2023 7A Baseball State Championship

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WELCOME GHSA BASEBALL FANS

elcome to the 2023 GHSA Baseball State Championships! The games are sure to be excitW ing as all of the schools represented are looking forward to their team achieving the title of “Champion”. However, we all know that all of our teams are outstanding and are definitely winners. This has been an outstanding season and this year’s championship games will include familiar faces as well as teams that have worked hard and peaked at just the right time. Our congratulations are in order for all of the teams, coaches, administrators, students and parents who have supported the athletes through this year’s journey to the final games.

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I would also like to thank you for your support of high school baseball throughout the season. Your attendance and support is integral to the success of high school athletics and for the team you are here to cheer on. Good sportsmanship is expected from our athletes and I urge you to be positive in your support of all of our teams. Let’s work together to make today’s games a great experience for all involved.

To put on an event of this magnitude takes many volunteers who have worked tirelessly to provide a “first class” event. The GHSA staff has been working for weeks as well to ensure a special event for all involved.

The 2023 Georgia High School Association Baseball Championship Guide is published by Score Media, a division of Score Atlanta, in conjunction with the GHSA. The guide was designed by Laura Grieve, and edited by Craig Sager II, Seth Ellerbee and Graham David.

Information provided by the GHSA and photos on the cover and inside the guide are courtesy of Unforgettable Moments. For more information on Score Media, go to Scoreatl.com or call 404-246-7819.

Finally, I would like to thank our corporate sponsors who make it possible to put on these championships. Their advertisements can be seen throughout this guide and I encourage you to support them whenever possible. The GHSA wants to thank these exemplary companies for their involvement, we appreciate their support.

Thank you for your attendance and I know you are going to enjoy the best high school baseball anywhere!

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The 2023 GHSA Baseball State Championships begin at Truist Park on Tuesday, May 16 with an epic showdown between the Parkview Panthers and Lowndes Vikings. Parkview celebrated the program’s ninth all-time state title in 2021 at the same venue before falling short to Woodstock at last year’s finals. The Panthers swept their way to the Area 4 title this season with a 15-0 record and have dropped just two in-state games this season without any series losses. Parkview scored a dramatic 8-7 Game 3 win over Dacula in the quarterfinals and responded with a swift 2-0 sweep over Mill Creek in the semifinals— earning a 10-0 Game 1 victory and 12-2 rout in Game 2.

Parkview was down 7-5 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning in the decisive Game 3 win over Dacula and rallied with a three-run effort before clinching the series in the top of the seventh. Juniors Ford Thompson and Kason Gleaton combined with sophomore Porter Berryman on the mound in the victory. Parkview’s game-winning run came with sophomore Mason Davis getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. In the semifinals, Parkview outhit Mill Creek 13-4 in Game 1 and opened up a 5-0 lead in the first inning of the 10-0 victory. Garrett Lambert (1) and Cade Brown (4) were both 2-of-2 at the plate with home runs and combined for five RBIs. In Game 2, Parkview opened up a 1-1 tie game with five runs in the bottom of the fifth and six in the sixth to walkoff with the series win.

Senior Landon Stripling finished 2-of-4 at the plate with a home run and 5 RBIs and Brown went 2-of-3 at the plate with two home runs. Brown (14) and Stripling (13) have combined for 27 of the team’s 48 home runs this season.

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SERIES CHAMPS Lowndes was also successful in locking down a No. 1 seed this season and swept a talented Region 1 with an 11-0 mark.

The Vikings are 27-13 overall and have an opportunity to win the program’s first state title since 2000 and third all-time. A Lowndes victory would result in a team outside of the Metro Atlanta area winning a state title in Georgia’s highest classification for the first time since 2003 when Colquitt County captured the crown. Like Parkview, Lowndes has taken on a challenging slate this season and has not dropped a single series this year.

2-0 sweep over North Paulding. The Vikings earned a 3-0 win in Game 1 and a 4-3 victory in Game 2. Lowndes did not let a lightning delay that lasted nearly an hour and 15 minutes break their focus and head coach Ryan Page celebrated the finals berth and semifinal sweep late into Wednesday night.

EYEING THE PRIZE “It means everything,” Lowndes head coach Ryan Page told the Valdosta Daily Times. “It means everything to these boys.

Since they were little children, this is all they’ve dreamed about — going to Truist and having this opportunity to play in this place. I’m so happy for them.”

“Regardless of what happens, obviously we want to fight and come back with a state title but to go play in that place and just have that opportunity, I’m just so excited for them.”

Cooper Melvin led the way with a 2-of-4 performance at the plate in Game 2 and Noah Thigpen, Tate Sirmans, Jordan Hudson, Coleman Lewis and Carson Page each had a hit in the win.

“Give the credit to our pitchers — Ashton (Bohler) threw an unbelievable game (in Game 1),” Page told the Valdosta

The Vikings bounced back from a 12-3 loss to North Gwinnett in Game 1 of the quarterfinals by scoring a 9-4 Game 2 victory and series-clinching 9-3 win. Lowndes carried that momentum into the semifinals and locked down an impressive

Daily Times. “We’ve been stressing all year — we don’t have the high velocity arms, we’ve got to pitch and that’s what he did tonight. He pitched. He mixed, he hit locations and kept those guys off balance.”

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No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 29

HEAD COACH: RYAN PAGE

Name Maddox Harrell Carson Page Caleb Thornton Cooper Scruggs Luke Register Tate Sirmans Garrett Carter Ashton Bohler Coleman Lewis Qrey Lott Caleb Moore Frank Ruepp Layten Shelton Hayden Hall Eli Willis Noah Thigpen Jordan Hudson Brayden York Cason Fletcher Jack Lockhart Nate Slaughter Kyle Alonso Jude Jaramillo Jackson Hill Cooper Melvin Ty Macera

Pos. P/OF 2B/SS P LF/2B P 3B/SS P P/SS RF/P CF/P P CF P C P/1B P/3B/1B LF P 2B/SS/3B C C RF LF P/OF 1B 1B/P

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WEDNESDAY MAY 17 7 PM Class 7A [If Necessary]

HEAD COACH: CHAN BROWN

Name Ali Banks Grant Garrett Mason Watler Carson Wagnon Garrett Lambert Caleb Brown Ford Thompson Thorpe Musci Makhi Buckley Jon Holcomb Porter Berryman Cade Brown Jackson Collett Mason Davis Greg Jones Ethan Finch Landon Stripling Erick Rodriguez Colin Houck Johnny Petrucelli Yanni McDuffie JT Whritenour Eli Pitts Ellis Appling Diego DeJesus Malachi Washington Kason Gleaton Tyler Yoon

Pos. Gr. OF/RHP 12 OF 12 C 12 OF 12 RHP/1B 12 INF 11 LHP 11 RHP 11 OF 11 RHP 11 LHP 10 3B 11 RHP 12 INF/RHP 10 1B 11 C/RHP 11 1B/OF/RHP 12 INF 12 SS/RHP 12 OF 11 OF/RHP 11 LHP 10 INF/OF 10 OF/RHP 9 INF/RHP 9 OF/RHP 9 1B/RHP 11 C 10

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