Sometimes a toss of the coin — even if it wasn’t what was hoped for — can make all the difference.
Heritage softball coach Megan Crawford badly wanted the final at-bat in Thursday’s GHSA Class AAAA state tournament matchup with Whitewater in Columbus, so she went to her go-to call, tails, in the pregame coin toss.
It came up heads, which turned out to be a blessing when Heritage scored three runs in the top of the first en route to a 10-0, five-inning win.
Heritage (26-2-1) will face North Oconee (29-6) at 5 p.m. Friday in the winners-bracket final.
Fortune wasn’t on Gordon Lee’s side as the Lady Trojans fell 1-0 to Hebron Christian in Class AAA and must now go through the losers bracket to win their 12th state title.