Jeff Hart

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A grueling overtime loss to Fannin County Friday night in the semifinals of the Region 8-AA Tournament played a role for East Hall Saturday in a 48-41 loss in the third place game.

Gainesville has made an art form out of the comeback this season. Four times during the regular the Elephants rallied from double-digit deficits to win. The Elephants luck finally ran out Friday night in the Region 8-AAA semifinals against Franklin County.

Chestatee seemed to have everything in its favor to advance to its first-ever region title game Friday night in the semifinals of the Region 8-AAA Tournament.

West Hall is hoping the third time

The importance of rebounding and shooting was never more evident than in North Hall

Region 8-AAA top seed West Hall made sure there would be no upset in their quarterfinals matchup with Oconee County Friday night.

After being shut out in the first half, Monroe Area

Chestatee advanced to its second-ever Class AAA state playoffs appearance with a dominating 48-21 win over Johnson Wednesday in the opening round of the Region 8-AAA Tournament at the Chestatee gym.

Like all streaks, the Gainesville girls current run of state basketball playoff appearances, which sat at 13 straight coming into Wednesday