Chargers' baseball edges East Georgia; GHC softball splits doubleheader at Snead State

April 14, 2026

Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com

The Georgia Highlands College baseball team continued its stronghold on the GCAA standings on Tuesday, defeating visiting East Georgia State 8-7.

The Chargers and Bobcats traded blows for the entire nine innings, but it was Georgia Highlands that walked off with the victory following second baseman Carson Page’s RBI single in the bottom of the final frame.

East Georgia State led 7-5 in the middle of the seventh inning, but GHC tied the game in the bottom of the seventh and kept the Bobcats off the scoreboard the rest of the way.

Jack Burns (2 I, 0R, 2H, 2K) picked up the pitching win by working two scoreless innings at the end of the game. David McKechnie (5 IP, 3ER, 7H, 2BB, 4K) made a five-inning start. Reed Thursby (0.2 IP, 3R, 2ER, 2H, 1BB), Heath Whitlock (1 IP, 1ER, 3H, 2K), and Jackson Scali (0.1 IP, 0R, 1H, 1K) also pitched in middle relief.

Caden Marcos led the Chargers’ bats with three hits, including two home runs and three RBI. Wyatt Gatlin (RBI) and Andrew Bishop (double) had two hits. Kenton Collier (RBI), Mason Moore (RBI), and Carson Page (RBI) contributed one hit. Ian Fullerton drove home one run with a sacrifice fly.

Georgia Highlands (37-9, 17-2 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association) will play three games on Friday and Saturday at East Georgia State in Swainsboro.

GHC softball splits a doubleheader at Snead State CC

Georgia Highlands College softball split a doubleheader on Tuesday at Snead State Community College in Boaz, Alabama. The host Parsons won the opener in eight innings, 3-2, but the Chargers blanked Snead State in the second game, 4-0.

Emily Ferro (8 IP, 3R, 2ER, 6H, 1BB, 3K) suffered the pitching loss in the first game. Haley Curtis (7 IP, 0R, 3H, 1BB, 3K) tossed a complete-game shutout in Game 2. 

Emma Darrow had two hits in the doubleheader, including one double. Anslee Logan (RBI), Emmalee Freeman (RBI), Mary Catherine Kimball (RBI), Ferro (home run, three RBI), Ahmani Green (three stolen bases), Athens Hudson, Linley Haynes, and CeCe Williams each contributed one hit in the two games.

The split left the Parsons with a 14-34 record.

Georgia Highlands (20-14, 9-5 GCAA) welcomes East Georgia State College for a three-game series on Friday and Saturday. Friday’s doubleheader is set for 2 p.m., and Saturday’s single game will be at 12 noon.