The North Hall girls began the toughest stretch of their schedule Monday with a 58-46 loss to Franklin County in the Hooch Holiday Classic at Chattahoochee High School.
The experience of Class AAA No. 2-ranked North Hall was just too much to overcome for a talented but young Flowery Branch team Wednesday night in the semifinals of the Lanierland Tournament.
West Hall opened the game with a 20-5 and never trailed in taking a 72-56 win over rival Johnson Wednesday in the fifth-place boys game of the Lanierland Tournament.
Flowery Branch outscored West Hall 30-8 in the second and third quarters to erase an early deficit en route to a 57-27 win Tuesday in the girls action at Lanierland Tournament.
The Lakeview Academy boys rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit to nip Chestatee 71-70 Wednesday in the consolation round of the Lanierland Tournament.
Jefferson opened with a 17-7 first quarter and then cruised to a 55-28 win over Johnson Wednesday in girls action at the Lanierland Tournament at the West Hall gym.
It was a game Chestatee girls basketball coach Web Daniel had seen before: his team leading the entire way only to fall victim to wild comebacks in the final minute.
