GHSA SCORES & HIGHLIGHTS: Bleckley County gets the sweep at home to advance to Elite Eight

The Bleckley County Royals swept the Bacon County Raiders to advance to the GHSA 1A - D1 Elite Eight...along with other scores from the night
Ghsa Baseball Second Round Scores And Bleckley County Sweeps Bacon County To Advance To 1a D1 Elite Eight

COCHRAN, Georgia – (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bleckley County Royals (23-6) swept the Bacon County Raiders (19-9) to advance to the GHSA 1A – D1 Elite Eight.

After taking the lead 1-0 in Game one, they allowed three runs in the top fifth to go down 3-1. However, the Royals rallied back scoring five runs in the bottom sixth and seventh to win the comeback and the game 5-4. Bleckley County would also go to win Game two 8-4 to advance to the Elite Eight where they will face the winner of Whitefield and Prince Ave on May 4th.

In other games from the day:

GHSA 1A D1:

CRAWFORD COUNTY BEAT METTER (8-5, 2-0)

DUBLIN SPLITS WITH IRWIN COUNTY (5-1, 22-9) GAME THREE TUESDAY APRIL 30TH 5:30PM

GHSA 1A DII :

WILCOX COUNTY BEAT JENKINS COUNTY (4-0, 8-0)

EMANUEL COUNTY INSTITUTE BEAT WHEELER COUNTY (10-0, 9-4)

JOHNSON COUNTY SPLITS SERIES WITH MT. ZION OF CAROLLTON (2-1, 12-4) GAME THREE TUESDAY APRIL 30TH 3PM

WASHINGTON-WILKES SPLITS SERIES WITH BOWDON (10-0, 10-0)

GHSA 3A:

PEACH COUNTY SWEPT BY HARLEM COUNTY (6-4, 6-1)

MARY PERSONS AND COLUMBUS SPLIT (3-2, 1-0) GAME THREE TUESDAY APRIL 30 5:30PM

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