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Welcome to the 2014 GHSA Championship Series for Base-

ball, the final GHSA events of this school year. Nearly four weeks ago these teams began competing in these playoffs, and now they are poised for the final challenge – competing for the State Championship. The Georgia High School Associa-tion is proud of the commitment to ex-cellence that these players and coach-es have demonstrated throughout the season, as the quality of play in high school baseball in Georgia continues to grow. We hope that you, the faith-ful fans, will enjoy these games, and

that you will demonstrate the highest levels of sportsmanship as you posi-tively encourage “your team” toward victory. The GHSA is grateful for the gen-erous contributions of its corporate partners and preferred vendors who enable the GHSA to provide these events. As you see the list of these partners around the field, please sup-port them at every opportunity.

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Year AAAA AAA AA A B C1946 Lanier 1947 West Fulton 1948 Decatur Canton Meigs1949 Marist Gainesville Ellingham Co.1950 R.E. Lee West Point1951 Richmond Acad. Newnan Swainsboro Duluth1952 Richmond Acad. Avondale Pepperell West Point1953 Richmond Acad. Americus Pepperell Glenwood1954 Richmond Acad. Americus Pepperell Colbert1955 Richmond Acad. Americus Milton Mt. Zion1956 Richmond Acad. Thomasville Tucker Shellman1957 Richmond Acad. Miller Co. Pepperell Model Dade Co.1958 Griffin Campbell, Smyrna Pepperell Model Dade Co.1959 Griffin Rossville Model Hughes Twiggs Co.1960 Murphy Rossville Winder-Barrow Hughes Coosa1961 Bendictine West Rome Americus Perry Mt. Zion1962 Griffin Crisp Co. Carrollton Perry Twiggs Co.1963 Murphy West Rome Hughes Norcross Union Point1964 Avondale East Rome Americus Fayette Co. Plains1965 Lanier Headland Americus Terrell Co. Union1966 Dykes Headland Americus West Point Mt. de Sales1967 Tucker Tucker Westminster Seminole Co. Putnam Co.1968 Therell Wayne Co. Westminster Terrell Co. Mt. de Sales1969 Willingham Walker Americus Terrell Co. Mt. de Sales1970 Dykes Pepperell Americus Roswell Clay Co.1971 Jordan Lakeview Roswell Wheeler Co. Mt. de Sales1972 Sequoyah Lakeview Hephizibah West Point Mt. de Sales1973 Glynn Stephens Co. Irwin Co. Trion 1974 Henderson Calhoun Harlem West Point 1975 Wheeler Westminster Irwin Co. GACS 1976 Savannah Bradwell Institute Mt. de Sales GMI 1977 Kendrick Marist Pepperell Buford1978 Valdosta Gainesville Harlem ML de Sales1979 Newton Co. Winder-Barrow Harlem Gordon Lee 1980 Griffin Coffee Pepperell Mt. de Sales 1981 Lowndes Marist Harlem Brookstone 1982 Coffee NW Whitfield Harlem GACS 1983 Coffee Marist Harlem Trion 1984 Columbus Marist Darlington Gordon Lee 1985 Forest Park Marist Hancock Central Calhoun Co. 1986 Brookwood Roswell Harlem Clinch Co. 1987 McEachern Westside Shiloh Clinch Co. 1988 Evans Westside Berrien Towns Co. 1989 Evans Jones Co. Washington-Wilkes Clinch Co. 1990 Evans Marist Lovett Bremen 1991 Newnan Columbus Perry Clinch Co. 1992 Walton Columbus Cook Clinch Co. 1993 Evans Columbus Lovett Pace Acad. 1994 Evans Marist Lovett Pace Acad. 1995 Sprayberry Columbus Vidalia Pace Acad. 1996 Parkview Columbus Gainesville Toombs Co. 1997 Colquilt Co. Columbus Gainesville Irwin Co. 1998 Harrison Greenbrier Gainesville North Forsyth 1999 Lassiter Greenbrier Thomasville Lovett 2000 Lowndes Columbus Cook Calhoun

Year AAAAA AAAA AAA AA A2001 Parkview Shaw Gainesville Cartersville Walker2002 Parkview Marist Gainesville Cartersville Walker2003 Colquilt Co. Marist Cartersville Vidalia Clinch Co.2004 Milton Columbus LaGrange Bacon Co. Lakeview Acad.2005 Chattahoochee Henry Co. Columbus Calhoun Calvary Day2006 Lassiter Greenbrier Blessed Trinity Lovett ELCA2007 Walton Greenbrier Dunwoody Holy Innocents’ Calvary Day 2008 Brookwood Loganville Cartersville Wesleyan Pacelli2009 Pope Northgate Cartersville Lovett Wesleyan2010 Harrison Marist Columbus Calhoun Wesleyan2011 Parkview Marist Columbus Buford Hebron Chr.2012 Parkview Loganville Columbus Appling County Providence Chr.

Year AAAAAA AAAAA AAAA AAA AA Class A-Private Class A-Public2013 Milton Pope Redan Cartersville Lovett ELCA Charlton Co.

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Georgia may be known as a football state (it certainly is in the fall), but springtime

means baseball around these parts and we are about to find out—again—that high-school athletic talent is prolific on more than just the gridiron. Roaming the championship diamonds on this Memorial Day weekend are a plethora of performers who have re-alistic dreams of taking their talents to the next level and beyond.

MILTON’S CEASE FIRE … In Class AAAAAA, Milton has played its way through to the championship series

cally gifted as Gettys, but Jackson’s hitting skills are already well-polished. The Crisp County vs. Carrollton finale in Class AAAA features Taylor Walls of Crisp. Walls is no stranger to taking the mound, which he did in a semifinal opener against Alexander and tossed a complete game while allowing only two runs. The shortstop, though, projects as an infielder and hitter at the next levels. Walls, who adds value in the field and as a switch-hitter at the plate, signed with Florida State in the fall. Buford and star pitcher Jake Higginbo-tham lost Game 3 to defending champion Cartersville Tuesday eliminating the Wolves from the playoffs. Higginbotham is a poten-tial draft pick who may be more likely to hon-or his commitment to the Clemson Tigers. The lefty is not an overpowering pitcher, but he locates and changes speeds with the best of them. He was 9-0 with a 0.60 ERA on the season after beating Cartersville in Game 1. The Class AA semifinalists boast none of the very top prospects in the state, but they are sending plenty of kids to play col-lege baseball and perhaps to fine-tune their games for runs at the professional ranks. Ar-guably the best of the bunch is Greater At-lanta Christian right-hander Justin Lewis. The Kentucky signee is an imposing figure on the mound at 6-foot-5. He sported a 1.97 post-season ERA heading into the Spartans’ semi-final series at Westminster and he lowered it at the Wildcats’ expense. Lewis tossed a complete game in the opener while allowing just three singles and striking out eight (the first two games were split). He was also bat-ting .348 with three home runs through his team’s first three playoff series. Westmin-ster’s top prospect, Will Benson, is regarded as one of the nation’s best sophomores. Photo of Milton’s Dalton Ewing courtesy of Duane Farkas and Buford’s Jake Higginbotham courtesy of Lily McGregor.

without the loss of a single game during the state tournament. That cannot come as a surprise to anyone given the stacked roster of the Region 5 champions. They are led by Dylan Cease, one of the top prospects in the entire country. An elbow injury, however, has reduced the senior right-hander off the mound and into a hitting role. It has also put his draft status in jeopardy, which Vander-bilt—where Cease has signed to play college baseball—will not mind. Among the Eagles’ other standouts are outfielder Dalton Ew-ing (signed with Clemson), Ryan Gridley (signed with Mississippi State) and pitcher

Alex Schnell (signed with Clemson). Lambert will hope to answer with star sophomore Seth Beer. Heralded by sever-al media outlets as the best in his class in Georgia Beer was dominant on the mound during the regular season, but has since been focusing on hitting. He is an outfielder first and foremost and heading into a semi-final sweep of Parkview, he was batting .646 in 2014 with nine home runs, 21 doubles, 55 RBIs and 46 runs scored to go along with an incredible .709 on-base percentage. The Longhorns managed to get past Parkview and Mac Marshall, a likely draft pick in either the late first round or the sec-ond round. Louisiana State University hopes Marshall decides not to sign with whatever team selects him. The senior southpaw went through the majority of the 2014 with a per-fect 0.00 ERA before being scored upon by Grayson in the regular-season finale, which the Panthers still won 4-3. ‘’It’s not a worry, just a challenge for him,’’ head coach Chan Brown told the At-lanta Journal Constitution prior to the Gray-son game, referring to Marshall’s streak. “He’s one of the biggest competitors I’ve ever coached. He’s competing against a team and among himself to keep it alive…. He’s grown up a lot as a pitcher. He was thrown into the fire as a ninth- and 10th-grader, pitching against the big boys. He’s figured it out. He’s not overthrowing and lo-cating all three pitches for strikes.” Perhaps no one is more coveted than Gainesvile’s Michael Gettys, whose team lost Game 3 Tuesday to Houston County. Gettys, whose raw talent makes him a like-ly first-round pick in this summer’s Major League Baseball draft, is headed to the Uni-versity of Georgia if he does not sign a pro-fessional contract.

FUTURE JACKET ... Houston County, meanwhile, counters with Georgia Tech-signee Blake Jackson. The third baseman homered in Game 1 against Gainesville. He may not be as physi-

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GHSA 2014 STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

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CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL ROSTERS

AAAAAA Lambert at Milton 5/24 4:30pmAAAAA Houston Co. at Whitewater 5/26 3:00pmAAAA Crisp Co. at Carrollton 5/24 3:00pmAAA Blessed Trinity at Cartersville 5/24 3:00pmAA GACS at Benedictine 5/24 1:30pm

CLASS AAAAAAMilton Eagles

Head Coach: Joey Ray1 Steven Curry 10 INF2 Ryan Gridley 12 INF3 Dalon Farkas 12 INF/OF4 Chris Purpura 12 OF5 Drew Tate 11 INF/OF6 Josh Saavedra 11 OF7 Dylan Cease 12 INF/P8 Alex Schnell 12 OF/P9 Kristian Franklin 11 INF10 Jack Thompson 12 1B11 Dalton Ewing 12 OF13 Ian Concevitch 10 RHP14 Clay Forbes 11 RHP15 Alec Miller 12 C16 Raymond Hughes 12 RHP17 Steven Bondi 11 RHP18 Clayton Vaught 12 OF19 Mark Phillips 11 RHP20 Max Herman 9 C21 Matt Geiger 12 P22 Kyle Jaworski 11 P/1B23 Alec Cease 12 INF/OF24 Will Matthews 12 RHP25 Bryce Johnson 11 RHP26 Brett Centracchio 10 1B/OF27 Erik Petersen 12 OF

Lambert LonghornsHead Coach: Jamie Corr

1 Tucker Maxwell 10 P/OF2 Dylan Biumi 12 P/INF3 Trey Logan 12 SS/2B4 Thomas Kubiak 12 P8 Seth Beer 10 P/OF9 Nick Guimbarda 11 UTIL10 Harrison Lee 12 P/OF12 Bradley Leathers 11 INF13 Austin Loughmiller 12 C14 Kyle McCann 10 C15 JD Dutka 11 P/INF17 Eric Furphy 11 SS/2B21 Chris Cummings 11 P/3B23 Jeremy Johnson 11 OF25 Ian Kimbrell 11 P/1B27 Will Dunavant 11 OF/C30 Thomas Reddin 11 P33 Turner Scruggs 10 P/INF39 Kyle Smith 12 P43 Jake Chickowski 12 1B

Class AAAAAHouston County Bears

Head Coach: Jason Brett1 Justin Jones 12 SS/P2 Andy Moore 11 OF/P3 Blake Jackson 12 3B/SS/P4 Hunt Smith 12 OF/P5 Jeremiah Stephens 11 C6 Mark Lumsden 11 OF/C7 Nolan Wallace 11 2B/3B/P9 Hunter Phillips 11 3B/1B/P11 Cody Carter 12 2B/P

12 Blake Forbes 12 RP13 Jordan McIlwain 12 P14 Conner Smith 12 1B/DH/P16 Josh Reese 11 SS/2B17 Josh Profit 11 CF18 Tanner Hall 10 1B/P21 Mark Bell 11 P22 Avery Anderson 11 OF23 Sean Cousins 11 OF24 Kyle Parry 10 C/3B/P34 Jake Fromm 9 1B/3B/P35 Blake Dawson OF/P

Whitewater WildcatsHead Coach: Rusty Bennett

1 Jacob Wilkinson 12 OF2 Caleb Norton 12 INF3 Jabari Richards 11 OF4 Justin Trammell 12 2B5 Chandler Raiden 12 P7 Nick Fink 11 1B8 Evan Mask 12 C10 Jake Lee 11 P12 Tyler Doanes 9 MIF 14 Colby Taylor 11 P15 Taylor Turner 12 C/1B 16 JD Norred 10 OF17 Tyler Burdette 11 INF19 Jared Gresham 11 OF 20 Jonathan Hendershot 12 P21 Levi Whitlock 9 C22 Avery Roth 11 OF/UTL23 Ethan Gillis 11 P24 Jordan Holmes 12 P/3B25 Jeremiah Woods 11 P27 Connor Nalley 10 P30 Allen Chumley 11 P32 Christian Aragon 12 P33 Hunter White 10 P34 Nick Fuerstenau 12 OF35 Brandon Bell 11 3B36 Ben Hughlon 11 P72 Nick Weinstein 11 C

Class AAAACarrollton Trojans

Head Coach: Ryan Zaideman2 Roury Glanton 10 C3 Sam Turner 12 INF/OF4 Cameron Young 11 INF/P5 Josh Miceli 11 OF/P6 Cody Reeves 11 OF/P7 Mitch Mclendon 10 OF/P8 Cody Pedigo 12 OF/P9 Reed Gaston 12 INF/P10 Clay Marler 11 INF12 Brandon Pedigo 12 INF/P13 Mitchell Henderson 12 INF/P14 Wil Garrett 12 INF/P15 Andrew Turner 12 OF16 Tucker Reynolds 12 INF/P17 Will Hesterlee 12 INF/P18 Kade Crawford 12 OF19 John Gaiter 12 INF/P20 Max Driver 12 INF/P

21 Jackson Hesterlee 11 OF/INF22 Luke Sauls 11 INF23 Cooper Criswell 11 P/INF25 Austin Todd 10 C

Crisp County CougarsHead Coach: Bill Pate

1 Austin Walls 9 2 Taylor Walls 12 SS/P3 Chris Pollock 10 OF/1B4 Landon Whitman 12 P/1B6 Bradely Hough 11 2B/C7 Hunter Coleman 11 OF/P8 Grant Owens 11 OF/DH9 Cody White 12 3B/2B11 Witt Campbell 11 2B/P12 Stewart Tyler 11 P/OF14 Chris McGinnis 12 C/2B15 Logan Carter 11 P/1B16 Joseph Smith 11 3B/P18 Ben Hyde 10 20 Devin Taylor 12 OF/3B21 Caleb Hulett 11 OF/DH22 Kasey Herrington 10 C/OF24 Will Carter 10 3B/P

Class AAACartersville Purple Hurricanes

Head Coach: Stuart Chester1 Clifton Dempsey 12 SS2 Mark Quattelbaum 12 OF3 David Darnell 12 1B4 Brent Arnold 12 2B5 Cameron Neal 12 2B/3B6 Garrett Rutledge 12 P/OF7 Wyatt Barnett 11 P/1B8 Jack Mayo 11 P11 Riley Richards 12 P/OF12 Nick Hill 12 P/IF13 Austin Lunde 9 1B/C14 Elliott Anderson 10 P/OF15 Lane Wilson 11 P/OF/IF18 Micha Smith 11 P19 Brycen Jones 10 OF20 Trent Frazier 11 OF21 Destin Herren 12 3B22 Elliot Berrey 10 C23 Jacob Fowler 9 C24 Hunter Osborn 12 P27 Christian Demastus 12 1B28 Carrington Evans 10 SS

Blessed Trinity TitansHead Coach: Andy Harlin

2 Ryan Young 12 RHP3 Cody Roberts 11 INF/C/RHP4 Garrett Dupuis 10 INF5 Chris Siebert 11 OF6 Jake Bogosian 10 INF7 Paul Dwyer 12 OF8 Brad Spinner 11 LHP9 Bryson Jenkins 12 C/INF10 Jack Dunn 11 INF/RHP11 Will Galloway 11 C14 Graham Guthrie 11 INF

15 Nate Lomax 12 LHP17 Clay Massa 12 C20 Conor Davis 10 INF/RHP22 Francis Sugrue 11 RHP24 Grant Hormuth 12 OF/LHP27 Bronco O’Brien 11 OF35 Logan Craighead 10 C/RHP44 John Castro 11 INF/RHP50 Cole McNamee 9 P55 Patrick McNamara 9 P

Class AAGreater Atlanta Christian Spartans

Head Coach: Cliff Shelton2 Will Lovett 11 3B/OF3 Wade Cox 11 INF4 Lucas Boudreau 11 SS4 Ross Wood 12 OF5 Devin Daugherty 12 C7 Harry Kerr 11 1B8 Will Davies 11 OF9 Peyton McGuire 11 OF/P11 Brian Syphoe 11 OF/P12 Jack McLaughlin 12 INF/P13 Adam Nakada 11 P16 Hunter McKernan 11 C18 Jackson O’Brien 12 C19 Carter Willyerd 12 P20 Doug Deboer 11 INF/P21 Justin Lewis 12 INF/P22 Ben Childers 12 P24 Javy Lopez 12 1B27 Wes Bucher 11 P33 Connor Joseph 12 OF/P

Benedictine CadetsHead Coach: Kevin Farmer

1 Joseph Holguin 11 OF2 Ben Wright 12 IF3 Cooper Marini 9 IF / CR4 Trey Tatum 11 P5 Chase Marini 10 IF/OF6 Mike Huggins 12 IF7 Trey Jackson 12 P/IF8 Al Pesto 11 IF/P9 Warren Wright 11 OF / P10 Andy Crawford 12 C/U11 Brad Stewart 11 OF / P12 Parker VonWaldner 11 OF14 Adam King 9 P 15 Stevie Powers 11 P / OF16 Austin McBroom 11 IF17 Shane Alberino 11 C / DH18 Dylan Aldridge 11 P23 Steven Tate 12 C/CR24 Chipper Wiley 10 P/IF25 Ryan Woiwode 10 IF27 Justin Greene 9 P / CR28 Clay Moore 12 DH/IF32 Philip Moore 9 CR / BC34 Patrick Maguire 11 IF/P

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There have been 418 postseason base-ball games played across the state this

month. One hundred sixty teams in Class AA-AAAAAA earned trips to the playoffs and just 10 are left standing. We have wit-nessed another competitive school year within Georgia’s high school athletics and it is time to crown the final five GHSA state champions of the 2013-2014 year.

NO. 1 VS. NO. 2 … In Class AAAAAA, top-ranked Lambert has made it to the state championship with an astonishing 34-1 record. The Longhorns’ only loss of the season came on May 6 in a 6-5 defeat to Mill Creek in the quarterfi-nals. The explosive bats and deep pitching handled business in Game 3 and Lambert bounced back with a 7-3 victory. Lambert opened its doors as a school in 2009 and the young Forsyth program is searching for its first baseball state championship. Jake Chickowski, Tucker Maxwell and Eric Furphy lead the Longhorns at the plate and starting pitcher Dylan Biumi and closer Turner Scruggs are automatic on the mound.Defending Class AAAAAA state champion Milton added a third title to its shelf last sea-son (1955, 2004) and like its championship team from a year ago, has caught fire in the playoffs. The No. 2 Eagles swept their way past North Gwinnett, Grayson, Kennesaw Mountain and Johns Creek while averaging 6.4 runs offensively and surrendering just 2.3 runs per game. Senior Ryan Gridley sparks the Milton offense and is batting .462 this postseason with 11 scored runs. Milton’s Matt Geiger is 4-0 in his four postseason starts and has al-

the first time in 2006. Junior Cody Roberts batted 4-for-6 in the semis and drove in four RBIs. Sophomore Conor Davis and junior John Castro homered in both games in the semifinals and batted in a combined 10 runs in the two-game series.

DIFFERENT PATHS … In Class AA, the two semifinal rubber matches could not have been any more dif-ferent. Benedictine scored a 19-16 victory over Wesleyan in an offensive explosion to advance to the state championship, while Greater Atlanta Christian edged Westmin-ster in a 1-0 pitching dual to reach the finals. Benedictine last won the state title in 1961 and will host the Spartans, which claimed state gold in 1975 and 1982. Bene-dictine has power and consistent hitting throughout its lineup, but depth on the mound is a concern. The Cadets’ semifinals Game 3 victory over Wesleyan was their only deciding game played this postseason and they needed 19 runs to secure the win. GACS has held opponents to four runs or fewer in 8-of-10 games this postseason and a total of one run in its two Game 3s this postseason. Benedictine head coach Kevin Farmer hit a milestone with his 300th career win in the finals-clinching victory on Tuesday. The Cadets gave up six homers, including four from Wesleyan catcher Grant Colton. Wes-leyan cut the lead to 13-9 and Benedictine scored another six runs off a Patrick Maguire base hit and a Stevie Powers two-run single before a Mike Huggins two-run blast. GACS is the four seed out of Region 6 and has had battled through 10 straight road games to reach the finals. The Spar-tans have won with their defense and se-nior southpaw Ben Childers, who pitched a complete game shutout in their 1-0 Game 3 win over Westminster. Photos courtesy of Georgia Bennett Pho-tography, Blessed Trinity HS, Duane Farkas and Whitney Reddin.

lowed just four earned runs in 22.1 innings pitched. Ace Alex Schnell has been red hot as well, allowing just one earned run in 25 innings pitched this postseason.

NEW TO THE PARTY … In Class AAAAA, finalist Whitewa-ter survived two Game 3s this postseason while Houston County punched its ticket in the championship with a 7-4 Game 3 win at Gainesville. This is the only state champi-onship matchup this year that has two op-ponents both searching for their first-ever state titles. Houston County is led by Georgia Tech signee Blake Jackson, who came up to bat with his team trailing by one run in the sixth inning of their semifinals Game 3 with Gainesville. Jackson patiently worked the count to 3-2 and then roped a double off the left-field fence to drive home Nolan Wallace and Justin Jones. Jackson’s heroics earned the Bears their first-ever trip to the state title. Jackson went 6-for-9 in the semifinals series and reached base 12 of 15 appearances. Whitewater took an early 5-0 lead over Greenbrier in its semifinals Game 3 and held on as the Wolfpack cut the lead to 5-4.

OLD-TIMERS … In Class AAAA, Carrollton looks for its first state title in 52 years (1962) while fi-nalist Crisp County aims to return to the po-dium for the first time in 53 seasons (1961). Crisp County survived three rubber games to get to the semifinals before sweeping Al-exander 7-2 and 3-0 in the final four. Carroll-ton was forced to a third game by defending Class AAAA state champion Redan in the

second round, but dominated the rubber match 12-0. Two-year Carrollton head coach Ryan Zaideman served as an assistant at Bowdon before starting his coaching journey. Bow-don made two State Championships while Zaideman was at the school, but fell short in both appearances. Carrollton houses a lot of athleticism in its lineup and senior Andrew Turner robbed a home run in the region championship game against LaGrange that made national headlines. Turner, who made 24 catches for 415 yards and five touchdowns this past football season as a wide receiver for Class AAAA state runner-up Carrollton, sprinted to the fence before leaping and tumbling over the padding for the game-saving catch that would give the Trojans the Region title and No. 1 seed out of Region 5. Crisp County has only lost one road game all season and after battling three straight Game 3s hit its stride in the semifi-nals. Senior Taylor Walls pitched a complete game in the Cougars’ 7-2 Game 1 victory and junior lefties Tyler Stewart and Logan Carter combined for a three-hit shutout in Crisp County’s 3-0 clinching win in Game 2.

CLASH OF THE TITANS (AND CANES) … In Class AAA, defending state champion Cartersville needed to rally from a three-run deficit to beat Buford 7-5 in the decisive Game 3 of the semifinals on Tuesday. Cartersville was without head coach Stuart Chester, who was serving a two-game suspension for hav-ing video cameras in the dugout. The Hur-ricanes dropped Game 1 to the Wolves 4-0 and battled past elimination in back-to-back games at Buford. Cartersville is 2-2 in Game 1s this postseason and has scored just two runs per game in its series openers. Game 2 has a different story as the Hurricanes have scored nine runs per game in the backend of their double-headers. Blessed Trinity dominated Hart County 13-5 and 10-2 in the semifinals and is search-ing for its second state title in program his-tory after winning the Class AAA title for

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Kennessaw Mt

Region 4 - Team 1

10,13

Alcovy

Region 2 - Team 4

0,1

Tift Co

Region 1 - Team 2

10,18

Tri-Cities

Region 3 - Team 3

0,0

Milton

Region 5 - Team 1

3,8

North Gwinnett

Region 7 - Team 4

2,0

Grayson

Region 8 - Team 2

2,5

Chattahoochee

Region 6 - Team 3

1,4

East Coweta

Region 3 - Team 1

3,6

Colquitt Co

Region 1 - Team 4

0,0

Luella

Region 2 - Team 2

11,7

Marietta

Region 4 - Team 3

4,6

Lambert

Region 6 - Team 1

15,16

Dacula

Region 8 - Team 4

3,3

Mill Creek

Region 7 - Team 2

8,5

Roswell

Region 5 - Team 3

7,3

Newton

Region 2 - Team 1

7,4,0

McEachern

Region 4 - Team 4

6,14,8

Newnan

Region 3 - Team 2

2,7,5

Valdosta

Region 1 - Team 3

3,2,6

Mountain View

Region 7 - Team 1

0,0

Lassiter

Region 5 - Team 4

1,5

Johns Creek

Region 6 - Team 2

6,3

Brookwood

Region 8 - Team 3

5,2

Coffee Co

Region 1 - Team 1

14,7

Westlake

Region 3 - Team 4

2,1

North Cobb

Region 4 - Team 2

12,11

Rockdale Co

Region 2 - Team 3

2,4

Parkview

Region 8 - Team 1

5,0,5

West Forsyth

Region 6 - Team 4

4,3,3

Walton

Region 5 - Team 2

3,5

Peachtree Ridge

Region 7 - Team 3

1,0

Kennessaw Mt 4-16

Tift Co 3-1

Milton 9-10

Grayson 5-1

East Coweta8-6

Luella13-10

Lambert12-5-7

Mill Creek0-6-3

McEachern 1-8

Valdosta 4-10

Lassiter 4-7

Johns Creek 7-13

Coffee Co19-6

North Cobb18-2

Parkview4-7

H

Walton1-6

Kennessaw Mt 4-5

Milton 5-9

H

Luella1-6

Lambert8-10

H

Valdosta 3-5-5

Johns Creek 1-14-6

H

Coffee Co1-2

Parkview14-10

H

Milton 4-3

Johns Creek 1-0

H

Lambert4-3

Parkview2-1

H

Milton

H

Lambert

Champion

Runner-Up

2013-2014 GHSA Class AAAAAA State Baseball Tournament

In ALL rounds, the higher seeded team will host. If both teams are the same seed, the (H) printed in the bracket will indicate the host school. (Note: A coin toss will decide the host team when same seeds meet in the Preliminary

Round). Exceptions to the scheduled dates may be made with the approval of the Executive Director.

DH: 5/2 If: 5/3 DH: 5/2 If: 5/3DH 5/7 If: 5/8 DH 5/7 If: 5/8DH: 5/13 If: 5/14 DH: 5/13 If: 5/14DH: 5/19 If: 5/20 DH: 5/19 If: 5/20DH: 5/24 If: 5/26

MAY 24 & 26, 2014

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GHSA 2014 STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

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