Wednesday Class AAAAA baseball roundup
By Score Atlanta
Brookwood 12, Harrison 4: The host Broncos advanced to the semifinals with a 12-4 Game 3 win in a Class AAAAA quarterfinal. Brookwood’s balanced attack saw all nine starters have at least one hit. Senior outfielder Cedric Mullins hit a bases-clearing triple in the third inning to give the Broncos a 4-1 lead. Pitcher Bryan Woodard got the win after throwing five innings for Brookwood and giving up four runs on four hits. Jordan Banks finished off the game by pitching two innings of one-hit relief.
Wednesday Class AAAA baseball roundup
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Loganville 12, Pope 2: The Red Devils eliminated Pope via the mercy rule thanks to a six strong innings from Garrett Ford. The senior allowed just six hits to pick up the win. Clint Frazier and Daniel Milligan each blasted a home run to help Loganville build a lead and Brandon Pergantis launched a walk-off grand slam to help the home team advance.
Wednesday Class AA baseball roundup
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Appling County 3, Blessed Trinity 1: Senior first baseman Kyle Miller slammed a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning to break a 1-1 tie and host Appling County won Game 3 to advance to the semifinals. Josh Deen pitched six innings and got the win for the Pirates, while Byron Buxton earned the save with one inning of perfect relief.
Lovett 6, Calhoun 5: Lovett scored five runs in the top of the seventh to take a 6-4 lead, then Mitch Stallings, despite allowing a solo home run in the bottom half, picked up the save to give Lovett the series victory. The visiting Lions took a 5-4 lead on a squeeze bunt RBI by Nick Boden, then a sac fly from Jack Stickney (3-for-3) scored one more. RBIs from Sean Reagan and Brooks Schoen (the winning pitcher after working the sixth) helped Lovett pull even at 4-4.
Pierce County 5, Buford 4 (8): Cole Dowling’s single in the bottom of the eighth scored Will White to give visiting Pierce County the series win. White (9-1) …
Wednesday Class A baseball roundup
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Class A
George Walton Academy 8, Eagles Landing Christian Academy 4: Casey Schubert picked up the win and helped his own cause with a double and a run as the visiting Bulldogs eliminated the Chargers. Cade Sorrells drove in a pair of runs during the Bulldogs’ five-run third inning. Evan Alderman drove in two runs in the sixth inning to ice the win.
Lacrosse roundup: Westminster rolls
Caroline Heys’ six goals, Eve Knapp’s five and Sara McGahan’s four helped Westminster’s girls defeat visiting Chattahoochee 20-7 Tuesday and reach a chance Saturday to remain the only state champion in three years of Class A-AAAA competition.
The two-time defending champion Wildcats (19-2) led 12-5 at the half en route to their sixth consecutive victory. Aubrey Bausom’s two goals and one assist paced the Cougars (13-7).
Westminster coach Jay Watts credited a tough 10-9 quarterfinal against Holy Innocents’ with preparing his team.
“It feels really great,” he said. “Our offense was really clicking. We were ready for anything.”
In other games Tuesday:
AAAAA boys
Lassiter 14, Alpharetta 4: After falling behind 2-0, the Trojans (16-2) scored four goals in one minute to take a 4-2 advantage they never relinquished.
Hat tricks by Garrett Shank and Jack Fitzharris helped the Trojans to a 7-3 halftime lead against the Raiders (18-2-1) and a ninth consecutive win.
Milton 12, Etowah 3: …
Boys soccer: Top-ranked Centennial beats Parkview 5-1 to reach AAAAA championship game
Good things seemed to happen for top-ranked Centennial whenever the ball went out of bounds off Parkview in the Class AAAAA boys soccer semifinals.
The Knights scored twice off throw-ins and twice on corner kicks and went on to a 5-1 victory at home on Tuesday. It was the 14th consecutive win for Centennial (20-1-1), which will play for its first soccer state championship on Friday at Collins Hill.
Fischer Olliff’s goal less than six minutes into the game gave the Knights the lead for good. Cameron Bean took a corner kick from Amin El-Shami and headed it in front of the net to Olliff, who got the shot past Parkview goalkeeper Diego Casillas.
Centennial increased the lead over the next 14 minutes with a pair of goals off throw-ins by Ryan Spence. The first went to Connor Davis, who headed it to Kane Davis, who headed it in for the goal with 29:48 to play in the half. Six minutes later, Spence’s throw-in to Bean was headed in for a 3-0 lead.
“We do a good job taking advantage of …
Class AAAAA soccer roundup
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Collins Hill 1, Brookwood 0: In a Class AAAAA semifinal, visiting Collins Hill defeated Gwinnett County neighbor Brookwood 1-0 to advance to Friday’s finals. The Eagles came into the game having scored 14 goals in three playoff games, while the Broncos had scored 10. But this game was a defensive struggle with the lone goal not scored until 13 minutes remained when Eagles midfielder Eli Carrasco scored from 18 yards out.
In a fast-paced game, both keepers had to make several saves. But it was Collins Hill’s Jackson Taylor who kept a clean sheet with seven saves.
Class AAAA soccer roundup
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Greenbrier 2, Starr’s Mill 0: Reed Norton contributed one goal and one assist as the host Wolf Pack advanced to the finals. Norton fed James Toombs 11 minutes into the contest to give Greenbrier a 1-0 lead it would take to halftime. With 11 minutes remaining, and after three yellow cards had been distributed, Scott Ball found Norton with a cross and Norton provided the clinching goal.
Lambert 2, Marist 0: Goalkeeper Michael Zambetti only needed to stop two shots all night for the host Longhorns to notch a shutout victory over Marist. Lambert took the lead in the first half on a redirected header by center back Brendan Everett with an assist from Trexler Bennett. Bennett added a goal of his own 10 minutes into the second half.
Class AAA soccer roundup
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Class AAA
Gainesville 2, St. Pius 1: The Golden Lions jumped out to a 1-0 first half lead, which stood until midway through the second half. But the host Red Elephants tied the game midway through the second on a header by Charlie Bryant. Douglas Mejia then scored the game-winner on an assist by Ricardo Gomez with 1:45 left in the game.
Woodward Academy 3, Carrollton 2: The host War Eagles rallied from a 2-1 halftime hole to edge Carrollton in overtime. Cameron Moseley tied the game late in the second half after a weather delay and then Moseley netted the winner in overtime for Woodward Academy. Trey Camp scored Carrollton’s first goal and Homero Perez scored on a penalty kick for the Trojans.
Baseball: Parkview, Hillgrove split QF series; Game 3 on Wednesday
The Parkview-Hillgrove baseball rematch is going three games, just as it did when it decided the 2011 Class AAAAA championship.
Matt Olson hit a two-run home run to break a 1-1 tie in the sixth inning of the second game Tuesday, leading Parkview to a 4-1 victory at Hillgrove in the quarterfinal series. Jesse Foster (10-0) scattered seven hits.
In the opener, Chad Adkins hit a lead-off homer in the sixth to break a 2-2 tie in a 6-3 Hillgrove victory. Adkins’ twin, Chase, pitched into the seventh and was the winning pitcher, improving to 9-0.
Game 3 will be Wednesday at 5:55 p.m. at Hillgrove.
“It’s two pretty good baseball teams competing at a high level,’’ Hillgrove coach Dave Richardson said. “Their top guy [Olson] hit a two-run homer. You’ve got to tip your cap. They’re the defending champions.’’
In Game 1, Hillgrove put the first pitching loss of the season on Olson (11-1), who has signed with Vanderbilt, with a four-run sixth. Dwayne Carroll’s two-run single broke it open, …
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Class AA soccer roundup
By Score Atlanta
Blessed Trinity 2, Lovett 2 (7-6 PKs): Goalie David Guigou saved George Spencer’s penalty kick in the eighth round of PKs as the host Titans advanced to the finals. After Blessed Trinity led 2-0 at halftime on the strength of goals by Stefan Rizzo and John Collar, Lovett tied the game in the second half on penalty kicks by Colin Tucker.
Westminster 5, Greater Atlanta Christian 2: The visiting Wildcats used a pair of goals in quick succession by Harrison Butker and Paul Vicinanza to take a two-goal lead at the half. Trey Blasingame and Chandler Gray added two more goals before Greater Atlanta Christian scored their first goal. Chris Ottley scored Westminster’s final goal. Goalkeeper Andrew Freschi saved 11 shots by the Spartans.
Class A soccer roundup
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Aquinas 2, Providence Christian 1: Marcus Wade and Justin Thompson scored in the second half to help the host Fighting Irish advance to the finals. Providence Christian opened the scoring 20 minutes into the game with a Caleb McQuaig goal assisted by Josh Platillero. It will be Aquinas’s second trip to the state finals, with the 2005 appearance also under coach Kevin Trammell.
Atlanta International School 4, Paideia 3 (5-4 PKs): Atlanta International won in penalty kicks at home, as both teams made their first four PKs but AIS capitalized on a Paideia miss to win 5-4 in sudden death. Paideia’s Alex Kirsch tied the game at 3-3 in the second overtime with less than 10 seconds to go. AIS led 1-0 at half, and Paideia tied it at 2-2 on a late regulation PK.
Class AAAAA baseball roundups
By Score Atlanta
Brookwood 11, Harrison 2: Lucas Sims went the distance in Game 1 as the host Broncos thumped the Hoyas 11-2 in a Class AAAAA quarterfinal. Sims struck out eight while allowing just two earned runs on four hits. Zach Moon hit two home runs and drove in five in the Game 1 win. The second game was delayed by a lighting issue in the top of the fourth as Harrison held a 7-3 lead. If the lighting issue is not fixed, Game 2 will restart Wednesday.
Grayson 14-5, North Cobb 1-3: The visiting Rams swept North Cobb thanks mostly to the efforts of their Game 1 starting pitcher Taylor Allum. On the mound, Allum went five innings and collected two hits while driving in four runs at the plate. In Game 2, Allum added two more RBIs and Korey Anderson pitched the final 2 1/3 innings to earn the win.
Mill Creek 7-1, Camden County 0-0: Cody Pugh (10-1) and Shane Seckinger (10-1) each had complete game shutouts for Mill Creek at home, with Seckinger giving up just one hit after …
Class AAAA baseball roundup
By Score Atlanta
Greenbrier 7-5, Marist 2-3: The host Wolf Pack swept defending state champion Marist on the strength of complete games by Georgia Tech-commit Jordan Hunt and Austin Robinson. Greenbrier had a balanced attack, with nine hits in Game 1 and 10 hits in Game 2. The Wolf Pack scored in four innings of each game.
Loganville 2-3, Pope 5-2: Duane Underwood got the win for visiting Pope in Game 1, and Nate Lowe sparked the offense with a two-run homer in the first inning. Loganville’s Christian Miller picked up the complete-game win in Game 2. The Red Devils got a two-run homer from David Mayo and a solo shot from Clint Frazier to force Game 3 at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Johns Creek 4-4, Harris County 2-1: The Gladiators advanced to the semifinals thanks to wins by Matthew Gorst, who went 6 2/3 innings in Game 1, and a complete game by Ryan O’Connell in Game 2. Skye Overton hit a solo home run in the first inning of Game 2, and scored a run in the third. Dylan Dore was …
Class AAA baseball roundup
By Score Atlanta
Gainesville 11-12, Carrollton 1-1: David Gonzalez (11-0) threw a complete game in Game 1 and Michael Gettys (11-0) went four innings to win Game 2, both games lasting five innings. In Game 2, host Gainesville got two two-run home runs from Hunter Anglin, two solo homers from Luke Moore, and a homer each from Skyler Weber and Gettys, who was 3-for-3 in Game 1.
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