High School Sports

Cherokee Bluff took the lead in the second inning and never looked back in a 7-3 over North Hall on Monday.

This region essentially stayed intact as the entire old 8-7A moved down, and with the addition of Discovery, it now has a seven-team field.

Region 6-6A is basically the old Region 6-7A, mostly an All-Forsyth County region, with Alpharetta, North Forsyth and North Atlanta, minus Milton, added in this reclass cycle.

Defending Class 7A champion Buford opened its 2024 season with a 9-2 win over River Ridge on Thursday on the road.

North Hall opened its season on Thursday with a sweep of Flowery Branch and Gilmer a tri-match at Flowery Branch.

This is one stacked region -- at least at the top. Milton is the defending Class 7A state champion. Gainesville played for the Class 6A title in 2022. Roswell has won 33 games since 2021.

Region 8-5A should be wide-open as only Habersham Central and Loganville made the 2023 playoffs and the new seven team region as a whole was just 27-45 overall in 2023 and no team posted a winning record.

Emma Siver tripled in the game’s only run in the bottom of the seventh to give East Forsyth a thrilling 1-0 win over North Hall on Wednesday at home.

Most of the teams in the region will be in flux with roster turnover due to graduation. But three-time defending champ North Oconee always seem to reload and has a solid mix of upper and underclassmen on the roster.

This was a fierce battle in 2023 with five of the six teams all finishing within two games of each other. The four playoff teams were separated by just one game and the Nos. 2-4 seeds were decided by tiebreakers.