Columbus High School center fielder Keith Sims, right, is out at first after a throw to Ringgold first baseman Adam Weldon in the first game of the GHSA Class AAA championship series in Ringgold, Ga. on Monday.RINGGOLD, Ga. - Top-ranked Columbus High School swept Ringgold 6-3 and 11-1 today for the Georgia Class AAA state baseball championship.
Columbus, featuring players who helped win the Little League World Series in 2006, jumped quickly to a 5-0 lead in the first game. Ringgold scored first in the second game, but it was all Columbus after that, leaving the champion Blue Devils with a 33-4 record and the runner-up Tigers at 29-9.
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