Softball team headed to Columbus

Jeff Davis High School’s softball team has earned a berth in the 2026 Georgia High School Association Elite 8 Playoff Finals Tournament Oct. 28-31 in Columbus.
Coach Brooke Taylor’s charges swept Oglethorpe County, 10-1, 12-4 last Tuesday in the opening round and then upset No. 4 seed Cook High, 6-5, 10-7 Monday in Adel.
Following are capsule reports on all four games:
Jeff Davis 10, Oglethorpe 1
OCHS 1 0 0 0 0 – 1
JDHS 8 0 2 0 x -10
The Lady Jackets spotted Oglethorpe to a 1-0 lead then rolled to the easy 5-inning win.
Ava Bohannon had 2 home runs and 6 RBI to lead JD’s 9-hit attack. Abby Williams had a single and a triple, Madison Joyce had a double and 2 RBI, Briley Reagin singled twice, Gabby Taylor had a single and an RBI, Mattie Walsh singled and Anna Grace Alligood drove in a run.
Reagin went the distance on the mound, giving up one run on 3 hits, walking one and striking out 2.
JDHS 0 1 1 2 1 3 4 -12
OCHS 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 – 4
The Lady Jackets scored in all but one inning to easily blow by Oglethorpe in the nightcap 12-4.
Taylor had the hot bat in the 2nd game, going 3-for-4 with a trio of singles and 4 RBI. Savanna Robinette had a single, a double and 2 RBI, Williams had a single, a triple and 2 RBI, Reagin had a single and 2 RBI, Mikelynn Jones had a single and an RBI, and Walsh, Alligood and Joyce each singled.
Reagin took the victory. She pitched 4 innings, giving up 3 earned runs on 4 hits, walking 3 and fanning 2. Taylor threw an inning, blanking Oglethorpe on 2 hits. Alligood pitched the final 2 innings without giving up a run, yielding 2 hits and striking out 5.
JDHS 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 -6
CHS 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 -5
The 1st game Monday in Adel was a back-and-forth contest as Cook jumped out to a 2-0 lead, Jeff Davis scored 3 in the 5th to go up 3-2, Cook got 3 in the bottom of the 5th to regain the lead 5-3 and led 5-4 entering the top of the 7th.
Things looked bad for JD in the 7th as the first two batters made outs. Then Walsh hit a line drive to left to get on base and Bohannon smacked a 3-2 pitch over the left field fence to put Jeff Davis ahead 6-5.
In the bottom of the inning, Cook got a 4-pitch walk and a sacrifice bunt to put the tying run on 2nd. The next batter singled to short putting runners on the corners with only one out. But Alligood, the Lady Jackets’ starting pitcher, got the next batter to pop out to short and then needed only 3 pitches to strike out the final batter swinging.
Bohannon led Jeff Davis at the plate, going 3-for-4 with 2 doubles, a home run and 4 RBI. Reagin also had a homer and added a double, driving in one run. Alligood doubled and Walsh singled to round out the hitting.
Alligood pitch 7 innings, giving up 4 earned runs on 6 hits, walking 5, hitting one and striking out 11.
Cook 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 – 7
JDHS 1 0 2 0 0 4 3 -10
The final game in Adel was a thriller. The two teams were tied 3-all after 3 and the Lady Hornets took a 6-3 lead with a 3-run 5.
The Lady Jacket comeback began in the bottom of the 6th with Cook leading 6-3. Walsh got a 1-out single and Bohannon — who had homered in her last at bat of the 1st game and homered again to lead off the 2nd game — was put on 1st with her 3rd intentional walk of the game.
Williams followed with a single to score Walsh and put Bohannon at 2nd. Robinette then hit a line drive to right, scoring Bohannon, and Williams scored from 1st on the right fielder’s error.
That made it 6-6 but the Lady Jackets weren’t finished. Reagin reached 1st on an error and Robinette went to 3rd. After a pop out, Alligood singled on a pop fly to score Robinette and put JD in the lead 7-6.
In the top of the 7th, Cook’s Abby Griffis led off with her 2nd home run of the game to tie the game again.
In the bottom of the 7th, with 2 outs, Bohannon was issued her 4th intentional walk of the game. Williams singled to center to put runners at 1st and 2nd with 2 outs.
Robinette stepped to the plate, took a strike, swung and missed the next pitch and fouled off the 3rd pitch. On the next pitch she hit a line drive home run over the left field fence and the Lady Jackets had a trip to Columbus.
Robinette finished the night with a single, a double, a homer and 4 RBI. Williams had a trio of singles and an RBI, Reagin singled twice, Alligood had a single and 2 RBI, Joyce singled and drove in a run, Walsh singled, and Bohannon had a solo home run and 4 intentional walks.
Reagin started on the mound and went 4 innings, giving up one earned run on 4 hits, 2 walks and 2 strikeouts. Alligood picked up the win in relief. She threw 3 innings, giving up 2 earned runs on 4 hits, walking none and fanning 3.