High School Sports

The Jefferson Dragons defense smothered the Lakeview Academt offense in the second half en rout to a 53-37 Region 8-A North win Tuesday night at the Lakeview gym.

Fannin County kept pace with White County in the Region 7-AAA girls North race after whipping North Hall 62-39 Tuesday night.

Gainesville's girls' and boys' teams took a doubleheader at Johnson Tuesday night, winning the girls' game 61-54 and the boys' action 81-72.

The Flowery Branch Falcons and Lady Falcons won a basketball twin bill from West Hall Tuesday at Flowery Branch.

Pickens County denied the Chestatee boys basketball team a chance to move into a third-place tie in the Region 7-AAA North standings.

The Chestatee girls basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a 60-59 win over Pickens County Tuesday night on the road.

At the time, when East Hall met Mitchell-Baker for the Class AA boys state basketball title in 2000, it was a moment the Vikings had dreamed about for decades.

Class AAA No. 1-ranked East Hall and 12th-ranked White County lead the Region 7-AAA boys standings at almost the halfway point of the regular season.

At nearly the halfway point, Gainesville and White County remain atop the Region 7-AAA girls standings.

Johnson used a 19-8 first quarter to grab the lead and never look back in a taking a 91-75 win over North Hall Saturday night in girls basketball action.