Entering the 2021-2022 school year, every single sport at Edgewood Academy had won a state championship except for the girls basketball program.
Head coach Jason Fisher wanted to change that, and he knew entering the season that his team would have a chance to be special. He didn’t realize just how special, however, until midway through the season when his Lady Wildcats won the Macon East Tournament.
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