STATE TOURNAMENT: Good Hope returns to Final Four in search of repeat
Published 6:57 pm Friday, February 21, 2025
Good Hope’s varsity girls dominated the competition last season en route to earning the Class 4A state title.
The Raiders would love nothing more than to repeat that accomplishment next week.
Good Hope — now 121-15 in the past four seasons under head coach Justin Aby — breezed by Dora and Deshler in the Northwest Regional to advance to the Final Four, where it’ll play St. Michael on Tuesday at 3 p.m. The championship game at Birmingham’s Legacy Arena is scheduled for Friday at 4 p.m.
See below for the complete state tournament schedule.
MONDAY — FEBRUARY 24
Class 1A Girls
Brilliant vs. No. 9 McIntosh, 9 a.m.
No. 1 Spring Garden vs. No. 5 R.C. Hatch, noon
Championship: Thursday at 4 p.m.
Class 1A Boys
No. 7 Hubbertville vs. No. 8 Brantley, 10:30 a.m.
No. 3 Oakwood vs. No. 9 R.C. Hatch, 1:30 p.m.
Championship: Thursday at 5:45 p.m.
Class 2A Girls
No. 1 Decatur Heritage vs. No. 5 Abbeville, 3 p.m.
No. 7 Pisgah vs. Highland Home, 6 p.m.
Championship: Friday at 9 a.m.
Class 2A Boys
No. 5 Decatur Heritage vs. No. 1 Providence Christian, 4:30 p.m.
No. 4 Section vs. No. 3 Tuscaloosa Academy, 7:30 p.m.
Championship: Friday at 10:45 a.m.
TUESDAY — FEBRUARY 25
Class 3A Girls
No. 1 Lauderdale County vs. No. 4 T.R. Miller, 9 a.m.
Sylvania vs. No. 2 St. James, noon
Championship: Friday at 12:30 p.m.
Class 3A Boys
No. 8 Mars Hill Bible vs. No. 5 Houston Academy, 10:30 a.m.
No. 10 Glencoe vs. No. 2 Montgomery Academy, 1:30 p.m.
Championship: Friday, 2:15 p.m.
Class 4A Girls
No. 4 Good Hope vs. No. 8 St. Michael, 3 p.m.
No. 6 Plainview vs. No. 1 Trinity, 6 p.m.
Championship: Friday at 4 p.m.
Class 4A Boys
No. 9 Brooks vs. No. 7 Jackson, 4:30 p.m.
No. 2 Plainview vs. No. 1 Fairfield, 7:30 p.m.
Championship: Friday at 5:45 p.m.
WEDNESDAY — FEBRUARY 26
Class 5A Girls
No. 2 Scottsboro vs. Vigor, 3 p.m.
No. 1 Ramsay vs. Marbury, 6 p.m.
Championship: Saturday at 9 a.m.
Class 5A Boys
No. 8 Guntersville vs. Vigor, 4:30 p.m.
No. 5 Wenonah vs. Sylacauga, 7:30 p.m.
Championship: Saturday at 10:45 a.m.
Class 6A Girls
No. 2 Hazel Green vs. No. 1 Park Crossing, 9 a.m.
No. 5 Mountain Brook vs. No. 6 Chelsea, noon
Championship: Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
Class 6A Boys
No. 4 Pinson Valley vs. McGill-Toolen, 10:30 a.m.
Gadsden City vs. No. 6 Paul Bryant, 1:30 p.m.
Championship: Saturday at 2:15 p.m.
THURSDAY — FEBRUARY 27
Class 7A Girls
No. 1 Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa vs. No. 6 Daphne, 9 a.m.
No. 3 Hoover vs. No. 10 Central-Phenix City, noon
Championship: Saturday at 4 p.m.
Class 7A Boys
Florence vs. No. 5 Fairhope, 10:30 a.m.
No. 1 Hoover vs. No. 2 Central-Phenix City, 1:30 p.m.
Championship: Saturday at 5:45 p.m.
