The No. 4-ranked Social Circle boys team (19-0, 6-0) defeated Commerce 107-44 Saturday and is six victories away from an undefeated regular season.
The program has beaten each of the opponents left on the schedule and will travel to Towns County (12-5) Tuesday in constant preparation for the region tournament.
Social Circle defeated Towns County 65-54 on Dec. 18. The Redskins will travel to Greene County on Saturday, then play Washington-Wilkes (Feb. 2), Lincoln County (Feb. 4), Lake Oconee Academy (Feb. 8) and Commerce (Feb. 11).
Social Circle (6-0) leads the Region 8 standings ahead of Towns County (4-2), Washington-Wilkes (3-2) and Commerce (3-3).
Here were some of the other top results from weekend play:
Boys
-- In an up-and-down weekend, No. 6 Lanier County defeated No. 7 Turner County 75-73 Friday losing 63-45 to unranked Charlton County on Saturday. The loss to Charlton County (13-6, 6-4) was Lanier’s first region loss of the season. Lanier (10-1) leads the Region 2 standings, ahead of No. 7 Turner County (8-2), Charlton and Clinch County (5-4).
-- No. 8 Chattahoochee County (10-4, 7-3) upended No. 5-ranked Manchester (17-2, 9-1) 53-50 Saturday and will play at home against No. 2-ranked Calhoun County (13-0) in a non-region game Tuesday.
Girls
-- No. 3 Taylor County (15-2, 11-0) is still unbeaten in Region 5 play after a 60-46 victory against Central-Talbotton on Saturday. The Vikings will travel to No. 8 Schley County (12-3, 11-1) for an important region game Tuesday. Taylor County defeated Schley County 52-48 on Dec. 14, which marked the Wildcats’ only region loss of the season.
-- Unranked Trion’s 46-41victory against Mount Zion-Carroll on Monday handed Zion its first region loss of the season. The victory placed Trion (8-0) atop the Region 6 standings, ahead of Mount Zion-Carroll (7-1), Gordon Lee (5-3) and Drew Charter (3-4).
Class A Public boys top-10
1. Drew Charter (17-1)
2. Calhoun County (13-0)
3. Dublin (16-1)
4. Social Circle (19-0)
5. Manchester (17-2)
6. Lanier County (16-2)
7. Turner County (16-2)
8. Chattahoochee County (10-5)
9. Mitchell County (13-4)
10. Warren County (9-3)
Class A Public girls top-10
1. Lake Oconee Academy (13-1)
2. Montgomery County (14-2)
3. Taylor County (15-2)
4. Screven County (13-3)
5. Bryan County (17-3)
6. Pelham (10-1)
7. Mt. Zion-Carroll (15-5)
8. Schley County (12-3)
9. Dublin (11-5)
10. Telfair County (13-3)
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