The champs are still considered the team to beat.
North Augusta’s girls’ basketball team, winner of four consecutive state titles, is the top-ranked team in Class AAAA in the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association’s preseason rankings, released Friday, November 20.
Ranked second to start the season is South Pointe, runner-up to the Lady Jackets in each of the previous two seasons, followed by Westwood, Greenville, Irmo, Myrtle Beach, Dreher, A.C. Flora, Travelers Rest and West Florence.
The Lady Jackets graduated two all-state seniors in Tyliah Burns (Winston-Salem State) and J’Mani Ingram (Winthrop), but return loads of talent and experience – like Francis Marion signee Kiana Lee and star sophomore P’eris Smith.
It’s their time to lead a North Augusta program with a 109-5 record during the four-year title run, 19 consecutive playoff wins and 45 straight wins in region games.
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