High School Sports

For most northeast Georgia area baseball teams, the regular season will not come to a close for another two weeks. But for Region 8-4A, the playoffs will essentially begin for several teams on Monday.

Cooper Reid needed just 74 pitches and allowed just two hits in leading Gainesville to a huge 10-0 Region 8-6A win in six innings over Habersham Central on Friday at Ivey-Watson Field.

Region 8-4A is beginning to take shape while Region 8-6A continues to be a dogfight atop the standings heading into some key showdowns on Friday.

A pair of big games in Region 7-3A will highlight Thursday's action on the diamond around northeast Georgia.

With a chance to stake the first claim on the Region 8-4A North subregion, Class 4A sixth-ranked Cherokee Bluff did not waste its opportunity Wednesday night.

Needing a win to try and get back in the race for a Region 8-6A title, Habersham Central was in an almost must-win scenario at home on Wednesday against Apalachee.

Round 2 of some key region series around northeast Georgia will continue on Wednesday.

No. 2 Cherokee Bluff drew first blood in its huge Region 8-4A North series with No. 7 North Hall.

With most of northeast Georgia on Spring Break beginning Monday, it's a limited schedule on the diamond. However, Regions 8-6A and 8-4A each will have some huge series as the races for the playoffs are steaming toward the finish.

East Forsyth got another solid pitching performance on Friday, as three pitchers combined for a four-hitter in an 8-3 win over No. 2 Cherokee Buff.