Parkview (18-2, 10-1), 6A’s No. 1 ranked team, gained some separation in Region 8-AAAAAA after picking up a crucial win over No. 7 Brookwood (15-5, 8-3) last Monday, 7-1. Austin Biggar drilled a grand slam in the third inning to set the tone for the Panthers and help lift them over the Broncos. Will Ethridge tossed a complete-game while allowing one unearned run. The Broncos dropped to South Gwinnett last Wednesday but quickly rebounded with a 4-2 win over No. 9 Archer (15-6, 8-3) to pull into a tie for second place. No. 6 Lakeside-DeKalb enters the polls after ripping off nine-straight wins. Georgia State-signee Darius Sewell leads the Vikings with six homeruns and 27 RBIs.
Gainesville (15-4, 10-2) takes over the No. 2 spot in Class 5A after Greenbrier (15-2, 5-1) tumbles to No. 4 thanks to a 4-1 loss to South Forsyth (11-9, 7-5). The Red Elephants have picked up wins over No. 7 Loganville (15-4, 10-2) and Winder-Barrow (12-6, 8-4). On Friday in a 7-0 win over Winder-Barrow, Jonathan Gettys hit two homers and allowed just two hits in five innings pitched. Michael Curry also went yard for the Red Elephants, blasting a two-run homerun in the bottom of the sixth inning. A huge matchup looms in Region 4 as No. 3 Union Grove (16-1, 14-0) hosts No. 6 Ola (18-3, 7-2). Both teams are trying to keep pace with the top-ranked team in the state and leader of the region, Starr’s Mill (17-1, 8-0). Both the Wolverines and Mustangs enter with team batting averages of .380. A.J. Spencer leads Union Grove with three homeruns and 24 RBIs while hitting .545. Ola counters with a slugger of its own in Carter Perkins who is hitting .523 with 29 RBIs.
2014 State runner-up Crisp County (13-5, 13-2) enters the polls riding an 11-game win streak. The No. 8 Cougars defeated Cairo (14-7, 12-5) 6-5 in eight innings last Wednesday. No. 1 Buford continued its dominance of Class 4A with a 12-0 shutout of Johnson-Gainesville (2-18, 0-11). The Wolves are now 19-2 overall and 11-0 in Region 8-AAAA. They have outscored region opponents 87 to 10 this season.
Westminster (14-7, 10-1), who has played one of the toughest schedules in the state this season, stays at No. 6 after falling to Class AA’s No. 1 and No. 2 teams, Wesleyan (17-3, 7-1) and Lovett (15-3, 7-1), in consecutive games. The Wildcats have now played three of Georgia’s top-ranked teams in their respective classifications (Buford, Blessed Trinity and Wesleyan).
In Class AA, the streaking Benedictine Cadets (16-4, 10-0) continue their rise in the poll and flip with No. 4 Greater Atlanta Christian (14-3-1, 4-1-1) to take ahold of the No. 3 spot. Last Tuesday Stevie Powers powered the Cadets to a 1-0 win over No. 8 Jeff Davis (12-6, 7-2). Powers struck out 10 in the complete-game win while hitting a solo homerun in the third inning to account for the only run of the game.
No. 1 King's Ridge (16-2, 10-1) saw its eight-game win streak come to a close last week when it fell to Archbishop Moeller (OH) 8-4. No. 3 Tattnall Square (17-1, 9-0) who suffered its first loss on April 3rd, earned a nice non-region victory over Class AAAA's No. 9 Perry (15-5, 8-0) 3-1. No. 5 Treutlen (15-3, 10-0) suffered a 3-2 loss to Hawkinsville (13-4, 6-2) last Monday in eight innings, but managed to get back on track with a 4-1 win over visiting Bacon County (15-3, 7-1), the No. 5 ranked team in AA. Brad Cammack hit a solo homerun and Tristan Cone pitched a complete-game one-hitter to carry the Vikings.
Class AAAAAA
- Parkview
- Lambert
- Walton
- Kennesaw Mountain
- Milton
- Lakeside-DeKalb
- Brookwood
- Newnan
- Archer
- East Coweta
Class AAAAA
- Starr's Mill
- Gainesville
- Union Grove
- Greenbrier
- Allatoona
- Ola
- Loganville
- East Paulding
- Stephenson
- Richmond Hill
Class AAAA
- Buford
- Whitewater
- Troup County
- St. Pius
- Locust Grove
- Pike County
- Wayne County
- Crisp County
- Perry
- Thomson
Class AAA
- Blessed Trinity
- Pierce County
- Jackson
- Westside-Augusta
- Jefferson
- Westminster
- Franklin County
- Decatur
- Oconee County
- Central-Carrollton
Class AA
- Wesleyan
- Lovett
- Benedictine
- Greater Atlanta Christian
- Bacon County
- Darlington
- Rabun County
- Jeff Davis
- Bremen
- Thomasville
Class A
- King's Ridge
- Mt. Paran
- Tattnall Square
- Eagle's Landing Christian
- Treutlen
- Whitefield Academy
- Charlton County
- Brookstone
- First Presbyterian Day
- Providence Christian Academy
