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With North Hall having already won, the objective for Gainesville was simple Friday in its season finale against Chestatee: beat the War Eagles and the Red Elephants would take second place in Region 8-AAA. Lose, and they finish third.

White County lost the battle against Franklin County Friday but still won the war in 8-AAA. The Warriors fell 8-6 to the Lions in both teams' season finale but still won the Region 8-AAA title.

North Hall finished the season with a 15-0 blowout of Johnson in three innings Friday but it wasn't could goods to win Region 8-AAA.

It may not have been his sharpest outing, but senior David Sosebee was good enough to help propel White County to a big Region 8-AAA win over Lumpkin County Wednesday.

Last week Gainesville boys tennis coach Barrett Lingenfelter said his group would face its biggest test of the season against perennial power and fifth-ranked St. Pius Tuesday in the second round of the Class AAA state tournament.

The fate of the Region 8-AAA title was firmly in the hands of North Hall coming into Monday

North Hall has the lead after the opening day of the Region 8-AAA boys track and field championships on a cold, dreary Friday afternoon at Lanier High School.

After stumbling at Oconee County Monday in the middle of a tight race for the Region 8-AAA title, Gainesville could ill-afford a second straight loss to Johnson Wednesday at Ivey-Watson Field.

The Gainesville boys tennis team advanced to the second round of the Class AAA state playoffs for the first time since 2009 with a 4-1 win over Shaw Tuesday at Longwood Park.