Recapping the 2025 AHSAA basketball championships [PHOTOS]

The 2025 Alabama high school basketball state championships are officially in the books with 14 teams leaving Legacy Arena with a new blue map trophy.

Among those champions were:

• 5 repeat champions
• 6 No. 1 ranked teams
• 5 first-time champions

Keep reading to see everything you might have missed in Birmingham including scores, stats, quotes + plenty of our favorite photos from the week.

Championship games

While this year’s finals had its fair share of blowouts, there were also several games that came down to the final moments including three one-possession games, an overtime game + one game-winning buzzer beater from Jackson’s Isaiah Gladney.

Here’s the final scores from all 14 state championship games this week:

Most Valuable Players

There were also plenty of standout performances from the losing side of championship games as well.

Brantley’s Jayden Parks scored 44 points including 16 in the game’s final two minutes to push R.C. Hatch to the wire.

In the 4A boys game, Sawyer Wilborn scored 21 points for Plainview including the game-tying basket late in the fourth quarter before Jackson’s buzzer beater.

Chelsea’s Haley Trotter recorded a double-double, scoring 18 points and grabbing 13 rebounds in the 6A girls title game.

Jalen Chandler scored 41 points in Florence’s semifinal win but was held to just 9 points before fouling out late in the championship game loss to Hoover.

By the numbers

58,759: The official attendance for the week at Legacy Arena including more than 13,000 during Saturday’s six championship games.

122: Spring Garden’s Ace Austin scored or assisted on 122 points across the semifinal + championship game as the Alabama signee led her team to a third straight state title.

52: Vigor boys turned up its defensive intensity across its two games in Birmingham, recording 35 steals and scoring 52 points off turnovers in the semifinal + championship.

35: The Hoover boys became the first 7A boys team to ever go undefeated in a season, winning all 35 games on their way to a third straight title

19: Pearce Boone scored 19 of his game-high 37 points in the second quarter of Providence Christian’s win over Tuscaloosa Academy. The Eagles didn’t trail in the final three quarters, securing their first ever boys basketball championship.

18: The largest comeback of the championship games belongs to the Lauderdale County girls team which trailed by 18 points early in the third quarter.

14: At just 14 years old, Hoover’s Kristen Winston accounted for 22 points, 7 rebounds + 8 assists in 42 minutes across two games in Birmingham. She was named to the all-tournament team.

13: Alli Romans scored 13 of her 15 points in the fourth quarter of the 2A girls championship game, helping Pisgah pull away from top-ranked Decatur Heritage.

12:59: Trinity held defending champion Good Hope without a point for nearly 13 minutes, going on a 34-0 run to take over the 4A girls championship game.

11: R.C. Hatch boys basketball won its 11th title in program history + first since 2008.

3: Hoover boys and girls have both won the 7A state championship in each of the last 3 seasons.

Quotes of the week

“Every year, someone says something about why we can’t win. And we always do… we might be doing something right to win five in a row.”

Hoover coach Krystle Lawson after winning a fifth consecutive title

“The fanbase was everything. I don’t think there was one person left in Uniontown tonight… we owed it to them.”

R.C. Hatch coach Kris Hood on the crowd at the 1A boys championship

“I just always plan to be ready and be prepared.”

Jackson’s Isaiah Gladney on his game-winning buzzer beater in the 4A boys championship

“I thought they called the name out wrong. I just thought there’s no way.”

Pisgah’s Madeline Flammia on being named the 2A girls MVP

“Nobody wants second place. But the amount of adversity and challenges, I’m proud of them for the effort they gave. Even though that’s not the trophy we wanted, I wanted them to be proud of that… I wanted them to have their moment.”

Mars Hill coach Jeremy Pounders

“It’s been a long time (since a Montgomery school won a girls state championship). We made it our business to bring it back into the city of Montgomery because they’ve been bringing the support all season.”

Park Crossing’s Maliyah Meeks

“These guys have a lot of energy as it is. I’m a defensive-minded coach. I told them I know you guys can score but can you play defense and can you play it the right way? They started to believe in it.”

Vigor coach Lee Riley on his team’s defense

“You can talk about points, you can talk about championships but anywhere we went, little boys and little girls lined up to get an autograph from her… maybe we’ll see some more Ace Austins on the court one day.”

Spring Garden coach Ricky Austin on his daughter Ace

“We’re gonna be back.”

Sylacauga’s Erick O’Neal after losing the 5A boy championship game

“I thought it was awesome. Running out of the tunnel and hearing the roar until late in the game. You could feel it. You could feel that every person in the stands in black and blue were with you… we could not have asked for more. Thank you to the city of Florence.”

Florence coach Dylan Burleson

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