High School Sports

The Chestatee boys sat just 10 minutes from a chance to erase a tough season Monday night in the Region 7-AAA North play-in game against Pickens County.

The West Hall girls basketball team proved Monday night it doesn't matter how many subregion games you win, just that you do so at the right time.

The Flowery Branch girls basketball team clinched third in Region 7-AAA South with a solid 52-43 win over rival West Hall Friday night.

Lakeview Academy girls basketball coach Buster Brown earned his 400th career win Tuesday night against Jefferson. But what he really wanted was No. 401 against Rabun Gap Friday night.

The Flowery branch boys basketball team used a swarming defense to create fastbreak opportunities in running away from West Hall in an 89-68 win.

It didn't match the intensity of last year's classic battle, but the Class AAA defending champion East Hall boys basketball team did just enough right to beat the defending Class A champ Whitefield Academy Friday night.

The North Hall girls basketball team had a chance Friday night to finish above .500 for the first time in several years.

The Region 7-AAA Tournament gets under way Monday with play-in games at Flowery Branch and Fannin County high schools.

Despite Johnson sitting just two spots behind them in the polls, the Class AAA No. 1-ranked Gainesville girls basketball team left little doubt Friday night about who is the best team in the state.

On Senior Night at North Hall, senior Matt Mitchell provided the key play in helping the Trojans hold off a scrappy Fannin County squad, 53-51 Friday night.