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

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