It was an up-and-down day for Northeast Georgia-area baseball teams on Monday in the Georgia High School Association playoffs.
East Forsyth rallied from six runs down to beat Holy Innocents' to win its Class 4A series, 2-1, on the road. However, Cherokee Bluff dropped a heartbreaker, 6-5, to Lovett in 8 innings in Atlanta in Game 3 of their best-of-three Class 4A series. Flowery Branch was swept out by Centennial in Class 5A on the road as well.
Lakeview Academy was taken out in the opening round in the GIAA playoffs in a two-sweep at the hands of Dominion Christian.
(Check below for the second round scores involving Northeast Georgia-area teams.)
BASEBALL PLAYOFFS, 2nd ROUND SCORES, Monday, May 1
(Best-of-three series)
Class 5A
Centennial 8-4, Flowery Branch 2-3 (Centennial wins series 2-0)
Class 4A (Game 3s, if necessary)
Lovett 6, Cherokee Bluff 5 (8 inn) (Lovett wins series 2-1)
East Forsyth 8, Holy Innocents' 6 (East Forsyth wins series 2-1)
GIAA 3A
Dominion Christian 16-13, Lakeview Academy 1-3 (Dominion wins series 2-0)
BASEBALL PLAYOFFS SCORES 2nd round, Saturday, April 29
(Best-of-three series)
Class 6A
Etowah 14-7, North Forsyth 0-3 (Etowah wins series 2-0)
Class 4A
Lovett 16-6, Cherokee Bluff 6-7
Holy Innocents' 10-3, East Forsyth 7-6
BASEBALL PLAYOFFS SCORES, 2nd round, Friday, April 28
Class 7A
Walton 4-8, Buford 2-3 (Walton wins series 2-0)
Class A Division 1 (1st round)
Commerce 8-9, Pepperell 2-5 (Commerce wins series 2-0)
Class A Division 2 (1st round)
Towns County 13-12, Mt. Zion-Carroll 3-1 (Towns County wins series 2-0)
