AUGUSTA — The Bulloch Academy Gators clinched the GISA Region 2-AA No. 2 seed with a 7-04 win Monday on the road against Curtis Baptist.

            Junior pitcher Walker Blitch got the win, throwing six innings and recording five strikeouts. Taylor Burke finished the final inning for the save.

            Blitch and Burke each went 3-for-4 at the plate and Blitch drove in a pair of runs.

            Clayton Rogwers (2-for-4) also drove in a pair of runs.

            The Gators will travel to David Emanuel Academy today for a 4 p.m. region matchup.

            BA junior Win Lee was 2-for-3 with an RBI double in the Gators’ 8-1 loss to EBA last Friday.

Knights named region champs

            William James Middle School became Coastal Empire Region Champions this past Friday at Mill Creek.  At the end of regulation play, William James was tied with South Effingham 1-1 on a goal scored by Abel Leon.  Play progressed to OT kicks with Matt Samiratedu, Abel Leon, Emilio Quintero, Jr.  and Carlos Martinez scoring to end with a 5-3 victory for the Knights.

Hamilton, Anthony shine for GSU

            BOONE, N.C. — Georgia southern senior Shaunta Hamilton captured the title of the Heptathlon event at the 2010 Southern Conference outdoor Track and field championships at Appalachian State this past weekend.                         Hamilton added 1679 points to her total, including 715 points for winning the Long Jump event en route to a 4,573 two-day total and first place.

            Hamilton and senior Demetrise Anthony, who defended her 2009 championship in the Long Jump Saturday, were the two top finishers for the Eagles.

GSU softball takes CofC series

            The Georgia Southern Eagles outlasted College of Charleston in a slugfest at Eagle Field Sunday to win 10-9 and take the series two games to one.

            The Eagles’ 10 runs were the highest total scored in a single game this season, coming off 10 hits and three Cougar errors.

            Down 5-3, the Eagles (24-23, 9-8 Southern Conference) scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to take an 8-5 lead, sending at least nine batters to the plate for the second inning of the game. Georgia Southern also batted around in the first inning, pushing three runs across to chase Cougar starting pitcher Terri Mesko after just two-thirds of an inning. She gave up three runs on three hits with three walks and a strikeouts.

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