The

McIntosh Chiefs and the Starr's Mill Panthers baseball

teams had their seasons end last week. Despite successful

seasons that led both teams to their region playoffs,

their bids for a regional and state championship fell

short.

McIntosh

faced East Coweta in the first round of the region 4-AAAA

playoffs. The series was a best of three series and the

Indians won the first two games. The Chiefs were held to

only two hits in game one, and lost by a score of 3-1.

In game

two, McIntosh took an early lead but found themselves

deadlocked with East Coweta, 2-2, at the end of the

seventh inning. Mcintosh then took a 3-2 lead at the top

of the ninth, but gave up two runs at the bottom of the

ninth and lost the series. The Chiefs finished the season

at 16-11-1 overall and 9-4 in league play.

Starr's

Mill was the number two seed in the region 4-AAA playoffs

and had to face the seventh seeded Henry County Warhawks.

Henry County took the first game by a score of 14-2, but

Starr's Mill came back in game two and won by a score of

12-5. Both teams brought a lot of offense to the third

game, however.

In game

three, Henry County led by a score of 9-3 in the fifth

inning. Starr's Mill closed in on the Warhawks and only

trailed them by a run, but soon after Henry County pulled

ahead again and led 12-8. The Warhawks eventually won by

a score of 15-11. Drew Cofty had a grand slam in the

loss, while Brad McLaren added a three-run homer.

Though it

is always disappointing for a season to end, both the

Chiefs and the Panthers played some good ball this year

and had a good time doing it.