The first week

of the high school baseball season is complete and teams are gearing up

for the annual Fayette Classic baseball tournament.

Starr's Mill

hosted Landmark Saturday and lost 5-4. The Panthers led 4-1 in the fifth

inning, but Landmark came storming back.

Landmark was

down by one run in the sixth inning. They got a double and then benefitted

from an error to tie the game. They got another double in the inning and

scored the go-ahead run.

Starr's Mill

tried to tie the game in the seventh but couldn't. The Panthers (0-3)

had 11 hits in the loss and committed one error.

Andrew Bashakes

had two RBI in the game, while Joe Mahfood came up with two hits. Starr's

Mill will travel to Sandy Creek for a game Thursday at 4:30. Friday, the

Panthers will host Westlake at 4:15 p.m.

Fayette County

hit the road over the weekend and played games in Mt. Vernon and Brunswick.

The team won all three games and outscored their opponents 40-6.

Last Thursday,

the Tigers faced Windsor forest and won 10-3. They played Glynn Academy

Friday and won 13-0 and then faced Groves Saturday, winning 17-3.

The team will

get back on the field this Friday when they host Sandy Creek in their

opening game of the Fayette Sports Pre-Season Classic. Saturday, they

will face Douglass at 3 p.m. and Banneker at 6 p.m.

McIntosh played

at Sandy Creek last Friday and got into a shootout. Both teams battled

back and forth through the third inning. Matt Rast and Josh Collins each

scored runs in the third inning for Sandy Creek, while Mahal deCastro

hit a two-run home run for the Chiefs.

Sandy Creek

then took over, scoring four runs in the fourth inning after several McIntosh

walks, three runs in the fifth and two more runs in the sixth inning.

The Patriots defeated the Chiefs, 13-6.

Rast was the

starting pitcher for the Patriots. He pitched three innings, gave up three

runs, two hits and struck out three batters. Griffin Hall came on in relief

for three innings, giving up two runs and three hits, while striking out

one batter. Tyler Herrin closed out the game giving up one run off of

one hit.

McIntosh was

scheduled to meet Landmark Monday and will host Griffin Friday. Sandy

Creek faced East Coweta yesterday.

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