The GRPA

4th District Men's Church Equalizer Softball Tournament

was conducted at McCurry park in Fayetteville recently.

An

equalizer tournament means that if a team hits a homerun,

they cannot hit another until the other team has hit one.

If a homerun is hit before the other team has hit one, it

counts as an out. The tournament was very exciting,

though, with heavily favored teams being knocked out

early and games being postponed due to storm-caused power

outages.

The

Mountain View Baptist "A" team from

Thomaston-Upson County suffered its first defeat in two

years to Fayette County's Southern Crescent Friday night.

Southern Crescent then lost to Clayton County's The

Village Church and Carrollton's Old Camp UMC Church,

knocking them out of contention.

Mountain

View Baptist "A" got back on track Saturday,

defeating Royal Baptist of Coweta County 7-6 but

eventually losing to Carrollton's Old Camp UMC. Old Camp

UMC lost its first game of the tournament to Coweta's

Crossroads Number 1. Old Camp went on to win its next

three matches and made it to the finals to face The

Village Church. The Village Church was undefeated in the

tournament so Old Camp UMC would have to win twice to win

the tournament.

The first

game went into exra innings, but Old Camp emerged

victorious with a 7-6 win in eight innings. The second

game was much less contentious as Old Camp easily

defeated The Village Church 9-2 to become district

champions. Both teams will head to the State Men's Church

Equalizer Tournament Aug. 4-6 in Augusta.

In other

softball news, Fayette County's Flat Creek Baptist Churh

will defend its state championship at the men's Church

Unlimited Softball Tournament Aug. 4-6 at Valdosta. There

is no limit to the homeruns in the tournament and, since

Flat Creek Baptist is the returning champion, it did not

have to qualify through the district tournament.

Fayette

County's New Hope Baptist women's team took second place

in its tournament and will head to the state tournament

in Lee County Aug. 4-6. `