Gordon Lee’s softball team is two wins away from repeating as the GHSA Class A public school state champion after winning twice Thursday in Columbus.
Gordon Lee (31-1) was joined in the winners brackets by Class AAAA contenders Heritage and LaFayette, but both Calhoun and Ringgold lost in the first round of the Class AAA competition. All are among the final eight teams remaining in their classifications.
Gordon Lee opened with an 8-3 win over Region 6-A rival Trion, rallying from a 3-1 deficit entering the bottom of the fifth. A two-run homer from Maddie Clark, two hits each from Anna Logan, Macie Pearson and Addi Sturdivant and two RBIs from Allie Farrow led to the comeback win.
Trion (21-4), which has lost three of its four games this season to Gordon Lee, will face Lanier County on Friday at noon in an elimination game.
Gordon Lee later defeated another 6A rival, Bowdon, 11-0 in four innings to advance to the winners-bracket final against Commerce at 8 p.m. Friday. Farrow had two home runs and totaled five RBIs in that victory.