HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Lee County baseball season ends against Greenbrier

Lee County played a nailbiter of a baseball playoff series with Greenbrier on Thursday, but the defending GHSA Class 6A runner-up Trojans saw their season come to an end with a pair of one-run losses.

Greenbrier, the 2015 Class 5A champion, posted a pair of quick runs in Game 1 that stood up for a 2-1 win. Later, Lee County rallied in the top of the seventh inning to force extra innings, but Greenbrier had the final answer in an 5-4, eight-inning victory.

Matthew Chester’s double put Greenbrier on the board in the first inning of Game 1, with Chester later scoring on an error. From there, Greenbrier pitcher Bryce Melear shut Lee County down, scattering six hits while striking out six and walking one.

Jacob Barwick had an RBI single for Lee County in the second inning. Layne Wiard took the loss, striking out five.

Jonathan Logsdon’s two-out RBI single in the top of the seventh in Game 2 kept Lee County alive in Game 2. The game went into extra innings after the Trojans worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam, but Greenbrier won on an error, a walk and a Jackson Rosier base hit after Lee County went quietly in the top of the eighth.

Hill Corley went 2-for-3 in Game 2, with Wiard picking up a double. Logan Goff took the loss in relief.

Lee County finished with a 24-9 record.

Worth County’s season ends

The Worth County baseball team won the first game of its GHSA Class 3A playoff series Thursday at Southeast Bulloch, but the host team won Thursday’s second game and pulled out an extra-inning win in Friday’s game 3 to advance.

Hunter Goodwin pitched a complete-game shutout in Game 1, striking out seven in Worth County’s 6-0 win. DJ Edwards went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI. Goodwin had a double, while Worth Smith connected on a triple.

A six-run fifth inning lifted Southeast Bulloch to a 10-6 victory in in Game 2. Edwards went 2-for-4.

Edwards scored on a two-out error in the top of the seventh inning of Game 3 to extend the game. Southeast Bulloch responded in the bottom of the eighth with a base hit, a sacrifice bunt and another base hit to win the series.

Worth County finished with a 21-10 record.

Class 1A-Public baseball to resume

The GHSA won its appeal of a court case involving Charlton County, allowing the second round of the Class 1A-Public baseball playoffs to begin Monday.

Charlton County obtained an injunction from a Charlton County court last week in a dispute regarding a situation that came up during the power rating appeals process. An appeals court lifted the injunction Friday.

Baconton Charter hosts Jenkins County at 2 p.m. on Monday. Pelham travels to Schley County for a 4:30 p.m. doubleheader on Monday.

Deerfield-Windsor baseball eliminated

Trinity Christian-Dublin knocked Deerfield-Windsor out of the GISA Class 3A baseball playoffs with a Game 3 victory Saturday.

Trinity Christian won Saturday’s games 3-1 and 5-1. Deerfield-Windsor won Friday’s opener 7-1.

Cole Mitchell went 4-for-4 with two RBI for Deerfield-Windsor in Game 1. Trent Bush went 3-for-4, while Davis Lawson connected on a double. Jack Kimbrel went the distance for the win, striking out five in a four-hitter.

Deerfield-Windsor (13-12) was held to two hits in Game 2. The Knights committed three errors in Game 3.

Terrell Academy sweeps Twiggs Academy

Terrell Academy swept Twiggs Academy 15-0 and 19-0 in the first round of the GISA Class 2A baseball playoffs Friday.

In the first game, Kory Sellers, Ross West, Cameron Jones, Jay Murdock and Ethan Gay each had two hits for the Eagles. Daniel Myers picked up the win.

In the second game, the Eagles (21-2) collected 17 hits, led by Landon Littleton’s grand slam. Cameron Jones notched the victory.

Also Friday in GISA Class 2A action, First Presbyterian Christian beat Westwood 7-6 and 13-1.

Terrell Academy will host Brentwood in the quarterfinals.

Deerfield-Windsor girls soccer wins

Deerfield-Windsor opened the GISA girls soccer playoffs Friday with a 5-0 win over Robert Toombs.

The Deerfield-Windsor boys soccer team hosts First Presbyterian Christian in a first-round match at 5:30 p.m. on Monday.

Sherwood teams fall in GICAA soccer finals

Sherwood Christian dropped a pair of 1-0 matches in the GICAA soccer championships Friday.

The boys lost to Community Christian, while the girls lost to Young Americans Christian.