High School Sports

Leading by only one point at the end of the third quarter, the Buford girls outpaced Collins Hill 15-11 in the final period to win, 50-47, at Buford Arena on Wednesday. Buford vs Collins Hill

With the forecasted winter weather storm on Friday, most of the 14 games scheduled have been moved to Thursday.

In a battle for first place in Region 8-5A, Jackson County took a huge 57-51 road win over Alcovy on Tuesday night.

North Hall rebounded from a rough loss to GAC last week with a big win over Dawson County in Region 6-3A play on Tuesday.

How appropriate it was that Chestatee girls coach Sutton Shirley talked about finding gold on Tuesday night in a big Region 6-3A showdown with Lumpkin County in the Gold City.

It’s just the first of what Gainesville boys coach Charlemagne Gibbons hopes is “three or four meetings” on the season. But when the Class 5A eighth-ranked Red Elephants travel to take on No. 1 Milton on Tuesday in a showdown of Region 7-5A unbeatens, it could be a turning point for a program that has not won a playoff game since 2019. Or not.

With schools back in full time session following the holidays, basketball teams will go on a five-week sprint to the region playoffs and possible state playoff bids beginning this week.

The Buford teams went on the road and took a pair of tough wins to sweep Discovery on Monday in Region 8-6A action.

Sonny Smart fell on New Year’s Eve while walking in New Orleans. He had hip surgery earlier this week but according to the statement had complications during the surgery.

Despite a decent-sized schedule for the first Saturday of the New Year, there's only one region matchup on the docket. However, there are several intriguing non-region games.