State Tournaments: 1967 AAA boyd (3A)
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1967 Class AAA Boys

Opening Round
March 1
Georgia Tech -
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Druid Hills
(Atlanta)
58
Wheeler
(Marietta)
50
Savannah (23-9)
54
Tucker
52
Sprayberry (26-2)
(Marietta)
66
Decatur
54
Warner Robins
46
Turner
(Atlanta)
44
Quarterfinals
March 2
Georgia Tech -
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Druid Hills
(Atlanta)
59
OT
Columbus
57
OT
South Fulton
(East Point)
63
Savannah (24-9)
34
Beach (18-1)
(Savannah)
74
Sprayberry (27-2)
(Marietta)
63
Warner Robins
64
Athens
61
Semifinals
March 3
Georgia Tech -
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
South Fulton
(East Point)
83
Druid Hills
(Atlanta)
58
Beach (19-1)
(Savannah)
82
Warner Robins
53
Finals
March 4
Georgia Tech -
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Beach (20-1)
(Savannah)
94
South Fulton
(East Point)
55
Consolation
March 4
Georgia Tech -
Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Warner Robins
66
Druid Hills
(Atlanta)
59

The Tournament
Teams: 12
How determined: Region winners and runners-up

Champion: Beach
School Title: 1st
Final Record: 21-1
Coach: Russell Ellington
Notes:

Other Notes

  • The headline of a March 4, 1967, Atlanta Journal article read: "Is Negro Domination Near?". It was in response to Beach and South Fulton playing for the Class AAA crown. In the fall of 1966, the Georgia High School Association allowed schools from the African-American Georgia Interscholastic Association to join. Beach and South Fulton had been two of the teams that made the jump (another AAA state contender, Turner, did as well). Russell Ellington correctly predicted that most GHSA schools would have to change their style or even their players to be able to contend with the now former GIA schools.

1967 champions
Boys
[ C | B | A | AA | AAA ]
Girls
[ C | B | A | AA | AAA ]