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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 lea...

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...

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 po...

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-...

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,...

DAWSONVILLE - Pickens swept Dawson in the final regular season game of the 2025-2026 season.  The evening opened up with Dawson Lady Tigers allowing an uncontested layup, which was reciprocated by Pickens allowing Dawson Senior Maddie Suita, whose season ending earlier this year with a torn ACL, to score an uncontested shot to finish out her Dawson career. GIRLS: Pickens 43 Dawson 38 Pickens, behi...

CLERMONT - Dawson County and North Hall split a Region 6AAA matchup on Tuesday Night GIRLS: Dawson 60 North Hall 50 The Lady Tigers swept the season series with North Hall after taking a 4-2 lead, Dawson rushed out to an 18-10 first quarter lead, 33-24 at the half.  In the second quarter, Dawson built leads that hit a dozen and held off some late Trojan runs.  Senior post Ava Roberson had a domina...

DAWSONVILLE: DAWSON SPLITS WITH WHITE COUNTY IN 6AAA MATCHUP; LEE TIES SCHOOL RECORD FOR 3'S IN A GAME. Girls-White 51 Dawson 42.   White County held off several Dawson County runs to take the region win.  White went on a 9-0 run after Dawson took a 4-3 in the game, but the Lady Tigers would rally to cut the score to 24-22 to open the third quarter.  White answered with a 13-0 run and held off a f...

In a Region 6AAA rival game, Lumpkin County swept Dawson County.  Lumpkin girls led wire to wire in a 49-39 victory.   Lumpkin boys rallied in an exciting game 59-50

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Dawson County swept North Hall in Region 6AAA Basketball Action at the Ford E Phillips Center in Dawsonville. Girls: Dawson 59 North Hall 56 Dawson (2-3/11-5) Opened with a 6-0 lead and led the entire game except when North Hall (2-3 / 9-6) took 30-29 lead with 4:48 in Q3.  Dawson bounced back and took a 40-38 lead into the final quarter.  Dawson built a 48-42 lead early in the fourth quarter and...