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High school scoreboard: Feb. 23
Lady Trojans win season opener
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Haley Twiggs shot a 31 as the North Hall girls golf team (1-0) opened its season with a 71-88 win against Chestatee on Thursday afternoon in a 7-hole match at the Chattahoochee Country Club. Caroline White finished with 40 for the Lady Trojans.

Madison Eiberger recorded a 42 for the Lady War Eagles and Victoria Gean finished with a 46.

The Lady Trojans visit Habersham Central at 4 p.m. Monday.

JOHNSON BOYS 167, LUMPKIN COUNTY 172, NORTH FORSYTH 186: Luke James shot even par, recording a 36 for the Knights (1-1) Thursday at the Achasta Golf Course.

Austin Booker and Joseph Jarrard each recorded a 37 for the Indians.

Lumpkin County visits Dawson County at 3:45 p.m. March 5.

WHITE COUNTY GIRLS 77, LUMPKIN COUNTY 81: Brittany Slaton recorded a 38 for the Warriors on Thursday at Mossy Creek and Jodi Samples finished with a 39.

Taylor Gooch recorded a 39 for the Indians, and Morgan Wood finished with a 42.

White County plays in the Gwinnett Open at 9 a.m. Saturday, and Lumpkin County visits West Hall at 4 p.m.

Track

JOHNSON GIRLS 50, JACKSON COUNTY 32: Latavia Cheeks recorded wins in the long jump, 400 relay, 100 meter and 1600 relay for the Lady Knights, and Bridgett Johnson added wins in the triple jump, 400 relay, 200 meter and 1600 relay. Wins for Johnson also came from Lajavian Ratliff in the 400 and 1600 relay, Sorah Hodge in the high jump, Erin Neal and Emily Crampton in 1600 relay, and Lisa Reyes and Daisey Yubra tied in the 800 meter.

Lacrosse

RIVERSIDE MILITARY 11, CENTRAL FORSYTH 4: Junior Noah Kennedy scored five goals for the Eagles on Wednesday in Gainesville. Mackenzie Recker, Peter Andreozzi, Jordan Peebles, Scott Baker and David Chenette all added goals for Riverside.

Riverside visits Wesleyan at 4:30 p.m. Monday.

Tennis

GAINESVILLE BOYS 5, JOHNSON 0: Top No. 1 singles player Connor McMorrow won 6-0, 6-3 for the Red Elephants on Thursday afternoon at Longwood Park. No.1 doubles duo Austin Miller and Jake Maddox added a 6-1, 6-0 win for Gainesville.

Gainesville visits Oconee County at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, and Johnson hosts Winder-Barrow at 4 p.m. Monday.

GAINESVILLE GIRLS 3, JOHNSON 2: Lauren Carter and Martha McKinnon recorded a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 1 doubles for the Lady Red Elephants (4-0, 2-0 Region 8-AAA South) on Thursday in Oakwood. Mady Wuest and Suzanne Smith finished with a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 2 doubles for Gainesville, and Georgia Summer won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles.

Maggie Turner won 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1 singles for the Lady Knights, and Harlee Robson added a 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.

Gainesville visits Oconee County at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

FLOWERY BRANCH GIRLS 4, DACULA 1: Durden Smith and Bekki Benton led the Lady Falcons (2-1) with a 6-1, 6-0 win Thursday in Flowery Branch. Elizabeth Mallory and Nicole Morris recorded wins at No. 2 and No. 3 singles for the Lady Falcons, and Dani Taylor and Madison Smith added another at No. 2 doubles.

Flowery Branch visits Habersham Central on Tuesday.

FLOWERY BRANCH BOYS 4, DACULA 1: The Falcons won 4-1 Thursday in Flowery Branch and will host Habersham Central on Tuesday.

CHESTATEE BOYS 5, FRANKLIN COUNTY 0: No. 1 singles player Jonathan Cook won 6-2, 7-5 for the War Eagles (2-0) Thursday night in Gainesville. In the No. 2 singles match, Chestatee’s Juan Carrion added a 6-2, 6-3 win, and Jeremy Cwikla came back from a set down to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 at No. 3 singles. Blaine Brown and Reed Johnson won 7-6(7-1), 6-3 at No.1 doubles, and Casey Campbell and Dillan Stapler came from down 5-0 in the first set of the No.2 doubles match to rally to a 7-6(10-8), 6-1 victory.

The War Eagles visit Lumpkin County Tuesday.

NORTH HALL GIRLS 4, STEPHENS COUNTY 1: Mary Katherine Martin won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles for the Lady Trojans on Thursday. No. 1 doubles duo, Kelsey McCray and Natalie Oxley, added a 6-2, 6-1 win for North Hall.

North Hall hosts White County on Tuesday.

Baseball

JEFFERSON 5, COMMERCE 0: Drew Carson went 3 for 4 with four RBIs for the Dragons Thursday night in Jefferson. Max Ford pitched four innings, allowing no runs on one hit and striking out five, to pick up the win.

Jefferson visits Commerce at 5:30 p.m. Monday.

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