The Chestatee, Cherokee Bluff and Gainesville women are all off to a sizzling begin. 

However don’t rely out any of the opposite 5 applications within the discipline. 

On the boys facet, Gainesville and Flowery Department are crimson sizzling. However West Corridor has additionally been an early shock and seeks so as to add to its lone boys Lanierland title in 2008. 

And Lakeview Academy is younger, however scrappy underneath coach Tyler Sanders. 

The Lions will even be a troublesome out within the county championship. 

One fascinating truth about Lanierland is that 6 of the 8 faculties have a coach who beforehand performed in Lanierland. 

Cherokee Bluff Women Coach Lindsay Justice (who performed at North Corridor), Chestatee women coach Sutton Shirley (North Corridor), Flowery Department women coach Courtney Newton (Flowery Department), Lakeview’s Sanders (Johnson), North Hal women coach Eric Herrick (North Corridor) and West Corridor boys coach Bobby Pless (North Corridor) have all seen each side of being a part of Lanierland. 

On high of the homegrown a part of Lanierland that makes it so particular, a few of the expertise has been the very best within the state. 

On the boys facet, gamers resembling Walter Hill, Dr. Mark Causey, Cris Carpenter, Doug Lipscomb, Chezley Watson, D’Marcus Simonds, Montrell McKenzie and Frank Davis are just some of the greats who all left their mark at Lanierland. 

On the women facet, Newton, Tasha Humphrey, Anna McKendree, Sada Wheeler, Brenda Hill, Julianne Sutton and Jaymee Carnes have been a few of the greatest who additionally went on to prolific school careers. 

So what’s in story for 2022?

Do the North Corridor women and Vikings boys have what it takes to repeat?

Many questions that we’ll not have a solution to till subsequent week.