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Baseball: Moving week ahead for several northeast Georgia regions

By Jeff Hart Sports Reporter

Several northeast Georgia regions could begin to see some separation this week with some huge matchups on tap in all seven area regions.

Region 8-6A will get its region schedule under way this week with a trio of matchups. All three will play three-game series at alternating home sites beginning on Monday.  Habersham Central travels to Apalachee, Class 6A No. 1-ranked Winder-Barrow heads to Dacula, and Gainesville travles to Lanier.

In both Region 7-3A and 8-3A, the top four teams will meet this week in three-game series'. In Region 7-3A, Fannin County leads the way at a perfect 3-0 and will take on Dawson County (3-3 in region play). North Hall (5-1 in region play) plays host to Cherokee Bluff (4-2 in region play). In Region 8-3A, No. 1-ranked Jefferson (3-0 in region play) takes on cross-town rival Jackson County (3-3 in region play) while Morgan County (6-0 in region play) plays Franklin County (2-1 in region play).

In Region 7-4A, both Flowery Branch and Marist will have to play four games in five days to make up for Friday's rainout. Blessed Trinity and White County both opened region play with sweeps last week while the Falcons beat Marist in their openers. Chestatee and White County open a two-game series on Monday in Cleveland while Branch opens a two-game series with West Hall on Monday, has Marist on Tuesday, and takes on Denmark on Friday.

Region 8-5A got started with a bang last week as Buford and Loganville, both tied at No. 1 in Class 5A, split their two-game series last week. The rest of the region gets under way this week, including Johnson, which takes on Clarke Central.

In Region 8-2A, Banks County is off to a hot start with a perfect 6-0 record and is tied with No. 2-ranked Elbert County (6-0 in region play) atop the region standings. The Leopards head to Rabun County (3-3 in region play) for a doubleheader on Friday. Elbert County travels to Union County (2-4 in region play) on Friday.

And Region 8-A got started last week with Hebron Christian sitting at 2-0 and Lakeview Academy, Athens Academy, and Athens Christian all at 1-0 in the early going. Commerce, No. 8 in Class A Public, opens region play with a huge road contest at George Walton, No. 6 in Class A Private on Thursday. Lakeview takes on Prince Avenue on Friday.

(See below for the complete schedule of games for the week.)

 

MONDAY'S BASEBALL SCHEDULE (March 18) 
(All times at 5:55 p.m. unless otherwise noted)

Cherokee Bluff at North Hall*
Chestatee at White County*
Commerce at Lake Oconee Academy
East Hall at Lumpkin County*
Gainesville at Lanier*
Habersham Central at Apalachee*
West Hall at Flowery Branch*
East Jackson vs Riverside Military Academy (at North Georgia), 6 p.m.

TUESDAY'S BASEBALL SCHEDULE (March 19) 
(All times at 5:55 p.m. unless otherwise noted)

Towns County at Tallulah Falls, 5 p.m.*
Fannin County at Dawson County*
Jackson County at Jefferson*
Marist at Flowery Branch*

WEDNESDAY'S BASEBALL SCHEDULE (March 20) 
(All times at 5:55 p.m. unless otherwise noted)

Rabun County at Rabun Gap, 5:30 p.m.
Apalachee at Habersham Central*
Clarke Central at Johnson*
Flowery Branch at West Hall*
Lanier at Gainesville*
Lumpkin County at East Hall*
North Hall at Cherokee Bluff*
White County at Chestatee*

THURSDAY'S BASEBALL SCHEDULE (March 21) 
(All times at 5:55 p.m. unless otherwise noted)

Commerce at George Walton*
Mountain View at East Jackson

FRIDAY'S BASEBALL SCHEDULE (March 22) 
(All times at 5:55 p.m. unless otherwise noted)

Banks County at Rabun County (DH), 5 p.m.*
Dawson County at Fannin County (DH), 5 p.m.*
Jefferson at Jackson County (DH), 5 p.m.*
Union County at Elbert County (DH), 5 p.m.*
Prince Avenue at Lakeview Academy, 5:30 p.m.*
Cherokee Bluff at North Hall*
Chestatee at Marist*
East Hall at Lumpkin County*
Flowery Branch at Denmark*
Gainesville at Lanier*
Habersham Central at Apalachee*
Johnson at Clarke Central*
Miller School at Buford
White County at Blessed Trinity*

SATURDAY'S BASEBALL SCHEDULE (March 23) 

Providence Christian at Towns County, noon*
Buford vs. Hoover (Ala.) at Parkview, 1 p.m.
Mt. Vernon at Lakeview Academy, 1 p.m.

(* -- denotes region contest)

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