High School Sports

When the game is on the line, White County girls basketball coach Laurie Burkett wants the ball in the hands of D.J. Galbiati.

The White County boys basektball team is looking for revenge Tuesday night when rival North Hall travels to Cleveland to open the Region 7-AAA North schedule.

Behind 10 points each from Whitney Pruitt and Heather Poole, the East Hall girls basketball team pulled off the 57-49 upset win over Class AAA No. 6 Flowery Branch Tuesday night.

Sophomore Kita Waller Tuesday night showed the Gainesville girls basketball team is no longer a one-girl show featuring Tasha Humphrey.

Playing without three starters, against a dangerous West Hall team, is not exactly how the fourth-ranked Gainesville boys basketball team envisioned opening the new year Tuesday night.

After battling each other through a series of tournaments and non-subregion games, Gainesville and Hall County teams start the most critical time of the year Tuesday night: subregion play.

Prep wrestling action gets back under way Tuesday night with a limited schedule.

The Jefferson girls are ninth in the latest Class A gabasketball.net poll. Athens Academy, which is also in Region 8-A, is third behind Taylor County and Jenkins County.

The Jefferson boys basketball team has climbed to No. 4 in the latest Class A gabasketball.net poll released Monday night.

Host Dawson County did everything it could to knock off three-time defending Class A wrestling champ Jefferson at the Amicalola Classic Saturday.