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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012 in Sports

Prep Basketball: Vikings set record pace in regular season

FROM STAFF REPORTS

sports@newnan.com

Depending on one's definition, Northgate's boys basketball team enters the postseason having already either broken or tied its school record for victories in a season.

Regardless, the Vikings' late-season surge may make them a tough team to beat in the Region 3-AAAA tournament starting with their opening-round game Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Fayette County High.

Finishing with a flourish as the No. 5 seed from the 3B-AAAA subregion, Northgate's boys open the postseason against Woodland (11-13), the fourth-place finisher from 3A-AAAA.

The Vikings enter on a roll after recording their 12th victory of the season last Saturday by defeating McIntosh, the second-place team from 3B-AAAA to close the regular season.

Northgate, which added a 13th win in the preseason that sets a new school mark for boys victories over an entire basketball season, enters with five wins in its last seven games. The team also gave top-ranked Fayette County a run last Friday, taking a one-point lead at halftime.

Thursday's winner moves on to face Fayette for a chance to reach the Class AAAA state playoffs.

Woodland had lost six of its last eight games heading into Tuesday's regular-season finale at Heritage of Conyers.

The Lady Vikings begin play on Saturday at 6 p.m., also against Woodland, which earned the No. 2 seed from subregion 3A-AAAA. Two of Northgate's five wins came in the last two weeks of the regular season.

Woodland's girls enter the postseason at 18-7 overall after finishing 9-3 in 3A-AAAA, and earning a tiebreaker with Dutchtown for second place.

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TRINITY TEAMS FALL IN REGION TOURNEY

Trinity Christian lineups were unable to extend respective seasons late Monday in the first round of the GISA Region 3-AAA tournament.

Both teams were defeated by Tattnall Square.

A young Lady Lions team which expects to return 13 of their 14 players, lost 57-14, with Sara Bryan (8) and Ruth Dennis (6) combining for Trinity's points.

The Lions, led by eight points each from Avery Braxton and Donterrious Snelling, fell 52-31 to close the season.