Grovetown High School baseball’s record-breaking season ended after losing to Peachtree Ridge 5-4 in Game Three of the first round of the Georgia High School 6A State Playoffs on Saturday, April 25.
The Warriors earned a top seed in Region 4 and were able to host the first-round, three-game playoff series on Friday and Saturday.
Grovetown lost Game One 11-10 in extra innings before battling back in Game Two to win 6-5 on Friday, forcing a win or go home situation.
Down 5-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Grovetown battled to score three runs, but Peachtree Ridge closed the door with three consecutive outs and ended the Warriors’ season.
“We showed a lot of fight; it was back and forth the whole time,” said Grovetown Coach Travis Lee. “We knew going into this series it was going to be a dogfight. We showed resiliency. All season we were a late inning team and rallied and we did that in these games. We fought hard to get the job done, just came up a little short in the end.”
Despite losing in the first round, Grovetown had its best season in program history. The Warriors finished with their most wins in school history with 24 and won the program’s first ever region title. They also hosted their first-ever playoff series.
“The seniors worked hard to get this program where it is,” said Lee. “We made history and set all kinds of records. To go from a senior class during their freshman year they only had six wins and now set a school record with 24 this year. I am proud of this group. They fought hard the hard entire time.”
Grovetown baseball now looks towards the future and hopes to continue the success moving forward.
“We got a great junior class,” Lee said. “A lot of our main contributors were juniors, and they are ready to come back. We go to a tough region next year, and we are ready to show we can compete in that region.”
Sportswriter Christopher Rickerson is an Augusta University graduate who has covered area sports for publications including Augusta University‘s Bell Ringer, The Augusta Press and Augusta Good News. Subscribe to the Augusta Good News’ free weekly newsletter here.
