Rickards Girls, Godby Boys Advance to Basketball Regional State Semifinals

On Feb. 20 and Feb. 21, the last two Leon County teams standing in the post season, Rickards and Godby, will play in the second round of the FHSAA 4A state tournament. The Rickards’ girls basketball team will take on Fort Walton Beach on the 20th at Fort Walton while the Godby’s boys basketball team will face off against Fort Walton Beach in Tallahassee on the 21st.

Rickards

As the third seed in their region, The Rickards girls basketball team beat Menendez 55-33 in the first round of the state tournament to advance to the semifinals where they will play against Fort Walton Beach. Rickards is currently 15-6 and is ranked 48th in the state. The Raiders played Fort Walton twice in the regular season losing the first game 46-25 but redeemed themselves on Jan. 17 with a 35-30 win over the Vikings.

Rickards’ lead scorer is Senior Amirahs Hayes with 13.9 points per game while also leading the team in assists with 72.

Godby

As the second seed in their region, Godby will host their semifinal matchup against Fort Walton in Tallahassee. This will be the first time they play each other this year. On their way to the semifinal, The Cougars beat Raines 63-58 in the first round to advance to a record of 19-6. The Cougars are currently ranked 85th in the state of Florida.

During their game against Raines, Jaden Staten led the team in scoring with 26 points while Jason Brown and Lazarus Chambers were the only other players to break into double digits both scoring 11 points.