High school spring notebook

Sophomore Matthew Morgan of Chattahoochee was selected by the U.S. Soccer Federation to play for the U.S. Olympic Developmental Region III team in Guadalajara, Mexico, for the team’s 2013 International Tour. Morgan is the only Georgian on the team.

More soccer: Lassiter, the top-ranked boys team in the state's largest classification, survived Tuesday night on penalty kicks after coming back from a 3-1 second-half deficit to force overtime against Roswell. The Trojans then won after a scoreless overtime when Munear Abousand scored the game-winning penalty kick to give Lassiter the 5-4 penalty-kicks edge. The final was 4-3. … The No. 2 team in Class AAAAAA, Lambert, has not allowed a goal in victories against Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Chattahoochee and North Forsyth. … Unranked Mill Creek upended AAAAAA No. 7 Peachtree Ridge 2-1 as the Marinque brothers each scored for the Hawks. … AAAAAA No. 5 Brookwood tied AAAAA No. 9 Heritage-Conyers 1-1 on Tuesday. … Thomas Cook had a hat trick as Harrison plowed past McEachern 7-0 on Tuesday night in Powder Springs. … Greg Carbo and Sommy Khalej each scored as Walton shut out Milton 2-0. … AAAAA No. 10 Pope tied Marist 2-2 on Tuesday. Zach McCown gave Pope a 2-0 second-half lead before the War Eagles rallied to tie. … South Gwinnett edged Parkview 4-3 in penalty kicks after a scoreless game. … AAAAAA No. 4 Central Gwinnett beat Shiloh 4-0 as goalie Ricky Ortiz had his sixth shutout of the season. … AA No 1 Greater Atlanta Christian beat AAA No. 6 Decatur 2-0 as Max Gomes and Miller Kettle each scored. On Friday, the top-ranked Spartans defeated Lovett 3-1. … Defending state champ Collins Hill improved to 7-3 with a 2-0 victory against Habersham Central on Tuesday night. Paul Ille and Jordan Brust each scored. … In girls action, AA No. 1 Greater Atlanta Christian defeated AAAAAA No. 6 Brookwood 2-0 as Elizabeth White scored both goals. The Spartans won again Tuesday in a 7-0 rout of Lovett. … Class A Providence Christian beat AAAAA No. 8 Cambridge 5-3 on the strength of four assists and a goal by Katherine Slayton. … AAAAAA No. 7 Lassiter beat Roswell 1-0 as Kalli Vogel scored the only goal in the second half. … Kennesaw Mountain walloped South Cobb 10-0 on Tuesday. Tayler Hartrampf scored six goals, and Olivia Guajardo had seven assists, both school records. … AAA No. 3 Buford shut out White County 3-0 as Elexa Bahr had two goals. … AAAA's top-ranked team, Marist, tied AAAAA McIntosh 1-1 on Saturday. The War Eagles then beat Pope 3-0 on Tuesday.

Baseball: Despite two hits from Austin Meadows and an early 4-0 lead, Class AAAAAA No. 10 Grayson could only watch as Brookwood scored seven runs in the sixth inning to take a 9-5 decision at the Dave Hunter Complex in Snellville. Alvaro Castillo had a three-run double to key the comeback victory. … AA No. 7 Greater Atlanta Christian extended the rough start to the season for Providence Christian with a 7-4 victory Wednesday. The Spartans scored four runs in the top of the seventh. Ross Wood had three hits, and Jackson O'Brien provided two hits and two RBIs. … AAAA No. 3 Lanier earned a region victory against Monroe Area Wednesday with a 4-1 victory. Kameron Doster went the distance for the Longhorns, striking out seven. Blake Forte and Trenton Little each collected two hits. … Dylan Brown tossed a five-inning no-hitter in Dacula's 12-0 victory against Berkmar. Josh Bullock provided plenty of support for Brown with four RBIs. … AAA No. 1 Buford stomped region-foe Fannin County 14-0 in five innings as Jake Higginbotham struck out eight batters in just four innings of work. … AAA No. 8 Cartersville was able to hold Collins Hill to one hit in a 3-0 home victory. … St. Francis picked up a 3-2 victory against King's Ridge Christian, the first time in school history the Knights have defeated their Region 6-A rival.