2015 ghsa baseball state championships

GHSA 2015 STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

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The 2015 Georgia High School Association 2A-6A Baseball State Championship Guide is pub-lished by Score Atlanta, in conjunction with the GHSA. The guide was designed by DJ Galbiati

Blalock and the Managing Editor is Craig Sager II and Lauren Goldstein and Kyle Sandy assisted in the editing process. The information and brackets were provided by the GHSA. Photos on the cover are courtesy of Cecil Copeland, Brian Morgan/Brianography, Whitewater HS and Sonny Kennedy. For more information on Score Atlanta, go to ScoreAtl.com or call 404-256-1572.

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Year AAAAA AAAA AAA AA A2001 Parkview Shaw Gainesville Cartersville Walker2002 Parkview Marist Gainesville Cartersville Walker2003 Colquilt Co. Marist Cartersville Vidalia Clinch Co.2004 Milton Columbus LaGrange Bacon Co. Lakeview Acad.2005 Chattahoochee Henry Co. Columbus Calhoun Calvary Day2006 Lassiter Greenbrier Blessed Trinity Lovett ELCA2007 Walton Greenbrier Dunwoody Holy Innocents’ Calvary Day 2008 Brookwood Loganville Cartersville Wesleyan Pacelli2009 Pope Northgate Cartersville Lovett Wesleyan2010 Harrison Marist Columbus Calhoun Wesleyan2011 Parkview Marist Columbus Buford Hebron Chr.2012 Parkview Loganville Columbus Appling County Providence Chr.

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Welcome to the 2015 GHSA Championship Series for

Baseball, the final GHSA events of this school year. Nearly four weeks ago these teams began competing in these playo s, and now they are poised for the final challenge – com-peting for the State Championship. The Georgia High School Associ-ation is proud of the commitment to excellence that these players and coaches have demonstrated throughout the season, as the qual-ity of play in high school baseball in Georgia continues to grow. We hope that you, the faithful fans, will enjoy these games, and

that you will demonstrate the high-est levels of sportsmanship as you positively encourage “your team” toward victory. The GHSA is grateful for the generous contributions of its corpo-rate partners and preferred vendors who enable the GHSA to provide these events. As you see the list of these partners around the field, please support them at every oppor-tunity.

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Major League Baseball players Ja-son Heyward, Je Francoeur and

Hall of Famer Frank Thomas all have one thing in common: they were Geor-gia state champions in high school. The GHSA has grown some of the best tal-ent in baseball over the years and with this season’s batch some of the game’s future stars may still be in the hunt for a high school title of their own. Frank Thomas has been the most

ERA and 108 strikeouts. There is no shortage of talent remaining in this year’s field. Class AAAAAA’s championship features some highly touted prospects out of Parkview: Austin Biggar (UGA), Daino Deas (Auburn) and Will Ethridge (Mis-sissippi). Biggar is a junior catcher who leads the Panthers in RBIs with 44. Deas has been slick in the field and at the plate while compiling a team-high batting average of .431. Ethridge has been lights out with a 1.52 ERA and a perfect 12-0 record his junior season. The Buford Wolves have dominated Class AAAA thanks to a roster loaded with high-major players. Brothers Nick and Austin Wilhite are juniors who have both pledged to play at Georgia Tech. Buford’s battery is highlighted by catch-er Joey Bart (GT), right-hander Connor Bennett (WVU) and lefties Jake Higgin-botham (Clemson) and Justin Glover (UGA), all whom are likely to hear their names called in the MLB Draft some-time during their playing careers. Jahmai Jones highlights Class AA’s Wesleyan Wolves. The UNC-signee has played second base and also in the outfield and displays quick hands to turn on balls. He is already a plus-field-er with a bat that should advance him through the minors quickly. Wesleyan seeks its fourth-ever title as they play Darlington this weekend. Photos courtesy of Parkview HS and Cecil Copeland.

decorated player to come out of the GHSA with a ring. The Big Hurt was in-ducted to the Hall of Fame in 2014 af-ter slugging 521 homeruns and batting .301 with three di erent teams over his 19-year career. Thomas was a standout at Columbus High School and batted cleanup for the 1984 state champion-ship team. At 6-foot-5, Thomas was not only a star on the diamond where he hit .440 as a senior, but he was also an

All-State selection as a tight end in foot-ball and played on the basketball team. Je Francoeur had similar success at the high school level in multiple sports. Frenchy cemented himself as a legend at Parkview High School in Lil-burn, Georgia. He was an All-State de-fensive back, but his passion lied with baseball. Francoeur anchored the Pan-thers on their way to state champion-ships in 2001 and 2002. As a junior he hit .500 with 20 homeruns, but it was his senior year when he truly became a folk hero with his heroics in the AAAAA championship. Francoeur crushed two homeruns in his final two games, both which broke late-innings ties before he would come on to close each game on the mound. In his last prep game, Fran-coeur blasted two homers, including a grand slam, to blow the game open and secure Parkview’s second-straight title.

HEYWARD-POSEY RIVALRY ... The most recent prospect to have won a state championship and now star in the majors is Jason Heyward. In the 2005 Class AAAAA state finals, Heyward and his Henry County team met future NL MVP and three-time World Series champion Buster Posey. Henry County would defeat Lee Coun-ty. Though Heyward may have won the championship, Posey was a star of his own at both the plate and on the mound during his senior year, batting .462 with a school record 14 homers while going a perfect 12-0 with a 1.06

BASEBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

BY KYLE SANDY | [email protected]

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF WITH GHSA PRODUCING MORE MLB TALENT


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MAY 23 & 25, 2015

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CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL ROSTERS

AAAAAA Parkview at Walton 5/23 3:00pmAAAAA Gainesville at Greenbrier 5/25 3:00pmAAAA Buford at Whitewater 5/23 5:00pmAAA Jefferson at Blessed Trinity 5/23 4:30pmAA Darlington at Wesleyan 5/23 3:00pm

CLASS AAAAAAParkview Panthers

Head Coach: Chan Brown1 Brandon Hill 12 LHP/CF2 Garrett Fowler 11 RHP/LF3 Jake Roberson 12 RHP4 David Draper 12 LF5 Cameron Hearn 12 3B/1B/RHP6 Daino Deas 12 2B/SS7 Trevor Brown 12 2B/SS8 Jackson Turnbull 11 INF/RHP9 Austin Biggar 11 C11 Jason Awtrey 12 OF13 Michael Lawson 11 OF/INF14 Jacob O’Neil 10 C15 Ryne Inman 12 RHP/1B16 Johnathan Whitmer 11 1B/C18 Will Ethridge 11 RHP/1B/3B21 Cody Collett 10 LHP/1B22 Trey Mullee 12 RHP23 Alex Hendrix 11 2B24 Evan Bensch 11 LHP26 Caleb Mitchell 10 LHP/OF27 Schyler Chapman 12 3B/2B/SS28 Andy Albright 12 RHP29 Robert Bennett 9 OF/LHP30 Corey Whitlock 11 RHP/1B31 Logan Cerny 9 C32 Izaia Walton 11 RHP33 Ben Markiewicz 9 3B/2B34 Brian Kregel 11 RF46 Jacob Riordan 9 RHP

Walton RaidersHead Coach: Shane Amos

1 Zac Kristofak 11 RHP2 Luke Manzo 12 SS3 Coleman Wellstead 11 OF/RHP4 Jack Morris 11 OF5 Jason Rooks 10 OF/RHP6 Pierce Smith 12 LHP7 Parker McCoy 11 2B8 Michael Guldberg 10 1B/INF9 Cole Bloodworth 12 RHP10 Ben Spencer 11 OF11 Chandler Miller 11 3B/OF12 Phillip Choo 10 C14 Addison Shoup 10 MI15 Jack Schad 9 C16 Forrest Wilson 10 OF17 Aaron Toporek 11 LHP18 Chris Rolicjk 10 RHP19 Kaylen Xie 10 1B/C20 Chris Hummel 11 RHP/1B22 Carter Kieboom 11 3B/1B23 Jason Avers 10 C24 Connor Haseley 11 RHP25 Luke Bartnicki 9 LHP29 Forrest Evans 11 RHP31 Tyler Heinrichs 12 OF/RHP

Class AAAAAGainesville Red ElephantsHead Coach: Jeremy Kemp

1 Jack Langford 11 P/Util2 Banks Grif�th 9 INF/P

3 Jonathan Gettys 11 P/OF4 Collier Scott 9 P/3B5 Harrison Styles 12 3B/P6 Brandon Sewell 12 OF7 Drew Wright 12 OF8 Sam Carpenter 11 1B/P11 Anthony Carrera 11 OF/P12 Mikey Gonzalez 12 Util/P13 Michael Curry 12 C/P14 Tanner Peacock 12 OF15 Jared Smith 9 C/OF17 Andy Hayes 10 Util18 Marshall Scott 11 OF20 Caleb Whitenton 12 1B/P22 Jake Hudson 10 OF23 AJ Smallwood 10 3B/1B24 Fedrick Cardona 11 2B/P25 Farris Mance 11 OF/1B32 Noah Bond 10 P

Greenbrier WolfpackHead Coach: Jason Osborn

2 Ty Snipes 11 INF/P3 Nick Sandlin 12 INF/P4 Justin Hart�eld 11 OF5 Cody Arlington 12 OF6 Davis Murray 11 C7 Dylan Clark 12 P8 Braz Staples 11 OF9 Connor Hogan 11 INF/P10 Avery Smoak 11 INF/P11 Colin Hoover 11 INF14 Miles Ellison 11 P15 Matthew Chester 9 OF16 Henry Flink 11 P17 John Belser 11 INF/P18 Trevor Fournier 11 OF/P19 Eric Jenkins 10 INF/P20 Mason Miller 11 OF21 Garrett Marchman 10 INF23 Adam Sasser 12 INF/P24 Brett Lillis 12 C25 John Dennany 11 OF

Class AAAABuford Wolves

Head Coach: Tony Wolfe1 Justin Glover 11 LHP/1B2 Clay Dickie 11 RHP4 Brandon Marsh 11 RF/RHP5 Freeman Edwards 12 2B6 Connor Bennett 12 RHP/2B7 Grif�n Jolliff 11 RHP/3B8 Tyler Perkins 10 SS/RHP10 Akira Mitchell 10 3B11 Caleb Moore 12 OF/LHP12 Chase Hunter 12 3B/RHP15 Jake Higginbotham 12 1B/LHP16 Connor Cohea 12 C19 Nick Wilhite 11 OF/LHP20 Austin Wilhite 11 SS/RHP21 Thames Hudlow 11 1B22 Dillon Lancaster 11 INF23 Keyton Gibson 12 RHP/OF24 Ian Jenkins 10 C/DH25 Joey Bart 12 C/DH

26 Kent Baldy 11 OF27 Kevin Coulter 12 RHP29 Noah Ledford 9 C/1B44 Nathan Haines 10 C/1B

Whitewater WildcatsHead Coach: Rusty Bennett

1 Tyler Doanes 10 IF2 Levi Whitlock 10 C3 Austin Adams 11 UTL4 Jabari Richards 12 OF/LHP5 Hunter Guess 11 IF/RHP7 Nick Fink 12 1B9 Bryce Baker 12 C10 JD Norred 11 OF12 Connor Nalley 11 1B/LHP14 Colby Taylor 12 RHP15 Win Lindsey 11 OF16 Austin Gardner 10 OF17 Tyler Burdette 12 INF19 Jared Gresham 12 OF21 Jacob Henley 10 P22 Avery Roth 12 OF/INF23 Ethan Gillis 9 LHP24 Jake Lee 12 RHP25 Jeremiah Woods 12 RHP27 Justin Burdette 9 C30 Allen Chumley 12 RHP33 Hunter White 11 LHP35 Brandon Bell 12 INF36 Ben Hughlon 12 RHP44 Miles Jones 11 1B

Class AAABlessed Trinity Titans

Head Coach: Andy Harlin2 Colin Dore 11 LHP/1B/LF3 David Dunn 10 2B4 Garrett Dupuis 11 IF5 Chris Siebert 12 LF/CF/RF6 Jake Bogosian 11 3B7 Cody Roberts 12 C/RHP8 Brad Spinner 12 LHP9 Graham Guthrie 12 2B/3B/SS10 Jack Dunn 12 SS11 Will Galloway 12 C/1B12 Jake Lundkovsky 10 SS14 Colin Davis 10 LF/CF/RF15 Jackson Svete 11 RHP17 Cole Mcnamee 10 RHP/1B/LF20 Conor Davis 11 1B22 Francis Sugrue 12 RHP24 Patrick McNamara 10 LHP/LF/RF25 John Michael Bertrand 11 LHP27 Bronco O’Brien 12 CF37 Hayden Lehman 11 RHP44 Juan Castro 12 LF55 Mitchell Weidner 10 C

Jefferson DragonsHead Coach: Tommy Knight

2 Brandon Clinton 9 C3 Hunter McCaslin 11 OF4 Tanner Thurmond 11 3B5 Chaz Evans 10 LF6 Kasen Rainey 10 INF

7 Ethan Garner 12 P, 1B8 Hunter Thompson 11 OF9 Jake Franklin 12 P, SS10 Joshua Hutch 11 P, OF11 Jared Hulsey 11 P12 Zack Boobas 10 C, 3B13 Jared Bates 12 P, 1B14 Asher Standridge 11 P, C15 Josh Cole 11 OF16 Devin Humphries 11 C17 Justin Cole 9 RF18 Will Breese 11 2B19 Christian Hutch 12 P, OF20 Taylor Wilkes 11 P, OF22 Micah Carpenter 12 P, OF24 Brooks Beddow 10 P25 Ethan Page 10 2B

Class AADarlington Tigers

Head Coach: Kent Harrison1 Ja’Kolbi Grif�n 10 P/OF2 Austin Cloud 9 INF3 Kyle Tackeberry 11 P4 Mike Sands 12 P/OF5 Jay Shadday 11 P/OF6 Tripp Flournoy 12 INF7 Kane Popham 10 C/INF8 Cal Fuller 10 P/OF9 Burton Dulaney 12 P/INF10 Seth Little 12 INF/P11 Jake Walker 11 OF12 Jake Maxwell 11 OF/P14 Jake Womack 10 P15 John Goldin 12 P/OF17 Drake Frix 11 C20 Sam Hunt 10 C21 Nolan Wilson 9 INF/OF22 Landon Lawrence 11 OF27 Nick Mauer 9 INF/P44 Burt Michael Tidwell 10 INF

Wesleyan WolvesHead Coach: Brian Krehmeyer

1 Andrew Sauer 12 P/IF2 Jahmai Jones 12 OF3 Carter Hall 12 IF4 Brendan Abernathy 12 OF5 Colin Hall 10 OF6 Sam McWhorter 12 C/OF8 Alex Thompson 11 P/IF9 Will Collins 12 IF10 Clint Prettyman 11 C/IF11 Drew Aspinwall 11 IF12 Jake McCleskey 11 IF13 Justin Gustafson 10 IF14 Christian Stark 12 P/OF15 Cole Mannion 11 OF16 Andy Archer 11 P/IF18 Adam Moon 10 P/IF19 Zach Green 10 IF22 John Morris 10 C23 Mikey Olson 11 P/OF24 Jordan Ward 10 P/IF30 Ryan Weed 10 P/OF31 Michael Payne 10 P/IF


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The Class AAAAAA championship matchup was set Wednesday night

as Walton’s Jason Rooks blasted a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning to give the Raiders (30-5) a dramatic 5-4 victory over visiting Ken-nesaw Mountain in Game 3. Awaiting the Raiders is five-time state champi-on Parkview (32-2), which swept Pope with a 3-2 Game 1 victory Monday night and a 12-3 Game 2 rout Tuesday night. The Panthers went into the top of the 4th tied 2-2 but drove in 10 runs in the final three innings, while finish-ing the game with 13 hits and drawing six walks. Trevor Brown went 4-4 at the plate with a walk and was driven home all five times he reached base. Wal-ton’s pitching rotation will face a deep Parkview lineup that is outstanding at driving up pitch counts. Walton is look-ing for its first state title since 2007.

BATTLE-TESTED…It took 11 innings, but Greenbrier

(27-3) erased Allatoona in Game 2 of the Class AAAAA semifinals 8-6, to give the Wolfpack a shot at their sixth state championship and first since 2007 in the Class AAAAA finals. Gainesville (28-6) also brings a championship ped-igree to the table with a whopping seven

Game 1. Castro hit a two-out double in the top of the 1st inning but the 2-0 lead was brief as Westside’s Jonathan Jahn belted a 2-run homer in the bot-tom of the inning to tie it 2-2. Castro scored the game-winning run in the top of the 5th on a solo home run. In Game 2, Blessed Trinity once again took a 2-0 lead, but this time, the Patriots would find no answers. Adding insurance was Blessed Trinity’s Conor Davis, who hit a 3-run homer to push the lead to 5-0. Je erson (24-7) held o Westmin-ster’s seventh inning rally in Game 1 for a 5-4 victory and after dropping Game 2 turned around with a 5-2 victory Game 3 to advance to the state cham-pionship for the first time in program history. Jake Franklin was outstanding in Game 3 for Je erson and pitched a complete game, while going 3-for-4 at the plate. The Darlington Tigers swept the visiting Rabun County Tigers and will play for the school’s first state title since 1984 against Wesleyan on Satur-day. Jay Shadday gave up one earned run o four hits in Game 1’s seven-in-ning victory in the semis and crossed the plate for two of the five runs after batting 2-of-3 with a walk. Burton Du-laney drove in four runs in the bottom of the fifth to give Darlington a 5-1 lead. Dulaney took the mound for Game 2 and gave up two earned runs in five innings pitched as Darlington made quick work of Rabun County with a 10-run victory. Wesleyan’s sweep of Fitzgerald in the semis included a 10-0 Game 1 shutout. The Wolves (30-4) are searching for the program’s first state title since their three-peat from 2008-10. Photos courtesy of Cecil Copeland, David McGregor, Stephanie Lamm and Brian Morgan/Brianography.

titles, but it has been 13 years since the Red Elephants last won in 2002. Green-brier’s playo run got o to an inauspi-cious start with a 3-2 loss to Hardaway, but the Pack quickly righted the ship and have won eight straight playo games since. Gainesville faced elimination in Game 3 of the quarterfinals against four-seed Cinderella South E¥ngham, but an 8-6 win was enough to push the Elephants through to the semis where they faced Greenbrier’s Region 2 foe, Jones County. Gainesville defeated the Greyhounds in two one-run games to advance to the finals. Nick Sandlin has come up big for the Wolfpack and will be asked to do so again against Gainesville. The Southern Miss-signee struck out 11 batters in a one-hitter in Game 1 against Allatoona before following it up with three in-nings of relief in Game 2. First baseman Adam Sasser has inked to play at Geor-gia and will be a big factor in the cham-pionship series. Gainesville relies on second baseman and Mississippi-sign-ee Luke Maddox to spark the o ense. Lefty Jonathan Gettys has produced big-time performances on the mound and is headed to LSU. Outfielder Bran-don Sewell is entertaining multiple of-fers from SEC and ACC schools.

LOOKING TO REBOUND … The Class AAAA state champion-ship is set between top seeds Buford (32-2) and Whitewater (29-5). Both teams came close to winning it all last year, but faltered late in the tourna-ment. Buford was defeated by Carters-ville in the AAA semifinals while the Wildcats lost in heartbreaking fashion to Houston County in three games in the AAAAA finals. The Wolves have torn through the field with five shutout wins this postseason and are in search of their third ever state title and first since 2011. Whitewater has never won a ring, but Coach Rusty Bennett has built a premier program that has start-ed to become recognized nationally. Aside from a three-game scare in the second round against Pike County, the Wildcats have cruised in the playo s. Jake Higginbotham is Buford’s strike-pounding lefty who is signed with Clemson. Brothers Nick and Austin Wilhite are juniors but are already both pledged to play at Georgia Tech; catch-er Joey Bart is already a Tech-signee. Hard throwing righty Connor Bennett is another ace to pair up with Higgin-botham and is a West Virginia-signee. Whitewater counters with some horses of its own. 6-foot-6, 240-pound Ethan Gillis is a top notch lefty committed to Kennesaw State. Jabari Richards, a Fur-man-signee, plays outfield and is anoth-er left-handed pitcher. Brandon Bell and Tyler Burdette are both run producers. Buford defeated Whitewater 1-0 on March 4 with both teams combining for nine hits.

BT-JEFFERSON MATCHUP… In Class AAA, defending champi-on Blessed Trinity (31-2) swept West-side-Augusta to return to the finals and now face the Je erson Dragons. John Castro drove in all three Titans’ runs

GHSA STATE FINALS

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STATE’S BEST VIE FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

MAY 23 & 25, 2015

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N. Forsyth Region 6 - Team 3

2,0

PopeRegion 5 - Team 2

3,3

MariettaRegion 4 - Team 4

6,1,7

E. CowetaRegion 3 - Team 1

2,11,6

NewtonRegion 2 - Team 3

1,8,2

Lee Co.Region 1 - Team 2

11,7,3

S. GwinnettRegion 8 - Team 4

6,0

Collins HillRegion 7 - Team 1

10,12

WestlakeRegion 3 - Team 3

0,0

Kennesaw Mtn.Region 4 - Team 2

10,15

MiltonRegion 5 - Team 4

4-10-5

LambertRegion 6 - Team 1

9-1-3

ArcherRegion 8 - Team 3

3,3,3

N. GwinnettRegion 7 - Team 2

2,7,7

ValdostaRegion 1 - Team 4

6,3,4

TuckerRegion 2 - Team 1

0,4,2

EtowahRegion 5 - Team 3

8,6

W. ForsythRegion 6 - Team 2

3,2

CampbellRegion 3 - Team 4

0,0

HarrisonRegion 4 - Team 1

15,12

LowndesRegion 1 - Team 3

14,8

Lakeside, DKRegion 2 - Team 2

5,2

Mill CreekRegion 7 - Team 4

0,1

ParkviewRegion 8 - Team 1

10,3

HillgroveRegion 4 - Team 3

7,2,2

NewnanRegion 3 - Team 2

2,7,1

S. ForsythRegion 6 - Team 4

4,1

WaltonRegion 5 - Team 1

6,11

Mtn. ViewRegion 7 - Team 3

2-4-3

BrookwoodRegion 8 - Team 2

11-3-2

Rockdale Co.Region 2 - Team 4

1,0

Tift Co.Region 1 - Team 1

7,5

Pope 11,5

Marietta 1,1

Lee Co. 4,5

Collins Hill 5,6

Kennesaw Mtn.2,9,7

Milton4,1,3

N. Gwinnett5,11,2

Valdosta7,1,1

Etowah 0,5,14

Harrison 4,2,1

Lowndes 0,0

Parkview 12,6

Hillgrove1,4

Walton12,7

Mtn. View2,10

Tift Co.1,6

Pope 6,5

Collins Hill 1,4H

Kennesaw Mtn.5,5,10H

N. Gwinnett2,6,1

Etowah 2,2

Parkview 4,3H

Walton5,4,8H

Mtn. View2,5,7

Pope 2,3

Parkview 3,12H

Kennesaw Mtn.2,4,4

Walton4,3,5H

Parkview

WaltonH

Champion

Runner-Up

2014-2015 GHSA Class AAAAAA State Baseball Tournament

In ALL rounds, the higher seeded team will host. If both teams are the same seed, the (H) printed in the bracket will indicate the host school. Exceptions to the scheduled dates may be made with the approval of the ExecutiveDirector.

DH: 5/1 If: 5/2 DH: 5/1 If: 5/2DH 5/6 If: 5/7 DH 5/6 If: 5/7DH: 5/12 If: 5/13 DH: 5/12 If: 5/13DH: 5/18 If: 5/19 DH: 5/18 If: 5/19DH: 5/23 If: 5/25

MAY 23 & 25, 2015

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SonoravilleRegion 6 - Team 3

1,5,5

C. CarrolltonRegion 5 - Team 2

4,4,6

Cedar GroveRegion 4 - Team 4

1,2

Westside, Aug.Region 3 - Team 1

13,16

JordanRegion 2 - Team 3

6

SE BullochRegion 1 - Team 2

11

Hart Co.Region 8 - Team 4

6,0,10

Franklin Co.Region 7 - Team 1

5,1,0

LaneyRegion 3 - Team 3

0,0

WestminsterRegion 4 - Team 2

10,15

PepperellRegion 5 - Team 4

2,0

RinggoldRegion 6 - Team 1

5,7

Jackson Co.Region 8 - Team 3

7,8

East HallRegion 7 - Team 2

5,0

JenkinsRegion 1 - Team 4

0,9,4

JacksonRegion 2 - Team 1

10,2,9

CedartownRegion 5 - Team 3

1,4,10

CalhounRegion 6 - Team 2

3,3,7

HepzibahRegion 3 - Team 4

0,0

Blessed TrinityRegion 4 - Team 1

10,19

Appling Co.Region 1 - Team 3

8,10,11

RutlandRegion 2 - Team 2

9,0,1

West HallRegion 7 - Team 4

0,0

Oconee Co.Region 8 - Team 1

2,6

DecaturRegion 4 - Team 3

9,5

Washington Co.Region 3 - Team 2

6,4

AdairsvilleRegion 6 - Team 4

1,0,1

CallawayRegion 5 - Team 1

0,4,10

Lumpkin Co.Region 7 - Team 3

1,0

JeffersonRegion 8 - Team 2

7,10

SW MaconRegion 2 - Team 4

0,1

Pierce Co.Region 1 - Team 1

10,15

C. Carrollton 0,1

Westside, Aug. 8,4

SE Bulloch 0,3

Hart Co. 10,13

Westminster7,10,8

Ringgold10,8,5

Jackson Co.6,6

Jackson1,2

Cedartown 1,1

Blessed Trinity 6,18

Appling Co. 6,2,4

Oconee Co. 3,14,7

Decatur0,0

Callaway10,6

Jefferson2,2,8

Pierce Co.0,3,7

Westside, Aug. 2,2,9H

Hart Co. 0,3,3

Westminster3,11H

Jackson Co.2,0

Blessed Trinity 6,1H

Oconee Co. 0,0

Callaway3,0H

Jefferson5,3

Westside, Aug. 2,0H

Blessed Trinity 3,6

Westminster3,6,2H

Jefferson5,0,5

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GACSRegion 6 - Team 3

15,6

BremenRegion 5 - Team 2

5,1

Crawford Co.Region 4 - Team 4

1,1

Screven Co.Region 3 - Team 1

12,11

Jeff-DavisRegion 2 - Team 3

6,1,6

BerrienRegion 1 - Team 2

4,2,4

Social CircleRegion 8 - Team 4

2,0

DarlingtonRegion 7 - Team 1

6,15

MetterRegion 3 - Team 3

8,4

Bleckley Co.Region 4 - Team 2

0,1

ManchesterRegion 5 - Team 4

0,0

WesleyanRegion 6 - Team 1

6,16

Oglethorpe Co.Region 8 - Team 3

0,1

Gordon LeeRegion 7 - Team 2

10,25

Brooks Co.Region 1 - Team 4

0,0

BenedictineRegion 2 - Team 1

10,11

BowdonRegion 5 - Team 3

1,1

LovettRegion 6 - Team 2

16,16

HarlemRegion 3 - Team 4

2,7

MonticelloRegion 4 - Team 1

0,5

ThomasvilleRegion 1 - Team 3

1,5

Bacon Co.Region 2 - Team 2

7,6

Dade Co.Region 7 - Team 4

1,3

Rabun Co.Region 8 - Team 1

2,6

Lamar Co.Region 4 - Team 3

1,1

DublinRegion 3 - Team 2

3,5

Holy InnocentsRegion 6 - Team 4

6,4

Heard Co.Region 5 - Team 1

7,10

ModelRegion 7 - Team 3

4,13,5

Union Co.Region 8 - Team 2

5,10,6

Long Co.Region 2 - Team 4

0,4

FitzgeraldRegion 1 - Team 1

15,10

GACS 9,12

Screven Co. 3,2

Jeff-Davis 4,7,5

Darlington 7,6,6

Metter0,0

Wesleyan15,5

Gordon Lee5,2

Benedictine2,0

Lovett 6,6

Harlem 0,2

Bacon Co. 4,1

Rabun Co. 11,5

Dublin3,7

Heard Co.9,8

Union Co.6,3,3

Fitzgerald2,8,5

GACS 0,13,2

Darlington 5,4,8H

Wesleyan10,7H

Gordon Lee0,1

Lovett 6,1,1

Rabun Co. 1,2,8H

Heard Co.10,0,4H

Fitzgerald0,10,5

Darlington 5,12H

Rabun Co. 2,2

Wesleyan10,4H

Fitzgerald0,3

Darlington

WesleyanH

Champion

Runner-Up

2014-2015 GHSA Class AA State Baseball Tournament



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