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Brookwood used impressive performances on the pitcher's mound to go 2-0 at
the Veterans Memorial Tournament in Watkinsville last Saturday. Amanda Ablan, who tossed consecutive no-hitters last month, improved to 8-0 for the season as the Broncos defeated Heritage-Catoosa 3-1. Ablan struck out four batters in six innings of work. Chelsea Twardoski followed suit and fanned three Prince Avenue Christian hitters in a complete-game effort to lead Brookwood to a 3-2 victory. At the plate, Kamryn Tillman had two hits in the opening game and added two more to go along with two RBIs against Prince Avenue Christian.
Grayson also won twice at the Veterans Memorial Tournament last Saturday. Payton Glover and Conner Batchelor earned the two victories for the Rams, who fought past Heritage-Catoosa 4-3 and beat Winder-Barrow 3-1. Stephanie Snyder drove in two runs against Heritage-Catoosa and both Carley Batchelor and Sierra Smith had two hits. Caroline Sandhagen hit safely twice against Winder-Barrow while Smith and Jen Spangler each batted in a run.
Buford, the No. 1 team in Class AAAA, won a showdown with third-ranked Class AA squad Heard County last Saturday at Kennesaw State University. The Wolves improved to 14-1 on the year with a 7-2 triumph in which they found themselves tied at 1-1 heading into the sixth inning. Breanna Gutierrez hit a two-run triple in Buford's four-run sixth. The winning team also got two hits and three RBIs from Alexus Murray and two hits apiece from Tessa Daniels and Jordan Deep. Bria Bush picked up the win while hurling a complete game and striking out six Heard County batters.
Parkview is coming off a week in which it played three consecutive close games. The Panthers edged Flowery Branch 7-5 last Tuesday before coming out on different ends of two one-run thrillers last Saturday. They beat Oglethorpe County 2-1 then fell to Alcovy 6-5. Lexi Walker went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run and two RBIs against Flowery Branch.
No team has turned its early-season fortunes around quite like St. Pius.
The Golden Lions lost their first game 14-0 to Eagle's Landing, gave up a total of 26 runs in their first two contests and started their 2014 campaign with a 0-5 record. They have since won six in a row, including a 7-3 defeat of Blessed Trinity last Saturday. The marked improvement by St. Pius is further evidenced by a pair of games against Holy Innocents'. A 5-4 setback on Aug. 21 was followed by a 4-0 shutout in the Golden Lions' favor last Saturday.
