Wet and Cloudy Baseball Season Playoff Picture

Austin Legett #15 Islands High School 

With only six days  left in the 2014 Georgia High School Association (GHSA) high school baseball season, the playoff picture is wet and  cloudy just like this season's weather. According to GHSA, all region play must be finished by April 26th, and the top four region teams make the state baseball playoffs.  In our area, there are a lot of local teams in the running for making the GHSA state baseball playoffs.

In region 3-AAAAA, there are six teams still in contention for four spots. Richmond Hill as of right now is tied for first with Ware County. Effingham County is trailing by one game in the lose column and Bradwell, Glynn Academy, and Jenkins are all in contention for the fourth and final spot.

As far as  3-AAAA region goes, Cross Creek is in first place as of today but South Effingham,  Burke County, Statesboro and Wayne County can finish anywhere  from one to four. That makes five teams jocking for four spots. This week will tell who gets left out.

The 1-AAA region is pretty much a lock for the playoff spots one to three. Tattnaell County, Brantley County, and Islands High School are all vying for the fourth spot. All three play each other this week so who will be the two odd teams out.

Benedictine has already clinched the 2-AA region title. They will be preparing for the first round of the playoffs on May 2nd and will be hosting a first round GHSA state baseball playoff series. The Cadets are getting hot when it matters, right at the end of the regular season.

In the 3-A region the region standings don't really matter. This is because the GHSA "A" classification is separated into a private and public state playoff system. So the power point system comes into play. Calvary Day School and Savannah Christian have the same region records, but Savannah Christian has more power points and seeded as of right now as the number eight team where as Calvary is slotted in the 14th spot. Hopefully, both schools will hold on.

This week will be important and hopefully the weather will cooperate. Let's play ball!

	GHSA LOCAL REGION STANDINGS 4.20.2014
	3-AAAAA                                Region                              Overall
	Richmond Hill	11-2-0		0.846	16-7-0		0.696
	Ware Co	10-2-0		0.833	17-6-0		0.739
	Effingham Co.	10-3-0		0.769	14-9-0		0.609
	Bradwell Institute	7-7-0		0.500	9-12-0		0.429
	Glynn Academy	6-7-0		0.462	10-9-0		0.526
	Jenkins	5-7-0		0.417	8-11-0		0.421
	Windsor Forest	0-12-0		0.000	4-16-0		0.200
	Groves	0-9-0		0.000	0-10-0		0.000
	3-AAAA                                   Region                 Overall
	Cross Creek	9-1-0		0.900	17-4-0		0.810
	Burke County	9-2-0		0.818	10-12-0		0.455
	South Effingham	8-3-0		0.727	17-5-0		0.773
	Statesboro	6-3-0		0.667	18-5-0		0.783
	Wayne County	6-3-0		0.667	10-9-0		0.526
	Richmond Acad	7-5-0		0.583	11-6-0		0.647
	Hephzibah	6-7-0		0.462	7-14-0		0.333
	Butler	2-8-0		0.200	4-8-0		0.333
	Liberty County	0-9-0		0.000	3-16-0		0.158
	Glenn Hills	0-12-0		0.000	0-12-0		0.000
	1-AAA                                     Region                                  Overall
	Pierce Co	16-1-0		0.941	19-3-0		0.864
	SE  Bulloch	13-3-0		0.813	13-8-0		0.619
	Appling County	12-4-0		0.750	15-9-0		0.625
	Tattnall County	10-6-0		0.625	14-10-0		0.583
	Islands	7-6-0		0.538	9-10-0		0.474
	Brantley County	7-6-0		0.538	8-10-0		0.444
	New Hampstead	5-10-0		0.333	5-16-0		0.238
	Johnson, Sav	2-11-1		0.179	3-15-1		0.184
	Beach	0-13-1		0.036	3-16-1		0.175
	Savannah	0-12-0		0.000	0-12-0		0.000
	2-AA                                         Region                                  Overall
	Benedictine	11-0-0		1.000	13-5-0		0.722
	Metter	10-2-0		0.833	13-4-0		0.765
	Toombs County	7-2-0		0.778	9-4-0		0.692
	Jeff Davis	10-5-0		0.667	15-8-0		0.652
	Vidalia	8-7-0		0.533	12-10-0		0.545
	Atkinson Co	7-9-0		0.438	12-10-0		0.545
	Long County	6-8-0		0.429	11-11-0		0.500
	Bacon County	5-10-0		0.333	8-13-0		0.381
	McIntosh Co Acad	1-8-0		0.111	2-14-0		0.125
	Bryan Co	0-14-0		0.000	2-14-0		0.125
3-A                                             Region                                  Overall
Emanuel County Institute			7-2-0	0.778	15-4-0	0.789
Johnson County			7-3-0	0.700	13-4-0	0.765
Calvary Day School			7-3-0	0.700	13-9-0	0.591
Savannah Christian			7-3-0	0.700	11-9-0	0.550
Claxton			6-3-0	0.667	11-9-0	0.550
Treutlen			6-4-0	0.600	13-8-0	0.619
Jenkins County			5-4-0	0.556	8-8-0	0.500
Wheeler County			4-6-0	0.400	14-6-0	0.700
Portal			3-7-0	0.300	12-9-0	0.571
Savannah Country Day			1-9-0	0.100	5-12-0	0.294
Montgomery County			0-9-0	0.000	3-20-0	0.130

Class A Private Power Rankings as of 4.20.2014

Rank	School	Region	Record	Ranking
1	Eagle's Landing Christian	5-A	19-1	12.65
2	Mt. Paran Christian	6-A	17-3	12.40
3	King's Ridge	6-A	16-3	12.12
4	Athens Christian	8-A	17-2	11.86
5	Darlington	6-A	16-4	11.07
6	Hebron Christian Academy	8-A	15-6	11.03
7	Walker	6-A	12-5	10.51
8	Savannah Christian	3-A	9-8	10.28
9	Aquinas	7-A	15-4	10.25
10	Pace Academy	5-A	12-1	10.18
11	George Walton Academy	8-A	14-7	10.10
12	Brookstone	4-A	12-5	9.94
13	Providence Christian	8-A	11-9	8.97
14	Calvary Day School	3-A	11-9	8.93
15	First Presbyterian	7-A	11-5	8.48
16	Whitefield Academy	6-A	10-8	8.43