Starr’s Mill’s varsity baseball team continued their winning ways on Wednesday with an 8-6 win over the McIntosh Chiefs. It was Starr’s Mill’s fourth win in a row, all of them region wins. The Panthers got a home run from Brian Fletcher in the first and Trent Freeman followed, capitalizing on some errors with some smart baserunning to give Starr’s Mill a 2-0 lead. Ken Jackson got a single and his pinch runner scored on an RBI double from Michael Jeanes. McIntosh’s Johnny Peaden would get a run back with a fielder’s choice RBI that would score Cameron Rich. Both teams were not done scoring though and the game got very tight before Starr’s Mill reclaimed the lead for good.

Starr’s Mill’s Will Mathis got the win in relief, giving up three hits and getting four strikeouts, while Ryan Haynie got the save. Fletcher, Jeanes and Terrion Pope each had two hits in the win. McIntosh’s Brent Hardy got the loss. Nick Markhardt, Andrew Austin and Jonathan Smith all had two hits in the loss. Smith drove in two runs, while Austin drove in one and scored two.

The Chiefs (8-6, 2-3 region) hosted Fayette County last night after the paper went to press and will host Westlake on Monday at 6 p.m. before playing at Mundy’s Mill at 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Starr’s Mill (4-6, 4-2 region) will play three games in Charleston, South Carolina next week. They will face New Rochester, New York on Monday, TC Williams of Virginia on Tuesday and Stratford, South Carolina on Wednesday.

Whitewater’s Wildcats improved to 4-0 in the region on Wednesday with a 13-3 win over Fayette County. Kevin Lewallen was the winning pitcher, throwing 59 pitches in six innings. Justin Carpenter had two home runs and three RBIs in the win, while Miles Head had a single and a double. The Wildcats (10-4, 4-0 region) play at Woodward Academy tonight and will play at Creekside on Monday at 5:30 p.m.

Northgate bounced back from their first loss of the season, a 9-5 defeat against Whitewater on Monday, to beat Woodward Academy 10-9 on Wednesday. The Vikings (12-1, 4-1 region) trailed the War Eagles 9-5 in the fourth inning but got some big hits and hung on for the win. Northgate will play at Creekside tonight and will host Banneker on Monday at noon before a road game at Shaw on Tuesday.

East Coweta (8-4, 1-0 region) beat Hiram 9-1 in their first region game of the season on Wednesday. Rico Reid pitched six scoreless innings against the Hornets for the win, while Ben Inman and Casey Keubler both had two hits. The Indians will play at Tri-Cities tonight at 5:30 p.m. and will host Mundy’s Mill at 2 p.m. on Monday.

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