TUNNEL HILL, Ga. — There are certain high school athletic programs that have earned the right to be expected to be championship contenders — no matter the situation.
The Heritage softball program is one of those, and despite the graduation of one of the most successful classes in Georgia softball history, the Generals are where they are expected to be at basically the halfway point of the 2022 season.
Fair or not, Tuesday’s 3-0 win at Northwest Whitfield in eight innings — with a lineup featuring two freshmen, three sophomores, two juniors and two seniors — was further evidence that the new-look Generals (10-4 overall and 5-1 in Region 7-AAAA) aren’t stepping back without a fight.
Freshman Bailee Hollis led off the eighth with a single and later scored on a wild pitch. Fellow sophomore Jenna Ryans later added a two-run double to make a winner of yet another super soph in pitcher Addie Edwards.