RINGGOLD, Ga. – Ringgold High School got timely hitting and strong pitching and swept its first-round Class AAA state playoff series with 5-1 and 4-1 victories over Banks County on Friday evening.
This is the seventh straight year the Tigers have reached the second round of the state playoffs, but they never have won a state title. They were runners-up in 2012, but Ringgold coach Brent Tucker said he thinks “this team has got it in ’em” to win it all this season.
Wednesday, Ringgold (22-6) will host the winner of the Laney/Peach County series.
“The two seniors took the mound tonight. Devin Lancaster in game one threw a great game. Peyton Tennant in game two did a lot of the same,” Tucker said. “You put the ball in the seniors’ hand and you let them roll, and both of them gave us a great performance tonight.”
“We feel like we can hit the ball up and down the lineup, and we did tonight,” Tucker added. “We’ve got to get a few bigger hits. We feel like we’ve got a lot of guys who can go on the mound and keep us in ballgames. And that’s exactly what happened tonight.