Prep roundup: Southeast Whitfield starts a busy week with rout

A seven-run burst in the second inning pushed Southeast Whitfield to a 16-0 win over rival Murray County in a non-region victory on Monday in Chatsworth.

The Raiders (3-7) grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first inning and broke the game open in the second. Southeast added three more in the fourth and four more in the fifth. Rhett Harper, Tyler Hale and Blake Foster combined for a three-hit shutout on the mound. Harper pitched three innings and struck out five, Hale struck out the side in the fourth and Foster did the same in the fifth.

“Blake hasn’t thrown off the mound in a couple of years,” Southeast coach Brad Lofton said. “It’s just a good confidence builder going into the rest of the week. That’s what I told our kids, I said enjoy this while you have it and use it to shock the world later in the week.”

Lofton is referring to a four-day slate starting today that includes Region 7-3A games against Heritage-Catoosa, Ringgold and Allatoona.

The Raiders had 15 hits on the day. Foster added two hits — one being a double — and had three RBIs. Hale also had two hits, and Jose Vargas had two hits and a pair of RBIs. Lofton said he was able to play some younger players as Brady Barnett had two hits, including a two-run double, and Austin Walden added a two-run single. Chase Jenkins, Cody Manly and Hunter Young each had RBI singles.

For the Indians (0-7), Damon Roberts, Jake Born and Andrew Corbin each had one hit, and Jake Ice pitched the final inning and did not allow an earned run.

“It started out with pitchers not throwing strikes,” coach Jeff Lanning said. “If you don’t throw strikes and you get behind, you just make it easier for the other team, especially when they are sitting and waiting on a fastball.”

• Dalton 11, Pickens 5: The visiting Dragons made a serious bid for a comeback victory, but Dalton reliever Brady Willocks was having none of it.

With Catamounts starter Brandon Dale chased by a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the sixth, Willocks entered and got a strikeout, fielder’s choice and flyout to right field to end the inning. He then struck out the side in the seventh to end the game and give his team its first Region 7-3A victory this season.

“That’s what you need right there,” said coach Bobby Brotherton, whose Cats are 2-9 overall and 1-6 in region play. “It’s a great win for us. We’re still working, trying to get better, but a win’s a win’s a win.”

With two more region games left in the week, Brotherton was also pleased to use just two pitchers in the victory.

Dale picked up the win after allowing five runs (four earned) on three hits while striking out two. He walked three batters and hit two others.

At the plate, he drove in three runs with a single, sac fly and walk. Carter Gillean, Jake Roberts, Grant Sane and Dakota Tankersley each added two hits, and Sane also drove in two runs. Willocks had two RBIs and Matt Wells had a hit and drove in two runs.

Dalton’s biggest burst at the plate came with a six-run fourth inning. The Cats, who scored one run each in the second and fifth, added two runs in the sixth to increase the distance on the scoreboard after Pickens cut the lead to 9-5 in the top of the inning.

Pickens also scored one run each in the second and third.

• Christian Heritage 13, Flint River 0: Michael McKinney and Brady Souther combined for a one-hitter, and the Lions pounded out 13 hits at the plate in a game shortened to five innings by the mercy rule.

McKinney (3-0) went three innings, allowing a hit and striking out five. Souther pitched the last two innings, recording five of the six outs by strikeout.

At the plate for Christian Heritage (6-2, 4-0 Georgia Independent School Association Region 4-2A), Spencer Robbins went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and two RBIs, while Trey Mason was 2-for-2 and drove in two runs. McKinney was 3-for-4 with three RBIs, Jake Stokes was 2-for-4 with a triple and three RBIs, and Pate Duddleston was 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored.

“We are starting to hit the ball,” Christian Heritage coach Noah Stokes said. “It’s hard to think much is wrong with 13 hits. It is a big week for us, and it is encouraging that we have hit it well.”

The Lions play two region road games this week — at LaGrange Academy today and at undefeated The Heritage School on Thursday.

• Coahulla Creek 12, Gordon Central 1: Tyler Higgins improved to 3-0 and the Colts captured their first sub-region victory in a game shortened to six innings by the mercy rule in Calhoun.

Monday’s game was the first of three in Sub-region 7B-2A play this week for the Colts (6-3, 1-2).

“It’s good to get that sub-region win and get it out of the way,” Coahulla Creek coach Michael Bolen said. “We have been working on relaxing. Some of our varsity inexperience is showing a little bit in the sub-region. They finally got back to being themselves tonight.”

Four different players had a multiple-hit night, led by Higgins, who was 3-for-4 with an RBI. Austin Busby and Michael Ward each had two hits, with Busby collecting a pair of doubles along with a pair of RBIs and two runs scored. Ward was 2-for-4 with three RBIs and Tucker Sheram was 2-for-5 with an RBI.

Golf

• Christian Heritage’s boys finished with a team total of 335 to take fifth place in the 12-team Augusta Prep Invitational played on the par-72, 6,532-yard Belle Mead Country Club in Thompson.

Cole Townsend led the way for the Lions with an 82. A.J. Hooper, who is recovering from surgery on his hand after an automobile accident, added an 83, with Blake Carver at 84. Cole Maffetone’s 89 rounded out the scoring.

Frederica Academy of St. Simon’s Island was the winner of the event as Dru Love, the son of major winner Davis Love, III, was medalist after shooting a 71 and winning a playoff over Ben Verlander of Holy Spirit.

• Northwest Whitfield’s boys shot a 325 to take seventh out of 13 teams in the Muscogee County Invitational, which was won by Brookstone (300).

Ethan Hayes’ 8-over-par 80 led the Bruins, who also got counting rounds from Trevor Goodman (81), Sam Speights (82) and Tyler Linder (82) in the event played at Maple Ridge Golf Course in Columbus.

Bruins coach Jim McGrew said his golfers stuck together, scoring-wise — even among non-counting rounds the highest tally was an 84 — and he was pleased to see them battle for 18 holes.

“I think we’re getting there,” he said. “I’ve kind of been looking for us to show we can hang around when things are not at their best. After about six or seven holes today, they were all six or seven over, but they all kind of hung in there.”

• Marlee Bingham’s 68 led the way for the Northwest Lady Bruins in the St. Pius X Par 3 Tournament at Peachtree Golf Center in Duluth.

Alicia Cole’s 75 also counted as Northwest finished with a 143.

Lady Bruins coach John Linder said final place results were not yet available — the field included several other Region 7-4A teams — but he was pleased with what he saw on his players’ scorecards two days after they finished last among nine teams at Dalton’s Lady Catamount Invitational.

“They rebounded from Saturday,” he said. “I think we were all disappointed in the way we played at the Lady Cat. But today the weather was gorgeous out here, and we put up the driver and worked irons and wedges and putters. That really helps us with our short game.”

• Dalton girls 90, North Murray 97: Dalton’s Brendi Rockholt shot a 42 to take medalist honors as the Lady Cats won at Indian Trace. Angel Fouche shot a 48 for Dalton’s other counting score. North Murray’s score was composed of Jocelyn Blair (45) and Dara Dople (52).

• Coahulla Creek girls 105, Gordon Lee 107: Abbi Tate shot a 51 to take medalist honors in the nine-hole victory at the par-72, 5,190-yard Battlefield Golf Course in Fort Oglethorpe. Madison Zerbe (54) also scored for the Lady Colts.

• Gordon Lee boys 180, Coahulla Creek 192: Tyler Lindsey led the way for the Colts with a 44 in the loss to Gordon Lee at Battlefield Golf Club, which played at par-72 and 6,528 yards. Alex Canady (46), Austin Lansing (48) and Ian Conway (54) also scored for the Colts.

Soccer

• Coahulla Creek boys 5, Dade County 1: Jo-An Barcenas had a hat trick, and the Colts (6-3, 2-1 Sub-region 7B-2A) had no trouble picking up where they left off in a home game that was stopped 17 minutes into play on Thursday night.

Pedro Garcia had both goals on Thursday, when the Colts led 2-0 before inclement weather ended play for the night, and he set up two of Barcenas’ goals Monday. Sadoth Fraire had the other assist, with his corner kick setting up a header into the net by Barcenas.

“It’s always good to start a game two goals up,” Colts assistant coach Shannon Coley said. “But it was good to get that game in and past us now.”

Tennis

• Murray County girls 5, River Ridge 0: The Lady Indians improved to 9-1 on the year. In singles action, No. 1 Katie Quast won 6-0, 6-1, No. 2 Gabbie Bordelon won 6-1, 6-0 and No. 3 Allison Jones won 6-0 6-0. In doubles, No. 1 Brooke Smith and Martha Douhne took a 6-4, 6-0 victory and No. 2 Trinity Rittenhouse and Erica Steelman won 6-2, 6-3.

• Southeast boys 3, LaFayette 2: The Raiders (6-3, 3-2 Sub-region 7A-3A) won the top two singles courts and got a victory from the No. 2 doubles team of Ruben Figueroa and Fernando Becerra, 6-4, 6-3.

Southeast’s other winners at LaFayette were No. 1 Ben Lopez, 6-3, 6-0, and No. 2 Darshan Patel, 7-6, 5-7, 6-3.

• Christian Heritage boys 8, Soddy-Daisy (Tenn.) 1: The Lions (3-3) took all six singles courts and the top two in doubles play to pick up the non-region victory at Middle Valley Recreation Park in Hixson, Tenn.

Singles winners for Christian Heritage were No. 1 Phillip McClure, 8-6 in pro-set play, No. 2 Evan Townsend, 8-3, No. 3 Devin Sanders, 8-3, No. 4 James Cochran, 8-2, No. 5 Samuel Pippin, 8-2, and No. 6 Jake Myers, 8-4.

In doubles, McClure and Townsend won 8-5 at No. 1, while No. 2 Myers and Pippin led 6-3 when their opponents had to retire because of an injury. In exhibition play, Sanders and Riley Gunn won 8-0.

• Coahulla Creek boys 5, Gordon Central 0: Austin Turner and Steven Schleef swept to a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 1 doubles as the Colts rolled to a Region 7-2A victory.

Chase Lynch won 6-1, 6-4 at No. 1 singles, while Jake Mathis took a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 2. Alex Jarjoura took a three-set victory at No. 3, winning 6-0, 4-6, 6-1. Donovan Newby and Andy Dixon won by forfeit at No. 2 doubles as the Colts improved to 8-3 overall and 4-0 in the region.

• Gordon Central girls 3, Coahulla Creek 2: Erin Orem at No. 1 singles and the No. 2 doubles team of Sydney Storey and Chelsea O’Brien swept to wins in the loss on the road. Orem won 6-1, 6-0, while the double’s team took a 6-4, 6-4 victory for the Lady Colts (3-8, 1-4 in 7-2A).

• Soddy-Daisy girls 9, Christian Heritage 0: The Lady Lions lost for just the second time in six matches this year as Soddy-Daisy swept to the victory. In exhibition matches, Christian Heritage managed a pair of doubles wins from Ali McClure and Tegan McEntire, 8-1, and Kristi Russell and Sydney White, 8-3.

• LaFayette girls 5, Southeast 0: The Lady Raiders dropped to 2-7 overall and 2-3 in Sub-region 7A-3A with the road loss.

• River Ridge boys 5, Murray County 0: The Indians fell to 2-8 on the year in the road loss.

n Calhoun boys 4, North Murray 1: No. 1 singles Drew Mosteller won 6-4, 6-0. for the Mountaineers (6-1, 3-1 in 7A-2A).

• Calhoun girls 5, North Murray 0: The Lady Mountaineers dropped to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in Sub-region 7A-2A with the home loss.

JV soccer

• Northwest boys 4, Heritage-Catoosa 2: Bryan Villa had a pair of goals in the first half, while Omar Cruz scored on a penalty kick and David Paz added another goal as the Bruins rolled to the win. Jose Maquez had four saves in goal for Northwest (5-1-1).

JV tennis

• Dalton boys 5, Northwest 0: Robert Enck swept to an 8-0 victory at No. 3 singles to lead the Cats (5-0) to a sweep of the Bruins.

Other singles winners were No. 1 Taylor Mathis, 8-4, and Luis Rosales, 8-1. In doubles, the winners were No. 1 Josh McCraven and Hector Prieto, 8-4, and No. 2 Cade Keylon and Conner Willocks, 8-5.

• Dalton girls 5, Northwest 0: The Lady Cats (4-1) rolled to the easy win, led by Michelle Rogers’ 8-1 victory at No. 2 singles.

The other singles victories came from No. 1 MacKenzie Cresswell and No. 3 Sydney Tankersley, both 8-2 winners. In doubles, No. 1 Olivia Dinges and Allie Lusk won 8-2, while Rosana Sanchez and Nathally Trujillo won 8-4.

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