Westside thumps Toombs County for GHSA AA Boys Basketball state title

Patriots open with a 10-0 run and dominate throughout

Gary Adornato | Mar 7, 2024

Westside thumps Toombs County for GHSA AA Boys Basketball state title /

MACON, GEORGIA – Westside-Augusta opened Thursday’s GHSA Class AA Boys Basketball state championship game on a 10-0 run and poured in on from there as the Patriots routed Toombs County, 64-29, to easily capture a state championship at the Macon Centerplex.

Westside-Augusta put just two players in double figures, but 10 different Patriots scored points and everyone saw some minutes.

Lavontay Ivery led the offensive attack with 14 points and Jario Atkinson scored 11. Xavier Gross and Dontrell Jackson combined for 14 points.

The Patriots had three dunks, 34 points in the paint, 10 second chance points, 14 points off turnovers and 12 fast-break points in a thoroughly dominating performance.

Dominic Eason netted 9 points and grabbed 6 rebounds to lead Toombs in both categories.

Toombs County missed 10-of-11 layup attempts to sum up its woeful offensive performance.

Published Mar 7, 2024

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.