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Day 2 of the Northeast and Central regionals is underway, with action in the Class 3A and 4A brackets. Click links and refresh often for scores and updates.

Northeast Regional basketball

(At Pete Mathews Coliseum)

CLASS 1A GIRLS
Tuesday, Feb. 17
Winterboro 54, Appalachian 24
Ider 70, Jacksonville Christian 36
Tuesday, Feb. 24
Championship
Winterboro vs. Ider, 9 a.m.

CLASS 1A BOYS
Tuesday, Feb. 17
Winterboro 48, Appalachian 46
Wadley 72, Coosa Christian.66
Tuesday, Feb. 24
Championship
Winterboro vs. Wadley, 10:45 a.m,

CLASS 2A GIRLS
Tuesday. Feb. 17
Pisgah 69, Sand Rock 48
North Sand Mountain 64, Cornerstone 35
Tuesday, Feb. 24
Championship
Pisgah vs. North Sand Mountain, 12:30 p.m.

CLASS 2A BOYS
Tuesday, Feb. 17
North Sand Mountain 54, Sand Rock 29
Section 73, Cedar Bluff 25
Tuesday, Feb. 24
Championship

North Sand Mountain vs. Section, 2:15 p.m.

CLASS 3A GIRLS
Wednesday, Feb. 18
Glencoe 51, Fyffe 46
Sylvania 47, Westbrook Christian 39
Tuesday, Feb. 24
Championship
Glencoe vs. Sylvania, 4 p.m.

CLASS 3A BOYS
Wednesday, Feb. 18
Westbrook Christian 57, Collinsville 45
Whitesburg Christian 55, Geraldine 40
Tuesday, Feb. 24
Championship
Westbrook Christian vs. Whitesburg Christian, 5:45 p.m.

CLASS 4A GIRLS
Wednesday, Feb. 18
Cherokee County 56, St. John Paul II 14
Plainview 52, West Limestone 21
Monday, Feb. 23
Championship
Cherokee County vs. Plainview, 4 p.m.

CLASS 4A BOYS
Wednesday, Feb. 18

Ashville 67, Alexandria 64 (2OT)
Madison Academy 66, Plainview 44
Monday, Feb. 23
Championship
Ashville vs. Madison Academy, 5:45 p.m.

CLASS 5A GIRLS
Friday, Feb. 20
Northside vs. Moody, 3 p.m.
Springville vs. Jacksonville, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 25
Championship, 4 p.m.

CLASS 5A BOYS
Friday, Feb. 20
Moody vs. Sipsey Valley, 4:30 p.m.
Wenonah vs. Ramsay, 7:30 p,m.
Wednesday, Feb. 25
Championship, 5:45 p.m.

CLASS 6A GIRLS
Friday, Feb. 20
Minor vs. Mountain Brook, 9 a.m.
Oxford vs. Fort Payne, noon
Wednesday, Feb. 25
Championship, 9 a.m.

CLASS 6A BOYS
Friday, Feb. 20
Homewood vs. Mountain Brook, 10:30 a.m.
Oxford vs. Gadsden City, 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 25
Championship, 10:45 a.m.

CLASS 7A GIRLS
Monday, Feb. 23
Albertville vs. Vestavia Hills, 9 a.m.
Hoover vs. Sparkman, noon
Wednesday, Feb. 25
Championship, 12:30 p.m

CLASS 7A BOYS
Monday, Feb. 23
Vestavia Hills vs. Sparkman, 10:30 a.m.
Huntsville vs. Hoover, 1;30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 25
Championship, 2:15 p.m.

Central Regional basketball

(Alabama State University Acadome, Montgomery)

CLASS 2A GIRLS
Tuesday, Feb. 17
HIghland Home 43, Horseshoe Bend 32
Lanett 49, Ranburne 32
Monday, Feb. 23
Championship
Highland Home vs. Lanett 9 a.m.

CLASS 4A BOYS
Wednesday, Feb. 18
Montgomery Catholic 60, Bibb County 45
Fairfield 59, Anniston 42
Tuesday, Feb. 24
Championship
Montgomery Catholic vs. Fairfield, 5:45 p.m.

CLASS 5A GIRLS
Thursday, Feb. 19
Central-Clay vs. Beauregard, 9 a.m.
Valley vs. Briarwood Christian, noon
Tuesday, Feb. 24
Championship, 12:30 p.m.

CLASS 5A BOYS
Thursday, Feb. 19
Central-Clay vs. Marbury, 10:30 a.m.
Elmore County vs. Sylacauga, 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 24
Championship, 2:15 p.m.

Glencoe girls 51, Fyffe 46

By Joe Medley
East Alabama Sports Today

JACKSONVILLE — Glencoe’s turned things around at Christmas, and life since then has felt like Christmas for the Yellow Jackets.

Kinlee Montgomery scored a game-high 23 points, and Glencoe held off Fyffe 51-46 in Wednesday’s Northeast Regional Class 3A semifinals in Pete Mathews Coliseum.

The Yellow Jackets (21-8), making their 16th Northeast Regional appearance, will play in their ninth regional final Tuesday at 4 p.m. against Sylvania. Glencoe seeks its second Northeast Regional title and first since beating Altamont in 2009.

“This is a program that belongs at Jacksonville,” Glencoe coach Blake Badgett said. “We always talk about that, and now we’re one game away from getting us back to Birmingham.

“We’ve been one time in program history, so we’re trying to make some history there.”

Glencoe has won 14 of 15 games since a 7-7 start, which included a four-game losing streak. Montgomery sees a 62-27 victory over Saks on Dec. 30 as the team’s awakening.

“The Saks game helped,” she said. “It gave us more confidence that we know we can go out there and still win ballgames.”

Badgett said the turnaround seemed to boil down to opponents focusing their defensive efforts on Montgomery.

“I’ve known them for a long time, and I’m going to tell you, I just think it ticks them off when people just try to play Kinlee,” he said. “Kinlee had to overcome that, too. 

“They’re going to guard you, and that’s a reward. You’ve earned that. That means, for everybody else, that’s your opportunity to go.”

Katy Talbot was provided the significant other Wednesday with 15 points and 12 rebounds.

“We’ve seen a lot of junk defenses in the last two or three weeks to try to eliminate Payton (Gray) and Kinlee,” Badgett said. “Katy has run out there and scored 20 in several games. …

“We embrace that. We work on that. “

It worked to help Glencoe prevail against Fyffe in a game that saw 10 lead changes and five ties. Glencoe held the biggest lead, seven points, at 7:01 of the third quarter.

Led by Sam Galloway’s 14 points and 13 with nine rebounds from Maylee Totherow, Fyffe rallied to lead by three at 7:39 of the fourth.

‘We kind of talked before the game, just fight for four more quarters,” Badgett said. “Fight for four more practices. We’ve got four seniors, so that was our mantra right before we went out.”

Cover photo: Glencoe’s Katy Talbot hits clutch free throws down the stretch as the Yellow Jackets hold off Fyffe 51-46 in their Class 3A Northeast Regional semifinal Wednesday in Pete Mathews Coliseum. (Photo by Joe Medley/East Alabama Sports Today)

Westbrook Christian 57, Collinsville 45

By Joe Medley
East Alabama Sports Today

JACKSONVILLE — Westbrook Christian’s boys have earned their third third shot at a Northeast Regional title, and the Warriors are in a mood to make history.

“We really want people to look back, for people coming to Westbrook, and this be the year that people realize that the culture has changed around our basketball program.” junior guard Titus Jones said.

Bo Kilgo led five Warriors in double figures with 13 points, and Wesbrook Christian beat Collinsville 57-45 in Wednesday’s Northeast Regional Class 3A semifinals in Pete Mathews Coliseum.

The Warriors advanced to Tuesday’s 5:45 p.m. final against Whitesburg Christian.

Westbrook Christian is making its seventh appearance in the regional and third in the regional final. The Warriors lost to Lanett in 2014 and Piedmont in 2015.

The boys punched their ticket to the regional final just ahead of the Westbrook girls’ regional semifinal against Sylvania. 

‘We’re about to watch our girls play right here, and our teams are getting better and better,” Westbrook boys coach Neal Wester said. “Our program is coming on, and to get that next step would be a tremendous high.”

Balance helped get the Warriors to their latest shot at a berth in the Final 48. Bradey Carden and Brodey Wood added 12 points apiece Wednesday, and Westbrook got 10 apiece from Jones and Case Burton.

They overcame 18 points from Collinsville’s Mason McAteer and 10 with seven rebounds from Sylas Adams.

Westbrook led most of the way and by as many as 18 points.

The Warriors got to the foul line, hitting 19 of 27 free throws compared to Collinsville’s 7-for-10 clip. Westbrook’s bench outscored Collinsville’s 10-0.

“They’ve got a good team. Give them credit,” Wester said. “There was a reason they were hanging there. In the second half, I thought our defense kind of wore on them a little bit.”

Westbrook Christian’s Titus Jones gets up a shot against Collinsville during Wednesday’s Northeast Regional semifinals in Pete Mathews Coliseum. (Photo by Joe Medley/East Alabama Sports Today)

Sylvania girls 47, Westbrook Christian 39

By Joe Medley
East Alabama Sports Today

JACKSONVILLE — Sylvania sank 3-pointers in the second half to break open a tie game at halftime and eliminated Westbrook Christian 47-39 in Wednesday’s Northeast Regional Class 3A semifinals.

Sylvania advanced to face Glencoe in Tuesday’s regional final.

Westbrook’s girls saw their basketball season end in the Sweet 16 after making the Elite 8 in volleyball. The Warriors made their first regional appearance since 2016.

“I’m real proud of this group,” Westbrook coach Jeremy Brooks said. “I think this team laid the foundation, hopefully, for the program that we’re going to have at Westbrook Christian.

“We had a 20-win season and was able to make it to Jacksonville, and it’s been awhile since the school has been down here.”

Sylvania got 13 points from Aubrey Morgan and 10 from Sarah Graham, with each player pulling down 11 rebounds. The Rams shot 25.8 percent from the field but grabbed 31 offensive rebounds to Westbrook’s 15.

Sylvania had a 64-39 edge in rebounds overall.

The Rams also hit all four of their 3-pointers in the second half, breaking open a game that was tied 22-22 at halftime.

Addison Hammontree led Westbrook with 11 points, and the Warriors got nine points and 10 rebounds from Avery Snead. Center Caroline Taylor battled foul troubles all game and fouled out with seven points and six rebounds.   

Brooks said Westbrook is “super close” to taking the next step and winning its first regional title since 1999.

“This year, especially in 3A, I think there’s a fine line between making that one next step,” he said. “Even this game right here, we were right in it. Caroline was plagued with foul trouble, and that hurt us defensively and rebounding wise. …

“This game came down to missing shots. They made a few more shots than us, and then they had a ton of offensive rebounds.”

Westbrook Christian’s Danielle Prime shoots a 3-pointer against Sylvania during Wednesday’s Northeast Regional Class 3A semifinals in Pete Mathews Coliseum. (Photo by Joe Medley/East Alabama Sports Today)

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