RINGGOLD, Ga. – Tuesday night was blowout central for northwest Georgia softball teams as the GHSA postseason began with several first-round series.
Heritage was among the huge winners, rolling past Chestatee 11-0 and 16-0 in a Class AAAA opener. Rachel Gibson earned the wins in both mercy-rule shortened games, striking out 13 in just five innings while pitching a no-hitter in game one and following that up with three innings and six strikeouts in game two.
“They haven’t seen many pitchers like Rachel this year,” Heritage coach Tanner Moore said. “She has been throwing great the last month or two.
“I think the biggest thing for us was getting out to early leads and keeping that energy. We’ve done a great job of that the last couple of weeks, but earlier we would get out quickly and kind of went into a lull. I challenge my girls to always stay in the game, focus every inning and try to extend the lead.”
The Lady Generals (19-6) pounded out 25 hits in their eight innings of play. Reagan Armour had a triple in each game and finished the night with four hits, five RBIs and five runs scored. Carmen Gayler was 5-for-6, three of the hits doubles, with four RBIs, while Gibson drove in four, two scoring on an inside-the-park home run in game one.