(Franklin, GA) — The Heard County Lady Braves took care of business at home versus Temple in Wednesday night’s Region 5-AA semifinal, taking down the Lady Tigers by a lopsided final score of 64-39.
The win sets up a Region 5-AA Championship game tonight in Franklin where the Lady Braves will meet rival Callaway for the third time this season.
Callaway was likewise impressive while cruising to an easy win over Haralson County in the other semifinal matchup.
Freshman Jayden Boykin led the way for the Lady Braves in the semifinal — scoring 16 to go along with five assists and five steals. Sophomore Jasmine Owens scored 14 and senior Hermonie Garza had 13 points.
Senior Briana Labaff had a nice game with four points off the bench as Coach Helen Akins was able to rest her starting five for the majority of the second half.
The large Brave Nation crowd in attendance was extra excited to see the very popular backup players for the Lady Braves get some quality minutes in the playoffs with the highlight coming on a basket by freshman Karleigh Smith, her first career points, in the closing moments of the fourth quarter.

Senior Briana Labaff (Photo: Juliann Carpenter)
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