Lady Jackets heading to Columbus

Jeff Davis High’s softball team stunned Cook County Monday on the Lady Hornets’ home field, sweeping the 2nd round best-of-3 playoff series 6-5 and 10-7.
The wins came in exciting fashion as Ava Bohannon hit a 2-run homer in the top of the 7th for the 6-5 come-from-behind win in the opener, and Savanna Robinette blasted a 3-run, walk-off homer in the bottom of the 7th to end the 2-game sweep.
The Lady Jackets entered the state playoffs with a 15-15 record and the No. 14 seed. Cook entered the playoffs with a 25-2 record and the No. 3 seed.
After two playoff rounds, the Lady Jackets are 19-15 and headed to the Elite 8 Finals in Columbus Oct. 28-31. The Lady Hornets’ season came to an end as they finished the year with a 27-4 record.
Jeff Davis will play fellow Region 1AA member Berrien County next Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. The Lady Jackets and the Rebellettes split their two regular season games with Berrien winning 3-2 Aug. 25 in Nashville and Jeff Davis winning 5-0 Sept. 17 in Hazlehurst.
Teams that have qualified for the Columbus finals are Jeff Davis (19-15), Berrien (22-9), Banks County (26-2), Mt. Zion, Carrollton (20-7), Gordon Lee (28-4) and Vidalia (24-10). Metter and Dade County split their 1st 2 2nd round games and played yesterday (Tuesday) to determine which of the two will go to Columbus. Bacon County and Bleckley County began their best-of-3 series yesterday (Tuesday) to determine the other Elite 8 qualifier.
For the story on Jeff Davis’ playoff games, see inside this edition.