OSG High: A Game-Winning Steal Of Home

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Here's how you win a key game in a best-of-three series

Mike Huggins steals home to give Benedictine 4-3 win over Lovett in Game 1 of their Class AA quarterfinal


The Cadets would win Game 2 6-1 to sweep the series and get to host Wesleyan in the semis

And a Thanks to "The Big Guy" for keeping the HQ up to date for the playoffs...

OSG High: Baseball Team Starts 2 Softballers In Rivalry Game

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During football season, Dougherty and Monroe High Schools don't like each other...

It's, pretty much, a universal thing through the athletics seasons...

And the Trojans baseball coach needed some help for the game against the Tornadoes the other day...
So, he went to the softball team for help...

The HQ can think of using one female player, but head coach Ty Hayes started two- Senior RaKeta Shelton started at third base, while junior Takiya Davis made her second start at second.

Here's the highlights
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Sounds like Hayes will be having them around for a while...
And that's a cool thing...

OSG High: HS Student Gives CPR To Ump During Game

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Here's a really cool story...

And it also reminds us of the value of helping others...

A high school baseball umpire was having chest pains during a game and when those around were asking for help and others called 9-1-1, someone stepped in to help before the ambulances arrived...

A 16-year-old baseball player...

OSG High: 2 Georgia Kids Drafted In The Top 10

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The worst kept secret of the 2013 MLB Draft, other than there actually being a draft, was the story that two kids that grew up playing against each other got drafted in the Top 10.

Clint Frazier and Austin Meadows played at Loganville (GA) High and Grayson (GA) High, respectively.

The one game the two schools played against each other this season (since the schools aren't in the same classification) turned into a traffic nightmare and a standing room only crowd that included guys like Cubs GM Theo Epstein.

Here's the recap on the drafts and the parties from FOSG Cody Chaffins...
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Mark Appel, the hometown kid for the Houston Astros, went first overall from Stanford University.
Don't be surprised if he's up at the parent club very soon- since they need all the help they can get.