The halfway mark of the Georgia high school baseball region schedules is here, and little has been decided in the Chattanooga area.
In 7-AAAA, defending champion Northwest Whitfield and Dalton are tied at 8-1 in the B subregion, with Heritage currently in the key third position at 6-3. The subregion champions will face off in a three-game championship series, with the second- and third-place teams competing in best-of-three sets to decide the other two league playoff teams.
Northwest’s Bruins and Dalton’s Catamounts face off this week in their three-game series, and Northwest coach Todd Middleton hopes it plays out just like last season when the two rivals also were tied at this point.
“It’s the same spot we were in last year, and hopefully we end up on the good side again,” he said. “It’s a great rivalry and it’s always competitive, but if our pitching holds up I think we’ve got a good shot. I still don’t think we’ve played at our best for a complete series, but hopefully this will be it.”
Dalton comes in off a three-game sweep of LaFayette that included a 20-0 win Tuesday in which the Cats scored 15 first-inning runs, highlighted by recent Chattanooga State signee Grant Sane’s grand slam.