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Top stars, best performances in the first round of the Georgia high school baseball playoffs

Here are some stars from the past week’s high school baseball playoff games across Georgia.
Darren Nichols|
Top stars, best performances in the first round of the Georgia high school baseball playoffs
Top stars, best performances in the first round of the Georgia high school baseball playoffs

By Darren Nichols | Photo by Ed Turlington

Here are some stars from the past week's high school baseball playoff games across Georgia.

If you know of a top performance we should include, please send an email to swanson@scorebooklive.com.

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Kyle Henley, Denmark

Henley went 3-for-4 with a home run versus North Gwinnett in the first round of the playoffs.

Beau Brailey, Mill Creek

Brailey threw his eighth complete game of his career in his first playoff start. He allowed only one run while striking out 10 batters.

Ryan Ford, Winder-Barrow

Ford was red-hot at the plate in the first round of the playoffs. He went 4-for-4 and was a triple away from the cycle.

Tyler Bayer, South Forsyth

Bayer went 2-for-2 in his last game and hit his second home run of the year.

Dimitri Angelakos, Etowah

Angelakos helped Etowah advance to the second round. He threw a complete game and struck out 10 batters.

Caleb Hughes, Etowah

Hughes pitched six innings and struck out 10 batters to close out Norcross in the first round.

Layton Pruitt, Winder-Barrow

Pruitt was masterful on the mound for the Bulldogs. He went six shutout innings and struck out 10 batters.

Gavin Black, North Oconee

North Oconee swept Mays, and Black was one of the many bats in full swing with a homer and four RBIs.

Ben Stuart, North Oconee

Stuart pitched three innings and struck out eight of the nine batters he faced.

Cullen Riel, Druid Hills

Riel was spectacular on both sides, pitching six innings with 10 strikeouts and going 3-for-3 at the plate.

Matthew Hoskins, Peachtree Ridge

The UGA commit was lights-out on the mound. He went six innings and struck out six batters in Peachtree Ridge’s first-round matchup.

Garrett Lambert, Parkview

Lambert was vital in Parkview’s first-round win over McEachern. On the mound, he pitched five scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts and at the plate went 2-for-3 with two RBIs.

Colin Houck, Parkview

Houck went wild at the plate in Parkview’s first-round matchup versus McEachern. He went 4-for-5 with two homers and six RBIs.

Ethan Sutton, Allatoona

Sutton closed out Game 2 and the series for Allatoona. He threw six shutout innings with nine strikeouts and allowed only two hits.

Josh Sibley, East Coweta

Sibley was on his A game on the mound versus Grayson. He went six innings with no runs allowed and 14 strikeouts.

Tyshon Patty, Mountain View

Patty delivered the walk-off hit to send Mountain View to the second round.

Jack Butler, Pope

Butler closed out Dacula with a five-inning, eight-strikeout performance.

Noah McMahon, Decatur

McMahon went the distance in the start in the first round. He allowed only five hits and struck out seven batters.

Rustan Rigdon, Metter

Rigdon threw five scoreless innings with eight strikeouts to help send Metter into Round 2.

Jordan Kaliq, Metter

Kaliq hit a walk-off grand slam versus Pelham in a mercy-rule Game 1 win for Metter.

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DARREN NICHOLS

Darren Nichols is a freelance sports journalists from Stockbridge, Georgia. He has been with SBLive Sports covering the state of Georgia since 2022 and specializes player profiles and various polls, including Player of the Week honors for high school football, softball, boys and girls basketball and baseball. Darren attended Augusta University before completing his Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication at Clayton State University.

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