A New #1 Team in the State of Georgia. The Fannin County Lady Rebels

The Atlanta Journal Constitution released their latest Basketball poll on Monday.  The Fannin County Rebels are the new #1 team in AA. This is believed to be Fannin County’s 1st Number 1 ranking since 2004. The Lady Rebels finished that season as State Runner Up.

State Runner Up. The Lady Rebels also finished last season as State Runner up losing in the State Championship to Josey in Macon.

This season the Lady Rebels are off to a 15-2 start and a perfect 6-0 in Region Play. The only 2 defeats coming to Defending State Champion Murphy (NC) just up the road on HWY 64 and Jefferson. Jefferson is ranked #1 in Class 4A.

The Lady Rebels Team consisting of Seniors Becca Ledford, Regan York, Jenna Young, Juniors Ellie Cook, Reigan O’neal, Ava Queen, Riley Reeves, Sophomores Courtney Davis, Jayden Bailey, and Macy Hawkins have scored a total of 990 points and allowed 632 on the season.

The job isn’t close to being finished for the Lady Rebels. The remaining players from this team still have that bad taste in their mouth from losing last year in the State Championship. Expect this Fannin County Lady Rebel team to remain laser focused despite being ranked #1.

The Lady Rebels currently sit in first place in region 7-AA. If they finish 1st, Fannin County will host the entire boys and girls 7-AA Region Tournament in February. This would give both Varsity programs (boys and girls teams) a very important home court advantage in the tournament as they pursue entry and seeding for the GHSA state tournament. 

Interview with Fannin Lady Rebels Coach Ryan Chastain 

“We are excited to be ranked #1 in the AJC poll. It’s fun to talk about, but we want to be ranked #1 in the polls at the end of the season. That’s what our focus is on. 

We’re also excited about the opportunity to host the region tournament this year. We want to make sure that it’s played here! It’s important for us and our boys program! We want to do it for both programs and our community! Our boys are playing to get in the state tournament for the first time in a while! We want them to have the chance to achieve that here in our gym! We’ve had a lot of success here in athletics across the board. We want success for everyone! It’s going to be a fun end to the season! We’re fired up to represent Fannin County!”

The Lady Rebels and Rebels travel to Rival Union County tonight. Girls at 6 pm and Boys at 730pm