High School Sports

Logan Holmes poured in a career-high 30 points for Cherokee Bluff Friday night. But it was Tyler Underwood’s 6 points in the final 58 seconds of overtime that sparked the Bears to a wild and thrilling 86-84 win over East Hall at Valhalla in a huge Region 8-4A North showdown.

Cole Hulsey scored 20 points, and Andrew Bales had 14 to help the North Hall boys past Johnson, 76-44, on the road Friday.

Riley Black continued her dominance in Region 8-4A play to lead the Chestatee girls to a 72-67 road win over East Forsyth on Friday.

Friday will make the imaginary halfway point for several regions that have been embroiled in region play over the past two weeks.

The Greater Hall FCA held its annual East-West All-Star game Thursday night at Lakeview Academy.

The Lanier Christian Academy girls ran their win streak to 5 straight after taking a 48-15 win over Peachtree Academy on Thursday on the road.

The massive early region battles are what make basketball season the most interesting.

The East Hall boys are off to their best start in years. For many, they have been one of the bigger early surprises among northeast Georgia area teams.

East Forsyth has promoted defensive coordinator Dustin Canon to head football coach.

Winning the close games has been the only thing that has kept the West Hall boys from already turning heads around the area under new coach Chuck Graham.