Not only have I forgotten more sports than most of you will ever know, I have the ability to pick who will win particular sporting events with amazing accuracy. I have decided to show my talents on a high school best two out of three series between Tattnall and FPD.
I usually don't waste my time with such stuff at the high school level, but these games deserve a write-up somewhere and we surely wont see it in a newspaper.
This is a match-up to see who makes it to the championship series and this will probably be the match-up for the state championship. I have been told that by more than one expert that these are the best two teams in Class A private.
First we have the legend Joey Hiller leading his Tattnall Square team into yet another final four. The Trojans have the best baseball program in Middle Georgia and they will be hard to catch because not only do they have the facilities, they have the coaching staff and the players. It is never just a this year thing for them because they basically graduated their entire pitching staff from a year ago and have come back to have an amazing year.
FPD has Denny Bryant, who had the task of taking over for the legendary Jimmy Turner. I will admit that before this year I wasn't sure about this guy but he has proved this year that he is a very good coach. The Vikings lost their go too pitcher this year in Gavin Bloodworth, who still rips but cant pitch, and they have still managed to get the job done. Props to Coach Bryant for putting together a quality season.
These teams have played each other three times this year and Tattnall has won all three games. Two of those were one run games and the other was 4-0 so all have been close. I don't think FPD fears Tattnall but they definitely have a little hump to get over.
Now the question is, how good is Tattnall this year ? They had some ups and downs early in the season and Hiller himself told me that they just were not very good, but look where they are now.
They rely on Luke Laskey who barely pitched last year, and Brooks Gorman who is only a sophomore. After that it's Logan Fink who is heading to Kennesaw State but not as a pitcher.
Tattnall can swing the bats led by Laskey , Austin Marchman, Logan Simmons, Fink, and Trey Ham, but in the three games against FPD they scored a total of 12 runs in 23 innings.
FPD is led by Bloodwoth and his 440 average, followed by Ryan Jones at 392, but they managed only 6 runs in the three games against Tattnall. That puts a lot of pressure on a pitching staff that is not that deep. They will run out Noah Takac and his 12 wins in the first game and to be honest, the first game is a must win for FPD.
So you want my sure fire prediction for this series ? Some readers will hate and a few readers will love but that's how it works.
I believe this is a three game battle so the first game is the most important one. Takac is a Davidson signee who is ready to shine, but that doesn't mean that Laskey wont shine too.
Takac will be just a bit better and FPD wins game one by a score of 3-2.
Tattnall wins the second game 5-3 to even things up, setting up that final game, which I believe goes to
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Vikings 3-2
Let the complaining begin
Mr. Takac, I didn't know who you were before this year and you have obviously came a long way, so please don't let me down now , :)
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