Middle Georgia teams still alive for softball state titles

Middle Georgia will have at least two teams playing for GHSA softball championships Saturday in Columbus, and there could be a couple of more teams joining in the fun.

Vidalia (Class AA) and GMC (Class A public school) have earned their way into the championship round without a loss in their respective brackets. Vidalia will play at 12:30 p.m., while GMC will play at noon.

FPD and Stratford will face off at 10 a.m. on Saturday for the right to advance to the Class A private school championship. The Vikings won their first game Friday, beating Brookstone 7-1, but they lost to Eagle's Landing Christian 4-1 to drop into the losers' bracket. They will face the Eagles, who won three games Friday (7-1 over Christian Heritage, 5-4 over Brookstone and 5-4 over Prince Avenue Christian) to stay alive.

The winner of the FPD-Stratford game will have to beat ELCA twice for the title.

Tattnall Square was eliminated from the Class A private school bracket with a 7-5 loss to Calvary Day on Friday morning.

In Class AAAAA, Houston County is still alive, but it will have some work to do to win the title. The Bears lost 3-0 on Friday night to Chapel Hill to drop into the losers' bracket. They will face Greenbrier, which eliminated Jones County 18-3. The Greyhounds beat Northside-Columbus 7-1 and Dalton 5-1 earlier Friday.

If Houston County advances, it will have to beat Chapel Hill twice for the title.

In Class AAAA, Veterans was eliminated 10-0 by Walnut Grove, which later eliminated West Laurens 8-0.

GMC will face either Trion or Echols County for the Class A public school title and will have to be beaten twice. The same is true for Vidalia when it plays either Bryan County or Gordon Lee.

This story was originally published October 30, 2015 at 8:58 PM with the headline "Middle Georgia teams still alive for softball state titles ."