High School Sports

With just over two weeks left in the regular season, Georgia High School Association region tournament positioning is hotter than ever for northeast Georgia area teams.

Cherokee Bluff's defense was the difference in the battle against Region 8-4A North foe East Hall at home on Tuesday.

Union County coach Corey Garrett knew they couldn’t let the plethora of Banks County shooters get going in the two teams' battle for first place in Region 8-2A.

In a showdown of Region 8-2A unbeatens, Addison Hoard made sure it was her fifth-ranked Banks County girls that stayed that way Tuesday night.

With the 2024 high school baseball’s first pitch set to sail in less than a month, a handful of area teams are ranked in the Coaches Box top-10 preseason polls.

Several key first place battles will be on the line on Tuesday around northeast Georgia.

Jamarcus Harrison scored 18 points to lead the East Hall boys past Bartlett 62-59 in the Alaska Airlines Classic on Sunday.

Lumpkin County won its first-ever State Duals wrestling title, holding off defending Class 3A champion Columbus in a thriller, 34-33, on Saturday at the Lumpkin County gym.

The East Hall boys rally fell short in a 71-61 loss to West Valley of Fairbanks, Alaska, on Saturday in the consolation bracket of the Alaska Airlines Classic.

Eight northeast Georgia area wrestling teams will try to keep their state title dreams alive on Saturday as day 2 of the State Duals gets under way.