Mercer Team Camp Top Performers 27’ Marcus Heath - Dougherty 27’ Shawn Evans - Valdosta 27’ Kaleb Johnson - Valdosta 29’ James Adams - Monroe 27’ Tristen Terry - Monroe 27’ Richard fisher - Rutland 28’ Landon Evans - Saint Francis 27’ Jaylen Samuel - Saint Francis 28’ Brandon Gilbert - Upson Lee 27’ AJ Sampson - Jeff Davis 27’ Sirron Chambers - CFCA 28’ Brycen Burns - Vidalia 27’ Conrad Ogden - Westminister 27’ Josiah Daniels - Westover 27’ James Lee - Morrow 27’ Jakye Benjamin - Morrow 27’ Chris Wray - MGP 27’ Micah Johnson - MGP 27’ Mahkel Stephens - Hoco 27’ Keelan Day - Spaulding 27’ Alex Butts - Southwest 27’ Cordell Broadnax - Stratford

2027 @sevenkellll a 6’7 Swiss Army knife from @HocoHoops was fantastic in the effort vs. Tucker. A long athlete who scored from all 3 levels and earned a TOP 100 camp invite

Off season workout. Preparing for senior season

Final 67-48 Advance to the Sweet 16 for the second straight year with a win over a good Pope team. Karon Plummer 23p, 2r, 1a Malik Gillespie 14p, 4a, 8r, 1s Josh Jackson 12p, 5r, 2s Mahkel Stephens 10p, 3r, 2a, 2b, 2s

S/O to the guys who received all region honors !

Final/OT 64-54 REGION CHAMPS!!!! Tough grind out win to win the region championship vs Coffee!! Malik Gillespie 29p, 6r, 5a Josh Jackson 14p, 5r, 2a Mahkel Stephens 5p, 4r, 1a, 1b

FINAL: @hocohoops - 55 Veterans - 54 Super gritty game from both teams that came down to the wire for a Houston County win. Andrew Wahiwe knocks down 2 big time 3s on back to back possessions to go from down 5 to up 1 in the final minutes. Mahkel Stephens led HoCo with 12, Malik Gillespie and Andrew Wahiwe with 10 and 7 respectively. Braylon Lott led Veterans with 14 and Jaivyon Dawson and Caleb Nelson with 12 each. @TheWelchyReport

Tournament Time!

Final 85-62 Great bounce back win to clinch the 1 seed going into the region tournament and improve to 17-6 Josh Jackson 17p, 3a Malik Gillespie 15p, 6a, 3r, 1s Mahkel Stephens 12p, 6r, 1a Braylin Mills 10p, 9r, 3b Andrew Wahiwe 7p, 6r, 2a

Final 79-57 Improve to 15-5 and 6-0 in region with a win over Veterans. Josh Jackson 18p, 3a, 2r, 1b Karon Plummer 15p, 3r, 1s, Malik Gillespie 11p, 6a, 3r, 3s Mahkel Stephens 10p, 6r, 1a Andrew Wahiwe 5p, 1a, 3r

Final 73-43 Got hot after a sluggish first half to beat Northside and improve to 14-5 and 5-0 in region play. Malik Gillespie 17p, 6a, 4r, 3s, 1b Mahkel Stephens 11p, 2r, 1b Josh Jackson 10p, 2r, 1a, 1s Karon Plummer 10p, 3r Andrew Wahiwe 8p, 2a, 3r Kaden Coney 7p, 1a

Newnan junior Jaylin Brown is torching defenses and has the Cougars sitting at 14-0 in the 2026 Georgia high school boys basketball season. See where he and stars from Gainesville, Baldwin, Milton, North Gwinnett, and more land in our latest top 10 performers breakdown. Full article linked in replies. ⬇️

Final 81-66 Improve to 3-0 in region play and 12-5 overall with a win @ Veterans Malik Gillespie 26p, 7a, 6r, 1s Josh Jackson 20p, 4a, 2r, 2s Mahkel Stephens 14p, 8r, 4b Karon Plummer 7p, 3r, 1s Andrew Wahiwe 6p, 2r Braylin Mills 6p, 1r, 1b

Final 72-48 Great Team win over TCC to move us to 2-0 in region and 11-5 overall. Mahkel Stephens 19p, 7r, 2b Malik Gillespie 17p, 6r, 5a, 1s Josh Jackson 9p, 5a, 4r Karon Plummer 7p Braylin Mills 6p, 4r Andrew Wahiwe 5p, 2a Joshua Pettigrew 5p, 2r

Final 79-63 Great win to kick off 2026 and start region play 1-0. Josh Jackson 22p, 2a Malik Gillespie 16p, 7a, 1r, 2s Karon Plummer 13p, 1r Andrew Wahiwe 9p, 1r Braylin Mills 6p, 7r, 1a Mahkel Stephens 6p, 4r, 3b

Final 66-69 Tough loss as we miss 2 shots before the buzzer to force Overtime and fall to 9-4. Josh Jackson 26p, 4a, 1r, 2s Malik Gillespie 19p, 1a, 2r Kaden Coney 6p, 2r Andrew Wahiwe 6p, 2r, Mahkel Stephens 6p, 5r

Houston County comes from behind, defeats SW Macon 72-61 #HSBB Josh Jackson 28p (5-3PT) Malik Gillespie 15p Mahkel Stephens 10p for HoCo. Chase Dupree 27p (7-3PT) CJ Howard 13p Alex Butt 10p for SW @SouthDavisBoys #ScreaminDemon

Final 75-47 Great team effort in a win vs Hilliard (FL) on day one of the Battle Off Exit 18 at Lowndes HS Karon Plummer 12p, 4r, 1s Josh Jackson 10p, 2a, 1r, 1s Dashawn Zeigler 9p, 3r Kaden Coney 8p, 2r KJ Johnson 8p, 1s Mahkel Stephens 8p, 2r Malik Gillespie 7p, 6a, 3r

Final 73-50 Great team win over Lakewood (FL) to close out the Battle Off Exit 18 at Lowndes HS to improve to 9-3 Josh Jackson 18p, 4r, 3a Andrew Wahiwe 14p, 4r Malik Gillespie 13p, 8a, 6r Braylin Mills 10p, 3r, 1a Karon Plummer 8p, 1r Mahkel Stephens 8p, 9r, 1a

Final 72-61 Pulled away late vs Southwest to secure Back to back wins at the Screamin Demon Invitational and improve to 7-3 Josh Jackson 30p, 2r, 1s Malik Gillespie 15p, 4r, 3a Mahkel Stephens 10p, 5r, 2b Andrew Wahiwe 8p, 3a, 2r