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Raiders versus Wayne County
Round 1 of Elite 8 State Tournament
Columbus, Georgia
Thursday, October 25, 4:15
The Madison
County Raiders, 8-AAAA Region Champions (30-6) will face Wayne County (24-2) of
Jessup, Georgia Region 3A-AAAA on Thursday at 4:15 in the Elite Eight of the
State Tournament in Columbus, Georgia. Madison County is coming off a Sweet
Sixteen series win over Heritage-Catoosa last week losing game one 6-0, but
bouncing back to win games two 5-4 and three 9-8 with the help of three home
runs in the series from Ivie Drake.
The Wayne
County Yellow Jackets are coming off a sweep of the state’s 7th ranked
team Locust Grove, 10-2 and 12-3 to advance into the Elite Eight to face
Madison County. The winner of this game will advance to round two and will play
the winner of the Rutland (21-8-1) and the Northwest Whitfield (31-3). The
Jackets, coached by Barbara Struckhoff, are led by pitcher Myranda Hand (18-2)
who was the winning pitcher in both games versus Locust Grove.
The Raiders
will look to their pitching duo of junior Randee Bettis and sophomore Alexis
Damron complemented with the speed of Bri Carr and Haley Gordon on the
offensive side. Add to the mix the power of catcher Ivie Drake the Region
8-AAAA Player of The Year.
The Raiders,
coached by Doug Kesler, defeated Walnut Grove to win the Region Title and
defeated LaGrange in round one of the state playoffs 2 games to 0. Madison
County is 18-2 in their last 20 games.
Wayne
County’s only losses of the season both came against South Effingham County.
The Yellow Jackets are riding a 10 game winning streak and have pitched 11
total shutouts (5 in a row at one point) this season.
Other round
one games will feature Rutland/North West Whitfield, West Laurens/Columbus, and
South Effingham/Lumpkin County.
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