2016 Baseball State Championships

GHSA 2016 STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

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The 2016 Georgia High School Association 2A-6A Baseball State Championship Guide is published by Score Atlanta, in conjunction with the GHSA. The guide was designed

by Rhonda Rawls, the Managing Editor is Craig Sager II, Lauren Goldstein and Kyle San-dy assisted in the editing process. The information and brackets were provided by the GHSA. Photos on the cover are courtesy of Brian Morgan/Brianography, David McGregor, Westminster HS, Pope HS, and Walton HS. For more information on Score Atlanta, go to ScoreAtl.com or call 404-256-1572.

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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.2014 Lambert Houston Co. Carrollton Blessed Trinity Benedictine King’s Ridge Charlton Co.2015 Parkview Greenbrier Buford Blessed Trinity Wesleyan Kings Ridge Schley County

Welcome to the 2016 GHSA Championship Series for

Baseball, 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 – com-peting for the State Championship. The Georgia High School Associ-ation is proud of the commitment to excellence that these players and coaches have demonstrated throughout the season, as the qual-ity of play in high school baseball in Georgia continues to grow. Congrat-ulations to Ernie Yarbrough, GHSA baseball administrator, on a job well done now and throughout the entire season.

We hope that you, the faithful fans, will enjoy these games, and that you will demonstrate the high-est levels of sportsmanship as you positively 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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called out in the 2015 MLB Draft last year, led by No. 1 overall pick, Dansby Swanson. For the next crop of GHSA talent, look no further than this year’s state championship matchups where the Peach State’s top prospects are vy-ing for the elusive state title. Arguably the best matchup in any classification for the state champion-ship can be found in AAAAAA as No.

without any earned runs. Seniors Christian Young and Odlanier Rodri-guez have also helped guide Locust Grove on the mound. It’s a Region 4 matchup in AAA as Westminster takes on two-time de-fending state champion, Blessed Trini-ty. Power hitting lefty and Duke signee, Will Benson, another possible early round draft pick, leads the Wildcats as they try to dethrone the Titans. Joining Benson, is LSU signee Rankin Woley, Missouri signee Armaan Painter and standout sophomore Ryan Miller, in a powerful Westminster lineup.Leading Aces... Blessed Trinity’s Hayden Lehman (10-0, 0.70 ERA) and John Michael Bertrand (9-1, 0.78 ERA) lead the Ti-tans pitching. At the plate, the Titans have a powerful line up of brothers Conor (.442 BA, 5 HR), a senior Au-burn signee, and Colin Davis (.408 BA, 3 HR) and freshman CJ Abrams (.464 BA, 1 HR). In AA, Wesleyan, junior Georgia Tech commit Colin Hall is the center-piece for the Wolves at the plate. Junior Jordan Ward and Georgia Tech signee and Andy Archer lead on the hill. For Lovett, the Lions go as senior Aaron Schunk goes. Schunk, a Georgia signee, leads the Lions on the hill, in the field and at the plate. David Easterling and Freddy Achecar (Georgetown) are also potent batters lining up for Lovett. Photos courtesy of David McGregor and Walton HS

2 nationally-ranked (according to Per-fect Game) Walton makes the four-mile trip to take on archrival Pope. Leading the way for Walton is Clem-son commit, and a projected early round draft pick, Carter Kieboom. Kie-boom (‘16) is joined by Georgia Tech commits, Parker McCoy (‘16), Michael Guldberg (‘17), and Jason Rooks (‘17) in a very dangerous hitting lineup for the Raiders. Pope is led by arguably the best

player in the 2016 class, Joshua Lowe. Lowe, a Florida State signee, is ranked as the No. 4 player in the country by Perfect Game and is projected as an early first round pick in the upcom-ing draft. Lowe isn’t alone though as Georgia commit, Ryan Webb and Ken-nesaw State signee, Matt Rowland, command the hill for the Greyhounds. The most intriguing aspect of this se-ries is how the pitching for Pope will match up against the star-studded lineup of Walton. In AAAAA, Houston County takes on the winner of South Effingham and Loganville. D.L. Hall, a junior Florida State commit, leads the Bears at the plate. He’s ranked as the No. 7 pros-pect in the 2017 class by PerfectGame. Georgia signee and Perfect Game All-American, Anthony Locey (‘16), leads the group on the hill and will be looking to bring a state championship to Houston County with his mid-90’s fastball and plus off-speed pitches.Familiar Foes... Another top team in the country is featured in the AAAA State Champi-onship as No. 8 ranked Buford takes on Locust Grove in a rematch of last year’s Eliyte Eight. Georgia commit Justin Glover leads Buford on the hill while Georgia Tech commits, Austin Wilhite, Nick Wilhite, Griffin Jolliff and Ken-nesaw State commit Brandon Marsh lead the Wolves at the plate. For Locust Grove, the Wildcats boast a deep pitching staff led by junior Ethan Lindow. In the past two games, Lindow has struck out 18 in 14 innings

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CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL ROSTERS

AAAAAA Walton at Pope 5/21(DH) 3pm, 6pm; *Game 3 5/23 6pm

AAAAA Loganville at Houston Co. 5/23 (DH) 4pm *Game 3 5/24 6pm

AAAA Locust Grove at Buford 5/21 (DH) 1pm, 4pm; *Game 3 5/23 5:55pm

AAA Westminster at Blessed Trinity 5/21 (DH) 6:30pm, 8:30pm; *Game 3 5/23 5pm

AA Lovett at Wesleyan 5/21 Game 1 4:30pm, Game 2 5/23 4:30pm; *Game 3 5/23 6:30pm

CLASS AAAAAAPope Greyhounds

Head Coach: Jeff Rowland1 Buddy Floyd 9 INF2 Jake Pralgo 11 INF3 Kyle Hinton 12 OF4 Patrick Burke 12 O5 Chase Smith 11 P6 Michael Wynne 11 INF/OF8 Mason Meadows 12 C10 Max Pralgo 9 P/INF11 Jack Burrows 12 OF12 Matt Rowland 12 P13 Will Lantis 9 INF/OF14 Ryan Webb 11 P/OF15 Zack Rasheed 11 INF/OF16 Cameron Allison 12 P18 Josh Lowe 12 P/INF19 Tanner Huyck 11 C/INF20 Scott LeSuier 10 P21 Patrick Orr 11 C/INF22 Antonio Jareno 10 P/INF23 Ethan Lawson 12 INF24 Jared Miller 11 INF25 Connor Frost 10 INF27 Ryan Ryder 12 INF28 Daniel Robison 11 P29 P.J. Gravalec 12 P

Walton RaidersHead Coach: Shane Amos

1 Zac Kristofak 12 RHP2 Bradley Kallgren 11 2B3 Drake Frix 12 C/OF4 Forrest Wilson 11 RHP/OF5 Christian Furr 12 1B6 Cameron Bloodworth 10 P/3B/SS7 Parker McCoy 12 2B/SS8 Michael Guldberg 11 2B/CF10 Ben Spencer 12 OF11 Chandler Miller 12 3B/2B/OF12 Kaylen Xie 11 C/1B14 Addison Shoup 11 3B/SS16 Luke Bartnicki 10 LHP17 Aaron Toporek 12 LHP18 Chris Rolick 11 RHP19 Jacob Riordan 10 RHP20 Chris Hummel 12 RHP/1B22 Carter Kieboom 12 SS/3B23 Jason Avers 11 C/1B24 Conner Haseley 12 RHP27 Tucker MacMeekin 11 2B/OF30 Jason Rooks 11 RHP/RF31 Forrest Evans 12 RHP

Class AAAAAHouston County BearsHead Coach: Jason Brett

1 Blake Dawson 12 OF2 Dillon Strickland 12 2B/P3 DL Hall 11 OF/P4 Austin Langfod 11 OF5 Christian Cook 11 OF

6 Cole Simmons 11 2B/3B7 Tucker Garland 12 SS/2B8 Tyler Flewellyn 12 OF/P9 Riley Cannady 11 OF11 Jake Fromm 11 3B/P12 Austin Hittinger 11 OF14 Ryan Milton 12 OF15 Jared Christian 11 C16 Lawson Trawick 11 C17 Chandler Ring 10 3B/P18 Tanner Hall 12 1B/P19 Jordan Hampton 11 1B/P20 Cameron Jones 9 P/OF21 Dillon Toms 10 C22 Nicolas Joyner 11 OF24 Anthony Locey 12 3B/P

Loganville Red DevilsHead Coach: Jeff Segars

1 Dawson Ballard 11 INF3 Mitchell Miller 12 LHP4 Seth Clark 10 LHP/OF5 Marcellus Campbell 11 OF6 Joseph Brandon 10 MI/P7 Carson McCullers 12 SS9 Logan Ford 12 C/OF10 Ryan English 12 RHP11 Brady Abrahamsen 11 MI13 Bryce Fowler 12 C/OF14 Jonathan Lee 12 1B15 Cole McGaughey 11 1B16 Robert Marchman 9 C17 Cody Mixon 12 MI18 Gabe Knight 10 3B20 Cameron Taube 12 OF21 Timothy Elliott 12 RHP/OF22 Drew Franklin 12 RHP23 Josiah Butcher 12 RHP24 Rhett Mixon 11 CF/3B25 Morgan Copelan 11 C/RHP26 Jackson Lambert 11 C30 Brandin Nixon 11 OF33 Bay Witcher 10 OF/RHP

Class AAAABuford Wolves

Head Coach: Tony Wolfe2 Clay Dickie 12 RHP4 Tanner Alexander 11 CF5 Akira Mitchell 11 3B7 Griffin Jolliff 12 RHP/3B10 Brandon Marsh 12 RF/RHP11 Zach Fordham 11 LHP12 Frank Bradshaw 11 LHP15 Tyler Perkins 11 RHP/SS/2B16 Michael Gelb 11 LF19 Cole Gunter 11 LF20 Austin Wilhite 12 SS/RHP21 Thames Hudlow 12 1B/3B22 Dillon Lancaster 12 2B23 Robby Proud 11 1B/RHP

24 Nathan Haines 11 C26 Kent Baldy 12 LF30 Nick Wilhite 12 CF/LHP32 Justin Glover 12 LHP/1B37 Noah Ledford 10 C

Locust Grove WildcatsHead Coach: Stephen Phillips

2 Joah Curry 11 OF/P3 Trevor Sellers 11 INF/P4 Will Dyar 11 C6 Christian Young 12 P7 Odlanier Rodriguez 12 INF/P9 Luke Mays 11 INF11 Nolan Crisp 9 INF/P13 Clay Shearouse 11 INF14 Austin Moody 10 OF/P15 Cole Mallett 11 OF16 Nick Hughes 12 INF19 Ethan Lindow 11 P20 Gavin Lee 10 OF/P21 Brad Tolleson 12 C22 Gavin Black 12 OF23 Colton Bailey 11 INF25 Justin Nicholson 11 P

Class AAAWestminster Wildcats

Head Coach: Russell Wrenn2 Jack Polhemus 10 P/IF3 Kenneth Hartzfeld 12 P/IF4 Shota Yasuda 12 P/IF5 Ben Forte 9 IF6 Davis Conway 12 C/IF7 Harrison Jones 12 OF9 Thomas Watson 12 OF10 Armaan Painter 12 P/1B11 Peter York 10 IF/OF12 Rankin Woley 12 C/IF13 Ryan Miller 10 IF14 Brian Chu 11 P/IF15 Charlie Bennett 11 P/OF16 Raymond Baltz 10 P/OF17 Ward Croft 10 P/OF18 Ethan Price 11 P/OF/1B19 Luke Jannetta 9 P20 Rankin Thompson 11 C21 Andy Capper 12 P/IF22 Blake Huber 12 P/IF23 Stephen Ballard 12 P/IF25 Will Benson 12 P/OF/1B26 Junta Yasuda 9 P/C27 Christian Bradley 11 P/3B

Blessed Trinity TitansHead Coach: Andy Harlin

2 Colin Davis 11 P/OF3 David Dunn 11 INF4 Garrett Dupuis 12 C/INF5 Jake Lundkovsky 11 INF6 Jake Bogosian 12 INF7 Michael Markwordt 11 P/C/OF

8 CJ Abrams 9 INF9 Colin Dore 12 P/OF10 Connor Durham 11 P11 Mitchell Weidner 11 C12 Mickey Skole 10 C/INF14 Peyton Glavine 11 P15 Jackson Svete 12 P17 Cole McNamee 11 P/OF20 Conor Davis 12 INF22 Ryan Davis 9 P/OF24 Patrick McNamara 11 P/OF25 Hayden Lehman 12 P27 Steele Chambers 9 INF37 John Michael Bertrand 12 P44 Russell Dorvee 10 P50 Clark Dearman 10 P55 Jake Smith 9 P

Class AALovett Lions

Head Coach: Lance Oubs1 Peyton Ringer 10 IF2 James Hicks 11 IF3 Wyatt Nelson 10 OF4 Thomas Murray 11 IF/P5 Trent Beavor 10 C7 John Staton 11 OF10 Sam Pritchard 11 OF/P11 Evan McKown 10 C12 Charles Gibson 10 IF/P13 Alex Marshall 12 OF/P14 Grayson Nix 10 OF/P15 Freddy Achecar 12 IF/P16 Drayton Foster 10 C17 Nick Marshall 11 IF/P18 Ben O’Meara 10 IF/P21 Austin Jeter 12 OF22 Aaron Schunk 12 IF/P23 Brady Tindall 11 OF24 Bennett Kahn 11 IF/P30 Stephen Ewing 11 IF32 David Easterling 12 IF/P

Wesleyan WolvesHead Coach: Brian Krehmeyer

1 Cole Mannion 12 OF2 Jake McCleskey 12 IF3 Mikey Olson 12 OF5 Colin Hall 11 OF6 Michael Payne 11 P/IF8 Alex Thompson 12 P/IF10 Clint Prettyman 12 C/P/IF11 Drew Aspinwall 12 IF12 Matt Adent 10 OF13 Justin Gustafson 11 IF14 John Morris 11 C15 Billy Stepp 10 C16 Andy Archer 12 P/IF18 Stewart Stamper 10 OF19 Adam Moon 11 IF22 Ryan Weed 11 P/OF24 Jordan Ward 11 P/IF


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All eyes will be on a pair of two-time state champions as Region 5 foes

Walton (30-4) and Pope (28-6) do battle in the Class AAAAAA finals. Pope edged Walton for the No. 1 seed coming out of the state’s toughest re-gion with a 14-2 mark while the Raid-ers finished 13-3. The two squads split during the regular season with Pope winning at Walton 16-1 and the Raiders winning at the Dog Pound 10-5. The Greyhounds rely on a strong pitching staff that is bolstered by Matt Rowland (Kennesaw State), Cameron Allison (Middle Tennessee State) and junior ace Ryan Webb (UGA). At the dish Pope is powered by hot prospect Joshua Lowe. Lowe, a 6-foot-3 third baseman set to attend Florida State, is ranked No. 15 in Baseball Factory’s Top 100 players. The lefty with power to all fields will be important for Walton to slow down. The Raiders have their own star hitter with designs on being drafted this June in infielder Carter Kieboom (Clemson). The shortstop/third base-man is pegged as the No. 4 ranked high schooler in the entire nation by Base-ball Factory. Described as the “most advanced hitter in the high school class with a mix of barrel accuracy, quick hands, patience and confidence,” Kie-boom forms one of the best infields in the nation alongside Parker McCoy

son has all five tools that MLB teams covet. His name will be called early in the MLB Draft. First baseman Armaan Painter (Missouri) joins Benson in a lineup that has scored a statewide-best 353 runs. The Wildcats’ only kryptonite this season has been 33-2 Blessed Trinity, who took three games to get past a gritty Jackson County team. The Ti-tans thumped Westminster in their two meetings this year 15-1 and 9-3. Hayden Lehman (10-0, 0.70 ERA), John Michael Bertrand (9-1, 0.78 ERA) and Peyton Glavine (6-0, 0.80 ERA) lead a devastating pitching staff that is in search of their third straight ti-tle. Jake Bogosian (.294, 38 RBI), Au-burn-commit Conor Davis (.442, 5 HR, 34 RBI), Garrett Dupuis (.381, 30 RBI) and freshman CJ Abrams (.464, 29 RBI) power a deep offensive onslaught. Class AA... Alex Thompson hurled a com-plete-game shutout in Game 3 against Holy Innocents’ to lift defending state champs Wesleyan (28-9) back into the state title game. Thompson was mas-terful in the 4-0 win and will be asked to come up big yet again as the Wolves meet yet another Region 6 rival, Lovett (23-11-1) who ended Greater Atlanta Christian’s season with a 4-0 Game 3 victory of their own. Back in mid-March, Wesleyan took two of three from Lovett winning 3-1 and 9-1 with a 3-1 loss sandwiched in between. The Lions have won seven titles with their last coming in 2013. Cole Mannion finished 3-for-3 with 2 RBIs in Wesleyan’s series clinching win over Holy Innocents’. Ben O’Meara and Freddy Achecar (Georgetown) com-bined for a one-hitter in Lovett’s shutout of GAC. Aaron Schunk (UGA) provided the offense with a 2-run homer. Photos courtesy of Brian L. Morgan/ Brianography, Pope HS, Walton HS, and Westminster HS

(Georgia Tech). On the hill, Zac Kristo-fak (UGA), Chris Hummel and Aaron Toporek are among the staff’s most re-liable pitchers. Class AAAAA... Houston County (28-8) punched its ticket to the state championship by surviving Gainesville in Game 3, 2-0. The Bears aim for their second title in three years as they face South Effingham or Loganville. Tanner Hall hit an RBI double in the third and Dil-lon Strickland popped a homer to give Houston County the lead 2-0 before Hall, a lefty, escaped a bases loaded jam to preserve a complete-game one-hit shutout. In the finals, expect a heavy dose of aces Tony Locey (UGA) and D.Ll Hall (Florida State). Locey trans-ferred in from Hardaway and is ranked No. 58 in the top 100. Hall, a junior, is a devastating lefty. In the semifinals between South Effingham and Loganville, University of Georgia-signee and righty Timothy Elliott of Loganville pitched his way to a 5-4 victory in Game 1. The Mus-tangs responded by finding success against Mississippi-State signee and lefty Mitchell Miller in Game 2 before holding on for a 5-1 victory. South Eff-ingham’s Davis Hare allowed just four hits in the Game 2 win. On the plate, South Effingham’s Austin Thompson

finished the double-header 5-for-9 with two RBI.

Class AAAA... Buford (31-3) enters the Class AAAA state championship as the de-fending champs but Locust Grove (31-4-1) has established itself as a worthy title contender. The two programs met back on Feb. 29 at Buford where the Wildcats announced their presence to the rest of the state with a 3-0 shut-out of the Wolves. Locust Grove is in search of more sweet redemption after Buford swept them out of the playoffs in the Elite Eight a year ago. Class of 2019 standout Nolan Crisp is a Mississippi State-com-mit. The right-handed pitcher/third baseman can carry the Wildcats at times. Justin Nicholson, Ethan Lindow, Christian Young (Andrew College) and Odlanier Rodriguez make up an experienced and deep pitching staff for coach Stephen Phillips. Gavin Lee cranked the game-deciding 3-run ho-mer against Buford earlier in the year. Rodriguez danced in and out of trouble going three innings in relief of starter Lindow, allowing three hits, three walks and striking out five. Crisp picked up the save. Buford stranded 15 runners in the game. Brothers Austin and Nick Wilhite are both set to attend Geor-gia Tech. Brandon Marsh (Kennesaw State) provides power from right field while right-handed pitcher Griffin Jol-liff (Georgia Tech) is the team’s veter-an pitcher. Class AAA... Two-sport star Will Benson leads Westminster (28-6) into the Class AAA finals where they have a chance to claim their first championship since 1975. Benson, the No. 6 ranked pros-pect out of high school, is a Bo Jack-son-like outfielder that has committed to Duke. At 6-foot-5, 225 pounds, Ben-

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In ALL rounds, the higher seeded team will host. If both teams are the same seed, a coin flip will determine the host school. Exceptions to the scheduled dates may be made with the approval of the Executive Director.

DH: 4/29 If: 4/30 DH: 4/29 If: 4/30DH 5/4 If: 5/5 DH 5/4 If: 5/5DH: 5/10 If: 5/11 DH: 5/10 If: 5/11DH: 5/16 If: 5/17 DH: 5/16 If: 5/17DH: 5/21 If: 5/23

N. Paulding 1,6,5

Valdosta 2,0,7

Valdosta 5,4

Grayson 4,2

Pope 10,10

Pope 6,10

Pope 7,12

Pope 7,8

Pope

N. Gwinnett 5,2

N. Forsyth 8,7

N. Forsyth 0,6

South Cobb 6,1,8

South Cobb 2,7

South Cobb 1,0

Rockdale Co. 1,7,6

Tift Co. 2,5

Harrison 4,8

Harrison 5,5

Harrison 8,4,9

Harrison 6,1

Lassiter 2,7

Brookwood 8,12

Brookwood 0,0

W. Forsyth 7,4

Collins Hill 16,11

Collins Hill 3,7

Collins Hill 3,5,2Newton 5,2

E. Coweta 15,16

E. Coweta 0,3

0,3 Archer

5,14 Walton

9,6 Walton

3,5 Walton

2,3 Walton

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4,2 Lee Co.

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6,6 Westlake

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2,10 Lambert

1,4 Lambert

4,3 Etowah

4,7 Etowah

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4,1 Colquitt Co.

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1,0 Hillgrove

1,0 Tucker

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Loganville

McIntosh 12,0,9

Columbus 6,5,10

Columbus 9,3

Columbus 4,7

Heritage, Con. 0,2

Allatoona 2,8

Allatoona 7,2

Cambridge 13,10

Cambridge 2,1,0

SW DeKalb 1,4

Statesboro 3,2

Houston Co. 4,3

Houston Co. 0,11, 2

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3,6 Loganville

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Union Grove 8,4,6

Alexander 1,5

Gainesville 3,7

Gainesville 6,2

Gainesville 7,7,12

Dalton 1, 11,8

Dunwoody 0,5

Dalton 12,12

Dalton 8,2,11

Evans 2,2

Evans 1,12,2

Rich. Hill 1,0

1,2 S. Paulding

8,9 Winder-Barrow

7,10 Winder-Barrow

9,4 Winder-Barrow0,4 Harris Co.

1,5 Northgate

1,8 Northgate

0,8,6 Jones Co.

7,4,7 S. Effingham

8,4,11 S. Effingham

0,0 Druid Hills

10,6 Forsyth, Cent.

9,0,1 Forsyth, Cent.

4,10,2 Starrs Mill

Houston Co. 5,8

Houston Co. 9,1,2

Houston Co.

4,5,3 S. Effingham

12,5 S. Effingham

Gainesville 4,2,0

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Region 1 - Team 2 H

Region 8 - Team 4

Region 5 - Team 1 H

Region 7 - Team 3

Region 6 - Team 2 H

Region 3 - Team 4

Region 2 - Team 1 H

Region 8 - Team 3

Region 5 - Team 2H

Region 4 - Team 4

Region 1 - Team 1H

Region 3 - Team 3

Region 2 - Team 2H

Region 7 - Team 4

Region 6 - Team 1H

Region 1 - Team 3

Region 4 - Team 2 H

Region 5 - Team 4

Region 8 - Team 1 H

Region 6 - Team 3

Region 7 - Team 2 H

Region 2 - Team 4

Region 3 - Team 1 H

Region 5 - Team 3

Region 8 - Team 2H

Region 1 - Team 4

Region 4 - Team 1H

Region 2 - Team 3

Region 3 - Team 2H

Region 6 - Team 4

Region 7 - Team 1H

Champion

Runner-Up

2015-2016 GHSA Class AAAA State Baseball Tournament



Eastside 1,5,7

Eastside 4,4

Eastside 5,1,10

Eastside 3,4

Cairo 4,3,6

Madison Co. 6,3

Madison Co. 2,3

Troup Co. 3,1

Pickens Co. 2,0

St. Pius 4,8

St. Pius 6,8

St. Pius 4,4,8

Liberty Co. 3,1

W. Laurens 7,12

W. Laurens 5,4

1,5,4 N. Oconee

4,4,5 Woodward Acad.

5,7 Woodward Acad.

0,7 Woodward Acad.

0,3 Griffin

8,8 Thomas CC

1,6 Thomas CC

3,3 Burke Co.

13,10 Veterans

11,0,2 Veterans

0,1 Ridgeland

7,20 Marist

6,8,1 Marist

9,10 Veterans

0,7 Veterans

Bainbridge 6,3

Bainbridge 0,2

Buford 6,10

Buford 7,6

Spalding Co. 5,2

Whitewater 5,4

Buford 9,5

Buford 15,16

Redan 3,0

Cartersville 12,11

Cartersville 13,6

Cartersville 5,3

Upson-Lee 0,2

Thomson 2,5

Thomson 3,4

3,1 Carrollton

5,10 North Hall

4,1,3 North Hall

1,3 Crisp Co.

11,8 Locust Grove

1,9,7 Locust Grove

9,1,8 Perry

8,5,9 Wayne Co.

1,1 Wayne Co.

3,2 Chamblee

4,12 Heritage, Cat.

11,5 Heritage, Cat.

0,5,0 Heritage, Cat.

4,4,5 Locust Grove

2,8 Locust Grove

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Region 4 - Team 3

Region 1 - Team 2 H

Region 8 - Team 4

Region 5 - Team 1 H

Region 7 - Team 3

Region 6 - Team 2 H

Region 3 - Team 4

Region 2 - Team 1 H

Region 8 - Team 3

Region 5 - Team 2H

Region 4 - Team 4

Region 1 - Team 1H

Region 3 - Team 3

Region 2 - Team 2H

Region 7 - Team 4

Region 6 - Team 1H

Region 1 - Team 3

Region 4 - Team 2 H

Region 5 - Team 4

Region 8 - Team 1 H

Region 6 - Team 3

Region 7 - Team 2 H

Region 2 - Team 4

Region 3 - Team 1 H

Region 5 - Team 3

Region 8 - Team 2H

Region 1 - Team 4

Region 4 - Team 1H

Region 2 - Team 3

Region 3 - Team 2H

Region 6 - Team 4

Region 7 - Team 1H

Champion

Runner-Up

2015-2016 GHSA Class AAA State Baseball Tournament



Decatur 12,14

Decatur 2,8

SE Bulloch 5,1

Oconee 5,7

Cedartown 13,15

Cedartown 5,13

Cedartown 12,9

Cedartown 7,4

West Hall 2,0

Calhoun 6,4

Calhoun 2,12,9

Calhoun 11,1

Hepzibah 0,3

Jackson 12,13

Jackson 4,1,3

1,3,6 Jackson Co.

5,5,14 Jackson Co.

9,6 ,12 Jackson Co.8,2,3 Rockmart

3,0 N. Clayton

4,15 Appling Co.

4,17,1 Appling Co.

2,6,2 Laney

4,2,4 Peach Co.

0,3 Peach Co.

1,1 Banks Co.

5,4 Ringgold

6,9 Ringgold

14,2,2 Ringgold

Pierce Co. 6,0

Westminster 7,6

Westminster 11,9

Westminster 11,12

Westminster 13,6

Westminster

Central, Carroll. 3,8

Jefferson 1,9,18

Jefferson 4,1

Adairsville 3,12

Dawson Co. 13,14

Dawson Co. 7,4,4

Jordan 1,0

Westside, Aug. 8,10

Westside, Aug 1,7,9

Westside, Aug. 1,2

9,0,1 Callaway

0,2 Callaway

3,1,0 Hart Co.

1,0 Brantley Co.

6,5 Blessed Trinity

2,5 Blessed Trinity

10,5 Blessed Trinity

13,1,9 Blessed Trinity4,11 Rutland

10,13 Washington Co.

12,0,3 Washington Co.

3,1 Sonoraville

7,6 Franklin Co.

9,11,11 Franklin Co.

0,0 Franklin Co.

1,2 ,1 Jackson Co.

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Region 4 - Team 3

Region 1 - Team 2 H

Region 8 - Team 4

Region 5 - Team 1 H

Region 7 - Team 3

Region 6 - Team 2 H

Region 3 - Team 4

Region 2 - Team 1 H

Region 8 - Team 3

Region 5 - Team 2H

Region 4 - Team 4

Region 1 - Team 1H

Region 3 - Team 3

Region 2 - Team 2H

Region 7 - Team 4

Region 6 - Team 1H

Region 1 - Team 3

Region 4 - Team 2 H

Region 5 - Team 4

Region 8 - Team 1 H

Region 6 - Team 3

Region 7 - Team 2 H

Region 2 - Team 4

Region 3 - Team 1 H

Region 5 - Team 3

Region 8 - Team 2H

Region 1 - Team 4

Region 4 - Team 1H

Region 2 - Team 3

Region 3 - Team 2H

Region 6 - Team 4

Region 7 - Team 1H

Champion

Runner-Up

2015-2016 GHSA Class AA State Baseball Tournament



Monticello 3,1

Thomasville 4,11

Thomasville 6,8

Oglethorpe Co. 2,0

Bowdon 8,19

Bowdon 8,3

Bowdon 3,4

Model 0,1

GAC 3,13

GAC 8,3,8

Screven Co. 0,4

Benedictine 5,20

Benedictine 15,3,5

Early Co. 2,6

Bleckley Co. 3,8

Bleckley Co. 0,2

Manchester 2,3

Union Co. 7,12

Union Co. 16,4

Union Co. 3,2

Lovett 11,11

Lovett 6,3

Lovett 4,13

Lovett 0,3,4

Darlington 4,1

Bryan Co. 8,3

Metter 11,6

Metter 2,0

2,1 Rabun Co.

6,3 Bremen

1,3,7 Bremen

2,0 Crawford Co.

7,10 Berrien

4,2,19 Berrien

1,4 Berrien

7,1,5 East Laurens

5,11,15 Jeff-Davis

5,4 Jeff-Davis

1,6,0 Coosa

3,5,12 Wesleyan

7,10 Wesleyan

8,5 Wesleyan

1,8,4 Wesleyan

7,10,8 Heard Co.

8,9 Heard Co.

7,4,7 Heard Co.8,3,4 Social Circle

1,1 Fitzgerald

8,6 Lamar Co.

4,4 Lamar Co.

0,3 Bacon Co.

2,5 Harlem

4,1,2 Harlem

6,0,9 Holy Innocents

3,2,5 Holy Innocents

2,8,3 Gordon Lee

6,5,8 Holy Innocents’

2,1,0 Holy Innocents’

GAC 8,12

GAC 8,2,0

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