Cobb County teams ready to get the 2024 basketball season underway
The start of the 2024 Georgia High School basketball season is here and on Sunday, the Hillgrove Hawks Boys and Girls basketball teams hosted the annual Cobb County media day to signify the start of the season. "It's real exciting to see all the talent in Cobb County," Hillgrove assistant coach, Christopher Lowther, said on Sunday as boys and girls basketball teams from throughout Cobb County made their way to Powder Springs for the annual event.
"This is my favorite time of the year," Kell Longhorns girls basketball head coach, Kandra Bailey said as she along with Longhorns' players Sydney Moss, McKenzie Green and Kennedy Deese took the stage on Sunday to talk about the start of the season. We're just excited to see what we can do this year to build off of what we accomplished last season," Bailey added as the Longhorns finished the 2023 season with a third place finish in the region standings and advancing to the second round of the state championship tournament.
"We're looking forward to having a really good year," Pope Greyhounds girls basketball head coach, Bill Blythe, with players Abbey Bensman, Kennedi Steward, Rylie Muller, Sarah Gentry and Laila Nixon on stage with him, said as the Greyhounds look to build off of a 2023 season in which they finished 23-8 overall and 10-2 in the region play for a second place finish. "The strength of our core is back so we feel really good about that," added. "It was the best season we had in 27 years," Blythe continued as he shared his thoughts on the Greyhounds building off of the success they had last season.
For the Campbell Spartans boys basketball team, "it's always something you look forward to this time of year," head coach James Gwyn said of getting the season underway with returning players and some new editions, acknowledging the Spartans will be an undersized team, however ready to defend their region title. "We're not a very big team, but that's something in which we did not have a lot of size last year either so they kind of understand how we have to play a little differently with our size," Gwyn said as he was joined by Sharif Mosley Jr., Xavier Hardy, Kaylan Robertson and Jaelan Cheaves.
"These girls are ready, they have worked hard, we're ready to see what we've got," Sprayberry Yellow Jackets girls basketball head coach, Kelly Avery said as she praised her players for their efforts throughout the summer and fall to prepare for the season. "These girls are going to be fun to coach and I'm looking forward to that," Avery continued as she explained how her players, in which Lenai Louie, Mikyla Wilson, Kaitlyn Williams, Daphne White, Patience Marks, and Brooklyn McEachin were among some of the players with her, have displayed the willingness to be coached and learn new systems as they look to build off their 17-12 2023 season in which they reached the first round of the playoffs.
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