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A total 15 teams from schools in DeKalb County--eight girls' and seven boys' teams--have advanced to the semifinals of their region tournaments and have qualified for state basketball tournament in five classifications.

Semifinals in regions 2-AAAAA, 6-AAAA, 5-AAA, 6-AA and 9-A are today (Feb. 17) and regional finals are Feb. 18. Teams will be playing for seeding positions for the state tournaments in the final two rounds of the region tournaments. The DeKalb teams that have qualified for state are listed in bold in the region tournament schedule below.

REGION TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Thursday, Feb. 16
Region 6-AAAA Girls at Miller Grove
Chamblee (25-1) 49, Mays (12-12) 38 (season over)
Redan (19-7) 50, Tucker (19-7) 40 (season over)
SW DeKalb (16-10) 45, Marist (16-8) 29 (season over)
Miller Grove (18-4) 62, Douglass (7-12) 22 (season over)

Region 5-AAA at Columbia
(G) Riverwood (19-8) 57, Stone Mountain (11-16) 38 (season over)
(B) Washington (17-8) 66, Arabia Mountain (11-12) 61 (season over)
(G) Columbia (17-5) 67, Grady (14-12) 20 (season over)
(B) Columbia (24-1) 75, Cedar Grove (6-15) 46 (season over)

Region 5-AAA at St. Pius X
(B) Towers (18-7) 43, Stone Mountain (3-17) 31

REGION TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Friday, Feb. 17 (Semifinals)
Region 2-AAAAA at Westlake
(G) Newton (20-6) vs. Westlake (20-5), 4:00 p.m.
(B) Stephenson (7-19) vs. Newnan (14-12), 5:30 p.m.
(G) Stephenson (22-4) vs. Luella (18-8), 7:00 p.m.
(B) M.L. King Jr. (17-9) vs. Westlake (23-2), 8:30 p.m.

Region 6-AAAA at Miller Grove
(G) Chamblee (25-1) vs. SW DeKalb (16-10), 4:00 p.m.
(B) Chamblee (19-7) vs. SW DeKalb (17-8), 5:30 p.m.
(G) Redan (19-7) vs. Miller Grove (18-4), 7:00 p.m.
(B) Miller Grove (17-9) vs. Marist (17-5), 8:30 p.m.

Region 5-AAA at Columbia
(G) St. Pius X (23-3) vs. Woodward Academy (19-8), 4:00 p.m.
(B) Towers (18-7) vs. Grady (22-3), 5:30 p.m.
(G) Columbia (17-5) vs. Riverwood (19-8), 7:00 p.m.
(B) Columbia (24-1) vs. Washington (17-8), 8:30 p.m.

Region 6-AA semifinals at Decatur

Region 9-A semifinals at ELCA

(G) Paideia (19-7) vs. Strong Rock (20-5), 4 p.m.

(B) Greenforest Christian (22-4) vs. Landmark Christian (20-4), 5:30 p.m.

(G) Greenforest Christian (14-6) vs. Southwest Atlanta Christian (23-3), 7 p.m.