Jeff Hart

While Jaymee Carnes draws most of the attention for the Gainesville girls basketball team, the rest of the Lady Elephants showed Saturday they are not a one-girl show.

It’s been two LONG years for East Hall boys basketball coach Joe Dix. Two years since his Vikings have been to the state tournament. For Dix and most East Hall fans, it has been something they are unaccustomed to.

After surviving a one-point win over Lumpkin County two weeks ago on its home floor, the North Hall boys basketball team knew Friday’s Region 7-AAA quarterfinal matchup with the Indians for a spot in the Class AAA state tournament would not be easy.

After one half, Gainesville standout Jaymee Carnes was halfway to a triple double in the Lady Elephants’ Region 7-AAA Tournament first round game against White County Thursday.

Flowery Branch’s Jessica Harper was not ready to see her high school career come to end.

The first round of the Region 7-AAA Tournament has not been kind to the Pickens girls basketball team the last several years.

After watching Lumpkin County upset Flowery Branch in the opening game of the Region 7-AAA Tournament Wednesday, East Hall made sure the trend would not continue against Gilmer.

Following a stunning 54-42 win over Flowery Branch in the opening round of the Region 7-AAA Tournament Wednesday, Lumpkin County coach Bobby Smith was making his case for senior guard E.J. Young as perhaps the most valuable player in the region.

Jordan Shaw poured in 23 points to lead Pickens to a 56-42 win over Lambert Wednesday in the first round of the Region 7-AAA Tournament at the East Hall gym.

A four-day layoff was the only thing to slow down North Hall Monday against arch-rival Chestatee in the two teams’ regular season finale. The Trojans started slow but then used two back-breaking runs to pull away from Chestatee in a 80-48 win at the Chestatee gym.