Gaston's Mica Merriman 35-point night leads Gadsden area high school sports top performers
Here are the Gadsden area high school top performers for the Week ending on Dec. 29, the final full week of 2023:
Boys Basketball
Friday, Dec. 29
Albertville's Cooper Colvin scored 13 points in a 59-44 win over Williamson.
Albertville's John McCullars scored 11 points.
Albertville's Jon Wesley Seay had 11 points.
Gaston's Mica Merriman scored 10 points with six rebounds and assists in a 48-45 win over Southside.
Gaston's Devon Green scored 15 points and 11 rebounds with three blocks.
Gaston Adonis Jones scored eight points.
Spring Garden's Jake Welsh scored 17 points in a 51-45 loss to Temple (GA).
Thursday, Dec. 28
Albertville's Cooper Colvin had 23 points in an 83-63 win over Cottage Hill Christian in the Gulf Coast Holiday Classic.
Albertville's Sam Barclift had 19 points.
Albertville's Jon Wesley Seay scored 15 points.
Geraldine's Connor Johnson scored 21 points in a 67-52 win over St. Pius (Houston, Texas) in the Carolina Invitational.
Geraldine's Redick Smith scored 20 points to go with six rebounds and four assists.
Geraldine's Jaxon Colvin scored 18 points while bringing down 12 rebounds.
Spring Garden's John Welsh scored 17 points in a 58-51 loss to Rockmart (GA).
Spring Garden's Connor Bates scored 15 points.
Spring Garden's Jake Welsh scored 13 points.
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Gaston's Mica Merriman had 35 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and four steals in a 66-51 win over Wellborn.
Gaston's Devin Green scored 21 points and brought down 14 rebounds with three blocks.
Sardis's Eli Morton scored 14 points with 12 rebounds in a 66-64 loss to Alexandria.
Sardis' Kason Moore scored 11 points.
Sardis' Luke Martin scored 11 points.
Sardis' Carson Gillilan scored 10 points.
Spring Garden's John Welsh scored 14 points in a 42-38 win over Bowdon (GA).
Spring Garden's Jake Welsh scored 11 points.
Girls basketball
Friday, Dec. 29
Cherokee County's Macy Lea scored 15 points on five 3-pointers in a 60-58 win over Springville.
Cherokee County's Mary Hayes Johnson had 14 points.
Cherokee County's Nevaeh Gaidurgis scored 14 points while bringing down nine rebounds.
Glencoe's Alli Jo Amos scored 15 points in a 72-39 win over Leeds.
Glencoe's Kinlee Montgomery scored 14 points to go with eight steals and six assists.
Glencoe's Sarah Ponder scored 12 points.
Glencoe's Chloe Douglas scored 11 points with four rebounds.
Jacksonville's Halaina Lozano had 18 points in a 60-53 win over Sardis.
Jacksonville's Alexis Phillips scored 15 points.
Susan Moore's Mallorie Holland scored 18 points in a 63-54 loss to Madison Academy.
Susan Moore's Cesa Hernandez scored 12 points.
Susan Moore's Lani Smallwood scored 11 points.
Thursday, Dec. 28
Cherokee County's Macy Lea had 12 points in a 48-36 win over Boaz.
Cherokee County's Nevaeh Gaidurgis had 10 points and eight rebounds.
Cherokee County's Ava Haygood had seven points and nine rebounds.
Cherokee County's Ellisan Givens scored 10 points to go with five assists.
Glencoe's Alli Jo Amos scored 12 points with six rebounds in a 60-40 loss to Jacksonville.
Hokes Bluff's Mazely Ball scored 24 points in a win over Pleasant Valley.
Hokes Bluff's Addison Simmons scored 10 points.
Jacksonville's Alexis Phillips had 22 points in a 60-40 win over Glencoe.
Southside's Grace Anne Rose had 12 points with six rebounds in a win over Orange Beach .
Southside's Madison Shaw had 13 points.
Southside's Grace Anne Rose had 15 points in a win over Hueytown
Southside's Madison Shaw had 18 points.
Southside's Laylah Davis had 17 points.
Susan Moore's Lani Smallwood scored 25 points and 10 rebounds in a 72-52 loss to Saint James.
Susan Moore's Kirsten Ingram scored 12 points.
Wednesday, Dec. 27
Cherokee County's Mary Hayes Johnson had 19 points to go with eight steals and five rebounds in a 55-40 win over Sardis.
Cherokee County's Deannia Starr had 15 rebounds to go with six points and four blocks.
Glencoe's Kinlee Montgomery had 13 points and six rebounds in a 46-40 win over Douglas.
Glencoe's Sarah Ponder had eight points.
Glencoe's Anna Grace Ponder scored eight points.
Susan Moore's Lani Smallwood scored 28 points in a 73-59 win over Decatur Heritage.
Susan Moore's Ally Holland scored 12 points.
Susan Moore's Mylie Butler scored 12 points.
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Maxwell Donaldson covers high school sports and Jacksonville State athletics for the Gadsden Times. Find him on Twitter/X @_Max_Donaldson and contact him at MDonaldson@gannett.com.
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