Jeff Hart

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.

The Gainesville girls trailed just 6-4 at the end of the first quarter but turnovers and poor shooting undid the Lady Elephants in a 36-23 loss to Franklin County Thursday in the Big Red Shootout at the Gainesville gym.

After reviewing game film for Saturday

Johnson coach Jeff Steele wanted his first Lanierland title bad. The problem for Steele and the Knights was that North Hall

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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 12 of his 25 points in the first 5 minutes of the second half, John Cannon and Brandon Morris each added 10 points and Georgia beat Southern Cal 64-56 on Saturday.

Jakob Gollon made two free throws with 1:19 left and Mercer overcame a double-digit, first-half deficit to upset Alabama 66-59 on Saturday.

North Hall coach Benjie Wood told Ethan Smith he expected him to score 30 points Friday night in the Lanierland semifinals against rival Gainesville.