Tuesday's Central Georgia Scoreboard: GHSA softball playoffs, and more

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High School

Softball

Doubleheaders unless noted, third game in ()

GHSA Playoffs

First round

Class 6A

Houston County 9, Heritage-Conyers 1; Houston County 15, Heritage 1

A six-run second put the Bears (26-5) up 8-0 in the shortened opener. Averi Martin, Kendall Huelsman, and Madi Campbell added two-hit games to the 3-for-3 effort from Olivia Brown, who had two RBI along with Huelsman, Campbell, and Bobbi Poff. Rylee Lamb sat down six with a walk in the five-inning two-hitter. Four errors led to six unearned runs in the 4.5-inning nightcap, Olivia Brown striking out seven with a walk and two hits for the Bears. Alice Thomas went 4 for 5 at leadoff with two RBI. Huelsman was 3 for 3 with three runs and Ansley Garland 2 for 2 with three RBI. Lauren Ross drove in two runs and Bobbi Poff scored three times. Next: at Pope, Tuesday.

Evans 8, Northside 0; Evans 12, Northside 0

          Evans scored six in the first four of the six-inning game, throwing a three-hitter against the Eagles in the opener. A 10-run fifth in the nightcap, and one-hitter, ended Northside’s season.

Class 5A

Jones County 8, Wayne County 2; Jones County 8, Wayne County 5

          Greyhounds’ boss Blake Lyons won his 500th game. Madison Bennett, Mackenzie Kilpatrick, and Destin Howard had two hits each and Kilpatrick drove in two runs for the Greyhounds, who broke a tie with four in the bottom of the fifth. Kenzie Forrester went the first five and gave up a hit with five walks against four strikeouts. Howard finished it with five strikeouts in the final two innings. Jones County led 6-1 after four and kept Wayne County at bay. Kilpatrick had three hits and two RBI, Bennett and Makinsey Long two hits. Savannah Williams fanned seven with a walk and five hits in 5.2 innings, Howard again finishing things off. Next: at Lithia Springs.

Veterans 8, McIntosh 0; Veterans 16, McIntosh 4  

          Emily Myers was more than on point with 13 strikeouts and no walks in throwing a five-inning two-hitter on 70 pitches. Kaylee Brown had three hits and two RBI, while Jenna Thomas and Nicole Chavous had two hits each, Catherine Hickey driving in two runs and scoring twice. Both teams had four errors in the nightcap, but Veterans had four times as many hits to lead to four times as many runs. Thomas went 4 for 4 with two RBI and three runs at leadoff, followed by Kaylee Brown going 3 for 4 (three RBI, two runs) and Trinity Thiel going 3 for 4 (two runs, two RBI). Caitlyn Snellgrove drove in three runs on two hits, scoring twice. Courtney Maddox threw a four-inning four-hitter, with a strikeout and walk. Next: at Carrollton.

Class 4A

Perry 10, Woodward 2; Perry 9, Woodward 0

          The Panthers won the opener despite being outhit by three, Woodward unable to do much else with Madison Homen, who fanned three with a walk in the five-inning win. Perry, which had four unearned runs, got two-hit/two-RBI games from Raegan Stella and AliRae Dykes, Stella and Terra Odom scoring three times each. Homen was sharper in the five-inning nightcap, with four strikeouts, four hits, and a walk, needing only 62 pitches. Dykes drove in four runs on two hits, Harley Crumley two runs on a hit. Odom again scored three times, on two hits. Next: Northwest Whitfield or Oconee County.

West Laurens 13, Luella 0; West Laurens 15, Luella 3; Next: vs. Gilmer or Madison County

Eastside 8, Upson-Lee 0; Eastside 12, Upson-Lee 0, Upson-Lee eliminated

Northside-Columbus 15, Baldwin 0; Northside 15, Columbus 0, Baldwin eliminated

Class 3A

Appling County at Rutland, Wednesday, 4 p.m. (Thursday, 4 p.m.), at Western LL

Central at Brantley County, Wednesday

Class AA

Dodge County 10, Fitzgerald 0, Dodge County 14, Fitzgerald 4 Fitzgerald; next: vs. Lamar County

Bleckley County 11, Thomasville 3; Thomasville 9, Bleckley County 8

          Game 3 is Wednesday at 5 p.m.

Brooks County 3, East Laurens 1; East Laurens 2, Brooks County 1; Wednesday

Berrien 11, Washington County 7; Berrien 19, Washington County 4, Washington County eliminated

Lamar County 6, Chattooga 0; Lamar County 6, Chattooga 3; Next: at Dodge County

Monticello def. Washington by forfeit; Next: Jeff Davis or Screven County

Class A Public (Wednesday)

Pelham at ACE

Washington-Wilkes at GMC

Crawford County at Hawkinsville

Class A Private (Wednesday)

FPD at Savannah Christian

Tattnall, bye, Landmark Christian/Mt. Pisgah winner; Mount de Sales, bye, North Cobb Christian/Prince Avenue winner; Stratford, bye, Savannah Christian/FPD winner;

GISA/GAPPS (regular season)

Fullington 12, Covenant 0; Fullington 9, Covenant 1

John Milledge 8, Piedmont 1

Madison Brown, Sutton Eady, Ashley Tyson, and Hannah Reece each had two hits for the Trojans, Eady with two RBI. Brayden Latimer fanned eight with three walks.

Windsor 6, Trinity Christian 5

Volleyball

Gatewood 3, Loganville Christian 2

Lake Oconee 3, Putnam County 0

Pacelli 3, Tattnall 1

Stratford 2, Toombs County 0 (25-17, 28-26)

          Abigail Crick led Stratford with five kills and seven digs, Taylor Gumbart good for nine assists and six digs.

Stratford 2, West Laurens 0 (27-25, 25-22)

          Harmony Nagle paced the Eagles with 10 kills and 13 digs with Taylor Gumbart adding 14 assists.

College

Soccer

W-South Georgia 2, GMC 1

Volleyball

Clark Atlanta FVSU (15-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-14, 15-8)