Jeff Hart

The South Carolina Stingrays used three first period goals and cruised to a 4-0 win over the Gwinnett Gladiators on Friday night at the Arena at Gwinnett Center.

Chestatee hit 15 3-pointers and rallied from an eight-point third quarter deficit to beat Ridgeland 107-101 in overtime Friday in the Comcast Tournament at LaFayette High School.

The North Hall girls will be glad to return home next week and get back into their Region 7-AAA schedule.

Johns Creek jumped out to a 24-2 lead at the end of the 1st quarter and then cruised to a 63-39 win over Lumpkin County Friday in the second round of the Westminster Holiday Classic.

The East Hall boys lost their second game of the Great Florida Shootout Friday morning, 83-64 to Chamberlain high out of Tampa Bay.

Kaela Davis poured in 21 points to lead the Buford girls to a 62-48 win over St. Francis Friday at the Jump-off Classic at Holy Innocents

Johnson was outscored 8-3 in overtime as the Knights dropped another tough game in the Big Red Shootout, 75-70, to Dunwoody Friday at the Gainesville gym.

The Jackson County girls

The Gainesville boys basketball team salvaged what had been a rough day for local teams in the Big Red Shootout Thursday at the Gainesville gym.

It was an all-too-familiar scene for Johnson boys basketball coach Jeff Steele Thursday.