Friday March 29th, 2024 6:47AM

Soccer: Key region battles to highlight busy night on the pitch

By Jeff Hart Sports Reporter

Nearly 20 northeast Georgia area soccer teams will be in action on Friday as all but two of the 16 matches will be key region showdowns.

Perhaps the biggest matchup of the night will have the No. 4 Flowery Branch girls traveling to No. 2 North Oconee in a huge Region 8-4A match. Another big girls matchup will have Class 3A No. 5 White County playing host to No. 6 Lumpkin County in Region 7-3A.

On the boys side, Gainesville will try to climb back into the top two in Region 6-7A on the road against North Forsyth. The Class 3A fourth-ranked White County boys will put a seven-match win streak on the line at home against Lumpkin County in Region 7-3A.

There are several more key region matches as teams continue to jockey for position in their respective regions.

(Check below for the full schedule of matches on Friday around the area.)

(Rankings are taken from eurosportscoreboard.com)


AREA SOCCER SCHEDULE FOR Friday, March 19
(Games listed by visiting team in alphabetical order)
(Area teams highlighted in bold)
(Games begin at 5:30 p.m. with girls match, unless otherwise noted)

Banks County at Union County*
Commerce at Lincoln County, 5 p.m.*
Dawson County at West Hall*
East Hall at Cedar Shoals*
Flowery Branch at North Oconee*
Gainesville at North Forsyth, 5 p.m.*
Gilmer at North Hall*
Habersham Central at Central Gwinnett*
Jackson County at Clarke Central*
Johnson at Cross Keys
Loganville at Cherokee Bluff
Lumpkin County at White County*
Madison County at Chestatee*
Rabun County at Elbert County*
Washinton-Wilkes at Towns County, 5 p.m.*
Winder-Barrow at Buford*

(* -- denotes region contest)

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