Wednesday's Central Georgia Scoreboard
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Scoreboard
High School
Softball
GHSA Playoffs
(Full pairings, including Tuesday’s action; See Tuesday’s Scoreboard for Tuesday’s details)
Class 3A
Rutland 7, Appling County 2; Rutland 11, Appling County 6
The Hurricanes took awhile to get going in the opener, but sealed it pretty quickly with four in the fifth and three in the sixth. Bailey Caldwell had two hits and three RBI for the Hurricanes while Kinleigh King had two hits and two RBI. Caldwell whiffed five with two walks and five hits in the complete-game win. Appling County took a 5-2 lead after two in the nightcap and held it until Rutland tied it with three in the fifth. The Hurricanes put it away with six in the seventh, sparked by Alexis Hollis’s one-out grand slam that put Rutland up 9-5. The Hurricanes added two on Lacey Caldwell’s two-out single to left. Rutland gave up four unearned runs on five errors while Appling County coughed up eight on six errors and seven walks. Next: Calhoun or Jackson County.
Brantley County 11, Central 0; Brantley County 18, Central 6, Central eliminated
Class AA
Bleckley County 5, Thomasville 4; Next: at Heard County
East Laurens 5, Brooks County 3; Next: at Rockmart, Tuesday
Class A
ACE 7, Pelham 1; ACE 16, Pelham 3
Dixiana Sims struck out nine with four walks in a no-hitter in the opener, Pelham turning a walk and throwing error in the seventh into the shutout-breaker. Lizzy Mitchell and Mary Elizabeth Ballard did damage, teaming to go 7 for 8 with three RBI and three runs. Destiny Lucas added two hits. A three-run fourth put ACE in control in the second game, the Gryphons sealing it with nine in the sixth, aided by seven Pelham errors. Sara Winters went 3 for 5 at leadoff with three RBI and two runs, Lizzy Mitchell going 3 for 4 with three RBI and two runs at cleanup. Sims had two hits and two RBI in the 12-hit attack. Mary Elizabeth Ballard sat down nine batters with a walk and seven hits in six innings. Next: at Trion.
Hawkinsville 10, Crawford County 2; Hawkinsville 12, Crawford County 8
Four Eagle errors led to seven unearned runs, Crawford County not helped by giving up nine walks in the opener. Kirsten Wolters had three hits, while Ashanti Edwards and Samantha Lancaster had two hits each and combined for seven RBI. Gracie Collins added two runs. Kaitlyn Newman threw a five-hitter on 77 pitches in six innings, with a strikeout and two walks. Next: at Marion County
Savannah Christian 3, FPD 2; Savannah Christian 10, FPD 8, FPD eliminated
GMC 9, Washington-Wilkes 1; GMC 9, Washington-Wilkes 0; Next: at Schley County
Regular season
GISA/GAPPS
Westfield 6, Southwest Georgia 4
The Hornets pulled ahead with two in the sixth and held off Southwest Georgia. Merena Knowles had two hits, two runs, and two RBI for Westfield. Emma Williams struck out nine with a walk and seven hits in the complete-game win.
College
Golf
M-GMC, third, Redhawk Fall Invitational
M-Mercer, 10th, The Grove Intercollegiate
Soccer
W-Georgia College 3, Francis Marion 0
W-Wesleyan 2, LaGrange 1
Volleyball