DAWSONVILLE - Pickens swept Dawson in the final regular season game of the 2025-2026 season. The evening opened up with Dawson Lady Tigers allowing an uncontested layup, which was reciprocated by Pickens allowing Dawson Senior Maddie Suita, whose season ending earlier this year with a torn ACL, to score an uncontested shot to finish out her Dawson career.

GIRLS: Pickens 43 Dawson 38

Pickens, behind 22 Ellison Steinhauer points, held off several Lady Tiger rallies. After Pickens extended to a 26-24 Q3 lead, thanks to a 10-0 run, Dawson went on a 10-0 run, behind 7 Ava Roberson points in the fourth, to cut the score to 36-34 with 4:20 remaining in the game. After swapping baskets for the next two minutes, Pickens was able to secure the win, hitting 5-of-6 freethrows. Pickens only Q4 points came from the charity stripe.

Leading scorers: Dawson-Lilly Abbott 12, Ava Roberson 9. Pickens-Ellison Steinhauer 22.

BOYS: Pickens 65 Dawson 56

Pickens was able to hold off multiple Dawson County second half runs to finish the regular season with a region win and secure the region tournament 2-seed. Trailing 33-22 at the half, Dawson opened the third quarter with an 8-2 run to get to a 35-30 score, but Pickens would explode out to a 50-34 lead. Dawson trailed 57-42 going to the fourth and made won final run to cut the score to 57-50.

Leading Scorers: Dawson-Landon Lee 18, Cayson Chester 10. Pickens McCord Purdy 30, Brody Bryant 18