CALHOUN - The Dawson County Tigers rally fell short to the #3 Calhoun Yellow Jackets in the Sweet 16 on Saturday, 61-52.

The Tigers fell behind 10-0 but rallied from a 14-point deficit to a 30-23 score behind Landon Lee's 8 first half points.  The Tiger rally continued into the third quarter behind 9 point from Jack Ledbetter, to close to 39-38.  Calhoun opened the 4th quarter with a 6-0 and a lead preventing a Tiger recovery.

Dawson was paced by Lee's 16 points, Ledbetter's 14 point and Mason Harvey's 12.

The Tigers finish the 25-26 season with a 16-14 record after finishing as the Region 6AAA Tournament Runner-up

DAWSONVILLE - The Dawson County Tigers rallied from an 11 point halftime deficit to take a round one victory over Beach, 57-53, in the Class AAA basketball playoffs.

After a see-saw first quarter, Beach seized first half momentum by advancing a 16-11 first quarter lead to a 33-22 halftime score.

The Tigers cut the deficit to 35-33 in the third quarter, but found themselves down 43-37 entering the final quarter.  The Tigers reclaimed the lead 50-47 with 3:40 remaining in the game.  With Beach holding a 53-52 lead with 48-seconds remaining, either team could score until Mason Harvey hit the go-ahead basket with 5 seconds, 54-53.  Harvey followed suit by hitting 3-of-4 freethrows in the final seconds to secure the tournament win.

Harvey finished the game with 19 points.  Landon Lee added 13 while Cayson Chester and Jack Ledbetter pitched in 10 points each.

SARDIS - GAC held off multiple Dawson County second half rallies to take the Region 6AAA Championship, 59-51 on Friday Night.

Dawson took an early lead int he game, but GAC to build their 14-12 first quarter lead to 26-22 at the half.  Dawson battled back to tie the game 32-32 in the third quarter before building a 45-39 lead going into the final quarter.  The Tigers were to pull to game to two points in the fourth, but could not regain the lead.

Dawson will await the final GHSA seeding to learn who they will host in next weeks Class AAA basketball playoff opener.

Scoring:

Dawson: Landon Lee 24, Mason Harvey 10, Cayson Chester 9, Jack Ledbetter 6, Brody Sorensen 4.  GAC: Adrian Hughes 19

SARDIS - The Dawson County Tigers rallied from a six point fourth quarter deficit to upend rival Lumpkin Count 63-62 in the Region 6AAA Semi-finals on a Jack Ledbetter shot off an offensive rebound with 1.8 seconds remaining.

The Tigers raced out to an 11-0 lead before Lumpkin rallied for the first lead of the game with 1:15 remaining in the first half, 28-26, finishing an 8-0 run and taking a 30-26 lead into the half.

Dawson rallied to reclaim a lead 33-32 early third quarter before the Indians reclaimed momentum, eventually building a 58-52 lead midway through the fourth quarter.   Down 61-56 in the final two minute, the Tigers chipped away to cut the score to 62-61 as Landon Lee hit three freethrows with 49 seconds.  Dawson then forced a Lumpkin shot clock violation to set up the game winning possession with 13 seconds.

Scoring:

Dawson: Lee 17, Ledbetter 17, Cayson Chester 10, Mason Harvey 9, Brody Sorensen 8, Corbin Cantrell 2.

Lumpkin: Landon Pierce 19, Jordan Richerson 14, Martin Hulsey 12, Jackson Pulley 9, Tyler Cortes 4, Keiwhan Gallagher 4

DAHLONEGA - Dawson County earned an appearance in the Class AAA playoffs as they advanced to the 6AAA Semi Finals with their 66-57 victory over North Hall.

The Tigers rallied from a second quarter 23-14 deficit to take a 31-30 halftime lead.  Dawson's lead hit seven in the third quarter before North Hall rallied to a 47-43 deficit after three.   The Tiger lead hit 57-47 with four minutes to play, but went on a 3.5 minute scoring drought that allowed North Hall to cut the score to 59-57 with 52 seconds remaining.  The Tigers were able to score the games final seven points to secure the win.

The Tigers shot 7-of-14 3-pointers and 21-26 from the freethrow line.  North Hall shot 3-15 from behind the arc and 8-11 freethrows.

Scoring:

Dawson-Landon Lee 34, Jack Ledbetter 12, Cayson Chester 10, Mason Harvey 10

North Hall-Gunner Spain 20, Carter Causey 14, Kenny Sullivan 12, Walker Vining 8, Jackson Miller 2.