Jeff Hart![]() Recent Articles by Jeff HartWest Hall won its fourth straight Region 7B-AAA game with a 54-39 win over Flowery Branch Friday night at the West Hall gym. Lakeview Academy kept pace with Athens Academy for second place in Region 8-A with a 61-47 win over Social Circle Friday night on the the road. Social Circle outscored Lakeview Academy 18-10 in the third quarter to blow open a close game and then sealed a 51-42 win at the foul line in the fourth quarter in Region 8-A action Friday night. The North Hall girls basketball team pushed No. 5 Gilmer the entire way but came up short in the fourth quarter in a 53-49 Region 7A-AAA loss on the road. The Class AA No. 1-ranked Buford girls built a quick first quarter lead and then cruised to a big Region 6-AA 54-37 win over rival Greater Atlanta Christian Friday night. Union County jumped out to a quick 26-8 lead in the first quarter and then cruised to a 57-27 win over Dawson County Friday night in Region 8-AA play. The Chestatee girls basketball team rebounded from a tough loss to Pickens Tuesday with a solid 46-33 win over Class AAA ninth-ranked Creekview Friday at the Chestatee gym. Riverside Military Academy remained perrfect in Region 8A-AA after taking a 56-47 road win over Fannin County Friday night. It wasn’t the way Pickens girls basketball coach Kevin Jacobs drew up the final play but he was more than pleased with the improvisational skills of sophomore Jamie Waterman. Johnson boys basketball coach Jeff Steele said he knows exactly when his team will break out of its now five-game losing streak. “When the kids decide they want to win more than the coaches do,” he said after watching his Knights fall 78-66 to Creekview Saturday night at the Johnson gym. Gainesville held Flowery Branch to just 14 points in the second and third quarters combined en route to a dominating 53-31 win Friday night in Region 7B-AAA girls basketball action at the Gainesville gym. In the first major skirmish for control of the Region 7B-AAA subregion, Gainesville put on a tremendous first quarter shooting exhibition to take a quick lead and then held on in the second half to beat Flowery Branch 76-71 Friday night at the Gainesville gym. North Hall boys basketball coach Benjie Wood has been preaching defense to his young squad all season. And there is no doubt that they are listening... As hot as the Chestatee girls basketball team is right now, it may not be hot enough. The Lady War Eagles, winners of 11 of their last 13 games after Tuesday’s 41-33 win over North Hall, realize there is virtually no margin for error if they have any chance of winning the Region 7A-AAA subregion. After spending four days preparing for the 2009 SpeedFest at Lanier National Speedway, Kyle Busch did not leave empty-handed Sunday. The Sprint Cup regular assumed the lead on Lap 104 and never looked back in winning the 200-lap CRA Super Series event. In the first part of SpeedFest, Gainesville’s Greg Simpson survived a wild finish to win the 100-lap GAS Series race. After nearly two decades of dominating Hall County basketball, the East Hall boys basketball team is seeing what it’s like to live on the other side of the fence this season. The Vikings lost for an unprecedented fifth straight time Saturday night falling 63-56 to North Hall at the North Hall gym. East Hall used an 18-2 first quarter to take control and then cruised to a 61-33 win over North Hall Saturday night at the North Hall gym in girls basketball action. Chestatee coach Russ Triaga needed a way to rest three starters with four fouls each. Lumpkin County coach Bobby Smith wanted to give his team one shot at stealing a win on the road in a key Region 7A-AAA game for both teams. The solution: a five overtime game where a grand total of just 15 points combined were scored before the Indians pulled out a thrilling 71-70 win at the Chestatee gym. Shooting the ball was a problem early in the season for the Chestatee girls basketball team. Not any more. For the second straight game the Lady War Eagles set a school record for 3-pointers in a game as they hit 10 3-pointers in a 66-57 Region 7A-AAA win over Lumpkin County Friday night at the Chestatee gym. The Chestatee boys basketball team won its fourth straight subregion game Tuesday night dispatching White County 61-48 in one of its best performances of the season. 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