While Monday featured several upsets that sent shockwaves through the state, Tuesday saw many region favorites flex their muscles and rack up easy victories. St. Pius X dominated the Cross Keys girls 60-3. Norcross defeated Collins Hill 48-17. Parkview was equally impressive, dismissing Shiloh 63-19. … Shiloh wouldn’t be deterred however, putting up a 38-9 halftime lead over Grayson en route to a 71-35 victory. Nate Mason had 21 points in the victory. … The Mountain View girls punched their ticket to the state playoffs for the first time in the four-year history of the program. Mountain View defeated Mill Creek in the Region 7-AAAAAA tournament, ending the Hawks’ season and snapping a streak of seven-straight years of reaching at least the Sweet 16. … The wildest story happened in Columbus when the LaGrange-Carrollton girls game had to be moved after the roof started to leak. LaGrange would end up winning 45-39 but Carollton held a small lead towards the end of the second quarter when the game was halted and moved to Jordan. … Elsewhere, Savannah Christian earned a pair of victories Tuesday, as the girls took down ECI 45-27 and the boys defeated Montgomery County 57-51. Beach knocked off Islands 68-34 while Tattnall County defeated Pierce County 71-44. The news was good and bad for Haralson County as the girls moved on with a win over Coretta S. King while the boys fell to Jackson-Atlanta. Kennesaw Mountain took apart Harrison 74-59 in the boys Region 4-AAAAAA tournament. … … Finally, the magical run of the Temple girls team has come to an end. Just 24 hours after notching the team’s first win of the season, Manchester handled Temple 45-20, but let up off the gas after the third quarter. Manchester held a 36-8 lead after three in Region 5-AA play.
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