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Region 8-A Weather Update: Tournament scheduled to resume on Friday
By S. Thomas Coleman
Feb 12, 2014The severe weather system that has moved into Georgia has delayed the Region 8-A tourmanemt until Friday, unless the conditions do not improve.
Commerce High School principal and athletic director Donnie Drew, who is also the Region 8-A secretary, said earlier Wednesday that he was not sure when the tournament would be able to resume. However, Towns County girls head coach Jim Melton released a new tentative schedule that has the tournament resuming on Friday at Commerce.
Region 8 is subdivided into two divisions, North and South. The top boys seeds are Pinecrest Academy (#1 North) and Athens Christian (#1 South). The top girls seeds are Lakeview Academy (#1 North) and George Walton (#1 South). The first round games were played on Monday. On the boys side, George Walton Academy advanced with a 58-46 win over Prince Avenue Christian, while the Athens Academy girls moved on with a 28-22 win over Providence Christian.
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