CALHOUN, Ga. – The Calhoun High School baseball program has a history of coming through in the toughest of situations, but Friday night’s 2-1 extra-innings win over Bremen was still a thrill for Yellow Jackets coach Chip Henderson.
Calhoun trailed Bremen 1-0 entering the bottom of the seventh in a game that likely will decide the No. 2 playoff seed from Region 6-AAA. Ethan Crump’s RBI single made it 1-all after seven innings, and the Yellow Jackets (19-8, 10-5) won it in the 11th on freshman Parker McPherson’s two-out single.
Calhoun moved into second place in the region standings with a week remaining in the regular season.
“Huge, huge win for us,” said Henderson, whose team owns the tiebreaker over Bremen after sweeping the two regular-season games. “This was two good teams going at it with neither team backing down. We were fortunate to win it in the 11th. We had some timely hits, and the pitching was great on both sides.”
Pitching dominated Friday, with Calhoun starter Davis Allen (six innings, no earned runs, three hits, six strikeouts) and Bremen ace Bret Barrow (seven innings, one earned run, four hits, nine strikeouts) limiting scoring opportunities early.