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Published on Thursday, 06 June 2013 06:57
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Written by Phil Clark
The GISA has named its all-state baseball teams after completion of the three tournaments last weekend. Joey Hiller, whose Tattnall team won its second straight class AAA state championship, was named coach of the year. Tattnall players who earned spots on the team include seniors Tyler Ward and Grayson Brown, junior Taylor Ferringer and sophomore Jonathan Ward. Mount de Sales, loser to Tattnall in the semi-finals, placed Adam Barth, Thomas Matthews and Justin Spivey on the team. Stratford's Austin Simmons and Dalton Newman, Westfield's Garrett Brown and Gehrig Broxton and Brantley Attaway of John Milledge completed the middle Georgia representatives. Deerfield-Windsor, which lost to Tattnall in the finals, placed four players on the team, including infielders Harris Webb and Kh'Ron McClain, outfielder Davis Hines and pitcher/first baseman Weston King.
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Published on Monday, 03 June 2013 07:09
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Written by Phil Clark
Tattnall Square won its second straight GISA class AAA baseball championship with a 2-game sweep over Deerfield-Windsor in the championship series played at Tattnall. Taylor Ferringer was dominant in Friday's 2-0 win over the Knight's Weston King. The junior right hander struck out 13 batters in the complete game win, including the first three he faced. Ferringer come on in relief in the seventh inning of Saturday's 4-3 clincher to record the save and preserve the win for reliever Will Herndon. Freshman Cory Bartholomew started for the Trojans against Deerfield freshman Austin Glover. For Tattnall, it's the seventh state championship, and marks the third time under Joey Hiller that the Trojans have won back-to-back championships, The others were 2000-2001 and 2008-2009.
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Published on Tuesday, 28 May 2013 06:32
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Written by Phil Clark
The GISA class AAA baseball final series is set after Tattnall and Deerfield-Windsor won semi-final series last weekend. At Tattnall, the Trojans earned a chance to repeat their 2012 state championship with a sweep of Mount de Sales. In Albany, Deerfield-Windsor had to go three games to eliminate Brookwood after losing Friday's opening game to their region 3-AAA rivals. Game one is set for Friday with a 6:00 pm first pitch. The series resumes Saturday at 2:00 pm with game two. Game three will follow, if that game is needed. A year ago, on the same Tattnall field, the Trojans won their sixth state title by beating Westfield in three games. The final series will be aired live on WPGA-FM 100.9
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Published on Thursday, 23 May 2013 06:43
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Written by Phil Clark
Mount de Sales lost both of it's varsity head basketball coaches recently, with girls coach Mia Washington leaving to take a job at Central-Carrolton, and boys coach Scott Wynn, who will become the head coach at Northside. Yesterday, athletic director Robert Slocum named their replacements. Jim Massey, a veteran coach who has been on the Mount de Sales football, baseball and basketball staffs for 13 years, will take over the boys program. Slocum said that Adrienne Hixon will coach the girls. Hixon has coached at Darton College and at Marist in Atlanta.
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Published on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 06:14
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Written by Phil Clark
Mount de Sales athletic director Robert Slocum confirmed yesterday that Mia Washington is stepping down as head coach of the girls basketball program to take a job at Central-Carrolton. The move comes just a year before Mount de Sales joins Tattnall Square Academy as GISA members who will move to the GHSA beginning with the 2014-15 school year. Slocum praised Washington for the job she has done with the girls program and said the school has begun interviewing potential candidates and could announce Washington's replacement by the end of this week.
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Published on Monday, 20 May 2013 06:44
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Written by Phil Clark
The Tattnall Square Trojans are one series away from returning to the GISA Class AAA state baseball finals after a nail-biting 14-inning win over Tiftarea Saturday in Chula to win their quarterfinal series two games to one. The teams split on Friday, forcing Saturday's deciding game. At one stretch, from the third through the 13th, both teams went ten straight innings without scoring. With the inning rule forcing a pitching change, Tattnall was able to push across three runs in the 14th, and closed the Panthers out with a 1-2-3 bottom of the inning. The Trojans will host region 2-AAA foe Mount de Sales in the semi-finals after the Cavaliers disposed of Southland in the quarterfinals. In the other bracket, Deerfield-Windsor stunned tournament favorite Westfield with a Saturday doubleheader sweep 7-6 and 3-2, and will host Brookwood in the semi-finals. Brookwood, like Deerfield a member of 3-AAA, beat Stratford in Saturday's deciding game after the Eagles evened the series with a 13-3 mercy rule win in game two. In class AA, inclement weather forced Windsor and Frederica into a rare Sunday doubleheader, with Frederica knocking the Knights out of the playoffs with a 6-4, 6-2 sweep.
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Published on Friday, 17 May 2013 06:21
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Written by Phil Clark
GISA state class AAA quarterfinals got underway yesterday in Macon and Thomasville. At Cavalier Field yesterday, Mount de Sales beat visiting Southland 10-4 in the first of their bestpof-three quarterfinal series. The series resumes Saturday at 2pm, with the 'if' game to follow. In Thomasville, Brookwood's James Casanova hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh inning in a 10-9 win over Stratford in game one. That series also resumes Saturday, with game two at 11:00 am, followed by the 'if' game. Both series pit three and four seeds against each other. By contrast, the remaining two series, Tattnall at Tiftarea and Deerfield-Windsor at Westfield, are one seeds against two seeds. Tattlall and Tiftarea have games one and two scheduled for today, with the 'if' game on Saturday. Because of tonight's graduation at Westfield, that series will begin Saturday at 1:00 pm with games one and two. The 'if' game would be played Monday.
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Published on Monday, 13 May 2013 07:23
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Written by Phil Clark
The GISA state baseball playoffs resume this weekend, with games on Friday and Saturday. Details have not been released yet regarding starting times, but the quarterfinal include all four teams from region 2-AAA and 3-AAA after all eight teams won their opening round series. Mount de Sales, the number three seed in region two, will play at home after region 3 number four seed Southland knocked off region 1 number one Loganville, willing the deciding game Saturday after the teams split a doubleheader on Friday. Stratford, the number four seed in region 2, will be on the road after beating region 4 number one Pinewood. Westfield, the top seed in region 2, beat Augusta Prep 6-2 and 6-0, and Tattnall took care of Jhohn Milledge 13-3 and 7-0. Westfield will host Deerfield-Windsor, 4-0 and 14-4 winners over Dominion Christian, and Tattnall will play at Tiftarea, which swept Weber 10-0 and 9-0 last Thursday. Westfield and Deerfield will play two games on Saturday because of graduation Friday night at the school. Both games can be heard live on WPGA-FM 100.9.
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Published on Friday, 10 May 2013 06:35
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Written by Phil Clark
GISA baseball playoffs begin tonight, with four area teams setting sights on the class AAA state championship. Two in AA and two in A also are still in the hunt. Westfield, the region 2-AAA regular season winner, will host Augusta Prep tonight, while Tattnall, the region's runner-up, entertains John Milledge. Mount de Sales plays at Bulloch Academy and Stratford travels to Belleville to play Pinewood Christian. In AA, region 1 regular season champion Windsor Academy will host Sherwood Christian, while the region's number three seed, Central Fellowship, plays at Southwest Georgia. Crisp Academy and Fullington Academy open play in class A tonight with Crisp at home and Fullington on the road. Tattnall, Brentwood and Westwood are the defending champions.
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Published on Friday, 26 April 2013 07:09
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Written by Phil Clark
As Mount de Sales prepares for its final year in the GISA before moving to the GHSA in 2014, the school announced yesterday that 1996 graduate Keith Hatcher is returning to the school as a teacher and assistant coach. Hatcher is currently an assistant coach at Murray State, and has coached at Georgia Southern, Valdosta State and UAB since his playing days at Mars Hill.
