Jeff Hart

Six of the seven teams in Region 7-3A face important region contests while Region 8-4A has cross-over day on Tuesday around northeast Georgia.

Lanier Christian Academy opened with a 29-2 first quarter en route to an 88-6 win over Trinity Prep on the road Monday night.

Jefferson's Sammy Brown was named Player of the Year, Flowery Branch's Cam Haynes was named Defensive Player of the Year, and Dragons' coach Travis Noland was named Coach of the Year in the recently released Region 8-5A All-Region team.

Union County County's Caiden Tanner was named the Region 8-2A Player of the Year in the recently released All-Region team.

Chris Alford continued his hot shooting, hitting five 3-pointers in the first quarter to lead East Hall to a 75-64 win over East Forsyth on Friday night on the road.

Mekhi Mews, who came to Georgia as a walk-on and carved out a significant role on offense and special teams, has entered the transfer portal.

The Class 4A seventh-ranked Chestatee girls used a huge second half to beat rival North Hall 58-28 in an early key Region 8-4 showdown at the Lynn Cottrell Center on Friday.

Joel Embiid had 38 points and 14 rebounds and shook off an injury scare late as the Philadelphia 76ers held off the Atlanta Hawks 125-114 on Friday night.

The Atlanta Braves obtained infielder David Fletcher and catcher Max Stassi from the Los Angeles Angels on Friday for infielder Evan White and left-hander Tyler Thomas.

Regions 8-4A and 7-3A will continue their early-season matchups on Friday and Saturday, with four northeast Georgia ranked girls teams, according to the latest Sandy Spiel rankings, in action in key region showdowns.