Colquitt eighth-grade team falls to Hahira in title game
Published 7:47 pm Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- The Colquitt County eighth-grade baseball team includes, front, from left, Javian Daniels, Brey Sands, Regan Bozeman, Carson Taylor, Chase Giddens, Tripp Bridges, Jackson Dorminey, Wesley Hall, Trenton Coney; back, coach Ian Brinson, Kade Hopper, Sy Jones, Chase Enfinger, Owen Avery, Brair Littleton, Easton Harlow, Gavin Henderson, Bradley Bryan and coach Jarvis Lambright.
MOULTRIE — The Colquitt County eighth-grade baseball team fell to Hahira 7-1 on Tuesday to finish second in the Deep South Baseball Conference tournament.
The Packers, the No. 4 seed headed into the tournament, defeated Thomas County 10-2 and top-seeded Tift County 6-3 to reach the championship game.
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But Colquitt managed just the one run and lost Hahira for the third time this season.
The eighth-graders had five hits, including two by shortstop Jackson Dorminey.
Briar Littleton had a double and Kade Hopper and Easton Harlow added singles.
Harlow and Chase Enfinger did the pitching.
Hahira won the tournament for the third straight year.
Colquitt, which took a five-game winning streak into the game, finishes its season with an 11-6 record.
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Littleton, the big first baseman, led the Packers in hitting, with .490 average; runs batted in, with 15; and doubles, with eight.
Trenton Coney batted .448; Hopper and Harlow each hit .381; Enfinger, .370; Bradley Bryan, .353; and Javien Daniels, .342.
Daniels led the pitching staff in wins with three. Dorminey led the Packers with 38 strikeouts and a 1.77 ERA.
The Colquitt County seventh-grade team rallied from a 7-0 deficit to defeat Thomas County 9-8 in its season-finale.