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Newton County area basketball players earn All-Region honors
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For the second straight year Stephon Castle (2) earned the region player of the year. - photo by Anthony Banks | The Covington News

COVINGTON, Ga. — Basketball tournaments wrapped up this week and, amid all the action, area players were  recognized on their team's All-Region list. 

Alcovy Tigers of Region 3-AAAAAA

The Tigers had one player earn All-Region honors after their season ended on Saturday. 

Sophomore Nick Durham was named All-Region. 

Meanwhile, the Lady Tigers had a lone representative as well. 

Junior Luv Llewellyn was recognized for All-Region after she led the Lady Tigers with 9.7 points and 9.3 rebounds. 

Eastside Eagles of Region 8-AAAAA

Kassen Saunders and Larry Rivers each earned First Team All-Region for the Eagles. According to Eastside basketball’s Twitter, Saunders was one vote away from being named the region’s Player of the Year. 

Saunders, a senior, averaged a team-high 12.8 points per game with a 1.3 rebound average. Rivers also contributed 6.2 points and 4.2 rebounds in his junior season. 

The Lady Eagles celebrated two of their players making All-Region this season — Jailyn Williams and Aysia Spivey. 

Sophomore Williams led Eastside in scoring with 11 points per game on a team-best 63% field goal percentage. She also recorded her team’s highest steals average with 1.6. Spivey, a freshman, contributed nine points per game for the Lady Eagles along with 3.9 rebounds. 

Newton Rams of Region 4-AAAAAAA 

The top honor to this point has been awarded to Stephon Castle. For the second straight year he earned the region player of the year. 

MJ Whitlock received First Team recognition while Ashton Pennamon and Timothy Prather were named Honorable Mention. 

Pennamon was also named the region's All-Defensive Team. 

Note: The Lady Rams didn’t have any players make the All-Region team. 

Social Circle of Region 5A-Division I

The reigning region champion Redskins had four players make it onto the All-Region team. 

Lamarius Jackson took home the highest honor earning the region’s Player of the Year. His twin brother Quindarius was named First Team All-Region followed by DaShon Hyman’s Second Team All-Region honors. 

AJ Vinson concluded Social Circle players’ recognition by being named Honorable Mention. 

But the Redskins’ head coach, Taylor Jackson, was named Region 5A-Division I Coach of the Year. 

For the Lady Redskins, Jada Hyman was named First Team All-Region with a season average of 16.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.3 assists. Alana Ferguson was named Second Team averaging 7.3 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.4 steals. 

Kelis Reid averaged 5.3 points and 2.3 rebounds per game and received honorable mention.