Friday March 29th, 2024 11:20AM

Soccer: Region 8-4A boys staging biggest night of the season

By Jeff Hart Sports Reporter

It's a light night on the pitch for northeast Georgia area soccer teams on Thursday. But for 8-4A it will be the most important of the season, at least on the boys side.

Class 4A No. 5 East Hall and No. 4 Flowery Branch will hold a winner-take-all match at Valhalla for the region title. The No. 2 seed, however, could come down to tiebreakers.

East Hall (10-2-1, 4-1 Region 8-4A) is coming off a 3-2 loss to North Oconee that snapped a seven-match win streak. Branch  (12-1-1, 4-1 Region 8-4A) is coming off a 4-3 win over Jefferson.

A Flowery Branch win would give the Falcons the championship and East Hall would be the No. 2 seed. But a East Hall victory would put the Falcons, Jefferson, and either Chestatee or North Oconee in a three-way tie for third.

Meanwhile, at Lynn Cottrell Complex, the surging seventh-ranked Chestatee boys will take on North Oconee in a do-or-die match for the playoffs. The loser is out.

Chestatee (8-5, 3-2 Region 8-4A) has won two straight, both in the region. North Oconee (5-4-1, 3-2 Region 8-4A) is coming off its big win over the Vikings on Tuesday.

A Chestatee win and a Branch loss to East Hall would put the War Eagles, Falcons, and Dragons into a tiebreaker mode. A Chestatee win and East Hall loss would have the Falcons No. 1, East Hall as the No. 2 seed, Jefferson third and Chestatee fourth.

(Rankings are taken from the March 20 eurosportscoreboard.com rankings.)


AREA SOCCER SCHEDULE FOR Thursday, April 1
(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)

Dawson County at Buford
Flowery Branch at East Hall*
Lakeview Academy at Mt. Pisgah, 5 p.m.
Loganville at Jackson County*
North Oconee at Chestatee*
Union County at Riverside Military (boys only), 5 p.m.*

(* -- denotes region contest)

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