Greenbrier's Boys and Evans' Girls Advance to Region Tourney Semis, Earn Spot in State Tourney

Top: Greenbrier's Richard Crawford III, Austin Canaday, and Nick Murry
Bottom: Coach Ryan Morningstar, Evans (girls)

Below is a rewind, all in one place, of Tuesday nights highlights and updates from Greenbrier's win over Grovetown, the Evans Lady Knights' victory over Lakeside, and Alcovy's defeat of Evans.

Greenbrier topped Grovetown to advance to the class AAAAAA, region 3 tournament semifinal round and earn a spot in the state playoffs. The Wolfpack face top seed Lakeside Thursday at 8:00 at Evans.

Greenbrier's Richard Crawford III carried the scoring load in the first half, dueling with Grovetown's Eric Graham.

Crawford ended the second quarter on a high note.

Nick Murry, Jordan Jake, and Austin Canaday asserted themselves in the second half.

Lexi Jeffcoat led all scorers with 15 points, including the free throw to clinch Evans's 50-49 quarterfinal round win over Lakeside. The Lady Knights face top seed Grovetown Thursday at 6:30. The next two region tournament games will determine their seed in next week's state playoffs.

Here is how the final minutes of the fourth quarter unfolded:

Lakeside led much of the game...

... after a fast start by both teams.

#3 seed Evans lost a heart breaker to #6 seed Alcovy after leading by two possessions late in the fourth quarter: