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North Cobb Earns Final Four Berth

Home court advantage couldn't help Tift County in Wednesday's games against the North Cobb boys and girls basketball teams.

If the North Cobb High girls and boys basketball teams take down one more opponent, both will be in next weekend's state championship game in Macon.

Home court advantage couldn't help Tift County against either squad.

The visiting Lady Warriors Wednesday routed Tift County 55-30 to advance to the Class AAAAAA semifinals of the Georgia High School Association State Basketball Tournament.

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And the North Cobb boys prevailed over Tift County 68-63.

Next stop for both teams: Georgia Tech, the site of Saturday's Final Four.

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The Lady Warriors will play North Gwinnett at 7 p.m. The winner will face Langston Hughes or Norcross, who will tip-off at 4 p.m. 

The North Cobb boys will take on Norcross at 8:30 p.m. The top team will meet Hillgrove or Wheeler, who will hit the court at 5:30 p.m.


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