BUFORD - Despite being ranked as high as No. 2 early in the season, the Buford girls basketball team will have to survive a play-in game Monday against Lovett just to get into the Region 6-AA Tournament.
The Lady Wolves will play host to Lovett at 6 p.m. with the winner advancing to play Paideia Tuesday at Holy Innocents' in the first round.
The Buford boys earned a bye into the first round and will not play its first round game until Wednesday.
Banks County will play host to the North subregion play-in games in Region 8-AA. The Lady Leopards will play Dawson County at 6 p.m. with the Banks County boys playing Rabun County at 7 p.m.
The Dawson County boys and the Fannin County girls won the North subregion titles and earned automatic berths into the Class AA state tournament.
Here is Monday's schedule for play-in games in Region 8-AA and Region 6-AA:
REGION 8-AA TOURNAMENT
at Banks County
- Dawson County girls vs. Banks County, 6 p.m.
- Rabun County boys vs. Banks County, 7:30 p.m.
at North Oconee
- Morgan County girls vs. Washington-Wilkes, 4 p.m.
- Greene County boys vs. North Oconee, 5:30 p.m.
- Oglethorpe County girls vs. North Oconee, 7 p.m.
- Oglethorpe County boys vs. Morgan County, 8:30 p.m.
REGION 6-AA TOURNAMENT (at individual sites)
Creekview girls at Wesleyan, 5:30 p.m.
Lovett girls at Buford, 6 p.m.
(By Jeff Hart)
Thursday
April 24th, 2025
11:45PM
