Jeff Hart

The Lakeview Academy girls will be the No. 3 seed from Region 8-A after taking a 34-29 win over Athens Academy Saturday night in the consolation game of the region tournament.

North Hall and Walnut Grove demonstrated throughout the regular season that they were the two best teams in Region 8-AAA. And they didn

Things came full circle for Kristi House Saturday night. The North Hall girls basketball coach watched as her Lady Trojans dispatched arch-rival Chestatee 42-29 in the finals of the Region 8-AAA tournament to win their first region title of any kind since 1991.

Nick Lankford will go for his second state title in wrestling Saturday after working his way through the Class AAAA 132-pound weight class Friday night at the Gwinnett Center.

Dawson County pulled off the biggest upset so far in the Region 8-AA boys basketabll tournament with a 71-59 win over Class AA ninth-ranked East Hall Friday night in the semifinals at Hart County High School.

Six times Dawson County had the ball in its hand with a chance to pull off the biggest upset in Class AA Thursday night during region tournament week. Six times fifth-ranked East Hall dodged the bullet.

Class AA 10th-ranked North Oconee trailed just once against Banks County en route to a 53-41 win in the quarterfinals of the Region 8-AA girls tournament Thursday at East Hall High School.

Rabun County used a 26-3 run in the first quarter to take control against Hart County and then cruised to a 75-42 win over the Lady Bulldogs in the quarterfinals of the Region 8-AA girls tournament Thursday at East Hall High School.

Union County overcame a terrible start to beat Jackson County 34-29 Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Region 8-AA girls tournament at the East Hall gym.

After losing by nearly 30 points to East Hall in the season finale just five days earlier, Union County was hoping its Region 8-AA quarterfinal game against the Vikings Wednesday with a shot at a state playoff berth would give them a chance at redemption.