Classic series continues with basketball tonight

Published 12:03 am Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Four players from local high schools will represent the Peach State in today’s basketball games for the annual Stump on Sports All-Star Classic series.

The series pits recent high school seniors from northwest Georgia against their counterparts from southeast Tennessee. Georgia won the boys soccer matchup last Friday, while Tennessee won the football game this past Saturday.

Today’s girls basketball game tips off at 6 p.m. at Chattanooga’s Notre Dame High School, while the boys game is scheduled to follow at 8 p.m.

The Team Georgia girls, who will be led by Southeast Whitfield coach Mike Durham, include Southeast’s Wendy Perez and Northwest Whitfield’s Halle Ford, Mallory Souther and Macy Weeks.

Northwest reached the Class 4A state tournament each of the past two seasons and advanced to the second round this year. Southeast ended its season one win from qualifying for the state tournament each of the past two seasons. Ford was named The Daily Citizen’s All-Area Girls Basketball Player of the Year this season, while Perez and Weeks each made the All-Area Team and Souther earned honorable mention.

Georgia’s boys will be led by Dade County coach Glen Hicks. No players from Murray or Whitfield counties are on the roster for Team Georgia.

Tennessee holds a 7-4 lead in each basketball series. Georgia won last year’s boys game, while Tennessee took the girls matchup. Southeast’s Megan Collins was Georgia’s Player of the Game for the girls contest, while Dalton’s Alexis Bautista was the Peach State’s Player of the Game in the boys competition.

The Stump on Sports All-Star Classic series continues with the girls soccer match at 4 p.m. Friday at Chattanooga’s Finley Stadium. The final day of action is June 18 in Chattanooga, with 6 p.m. starts for baseball at McCallie School and softball at Frost Stadium.