Class 7A’s region basketball tournaments are complete. Scores below.

In Saturday’s final act, Cherokee’s fifth-ranked girls won their sixth straight region title, the longest streak in the highest class, and Milton’s fourth-ranked boys won their fourth straight region championship.

Other highlights this week:

*Brookwood’s girls, ranked No. 1, defeated No. 3 Grayson 55-52 on Friday night at Newton to win Region 4. Also winning girls region titles this week were No. 2 North Forsyth, No. 4 Norcross and No. 6 Harrison.

*McEachern’s streak of six titles ended. The Indians wound up with the No. 4 seed in Region 2 after Pebblebrook beat them in the semifinals. Campbell, the regular-season runner-up, won the title.

*Grayson’s boys, ranked No. 6, beat No. 2 Newton 71-61 to win the title Friday.

*Berkmar’s boys, ranked No. 3, defeated arch-rival Norcross, ranked No. 7, 45-39 for the Region 7 title. No. 1 Pebblebrook and No. 5 North Gwinnett also won boys region titles.

*In Region 1, Lowndes swept boys and girls region titles for the first time. The boys’ title was Lowndes’ first since 2005.

REGION 1

Girls

Third-place game: Camden County 51, #3 Colquitt County 50

Championship: #2 Lowndes 53, #1 Tift County 42

Boys

Third place: Tift County; Fourth place: Colquitt County

Championship: #1 Lowndes 60, #4 Camden County 38

REGION 2

Girls

Third-place game: #3 East Coweta 60, #1 McEachern 57

Championship: #2 Campbell 60, #4 Pebblebrook 45

Boys

Third-place game: #2 McEachern 62, #5 Campbell 48

Championship: No. 1 Pebblebrook 68, No. 3 East Coweta 62

REGION 3

Girls

Third-place game: #3 North Paulding 40, #4 Marietta 37

Championship: #1 Harrison 63, #2 Hillgrove 48

Boys

Third-place game: #1 Hillgrove 70, #6 North Paulding 55

Championship: #2 Walton 53, #5 Marietta 47

REGION 4

Girls

Third-place game: #4 Newton 45. #3 Parkview 41

Championship: #2 Brookwood 55, #1 Grayson 52

Boys

Third-place game: #4 South Gwinnett 61, #3 Parkview 51

Championship: #2 Grayson 71, #1 Newton 61

REGION 5

At Milton

Girls

Third-place game: #5 Etowah 58, #3 Roswell 57

Championship: #1 Cherokee 71, #2 Woodstock 54

Boys

Third-place game: #4 Cherokee 60, #2 Etowah 45

Championship: #1 Milton 75, #3 Roswell 51

REGION 6

Girls

Third-place game: #2 West Forsyth 67, #4 Denmark 53

Championship: #1 North Forsyth 62, #3 South Forsyth 43

Boys

Third-place game: #3 North Forsyth 58, #5 South Forsyth 55 (OT)

Championship: #1 West Forsyth 58, #2 Denmark 55 (OT)

REGION 7

Girls

Third-place game: #4 Discovery 43, #3 Duluth 28

Championship: #1 Norcross 51, #2 Archer 43

Boys

Third-place game: #3 Archer 76, #4 Meadowcreek 41

Championship: #1 Berkmar 45, #2 Norcross 39

REGION 8

Girls

Third-place game: #1 Peachtree Ridge 45, #2 North Gwinnett 35

Championship: #3 Collins Hill 53, #5 Mountain View 41

Boys

Third-place game: #3 Mountain View 70, Mill Creek 67

Championship: #1 North Gwinnett 61, #2 Collins Hill 53

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