Chamblee’s Kate Sarago (runner) in early season action against M.L. King. Sarago and her Lady Bulldogs fought hard and came up short in the Columbus Super Regional finals in a 4-0 loss to Northside. (Photo by Mark Brock)
The Chamblee Lady Bulldogs missed a third straight appearance in the Class 5A State Tournament as they fell 4-0 to Northside in the finals of the Columbus Super Regional as the only DeKalb team to advance to the championship round.
Chamblee (23-5-1) rebounded from an 8-0 loss in the semifinals with a second consecutive win over Statesboro (15-10-1) taking an 11-3 victory to reach the regional finals.
Northside’s pitching proved to be too much in the finals for the Lady Bulldogs as Northside shutout the Lady Bulldogs once again.
In Class 4A Super Regional action both Southwest DeKalb and Miller Grove fell in two straight games to get eliminated from state playoff contention.
Southwest DeKalb (9-12) lost its opener in the Lovett Super Regional 10-0 to eventual region winner Sonoraville. The Lady Panthers then dropped a 9-4 decision to Lovett in the first round of the losers’ bracket.
Miller Grove (13-7) dropped a 20-2 decision to host Heritage-Catoosa in the opening game of the Ringgold Super Regional. The Lady Wolverines then lost a 14-13 heartbreaker to Hampton in the first round of the losers’ bracket.
In Class 2A play, the Redan Lady Raiders (7-8) also lost two straight to exit the playoffs in action at the Banks County Super Regional. Redan fell 17-1 to host Banks County in the opener and then fell 15-0 in the first round of the losers’ bracket to Walker.
DCSD SOFTBALL STATE PLAYOFFS RESULTS
Monday/Tuesday, October 16-17
CLASS 5A
Monday, October 16
At Northside-Columbus
Chamblee (22-3-1) 5, Statesboro (14-9-1) 1
Game 3: Northside-Columbus (24-7) 8, Chamblee (22-4-1) 0
Tuesday, October 17
Game 5: Chamblee (23-4-1) 11, Statesboro (15-10-1) 3
Game 6: Northside-Columbus (25-7) 4, Chamblee (23-5-1) 0
Chamblee eliminated.
At Ola
Monday, October 16
Ware Co. (9-12) 19, Arabia Mountain (7-10) 2
Game 3: McIntosh (12-13) 19, Arabia Mountain (7-11) 0
Arabia Mountain eliminated.
At Greenbrier
Monday, October 16
Greenbrier (18-11) 20, Lithonia (8-11) 0
Game 3: Northgate (15-10) 17, Lithonia (8-12) 0
Lithonia eliminated.
CLASS 3A
At Wesleyan
Monday, October 16
Franklin Co., 7, Cedar Grove 0
Game 4: Coahulla Creek 7, Cedar Grove 0
Cedar Grove eliminated.
Wednesday/Thursday, October 18-19
CLASS 4A
At Lovett
Wednesday, October 18
Sonoraville (20-8) 10, SW DeKalb (9-11) 0
Game 3: Lovett (15-10) 9, SW DeKalb (9-12) 4
SW DeKalb eliminated.
At Heritage-Catoosa
Wednesday, October 18
Heritage (23-2-1) 20, Miller Grove (13-6) 2
Game 3: Hampton (11-13-1) 14, Miller Grove (13-7) 13
Miller Grove eliminated.
CLASS 2A
At Banks Co.
Wednesday, October 18
Banks Co. (20-5) 17, Redan (7-7) 1
Game 3: Walker (13-8) 15, Redan (7-8) 0
Redan eliminated.