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2016 Barrow County High School Baseball Scoreboard: Lanier 3 Winder-Barrow 2 Wed., March 16 Salem 3 Winder-Barrow 4 Monday, March 21 Discovery 6 Apalachee 3 Wed., March 16 Apalachee 4 Heritage 6 Monday, March 21 BCA 6 Gatewood 4 Thursday, March17 BCA 5 Dominion 1 Tuesday March 22 Trin ity-Sha rpsburg 4 BCA 3 Friday, March 18 Winder-Barrow 5 Lanier 0 Friday, March 18 Winder-Barrow Salem Wednesday, March 23 Apalachee 16 Discovery 8 Friday, March 18 Heritage Apalachee Wednesday, March 23 Barrow’s only award-winning local sports section as judged by Georgia Press Association and Georgia Sports Writers Association INSIDE THIS SECTION •The Game Plan — 2B •AHS Golf — 2B •Soccer Scenes — 4B •Hiqh School Track — 12B March 23, 2016 Phone: 770-867-6397 Fax:706-621-4115 cbridges@barrowjournal. com Section B ★★★★ High School Tennis: Apalachee High School Court excellence: AHS boys 7-0 in region By Chris Bridges Journal Sports Editor T he Apalachee High School boys tennis team survived what coach Dan Woschitz termed a “challenging week” with flying colors. The AHS coach noted that his athletes would be facing Wind er-Barrow High School on the road and then hosting Gainesville High School, both of which were undefeated in Region 8-AAAA. The Wildcats would then have to travel to Flowery Branch High School for a matchup with the Falcons, who had lost only once in region play. “At the beginning of this week I thought that we could play well, but end up 0-3,” said Woschitz. “However, I also knew that we could also sweep the week and put ourselves in the lead for the No. 1 seed in the region.” AHS responded to last week’s opportunity by winning 4-1 against Winder-Barrow, then 4-1 against Gainesville and finally a 5-0 sweep at Flowery Branch. Those wins saw the Wildcats improve to 10-2 overall on the season and, more importantly, 7-0 in the region. Chandler Hagan has been enjoying an outstanding season with an 11-1 record. His strong play on the court continued last week. “It is not just Chandler’s play, but the way he cares about the team and works with other varsi ty and young players that is fuel ing this team,” said Woschitz. Freshman Eli Hagan has also been impressive as he remains perfect on the season at No. 2 singles with a record of 12-0. The No. 3 singles player, Cris- tian Perez, has rolled to a 10-1 record, and he has clinched three victories this year. The team’s lone senior. Trey Hayes, broke the school record for career doubles wins March 15 against Gainesville with a 3-set victory. Trey plays No. 1 doubles with his brother. Davis Hayes, who is a sophomore. Apalachee’s No. 2 doubles team is actually manned by four young men who played junior varsity tennis last year: juniors Jonathan Fuller (3-2), Smiley Marlowe (6-3), Jackson Wad sworth (2-1) and freshman Luke Woschitz (7-4). The Wildcats return to action after spring break by hosting three matches from Tuesday through Thursday against Cedar Shoals High School, Discovery High School and non-region foe Dacula High School. DOUBLES PLAY Apalachee High School’s Trey Hayes (left) and brother Davis Hayes have excelled on the tennis court in doubles play this spring. Trey Hayes has now broken the school record for career doubles wins, setting the mark March 15 against Gainesville High School. Photo courtesy of Dan Woschitz High School Baseball: KNIGHTS DEFENSE Bethlehem Christian Academy’s Brady Stewart makes a play at shortstop during last week’s home region game against Trinity Christian-Sharpsburg. Photo by Jessica Brown Knights earn quality road victory before falling to tough region foe Coach Nicks says team set for stretch of quality opponents By Chris Bridg'es Journal Sports Editor Bethlehem Christian Academy’s baseball team saw chances for victory in a GISA Region 1-AAA battle with visiting Trinity Chris- tian-Sharpburg slip away Friday. The Knights held a 3-0 lead in the fifth inning only to see the game’s momentum, and lead, taken away by Trinity, who scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning. BCA’s Jacob Parker pitched the first four innings and while he struggled some with control, he did not allow a hit. Trinity’s only baserunners during the first four innings were as a result of walks. The Knights put two runs on the board in the bottom of the third on a two-run single by Brad Toxen. BCA added one more run in the bottom of the fifth on a solo homerun by Aaron Clifford. In the fifth, however, the Knights had a chance to put more runs on the scoreboard as they had the bases loaded with one out. After Clifford’s solo leadoff homer, Brady Stewart struck out but reached first when the pitch got by the catcher. Dillon “Chip” Tallent then bunted Stewart to sec ond. Toxen was hit by a pitch and Ryan Whiting then singled to fill the bases. A strikeout and a ground out allowed Trinity Christian-Sharps burg to get out of the inning down only 3-0. That proved to be a big factor later in the game. Caleb Hopkins pitched the fifth inning for BCA with two strike outs. Mikey Tucscano was then called on to throw the sixth inning but he ran into trouble allowing three hits, two walks and four runs. See Knights on Page 3B High School Soccer: REGION SOCCER Apalachee High School soccer players Xitlali Martinez (top) and Kerrigan Ellington (below) compete against Lanier High School Friday. The Lady Wildcats fell 4-3 despite a late rally attempt. See more coverage on page 4B. Photos by Jessica Brown SLIDING TO VICTORY Apalachee High School’s Emory Whitt safely reaches third base during a game earlier this season. The Wildcats defeated Discovery High School 16-8 Friday for their second Region 8-AAAAA victory of the 2016 season. AHS is set to host region foe Heritage High School Wednesday (today) at 5:55 p.m. Photo by Jessica Brown
