State Tournaments: 1962 AA girls (2A)
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1962 Class AA Girls

Opening Round
March 6
Fitzgerald High
Forest Park (23-1)
52
Cairo
50
East Rome (25-2)
39
Elbert County
(Elberton)
14
Berrien (10-14)
(Nashville)
47
College Park
43
Hart County (26-0)
(Hartwell)
38
West Rome
33
March 7
Ringgold High
Henry County
(Ringgold)
49
Crisp County
(Cordele)
43
Newton County (27-2)
(Covington)
45
Ringgold
44
Dodge County (28-1)
(Eastman)
54
Campbell
(Fairburn)
25
Calhoun
42
Forsyth County
(Cumming)
35
Quarterfinals
March 8
Fitzgerald High
East Rome (26-2)
46
Forest Park (24-1)
25
Hart County (27-0)
(Hartwell)
57
Berrien (11-14)
(Nashville)
42
Newton County (28-2)
(Covington)
55
Henry County
(McDonough)
36
Dodge County (29-1)
(Eastman)
62
Calhoun
43
Semifinals
March 9
Fitzgerald High
East Rome (27-2)
44
Hart County (28-0)
(Hartwell)
30
Dodge County (30-1)
(Eastman)
46
Newton County (29-2)
(Covington)
22
Finals
March 10
Fitzgerald High
Dodge County (31-1)
(Eastman)
41
East Rome (28-2)
28
Consolation
March 10
Fitzgerald High
Hart County (28-1)
(Hartwell)
48
Newton County (29-3)
(Covington)
43

The Tournament
Teams: 16
How determined: Region winners, runners-up, third, and fourth place teams.

Champion: Dodge County
School Title: 1st
Final Record: 32-1
Coach: Bob Davis
Notes:

Other Notes:

  • Billy Ensley had a difficult choice. His Hart County boys won their first round game over West Rome on March 7. They were to play at Georgia Tech on March 8. Better, his Bulldogettes won their first round on March 6. Their second round was also on March 8. Ensley, like a good many coaches of this era, commandeered both squads. Because he was already in Atlanta, Ensley opted to stay with the boys. Vice principal Pete Herndon had stayed in Fitzgerald with the girls and coached them for their second round game against Berrien. Both teams ultimately captured third place crowns.
  • Fitzgerald was a bit of an odd choice for a girls state tournament. They had dropped girls basketball after the 1956-57 season and would not resume it until many years later.

1962 champions
Boys
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Girls
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