It will the busiest day of the season in northeast Georgia on the diamond on Friday. In all, there are 18 games on tap involving 22 area teams. Ten area regions will have key showdowns.
Buford (8-6A), North Hall (6-3A), Cherokee Bluff (8-3A), and Banks County 8-A D1) all will go for sweeps on Friday and try to stay on top in their respective regions. The Bears and Leopards will play doubleheaders.
Gainesville in Region 7-5A will go for the sweep over Class 5A No. 3 Seckinger in Buford as the Red Elephants have won 6 of their last 7 to climb into the playoff race.
Several other teams can make a move into second place with some help.
(See below for the full schedule of Friday's games.)
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, March 28
(First pitch at 5:55 unless otherwise noted)
Athens Academy at Banks County (DH), 5 p.m.*
Buford at Mill Creek*
Cherokee Bluff at Jefferson (DH) 5 p.m.*
Chestatee at White County*
Commerce at Providence Christian (DH), 5 p.m.*
Dawson County at GAC*
East Forsyth at North Oconee (DH), 5 p.m.*
Eastside at Flowery Branch (DH), 5 p.m.*
Forsyth Central at North Forsyth, 6:15 p.m.*
Gainesville at Seckinger*
Habersham Central at Apalachee*
Johnson at Pickens*
Lincoln County at Towns County (DH), 5 p.m.*
Loganville at Jackson County*
Lumpkin County at North Hall*
Oconee County at West Hall (DH), 5 p.m.*
Prince Avenue at East Jackson*
Rabun County at BASA (DH), 5 p.m.*
Union County at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe* --
(* -- denotes region contest)
