Lakeview boys and girls headlined the tournament with two huge upsets in the opening round on Tuesday at Lakeview Academy.
The Lady Lions held on to knock off No. 2 seed, East Hall, 58-52, and the Lions shocked Chestatee with a 64-63 victory to advance to the semifinals. The Lady Lions will play Flowery Branch at 3 p.m.
North Hall avenged the early season loss to Cherokee Bluff in a 42-37 win to advance to the semifinals in the girls bracket, while the East Hall boys rolled past North Hall, 64-50, to advance to the semifinals for the first time since 2018.
In the nightcaps, the Gainesville girls cruised past Johnson, 55-30, and the Gainesville boys' defense smothered Flowery Branch in a 60-36 win. The Lady Red Elephants will get North Hall in the semifinals at 6 p.m., while the Red Elephants will take on Lakeview at 7:30 p.m.
The East Hall girls beat Chestatee in the opening game on Day 2 in the consolation round.
The semifinals will be broadcast live on 94.5 FM The Lake and streamed at accesswdun.com. AccessWDUN.com will have coverage of every game with stories, photos and video highlights.
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LANIERLAND TOURNAMENT, Dec. 28
(Girls 1st round scores)
North Hall 42, Cherokee Bluff 37
Flowery Branch 49, Chestatee 44
Lakeview Academy 58, East Hall 52
Gainesville 55, Johnson 30
LANIERLAND TOURNAMENT, Dec. 29
(at Gainesville High School)
(Girls bracket)
Chestatee vs. East Hall (consolation), 9 a.m.
Cherokee Bluff vs. Johnson (consolation), noon
Flowery Branch vs. Lakeview Academy (semifinals), 3 p.m.
North Hall vs. Gainesville (semifinals), 6 p.m.
LANIERLAND TOURNAMENT, Dec. 28
(Boys 1st round; seeds in parenthesis)
Lakeview Academy 64, Chestatee 63
East Hall 64, North Hall 50
Cherokee Bluff 79, West Hall 49
Gainesville 60, Flowery Branch 36
LANIERLAND TOURNAMENT, Dec. 29
(at Gainesville High School)
(Boys bracket)
North Hall vs. West Hall (consolation), 10:30 a.m.
Chestatee vs. Flowery Branch (consolation), 1:30 p.m.
East Hall vs. Cherokee Bluff winner (semifinals), 4:30 p.m.
Lakeview Academy vs. Gainesville (semifinals), 7:30 p.m.
