It was an afternoon

delight for Starr's Mill baseball fans last Friday. The Panthers hosted

East Coweta, one of the top teams in the region, and won 2-1.

Both teams

struck in the first inning. Starr's Mill's Kyle Jones scored off of an

error to tie the game in the bottom of the first inning. From then on

both squads played great defense. Starr's Mill turned severa double plays

to get out of jams and East Coweta shut the Panthers down twice when the

bases were loaded.

The Panthers

broke the tie in the seventh inning when pinch runner Casey Bono was walked

home. The win ended the Indians' 10 game win streak. Chris Strauch was

the winning pitcher. he finished the day with six strikeouts as he collected

his fourth win of the season.

Starr's Mill

faced Newnan on Monday and lost 5-1. East Coweta faced the McIntosh Chiefs

on Monday and won 12-2. McIntosh faced North Clayton last Friday and won

11-1. Tim Battle threw a no hitter for the Chiefs and struck out 11 batters.

Battle also went two for four at the plate, while Blake Watson went three

for three. Mahal de'Castro hit a homerun and drove in three runs on Friday,

while John King, Jon Corbi and J.T. Thompson also drove in runs.

Starr's Mill

and McIntosh will face off today at McIntosh at 7 p.m.

Fayette County

won their sixth game in a row on Monday by defeating Forest Park, 4-0.

In their game against Lovejoy last week, the Tigers won 6-3 and got a

strong pitching performance from Josh Hunter who gave up seven hits and

eight strikeouts. The Tigers sent 10 batters to the plate in the second

inning and scored five runs. Kyle Martin drove in two runs and Matt Owens

hit a homerun in the win. Fayette County will host North Clayton today

at 5:30 p.m. and will play at East Coweta on Friday at 7 p.m.

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