Things are

starting to heat up in the high school baseball season.

Bats are waking

up, teams are playing above their heads and no game is a sure thing anymore.

Starr's Mill

is one of the teams that woke up of late. In their last four games the

team went 3-1 and scored 42 runs. The Panthers (6-8) defeated North Clayton

last Tuesday 13-3, and then beat McIntosh the next day 12-2.

In their win

over the Chiefs, the Panthers got 11 hits, two apiece from Jason Earwood

and Arlando Hinton, three RBIs from Jake Jones and a good performance

on the mound from Myron Jensen, who went six innings and struck out five

batters. Saturday, Starr's Mill defeated Rockdale County 10-8 and Monday

the team lost to Fayette County 9-7.

Fayette County

(9-8) has gone 2-1 in its last three games. The Tigers beat North Clayton

8-1 last Wednesday and then lost to East Coweta 15-11 last Friday before

defeating Starr's Mill Monday. In their game against the Indians, the

Tigers came back from a 6-0 deficit and 11-5 deficit in the game. They

got four RBIs from Brad Burns and a home run from Cooper Brown in the

loss.

McIntosh (7-9)

lost to Starr's Mill last Wednesday and then lost to Newnan, 7-0 on Saturday

before rebounding with a 13-3 win over Mt. Zion, Jonesboro on Monday evening.

In their game against Newnan, Billy Secor was the starting pitcher. He

pitched a scoreless first inning but gave up six runs in the second. John

King came on in relief and gave up one run off of three hits in four innings.

He walked two and struck out two.

Sandy Creek

(9-8) lost to Woodward Academy last Wednesday and then had a few days

off. Monday, the Patriots came back kicking and defeated Union Grove 8-0.

Sandy Creek will host Westlake this afternoon at 5:30 and will play at

Creekside at 4:30 p.m. Friday.

In its games

this week, McIntosh will play at Fayette County today at 5:55 p.m., while

Starr's Mill plays at Henry County at 7 p.m.

Friday, Starr's

Mill will host Jonesboro at 5 p.m., while McIntosh hosts Henry County

at 7 p.m., and Fayette County plays at Mt. Zion, Jonesboro at 6 p.m.

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