The Heritage High School softball team rebounded from a rare loss and extended its season, winning Friday afternoon at home in the decisive game of its best-of-three series against Jefferson in the second round of the GHSA Class AAA state playoffs to advance to the Elite Eight field next week in Columbus.
Heritage, the classification’s No. 1 overall seed, bounced back less than 24 hours after starting the series with a doubleheader split, winning 3-0 before falling 2-0 Thursday as Jefferson forced game three.
Dade County wasn’t as fortunate in Class A Division I as, for the second time in a three-game set at East Laurens, the Lady Wolverines were defeated on a walk-off hit.
Heritage (30-2) will face Region 7 rival LaFayette (27-4), which swept Harlem on Thursday, in the AAA quarterfinal field at at 11 a.m. next Thursday in Columbus.
In Class A Division I, second-seeded Gordon Lee (29-3) goes against Social Circle at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Columbus. The Lady Trojans swept Brantley County in dominant fashion Thursday.