The 2019 GHSA Class AAAA softball state champions have survived a second-round scare in the 2020 playoffs.
The Heritage Generals, who lost the opening game of their home series against Jefferson on Thursday before evening the series in game two later that night, rode a one-hit, 15-strikeout performance from senior ace Rachel Gibson to a 7-0 win Friday afternoon in the deciding game.
The Generals (27-6) will play at Bainbridge in a best-of-three quarterfinal series beginning with a doubleheader next Tuesday.
Gibson got all the runs she needed in the second inning, when Heritage took a 4-0 lead on Savannah Wilson’s RBI bunt single and Bailey Christol’s three-run triple. The Generals added three runs in the sixth on RBI hits from Madeline Stone, who finished 2-for-3, and Sarah Haynes (2-for-3, two runs).
Also in GHSA second-round action Friday: