By Walter L. Johnson II
This is the first of what should be multiple posts on the weekend to come in Albany and Southwest Georgia, short and to the point. So, what are we waiting for? Let’s get started with this first installment of “Looking Ahead To The Weekend.”
GROW Albany will host its Community Planting Day from 9 a.m.-noon tomorrow at Tift Park. Numerous new trees will be planted to replace those that were destroyed during the severe storms that struck the Albany area in January 2017. The event is sponsored by SB&T, Mission Change, Phoebe Putney Health System, and Phoebe Putney Health System. For more information on volunteering, please click here.
In sports, state tournament time has arrived in Georgia high school basketball, and the Metro Albany area and surrounding communities are well represented for the first-round in the Georgia High School Association (GHSA), which starts later today (Friday) and continues through tomorrow (Saturday).
All three GHSA schools in Albany are sending both their boys and girls teams to the state playoffs. The newly-crowned Region 1-AAAA boys champion Westover Patriots will play host to Perry on Saturday, while the girls’ team will travel to Thomaston to face Upson-Lee.
In Class AAA, both Monroe squads will be at home for the first round of the state tournament, as they will host Liberty County in one of the few doubleheaders to be played on the opening weekend. The Lady Tornadoes enter this weekend’s contest as the Region 1-AAA, while the Tornadoes come in as the No. 2 seed.
Both Dougherty teams will hit the road for the first round in Class AAA, with the Trojans traveling to Long County, while the Lady Trojans will go to Pierce County.
Finally, the Worth County Lady Rams will travel to Tattnall County for first-round Class AAA action, while the Lee County Trojans will go to Richmond Hill in the opening round of the Class AAAAAA boys bracket.
Follow the Southwest Georgia Network on Twitter @swganetwork.
