RINGGOLD, Ga. — Heritage High School softball coach Reagan Armour calmly called time in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday night, then approached home plate to talk to Brylee Pritchett.
Moments later, Pritchett delivered yet another big-time hit for a program seeking its fourth straight GHSA state championship.
The left-handed slugger for the Lady Generals laced a winning line drive that at first glance appeared to be caught on a sensational diving attempt by Ridgeland right fielder Ari Sanderfur. After initially being ruled a catch, the home plate umpire intervened to wave off the call in the field as the ball had popped in and out of Sanderfur’s glove on the diving attempt.
Standing on second base, Pritchett was soon mobbed by teammates after her second RBI of the game provided a thrilling 7-6 home win for Heritage.
“Brylee is not even scared to admit that it has been a tough week for her at practice. I told her when we called a timeout, ‘You know, you’re due. And I wouldn’t want anyone else up there,'” Armour said of the player whose .721 slugging percentage leads Heritage, which won the Class AAAA state championship in 2023, earned back-to-back titles in AAA the past two seasons, and was moved back up this year via GHSA reclassification.