Lady Jackets finish 3rd in state tournament

By Editor | November 9, 2026 |

Jeff Davis High’s softball team took a 3rd place finish in the Georgia High School Association Class AA State Tournament, finishing the season with a 21-17 record.
The Lady Jackets of Coach Brooke Taylor were the surprise of the tournament as they were the lowest seeded team to earn a trip to the State Finals Tournament in Columbus. Seeded 14th, the Lady Jackets won their trip to Columbus by upsetting No. 3 seeded Cook High School in the 2nd round. In Columbus, they defeated No. 5 seeded Berrien and No. 2 seeded Bacon County to get a berth in the winners bracket finals against No. 4 seeded Gordon Lee. The Lady Jackets fell to eventual champion Gordon Lee to drop into the losers bracket where they fell to No. 7 seeded Vidalia. Gordon Lee topped Berrien to win the title.
Savanna Robinette led JD to a 7-1 win over Berrien in the 1st round in Columbus. She had 2 singles, a double and 4 RBI to pace the win.
Robinette had an RBI single in the 3rd to spot Jeff Davis to a 1-0 lead. In the 5th, she belted a 2-run double and she got a run-scoring single in the 6th.
Abby Williams and Mattie Walsh both had a pair of singles and Gabby Taylor added a single.
Briley Reagin was the winning pitcher. She went 7 innings, giving up one run on 3 hits, walking one and striking out 6.
Madison Joyce and Taylor were the clutch hitters in the 11-2 win over Bacon County. Joyce was 3-for-5 with a single, 2 doubles and 3 RBI while Taylor had a pair of singles and 4 RBI.
Joyce got things started in the 1st inning with a bases-loaded double to spot Jeff Davis to a 2-0 lead. An out later, Taylor got a 2-run single as JD led 4-0.
Ava Bohannon singled in a run in the 3rd to make it 5-1.
In the 4th, Taylor and Walsh both had 2-run singles and Jeff Davis led 9-2. Joyce doubled in an insurance run in the 7th and later scored on a wild pitch to up the score to 11-2.
Bohannon had a single, a double and an RBI, Walsh had 2 singles and 2 RBI, and Reagin and Mikelynn Jones both singled.
Reagin again picked up a complete game victory. She gave up a pair of unearned runs on 4 hits, walked 3 and struck out one.
Gordon Lee defeated the Lady Jackets 10-0 in 5 innings as Bohannon’s 3rd inning single was Jeff Davis’ only hit. Jeff Davis had only 3 baserunners.
Reagin pitched 1 1/3 innings as she gave up 6 runs in the 2nd and yielded the mound to Anna Grace Alligood. Reagin gave up 6 earned runs on 7 hits, walked 2 and struck out none. Alligood went 2 2/3 innings, giving up one earned run 3 hits, walked none and struck out none.
Against Vidalia, Bohannon closed out her senior season with a pair of solo home runs but Vidalia out-hit Jeff Davis 12-5 to claim the win. Robinette also had a solo homer and added a single. Joyce got the only other hit, a single.
Reagin started on the mound and went 5 innings, giving up 3 earned runs on 8 hits, walking one and fanning 3. Alligood pitched 2 innings, giving up a run on 4 hits, walking one and striking out one.
Score by innings:
JDHS 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 -7
BHS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1