HIAWASSEE - Dianna Briggs scored 13 points and Hillary Stanford 11 but it wasn't to lift the Lakeview Academy girls basketball team to a win Friday night in the Region 8-A semifinals.
The Lady Dragons were able to contain Lakeview's powerful inside game. Leading scorer Chelsey Chastain was held to just 8 points. Christi Thomas had just 10 for the Lady Lions (18-6).
Jefferson opened up a 16-5 lead after the first quarter. Lakeview came back to make it 25-19 by halftime.
But the third quarter was Lakview's undoing. Jefferson outscored Lakeview 13-4 in the quarter to blow the game open.
The Lady Lions outscored Jefferson 24-18 in the fourth quarter but it wasn't enough.
Lakeview next will play host Towns County in the third-place game Saturday. The two teams' split their two regular season games.
Sunday
July 6th, 2025
5:48AM
