FLOWERY BRANCH — As Flowery Branch senior Cassidy Elrod sees it, this year’s team is even better than last year’s Region 8-AAAA champions, even if the eighth-ranked Lady Falcons didn’t go undefeated in the region this time. Instead, a close loss to Heritage earlier in the season resulted in a more focused Lady Falcons team, one that Thursday night routed Salem 10-0 in a mercy-rule shortened game to claim a second consecutive region title. Elrod, who had a number of shots blocked by Salem goalkeeper Sydni Booker in the first seven minutes, assisted on the Lady Falcons first goal on a cross to sophomore Julia Sienkiewicz, who headed the ball past the keeper, before scoring two of her own to put the hosts ahead 3-0 less than 15 minutes in.