Walton-Wheeler Hoop It Up Tonight

The high school basketball regular season comes to an end tonight for East Cobb rivals who are having quite different seasons.

The Wheeler boys can clinch the Region 5-AAAAAA regular season crown when it plays host to Walton. The game starts at 7:30 at the Doug Lipscomb Gym.

The Wildcats, who were surprised by Cherokee on Tuesday, are 15-7 and 10-3 in region play, a game ahead of the Warriors, who play Milton on Friday.

On the other hand, Walton is 11-11 and 4-8. Wheeler downed the Raiders 76-73 in overtime earlier this season. 

While the Wildcats have their usual complement of players receiving college recruiting attention -- Elijah Staley and Daniel Giddens in particular -- the Raiders are relying heavily on senior guard Rico Overall this season.

The girls game begins at 6 p.m. Walton is 9-14 and 5-8 while the Wheeler girls are 7-11 and 7-6. The Lady Raiders won the first meeting between the two teams, 59-57, on Jan. 15.

On Friday, Lassiter will hold Senior Night festivities against Roswell. The Trojan boys are 7-17 and 5-8, while the girls are 11-12 and 5-8.

The Pope boys (18-7, 11-3) finished their schedule on Tuesday with a 73-27 win over Forsyth Central and will be the top seed in next week's Region 7B-AAAAA tournament.

Sprayberry's boys are 16-9 and 9-5 after defeating Creekview 72-53, while the Kell boys are 8-17 and 6-8 after beating Cambridge 60-57.

The Kell girls will be the top seed after closing out the regular season with a 19-2 and 12-2 regular season. Pope is 17-8 and 9-5 and Sprayberry 17-8 and 7-7.