Whitewater

It was expected that Sandy Creek, the reigning Class AAAA state champions, would come out and make a statement against one of their county rivals in the season opener. And they did.

If you go by what all of the other coaches in the region seem to be saying, Whitewater is going to be the team to beat this year. Whitewater head coach Amos McCreary downplays that idea.

Kayla Maxwell and Katie Strickland of Whitewater High School and Ali Church of McIntosh High School were recently selected as an All-State cheerleader at the Georgia Cheerleading Coaches’ Association competition held at Columbus State University on Aug. 14.

Several local baseball players were selected by Major League teams in the annual amateur baseball draft earlier this week.

Leading the pack was shortstop Cartier Goodrum of Fayette County High School, picked 71st overall by the Minnesota Twins. His scouting report indicates the he has “plenty of speed and some raw power from both sides of the plate.”

Taken 137th overall by the Florida Marlins was Alvin Toles, an outfielder from Sandy Creek High School. Georgia Tech pitcher Andrew Robinson, a former Starr’s Mill standout, was drafted 363rd by the Houston Astros.

The 2010 Girls All – Region Soccer Team for 5-AAAA was announced this afternoon and local girls are all over the team.

While Whitewater rode a hot streak to the Class AAAA semifinals, their bats found holes and could do no wrong.

Tonight, the bats went cold.

The Whitewater Wildcats continued their red hot play with a two game series sweep over the Jones County Greyhounds on Tuesday night, 13-5 in game one and 7-6 in game two.

Whitewater’s varsity baseball team (23-6) has been cruising lately. The Wildcats won their first two playoff series in two games, have won eight in a row and haven’t scored under five runs since Apr. 19. Whitewater beat Hilllgrove 7-1 and 8-6 last week to make the Class AAAA quarterfinal. The Wildcats got solid at bats in the series from Alex Liquori, Tanner Dingler, Joel Van Asch, Kyle Dearing and Garrett Knowles among others.

The win pits them against the Jones County Greyhounds tomorrow with the doubleheader starting at 4 p.m.

Fresh from watching the Starr’s Mill boys upset victory over top ranked McIntosh last night, the Starr’s Mill Lady Panthers told head coach Deanise Myers they wanted to bring home a title too.

Mission accomplished.

The all area girls lacrosse team for area 1-AAAA was announced this week and there are a number of local players on the list.