A look at the Class 3A region tournaments

Region tournaments are at center stage this week for Class 3A to prepare each region’s respective seeding for the state tournament.

On the boys side of the class, Region 1 begins play Tuesday when Bainbridge travels to Peach County and Cairo treks to Dougherty.

In Region 2, Mary Persons beat Trinity Christian 65-61 Saturday but lost to Troup 71-54 Monday. Also Monday, Whitewater defeated Spalding 67-63. Whitewater will travel to Upson-Lee Tuesday and Troup goes to LaGrange.

The ‘Savannah Region’ 3 opened play Monday and Johnson-Savannah beat Southeast Bulloch 59-41 and Islands defeated Groves 72-63. On Tuesday, Windsor Forest will play Johnson-Savannah, Beach will play Long County, Calvary Day faces Islands and Liberty County plays Jenkins.

In Region 4 play, Richmond Academy beat Hephzibah 56-44 and Harlem upended Howard 77-54 Monday to set up Tuesday’s schedule of Baldwin at Richmond Academy and West Laurens vs. Harlem.

In Region 5, Mt. Zion-Jonesboro beat Stone Mountain 65-61 Monday and will continue play Wednesday when Riverdale meets North Clayton, Douglass plays Stephenson and Luella takes on Mt. Zion-Jonesboro.

Region 6 opens play Wednesday when North Hall meets Dawson, Lumpkin County plays White County, GAC takes on Chestatee and Pickens plays Johnson-Gainesville.

In Region 7, Heritage-Catoosa defeated Ridgeland Monday and on Wednesday, Gilmer will play LaFayette and Northwest Whitfield will face Heritage-Catoosa. Monroe Area defeated Oconee County 52-43 and Cherokee Bluff beat West Hall 61-46 Monday which set up the Wednesday schedule where Jefferson plays Cherokee Bluff and East Hall faces Monroe Area.

On the girls side, Bainbridge beat Peach County 53-32 and Westover defeated Cairo 55-28 Monday to set up Thursday’s schedule where Dougherty plays Westover and Monroe faces Bainbridge.

In Region 2, Spalding beat Whitewater 36-30 Saturday, Upson-Lee beat Spalding 70-49 and LaGrange defeated Mary Persons 41-37 Monday. Troup will play Upson-Lee and Sandy Creek faces LaGrange Tuesday evening.

Region 3 opens play Tuesday with a four-game schedule – Southeast Bulloch vs. Liberty County, Groves vs. Jenkins, Long County vs. Calvary Day and Beach vs. Windsor Forest.

In Region 4 play, Hephzibah beat Aquinas 59-37 and West Laurens faced Harlem Monday, setting up Tuesday’s schedule. In Region 5, Riverdale beat Stone Mountain 46-41 Monday and on Tuesday, Cedar Grove will play Douglass, North Clayton meets Mt. Zion-Jonesboro and Stephenson takes on Riverdale.

Region 6 play opens Tuesday when Dawson meets GAC, Chestatee plays North Hall, White County takes on Lumpkin and Pickens plays Johnson-Gainesville. In Region 7, play continues Tuesday when Northwest Whitfield plays Adairsville and Heritage-Catoosa meets LaFayette. In Region 8, East Hall defeated Monroe Area 64-34 and Cherokee Bluff upended West Hall 67-26 Monday. Teams will continue play Wednesday when Oconee County meets Cherokee Bluff and Jefferson plays East Hall.

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