The Fayette

County Tigers baseball team hosted the Sandy Creek Patriots on Friday,

beginning an exciting weekend of baseball. On the mound for the Tigers

was Josh Hunter, who had pitched a no-hitter against the Glynn Academy

Terrors in the Jekyll Island Tournament the previous weekend.

Hunter was

dominant once again as he pitched seven inning, giving up two hits, striking

out six and allowing no runs. The Tigers won the game 6-0, thanks to two

hits and two RBIs from Cooper Brown and RBIs from Brad Burns, Michael

Harrell, Matt Owens and Brian Brooks.

In their other

games over the weekend, Fayette County defeated Douglass, 4-1 and lost

to Banneker, 4-3. In the Douglass game, Burns was on the mound. He struck

out 11 batters, while giving up only three hits. In the loss to Banneker,

the Tigers only gave up three hits, but comitted five errors.

Fayette County

was scheduled to travel to Parkview yesterday. Their next game will be

at home against Evans on March 28 at 5 p.m.

Things picked

up for the Starr's Mill baseball team over the weekend as they got their

first win of the season. The Panthers defeated Westlake, 10-5 off of a

Biff Ramsey game winning grand slam in the top of the sixth inning. Brett

Wilson was the winning pitcher, striking out six batters and giving up

no runs. Other standouts in the win included a triple from Brandon Rogers

and two hits and an RBI from designated hitter Andrew Bashakes. The panthers

next game will be at home on March 28 when they take on Eagle's Landing

at 4:30 p.m.

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