COLUMBUS -- Buford won twice at the GHSA championships, advancing to Friday’s winner’s bracket finals with a shot at their fourth consecutive state championship.
In Class AA, Buford used home runs in both games from Lexi Overstreet, whose two-run shot in the sixth inning broke open the Lady Wolves’ 6-1 win over Union County in the second round.
“I was expecting a rise ball, and she came inside,” Overstreet said of her homer off Union County’s Angie Hughes. “I just knew I kind of had to help my team out.”
Buford, going for its fourth consecutive title in Class AA, got a clutch performance from pitcher Melissa Dickie, who struggled with her control before wiggling out of a bases-loaded jam in a 4-1 win over Jeff Davis. Dickie then retired 14 consecutive batters before Lindsey Wilcox’s home run in the sixth got Jeff Davis on the board.
“I guess I was a little bit nervous,” Dickie said, “but then I realized I just needed to pitch.”
Class AAAAA
Collins Hill had little trouble with Newnan in its opener, winning 9-1 on the strength of Aerika Miles’ four hits and three runs scored.
Christina Parham belted a home run for the Lady Eagles against Newnan and another in Collins' Hill's 5-2 second-round win over Grayson.
Brookwood survived a pair of one-run games, beating Harrison 2-1 in eight innings when Jessica Nedigh scored on a Hoyas error and later got a bases-loaded sacrifice fly from Susan Norris in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Lassiter 2-1.
Class AAAA
Kell got a two-run homer from Kelsey Mericka and overcame a 13-strikeout performance by Northgate pitcher Ashley Clifton. Andie Martin hit a second-inning homer for Northgate.
Class AAA
White County’s Stephani Satterfield struck out 10 Eastside batters and belted a three-run homer in the Lady Warriors’ 5-3 win. Satterfield’s homer erased a 2-0 Eastside lead, and Morgan Jacobson added a two-run shot to cap a five-run sixth inning.
In their winner’s bracket game, White County belted six homers, including two each from Satterfield and Jacobson, in a 16-1 rout of Thomson.
Class AA
Greater Atlanta Christian got a solo home run from Sierra Lawrence in the first inning and used three hits, three walks and two Dodge County errors in an eight-run fifth to win under the mercy rule in its opener, then used a two-run double Taylor Endres to beat North Oconee 2-1 in the winner’s bracket game.
Behind a two-run single by Sara Stites, North Oconee won 6-3 in its opener, scoring six times in the sixth inning to erase Berrien’s 3-0 lead.
Class A
Gordon Lee pitcher Brenna Nation took a no-hitter in the seventh inning and finished with 14 strikeouts in for the Lady Trojans, who opened with a 6-0 win over Bryan County. Gordon Lee extended its bid for an unbeaten season, running its record to 36-0 with an 11-0 win over Prince Avenue.
Jessie Kowalewcz’s home run capped a four-run fifth for Providence Christian in its 5-0 win over Irwin County.
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