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  • .pdf link icon weekly baseball scores [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/baseball/schedules/weekly-baseball-scores-(2012).pdf ] (2012)
  • .pdf link icon varsity [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/baseball/schedules/varsity-(2012).pdf ] (2012)
  • .pdf link icon jv region results [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/baseball/schedules/jv-region-results-(2012).pdf ] (2012)
  • .pdf link icon junior varsity [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/baseball/schedules/junior-varsity-(2012).pdf ] (2012)

Statistics

  • .pdf link icon statistics [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/baseball/stats/statistics-(2012).pdf ] (2012)
  • .pdf link icon final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/baseball/stats/final-(2012).pdf ] (2012)
  • .pdf link icon final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/baseball/stats/final-(2011).pdf ] (2011)
  • .pdf link icon final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/baseball/stats/final-(2010).pdf ] (2010)
  • .pdf link icon final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/baseball/stats/final-(2009).pdf ] (2009)
  • .pdf link icon final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/baseball/stats/final-(2008).pdf ] (2008)
  • .pdf link icon final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/baseball/stats/final-(2007).pdf ] (2007)
  • .pdf link icon final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/baseball/stats/final-(2006).pdf ] (2006)
  • .pdf link icon final [ http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/athletics/baseball/stats/final-(2005).pdf ] (2005)

Redan drops third game against East Paulding to end season

The Redan Raiders became the final DeKalb County high school baseball team to be eliminated from the state baseball playoffs with a 15-4 loss to East Paulding.

The two teams had split the first two games of the Class AAAA best-of-three series with Redan winning the first game 11-9 in nine innings. Home-standing East Paulding evened the series at one game apiece with a 13-6 victory.

The opener was stopped in the fourth inning with Redan up 2-1 as the rains forced a postponement until Saturday.

East Paulding then closed out the series with some timely hitting and taking advantage of Redan errors in the 15-4 deciding game victory.

Redan finished the season at 21-8 overall as the No. 3 seed out Region 6-AAAA.

Chamblee forces game 3 but falls against No. 7 Alexander

photo of Buck GodfreyDunwoody's James Cunningham (3) is
congratulated at home plate
following his solo homer against Pope.

The Chamblee Bulldogs season came close to their first second round playoff appearance since 1996, but Alexander managed a 5-3 victory in the deciding game of the Class AAAA best-of-three series on Saturday.

The Chamblee Bulldogs received a strong pitching performance by junior Stephen Gaulden and two stellar defensive plays from senior outfielder David Coble to defeat No. 7 ranked Alexander 3-2 to even their Class AAAA best-of-three series at one game apiece on Friday night at Alexander.

The Bulldogs came up short in the opener as Alexander got a one-out, two-run walk off homer in the bottom of the seventh to win 4-3 and take the series lead at one game to none.

Chris Burgess provided a 3-1 lead with a RBI single in the third inning that proved to be the game winner as Gaulden pitched a complete game while striking out three in the 3-2 victory in Game 2 to force a deciding Game 3 at 12 p.m. today at Alexander.

Coble came up big by robbing an Alexander batter of a home run with a leaping grab at the fence and then a diving catch in the bottom of the seventh to preserve the 3-2 lead.

The Dunwoody Wildcats (17-11) saw their dream of a split with No. 8 ranked Pope (22-6) end as Pope's catcher David Bohn drilled a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the seventh of Game 2 to give the Greyhounds a 5-4 victory and a sweep of the Class AAAA first round playoff series at Dunwoody on Friday night.

Dunwoody had regained the lead 4-3 in top of the seventh as they loaded the bases with one out. Jared Martin, who had returned to action after getting hit in the jaw with pitch in the first game, had doubled and was followed by a one out single by Chris Hale and a walk to James Cunningham. James Farnell followed with a grounded to the right side to score Martin with the go-ahead run.

Pope's rally for the win coupled with a 4-2 victory in the opener sealed the best-of-three series for the Greyhounds and eliminated the Wildcats.

In Class AAA first round play, the Arabia Mountain Rams fell 2-0 in their best-of-three series with No. 1 ranked Columbus. Columbus (25-3) swept the doubleheader by scores of 10-0 and 14-0 to knock the Rams (15-11) out of the playoffs.

AAAA:
Redan at East Paulding
  • Game 1: Redan 11, East Paulding 9
  • Game 2: East Paulding 13, Redan 6
  • Game 3: East Paulding (18-10) 15, Redan (21-8) 4
  • East Paulding wins series 2-1
Chamblee at Alexander
  • Game 1: Alexander 4, Chamblee 3
  • Game 2: Chamblee (18-9-1) 3, Alexander (21-6) 2 (Series Tied 1-1)
  • Game 3: Alexander (22-6) 5, Chamblee (18-10-1) 3
  • Alexander wins series 2-1
Pope at Dunwoody
  • Game 1: Pope 4, Dunwoody 2
  • Game 2: Pope (22-6) 5, Dunwoody (17-11) 4
  • Pope wins series 2-0
AAA:
Arabia Mountain at Columbus
  • Game 1: Columbus 10, Arabia Mountain 0
  • Game 2: Columbus (25-3) 14, Arabia Mountain (15-11) 0
  • Columbus wins series 2-0

Four DeKalb baseball teams kickoff state playoffs this week

The 2012 GHSA Baseball State Championships begin this week with four DeKalb County teams participating in the first round best-of-three series.

Redan (20-6) opens play first with a Class AAAA doubleheader on the road at East Paulding (17-9) on Thursday (May 3) beginning at 4:30 p.m. A third game, if necessary, will be played at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday (May 5).

The Raiders and East Paulding met on March 12 in a game won 8-1 by the Raiders.

Redan is led at the plate and on the mound by junior pitcher/infielder Wesley Jones. Jones is fifth in the county in batting average at .516, second in RBI with 29 and in the Top 5 in doubles with eight. He is 3-1 on the mound in 34 2/3 innings with a 1.41 earned run average, 42 strikeouts and 19 walks.

The Dunwoody Wildcats (17-9) are the only DeKalb team hosting in the first round as they face Class AAAA No. 8 ranked Pope (20-6) in a doubleheader on Friday (May 4) beginning at 5 p.m. A third game, if necessary, is set for a 3 p.m. start on Saturday (May 5).

The Wildcats are led at the plate by Jared Martin who is batting .360 with a DeKalb leading four homeruns on the season to go with 22 RBI and seven doubles. The Wildcat pitching staff is headed by James Cunningham who is 5-2 on the season with a 1.93 earned run average. Cunningham has 26 strikeouts and just eight walks in 29 innings on the mound.

Chamblee (17-8-1) is the third DeKalb team in the Class AAAA state playoffs and travel to No. 7 ranked Alexander (20-5) for a 4 p.m. doubleheader on Friday. A third game, if necessary, is set for 12 p.m. on Saturday.

The Bulldogs pitching staff is led by junior Patrick Gaulden has pitching 47 1/3 innings striking out 37 and walking 15 while compiling a 1.32 earned run average and an 8-1 record. The hitting lineup is led by a pair of sophomores in Andrew Henry (.371) and Jared McKay (.360) with 14 and 16 RBI, respectively.

Arabia Mountain (15-9) reached the Class AAA state playoffs via a doubleheader sweep of North Springs and travel to No. 1 ranked Columbia (23-3) for a 2 p.m. doubleheader to open the best-of-three series.

Junior Alfred Francis leads the Rams offense with the fourth best average in the county at .525 with 16 RBI, seven doubles and two triples. Junior Jordan Scott leads the Rams' hurlers with a 2.78 earned run average with 48 strikeouts, 21 walks and a 5-3 record in 50 1/3 innings on the mound.

AAAA:

  • Pope at Dunwoody
  • Friday, May 4 Doubleheader beginning at 5:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, May 5 Single game, if necessary, at 3:00 p.m.

Redan at East Paulding

  • Thursday, May 3 Doubleheader beginning at 4:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, May 5 Single game, if necessary, at 4:30 p.m.

Chamblee at Alexander

  • Friday, May 4 Doubleheader beginning at 4:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, May 5 Single game, if necessary, at 12:00 p.m.

AAA:

Arabia Mountain at Columbus
  • Friday, May 4 Doubleheader beginning at 2:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, May 5 Single game, if necessary, at 4:00 p.m.
Admission Cost: Adults $7; Students $7

Lakeside knocks off Dunwoody in Junior Varsity Baseball Finals

Lakeside pushed four runs across the plate in the top of the fifth inning to end Dunwoody's perfect season in a 6-2 victory in the championship game of the 2012 DeKalb County Junior Varsity Tournament.

Coach Dwayne Johnson's Vikings earned their first triumph over the Wildcats in three meetings, finishing the year with a 9-3 record in region play and 11-3 overall.

Lakeside jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning.

Coach Jonathan Peters and Dunwoody fought back to even the score at 2-2 with two runs in the bottom of the second inning.

The score remained even until the top of the fifth, where Lakeside took advantage of a Wildcat error and a huge two-run double by sub freshman catcher Drew Hinton to tally four runs and seize control at 6-2.

Sophomore Tyler Polvson went the distance on the mound to garner the pitching decision for the Vikings, allowing only three runs over seven innings.

Dunwoody managed one more run in the bottom of the seventh, as a triple and wild throw resulted in the score that narrowed the final margin to 6-3.

The loss was the first of the year for the WIldcats, who finished 11-1 with the defeat.

Dunwoody, Lakeside prevail in semifinals

Dunwoody scored early and often in registering a 15-6 triumph over Stephenson in the first semifinal to improve to 11-0 on the season.

Coach Gene Washington's Stephenson squad finished 7-4 on the year.

The second semifinal saw Chamblee jump out to a 4-1 lead in the first inning.

Lakeside fought back to even the score at 4-4 and the remainder of the game was back and forth, with the Vikings eventually winning a thriller by a 9-8 final count.

The Vikings improved to 8-3 in regional play with the victory, while coach Alan Loper's Bulldogs finished 6-5 in region action with the defeat.

History of DeKalb County Schools Baseball

photo of Buck Godfrey2006 Semi-Finals
Dunwoody beats Columbus

The Dunwoody Wildcats ended a 33-year drought of baseball state championships for DeKalb County Schools by bringing home the class AAA state title in 2007 with a 2-0 sweep of Columbus.

The last Georgia High School Association baseball state championship to find a home in DeKalb County Schools before 2007 came back in 1974 when Henderson laid claim with a 2-0 series sweep of Southwest Macon.

DeKalb County Schools had come up short since that time despite sending some very good teams into the playoffs. Prior to 1974, DeKalb had won titles in 1952 (Avondale), 1956 (Tucker), 1964 (Avondale), 1966 (Tucker), 1967 (Tucker), 1968 (Walker) and 1972 (Sequoyah).

Beginning with the 1952 season, DeKalb County Schools teams have combined for 129 playoff appearances through the 2007 season. Eighteen of the current 19 DeKalb schools have made at least one playoff appearance following Martin Luther King Jr.'s rise to 5AAA champ in 2004. Gordon and Shamrock, two of the seven schools that are no longer high schools, were the only ones of the 26 DeKalb schools to never make a playoff appearance prior to the opening of Miller Grove High School in 2005. The playoff run has collected 211 wins over that time as well.

The baseball history of DeKalb County Schools also includes the likes of former pros Wally Joyner (Redan), Pete Ladd (Henderson) and Ron Blomberg (Druid Hills).

  • Wally Joyner played 16 seasons in the majors with the California Angels, Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres and the hometown Atlanta Braves. He collected a .289 career batting average, 204 home runs, 1,106 RBI and 2,060 hits.
  • Ron Blomberg was the first player picked in the 1968 major league draft. He signed with the Yankees and spent eight years in the majors with New York and the Chicago White Sox. The .293 career hitter was baseball's first designated hitter.
  • Pete Ladd led Henderson to the 1974 state title and signed with Ole Miss. He had a career best 25 saves for Milwaukee in the 1983 season and posted two saves in the 1982 American League Championship Series.

DeKalb County Schools has been a hotbed on draft day with 75 players drafted since 1985. That includes three from the 2004 season including first round and number 9 pick overall Chris Nelson of Redan (Colorado) and four from 2006 including Scott Hunter of M.L. King in the 3rd round (San Diego, 93rd pick) and 2005 second round selection P.J. Phillips of Redan (California, 73rd pick).

State Champions
  • Tucker (3) - 1956, 1966 to 1967
  • Avondale (2) - 1952, 1964
  • Dunwoody (1) - 2007
  • Henderson (1) - 1974
  • Sequoyah (1) - 1972
  • Walker (1) - 1968