FHSAA Boys Basketball Rural State Championship: Live updates

Crossroad Academy (Quincy) vs. Hawthorne

Crossroad Academy and Hawthorne square off in the first quarter of the FHSAA Rural Boys Classification state championship game on Friday at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland. / Bill Kemp

Crossroad Academy (17-9)  vs. Hawthorne (19-3)

Hawthorne reached the state title game by beating Graceville 69-44.

Crossroad Academy knocked off Fort White 46-37 in the other semifinal.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Crossroads	5	9	9	15	38
Hawthorne	12	11	15	21	59

Hawthorne enters the state title game riding a three-game winning streak having last lost to Williston on Feb. 7. 

Crossroad enters riding a six-game winning streak having last lost to Marianna 61-49 on Jan. 29. 

FIRST QUARTER

Hawthorne takes an early 12-5 first quarter lead.

SECOND QUARTER

Hawthorne’s Chasion Wilson led all scorers with eight points in the first quarter.

He also hauled down three rebounds and made three steals.

Crossroads was led by Jabari Boahen with three points dished out an assist.

Hawthorne pushes its lead to 10 points with 4:24 remaining in the second quarter, 19-9.

Both teams are struggling to score, both from the field and the charity stripe. There were a total of seven points scored in the last four minutes of the first half. Both teams head to the locker room with Hawthorne leading 23-14.

HALFTIME

Hawthorne’s Chasion Wilson leads all scorers with eight points and three rebounds.  He was 4-of-4 from the free-throw line. Also for Hawthorne, Leland Johnson and Nathan Jennings both scored four points.

THIRD QUARTER

Crossroad Academy was led by Jabari Boahen with five points and Davel Dixon with three.

Hawthorne now leads 31-18 with 4:09 left in the third quarter.

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Hawthorne begins to pull away. It now leads 37-18 with 3 minutes left in the third.

Hawthorne has a 15-point lead at the end of the third quarter and is on the verge of its first Rural Classification state championship, leading Crossroads Academy 38-23.

FOURTH QUARTER

Chasion Wilson continues to lead all scorers. He has 14 points at the end of the third quarter. He’s also hauled down eight rebounds and connected on 6-of-7 shots from the free-throw line.

Crossroads has struggled shooting, hitting just 7-of-21 shots and 2-of-10 from 3-point land.

We are now under three minutes remaining and Hawthorne leads Crossroads Academy 50-33.

This one is about over. Hawthorne is taking out its starters, leading 56-37 with 1:15 left in the game.

Hawthorne is bringing the FHSAA Boys Basketball Rural State Championship trophy home. The Hornets take down Crossroads 59-38 for the state title.

Here’s the wrapup: Hawthorne’s Chasion Wilson led all scorers with 16 points and nine rebounds. Also for Hawthorne, Leland Johnson finished with 15 points, five rebounds and two assists.

Crossroads struggled shooting, going 3-of-18 from the field. Crossroads was led by Myron Tennell and Camari Hale, both with seven points apiece

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