Tattnall, West Laurens, Monticello win two on day 1 of GHSA softball tournament, all others open with L

GHSA Tournament
Columbus

Thursday

Class AAAAAA

Creekview 5, Houston County 0

          Powerful Creekview got an effective pitching performance from Ashton Maloney (2 Ks, 1 BB), who gave up three hits. Creekview got one in the first and was held in check by Rylee Lamb until the fifth and sixth, when Creekview scored once and three times.

Next: Houston County vs. Greenbrier loser, 10 a.m., Friday

Class AAAAA

3 p.m.: Walnut Grove 3, Jones County 1

Next: Jones County vs. vs. Carrollton, noon, Friday

Class AAAA

Marist 14, Perry 0

Next: Perry vs. Madison County, noon, Friday.

West Laurens 9, Madison County 4

West Laurens 13, Marist 3

Next: West Laurens vs. Northside-Columbus, 6 p.m., Friday

Class AAA

Calhoun 8, Rutland 0

Next: Rutland vs. Cook County, noon Friday

Class AA

3 p.m.: Monticello 12, Bleckley County 1

          A six-run first was more than enough for Monticello, a beneficiary of six Bleckley County errors. The Hurricanes, who added four in the fourth, needed only seven hits, with nine runs coming unearned. The Royals managed five hits and stranded five runners.

Monticello 11, Harlem 0

Next: Monticello vs. Rockmart, 6 p.m., Friday; Bleckley County vs. Banks County, noon, Friday.

Rockmart 5, Dodge County 4

Next: Dodge County vs. Bacon County, noon, Friday

Class A Public

Gordon Lee 7, GMC 2

          GMC played catch-up from the second inning on, and couldn't, getting as close as 3-1 after three innings. Gordon Lee had 12 hits and GMC had six errors, leading to four unearned runs. GMC outhit Gordon Lee by one and stranded one less runner. Cade Bass had three hits and Makenna Talcott two for the Bulldogs.

Next: GMC vs. Marion County, 10 a.m., Friday

Class A Private

Wesleyan 6, Stratford 2

Next: Stratford vs. George Walton, 10 a.m., Friday

Tattnall 5, FPD 1

          Grace Hiller and Ashleigh Morton had two hits each while Courtney Ball drove in three runs for the Trojans, Morton striking out four and walking one in the five-hitter. Tattnall got all of its runs in the second, Ball with a two-run single along the way, Caylee Ann Sutton had two hits for FPD, which lost to Tattnall for the third time this season.

Tattnall 11, ELCA 3

          Allie Gordon’s 4-for-5 day –with 5 RBI – led the Trojans’ 15-hit parade. Hiller had three hits and three runs, while Jaelyn Darley and Logan Childs added two hits while Morton gave up five hits and two walks while striking out four. Tattnall led 3-1 after three, and scored seven runs in the final two innings.

Next: Tattnall vs. Wesleyan, 6 p.m., Friday; FPD vs. Mount de Sales, 10 a.m., Friday

ELCA 10, Mount de Sales 2

          ELCA got off to a good start with two in the first and put it away with eight in the third, aided in general by four Cav errors that helped lead to seven unearned runs. All of MdS's runs were unearned on two hits with four walks and two ELCA errors.

Next: MdS vs. FPD, 10 a.m., Friday