Jeff Hart

The White County boys dropped a tough 86-83 overtime game to Hayesville (N.C.) Tuesday in the semifinals of the Battle of the States tournament.

The long and short of it was that Georgia's leading scorers, in a 79-67 win over Robert Morris on Tuesday night, could have played so much better.

Buford got 17 points from Tory Ozment and 12 from Audrey Wiener as the Lady Wolves rolled to a 63-38 win over Mountain View Tuesday in the Grayson Ram Classic at Grayson High School.

Dawson County outscored Prince Avenue 36-14 in the second and third quarters to run away with a 62-39 victory in the semifinals of the Bulldog Classic at George Walton Academy Tuesday night.

Flowery Branch and East Hall both used fourth quarter runs and West Hall used a third quarter explosion to pull away for wins Monday in the first round of the 56th annual Lanierland Tournament at the Johnson High gym.

The Flowery Branch, Gainesville, East Hall, and North Hall girls all turned in impressive victories Monday in the opening round of the 56th annual Lanierland Tournament at the Johnson High gym.

For one of the few times in recent years, there were no real upsets in the opening round of the 56th annual Lanierland Tournament.

The Dawson County girls moved into the semifinals of the The Bulldog Classic with a 54-45 win over Athens Christian at George Walton Academy Monday night.

Buford held Bannkere to single-digit scoring in all four quarters in taking a 59-28 victory in the first round of the Grayson Ram Classic at Grayson High School.

The Lumpkin County boys basketball team opened the Battle of the States Tournament with a 79-62 win over Polk out of Tennessee at the Towns County gym.