Region play

in high school baseball began last week and the local

teams are starting to get into the swing of things.

Fayette

County faced Carver last Wednesday after losing their

first region match last week. The Tigers seemed to have

everything back in control as they cruised to a 16-6

victory in five innings. Carver struck first with two

runs in the top of the first, but Fayette County came

back and led 10-2 by the third inning. The score was 15-2

in the fourth and 16-6 in the fifth when the game was

called.

Eric Barnes

was the starting pitcher for the Tigers. He struck out

three, walked one, gave up no hits and no earned runs.

Craig Barron came in to pitch the third and fourth inning

for Fayette County, striking out two and walking three.

Lee Roberson led the team offensively going 2-for-2 at

the plate and driving in four RBIs. Catcher Drew Furey

drove in two runs while going 3-for-4 at the plate.

Christian Wahiwe also produced two RBIs.

Fayette

played against Upson-Lee last Friday and won by a score

of 7-4. The Tigers trailed by a score of 4-1 before

rallying for five runs in the fifth inning. Pitching

duties were split between Brad Burns, who started, and

Lee Roberson, who came in with some outstanding relief.

The Tigers will face East Coweta in Sharpsburg today at

4:15 p.m.

McIntosh

met up with East Coweta last week and won by a score of

5-2. The Chiefs struck first with two runs in the first

but the Indians tied the game in the second inning. The

Chiefs took the lead in the third inning and kept it,

thanks to the pitching of Tom Giovanelli. McIntosh got

great offense from Mike Walliser who went 3-for-4 and

scored each time he reached base and Patrick Dickson who

drove in two RBIs.

McIntosh

then played against LaGrange on Friday and won by a score

of 5-3. The Chiefs scored all five runs in the top half

of the first half of the inning and then got the pitching

and defense to hold the Grangers off. McIntosh will play

at Upson-Lee today at 4:30 p.m.

Starr's

Mill opened up their regional play against Eagle's

Landing and lost by a score of 14-3. Both teams produced

eight hits but the Panthers committed six errors. Pitcher

Steve White gave up eight runs in five innings but only

four of those runs were earned. Starr's Mill then lost to

Jonesboro by a score of 3-1 on Friday, despite a strong

outing from pitcher Joe Mahfood. The Panthers only

produced three hits in the loss.

Sandy Creek

opened their regional play against Forest park and won

very quickly. The Patriots produced 15 runs on 14 hits.

Pitcher Tim Lavoie faced 11 batters, threw 40 pitches,

gave up one hit and struck out two batters as Sandy Creek

cruised to a 15-0 victory. Lavoie also produced some big

offense for the team, hitting a two run homerun in the

third inning. Rusty Bennett also knocked out a two run

homer in the Patriots nine run third inning.