For the fifth year in a row, Eagle’s Landing head coach Elliott Montgomery will add a region championship trophy to the boys basketball trophy case.
The Eagles jumped out to a 14-0 lead and never looked back in what was an 80-52 dismantling of Union Grove last week at Warner Robins High School to claim the Region 2-AAAAA championship.
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