice

Triche was proud of his team's accomplishments. The team finished with

a 19-11 record and won the region 4-AAAA championship. They will graduate

three players and next season will have six seniors and seven juniors,

all with a taste of a region title and the state tournament.

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