High school roundup: Royal leads Northside past Tift County
Alex Royal drove in three runs to lead Northside to a 14-2 rout of Tift County on Saturday morning.
The Patriots finish the regular season at 20-6. They will host Starr’s Mill in the first round of the Region 5A state playoffs. The series starts with a doubleheader at 4 p.m. Friday.
Saturday at Northside
Tift | 000 | 11 | — | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
Northside | 04(10) | 0x | — | 14 | 14 | 0 |
WP: Jalen Latta. LP: Miller. Top hitters: Tift County Spurlin 2-2. Northside Alex Royal 1-3, R, 3RBI; Chantler Valero 2-3, R, 2RBI; Drew Haywood 2-3, R, RBI; Seth Shadix 2-3, 2 2B, R, 2RBI; Chris Heinzelman 1-2, R; Gage Brown 2-2, 2 2B, 3R, RBI; Tyler Pace 2-2, 2RBI; Dalton Bradford 1-2, 2R, RBI; Marcus Eberhart 1-2, 2R, RBI. Records: Northside 20-6. Next: Northside, home vs. Starr’s Mill, DH, Friday, 4 p.m.
Calvary Christian 15-16,
Holy Ground 5-1
Calvary Christian swept Holy Ground 15-5 and 16-1 on Saturday.
Saturday at Calvary Christian
Game 1
Holy Ground | 001 | 400 | — | 5 | 6 | 3 | |
Calvary | 026 | 214 | — | 15 | 16 | 0 |
WP: Jon Jon Brown. LP: Brock Wright. Top hitters: Holy Ground Jackson Yates 2-4, 2RBI. Calvary Christian Garrett McGlamory 2-4, 3R; Cody Russell 2-3, 2 2B, 2R; Kyle Masse 1-2, R, 3RBI; Nick Baker 2-4, 2B, 2R, RBI; Christopher Wright 3-4, 2B, 3R, 3RBI; Kyle Ammons 2-2, RBI; Zachary Garcia 2-3, 2R, RBI; Stephen Smith 1-3, R, 4RBI; Cody Barnes 1-3, 2RBI.
Game 2
Holy Ground | 100 | 0 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Calvary | 402 | (10) | — | 16 | 15 | 1 |
WP: Nick Baker. LP: Austin Perkins. Top hitters: Calvary Christian Jon Jon Brown 3-3, 2R, RBI; Cody Russell 2-4, 2 2B, R, 3RBI; Kyle Masse 1-3, R, 2RBI; Nick Baker 2-2, 2R, RBI; Kyle Ammons 3-3, 2 2B, R, 3RBI; Trey Anthony 3-3, R, 2RBI; Will Dyer 1-3, R, RBI. Records: Calvary Christian 21-6. Next: Calvary Christian, at Praise Academy, Monday, 4:30 p.m.
Brookstone 27-19,
Jordan 6-0
Brookstone swept a doubleheader at Jordan on Saturday, 27-6 nd 19-0.
Saturday at Jordan
Game 1
Brookstone | 322 | (12)8 | — | 27 | 14 | 2 | |
Home | 006 | 00 | — | 6 | 2 | 5 |
WP: Drew Webb. LP: Sydney Phillips. Top hitters: Brookstone Drew Webb 3-3, 2B, 3R, 4RBI; Ben Smith 1-2, R, RBI; Preston Campbell 3-5, 2 2B, 3R, 4RBI; Trey Lingo 1-2, 3B, 2R, 2RBI; Sam Lowe 1-4, 2RBI; Mitchell Cox 1-1, 2R, RBI; Daniel Amos 1-3, 3R, RBI; Ryals Norman 1-1, R, RBI; Coleman Killorin 2-2, 2B, 3B, 2R, 3RBI. Jordan Zach Tice 1-2, RBI; Sydney Phillips 1-2, RBI.
Game 2
Brookstone | 4(13)2 | — | 19 | 11 | 0 | ||
Jordan | 000 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 |
WP: Preston Campbell. LP: Jacob VanErem. Top hitters: Brookstone Drew Webb 1-2, 3R; Preston Campbell 2-2, 2B, 3R, RBI; Sam Lowe 2-3, 2R, 3RBI; Ryals Norman 1-1, RBI; James Sherrer 1-2, 2B, R, RBI; Coleman Killorin 2-3, 3RBI; Banks Massey 2-3, R, RBI. Records: Brookstone 19-5. Jordan 12-13. Next: Brookstone, state playoffs, Friday, opponent TBD. Jordan, at Westside-Augusta, Friday, DH, 5 p.m.
This story was originally published April 23, 2016 at 11:33 PM with the headline "High school roundup: Royal leads Northside past Tift County."