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Burkett and Thomas
remained two of the hot
test Houston hitters each
with RBI singles in the first
inning. Crenshaw, with two
outs in the third, singled for
the third Bears run.
BURS 12. HIRAM 2
In Saturday’s first elimina
tion game for Houston, there
were zeroes on the score
board through three innings
with the Hiram Hornets. It
wouldn’t stay that way for
long as the Bears offense
achieved a first-ever for the
program with two grand
slams in one game.
The Houston County
fourt h had a lot of first-pitch
swings after Burkett led off
with a single.
Thomas hit her first pitch
to second resulting in a
Hiram error.
Both were on base with
two outs when Vasquez sin
gled to fill the bags. On her
first pitch, Hancock helped
her pitching cause with a
Journal Matthew Brown
Sarah Ling may have swung and missed here, but she didn’t miss on her grand slam
effort earlier Saturday when Houston County beat Hiram in the state sectionals.
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Laron Scott (34) breaks up a Coffee County pass.
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During the first quarter,
Coffee County looked to be
in control of the game.
The Trojans took the
opening kick off and over
came two holding penalties
and a substitution viola
tion to move the ball to the
Demons 27 yard line before
stalling.
Will Googans’ 44-yard
field goal attempt barely
missed left, but after Warner
Robins futile attempts to
move the ball from its own
20, the Trojans looked to be
the stronger team.
To prove the point, using
the option to take advan
tage of a short punt, Coffee
needed only three plays on
its next possession to score.
Fullback Melvin Loving
broke through the middle of
the Demons line and ran 27
yards for a touchdown.
Googans’ extra point put
Coffee up 7-0 after the first
quarter.
“We worked on defend
ing the option all week in
two-run single up the mid
dle.
Collins kept the inning
alive with a hit, setting the
stage for leadoff batter Sarah
Ling to jump on her first
offering and get the first of
the two grand slams.
After Thomas started a 6-
4-3 double play in the top of
the fifth, Houston added two
runs in the bottom half as
Burkett scored on a Thomas
single and Fountain doubled
to the fence. Burkett hit
the second grand slam with
nobody out in the sixth, end
ing the game on the 10-run
rule.
Hiram scored two in the
top of the sixth on two hits
and an error.
IUELLA 5, BURS 0
Luella High limited
Houston County to three
hits in seven innings Friday.
Burkett had two while
Crenshaw recorded the
third.
Luella (which would be
eliminated from the section
al Saturday by Lowndes)
scored two runs on two hits
in the third. Katie Reeves
practice and came out in
the first quarter and a half
acting like we’d never seen
it before,” Way said. “They
were running through us
like water.”
Way credits his coaching
staff for making defensive
adjustments on the fly.
“What you practice isn’t
always real good,” Way said.
“We made adjustments on
the field, changed a lot of
tracks that the fullback was
running through.”
Defensive back Xavier
Jackson did his part. He
intercepted two passes in
the second quarter. The
first prevented a sure touch
down.
Coffee was second and
goal from the Warner Robins
seven yard line. Jackson
intercepted Trojan quarter
back Anderson’s pass at the
goal line and returned the
ball 17 yards.
Warner Robins was forced
to punt from its 39, but
Coffee didn’t hold the ball
long before Jackson nabbed
another errant throw. His
pick resulted in Clark’s 28-
yard field goal that made the
added a three-run home run
in the fourth.
BURS 18. MtBIOING COUNTY 0
Hancock turned her first
ever start in a state tour
nament into school history
Friday. She had a record 10
strikeouts in four innings,
and all 10 were on consecu
tive batters faced, which was
yet another school record.
Those strikeouts came in the
first through fourth innings,
and the string ended on a
walk.
Carriker pitched the fifth
inning, giving up a walk but
also getting a 6-4-3 double
play started by Thomas. It
was a combined no-hit effort
for the Houston pitching.
The Bears scored four in
the first on two errors, a
double by Burkett and a sin
gle by Fountain. Burkett hit
a three-run home run in the
second, and Vasquez doubled
to center for two RBI in the
fourth.
Chelsea Leblanc had an
opportunity to start in the
sectional and scored the 10th
and game-ending run in the
fifth after a bunt single.
score 7-3 at the half.
Coffee committed five
turnovers that resulted in
17 Warner Robins points.
The second half turned in
to a defensive struggle. With
Demon defenders plugging
the gaps, the Trojans Loving
went from 91 yards rushing
in the first half to 25 in the
second.
“We either fixed the prob
lem or he got tired,” Way
said. “(Coffee County) does
have some big boys. They
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Dewayne Jackson (23) runs away from a defender.
are well-coached.”
But Way says so is his
team. The Demons’ defense
allowed only three first
downs in the second half,
and Coffee County never got
beyond the Warner Robins
48 yard line after Jackson’s
first interception in the sec
ond quarter.
The Demons remain
undefeated in the Region 1-
AAAAA at 3-0, 5-2 overall,
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