Jeff Hart

After nearly two decades of dominating Hall County basketball, the East Hall boys basketball team is seeing what it’s like to live on the other side of the fence this season. The Vikings lost for an unprecedented fifth straight time Saturday night falling 63-56 to North Hall at the North Hall gym.

East Hall used an 18-2 first quarter to take control and then cruised to a 61-33 win over North Hall Saturday night at the North Hall gym in girls basketball action.

Chestatee coach Russ Triaga needed a way to rest three starters with four fouls each. Lumpkin County coach Bobby Smith wanted to give his team one shot at stealing a win on the road in a key Region 7A-AAA game for both teams. The solution: a five overtime game where a grand total of just 15 points combined were scored before the Indians pulled out a thrilling 71-70 win at the Chestatee gym.

Shooting the ball was a problem early in the season for the Chestatee girls basketball team. Not any more. For the second straight game the Lady War Eagles set a school record for 3-pointers in a game as they hit 10 3-pointers in a 66-57 Region 7A-AAA win over Lumpkin County Friday night at the Chestatee gym.

The Chestatee boys basketball team won its fourth straight subregion game Tuesday night dispatching White County 61-48 in one of its best performances of the season.

Chestatee hit a school-record nine 3-pointers and used a smothering defense after the first quarter to take a dominating 65-38 win over White County Tuesday in Region 7A-AAA action at the Chestatee gym.

Behind a dominating rebounding performance Gainesville went on a 16-0 second half run to take the lead and then held on in the final two minutes at the free throw line for a 75-69 win over East Hall Saturday night at the Gainesville gym.

The Gainesville girls basketball team is showing it knows how to win under adversity. With three starters out due to injuries, the remaining Lady Elephants put on perhaps their best performance of the season in taking a 62-44 Region 7B-AAA win over arch-rival East Hall Saturday at the Gainesville gym.

In a game Gainesville had to win, the Elephants survived a terrible shooting night and a bizarre ending to beat West Forsyth 37-32 in a key Region 7B-AAA game for both teams.

The Gainesville girls basketball team continues to flex its defensive muscles. The Lady Elephants won its second straight game Friday night behind a smothering defense taking a 41-29 Region 7B-AAA win over West Forsyth at the Gainesville gym.