High School Sports

The threat of rain has already forced the Region 7-3A openers for Lumpkin County and White to move to Wednesday.

Three northeast Georgia area teams will take No. 1 ranking into key region matchups on Tuesday in prep soccer action for both boys and girls. In all, a dozen boys and girls teams combined are ranked in their respective classifications coming into Tuesday.

Despite 10 strikeouts from Gainesville starter Branson Crawford, Habersham Central was able to take a 5-0 shutout win over the Red Elephants on Monday in both teams’ Region 8-6A openers at Ivey-Watson Field.

Both North Hall tennis teams stayed unbeaten in Region 8-4A play after taking 5-0 wins over Johnson on Monday.

Dawson County and Habersham Central jumped into the Coaches Box Week 3 rankings.

On another light day on the diamond, North Forsyth will open its Region 8-6A schedule on the road while Region 8-4A will continue its crossover play between subregions.

Gryson Cockrell's RBI line drive in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted Lagrange past Buford, 3-2, on Saturday in the Lagrange Toyota Invitational tournament.

North Forsyth coach Brad Kudlas received the best birthday present in a long time Saturday afternoon at the University of West Georgia.

Brad Kudlas knows the challenges ahead of his North Forsyth team in the semifinals of the Class 6A tournament on Saturday at West Georgia.

Cherokee Bluff and Johnson both took dominating wins on Friday in Region 8-4A action.