One Bainbridge High School Lady Cat and two Bearcats basketball players were recently named first team All-Region 1-AAAA.

The honorees, Briana Wade of the Lady Cats and Rodney Glenn and Paul Chukes of the Bearcats, were all vital contributors to their teams’ strong seasons.

Coach Kelvin Cochran’s Lady Cats went 15-9 in the regular season, won the Thomasville High School Holiday Hoopfest championship and advanced to the second round of the State Class AAAA Tournament.

Coach Rickey McCullough’s Bearcats went 23-4 in the regular season, won the Region 1-AAAA South Sub-Region championship and advanced to the second round of the State Class AAAA Tournament.

Cochran describes Wade as an extremely-talented player who is like a coach on the court.

“Briana comes down and sets up everything for us,” he said. “She is a strong ball handler and shooter.”
For the season, Wade averaged 11.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists a game.

McCullough said both Glenn and Chukes contributed greatly in all phases of the game.

“Rodney was a strong shooter, rebounder and assist man,” he said. “He averaged 11.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists a game. Paul Chukes stepped in as a starter this season and led us in scoring, with an average of 14.5 points a game.”