High School Sports

Asa Williams scored 13 points to lead the Buford boys basketball team past Rabun Gap, 65-42, on Tuesday at the Buford Arena.

Riley Black scored 27 points and pulled 15 rebounds to lead the Chestatee girls basketball team past Walnut Grove on the road Tuesday.

Last season, the Dawson County girls ended two years of first round playoff frustration with a run to the quarterfinals in Class 3A for the first time since 2019.

The East Hall boys basketball team is trending upward.

Six of the seven teams in Region 7-3A face important region contests while Region 8-4A has cross-over day on Tuesday around northeast Georgia.

Lanier Christian Academy opened with a 29-2 first quarter en route to an 88-6 win over Trinity Prep on the road Monday night.

Chris Alford continued his hot shooting, hitting five 3-pointers in the first quarter to lead East Hall to a 75-64 win over East Forsyth on Friday night on the road.

The Class 4A seventh-ranked Chestatee girls used a huge second half to beat rival North Hall 58-28 in an early key Region 8-4 showdown at the Lynn Cottrell Center on Friday.

Regions 8-4A and 7-3A will continue their early-season matchups on Friday and Saturday, with four northeast Georgia ranked girls teams, according to the latest Sandy Spiel rankings, in action in key region showdowns.

Jeff Hart and Caleb Hutchins go into finals week tied in the playoff standings.