No. 6 ranked Lady Braves primed for the 2019 season
No. 6 ranked Lady Braves primed for the 2019 season
August 5, 2019 by Leave a Comment
(Franklin, GA) — The Heard County Lady Braves begin the 2019 regular season this week and are currently ranked at No. 6 in the state in Class AA by Score Atlanta.
The defending Region 5-AA Champions have been preparing for this opening week all summer and closed out the preseason with a scrimmage versus Class 6A’s No. 8 ranked Alexander Cougars at UWG Friday.
The Cougars edged the Lady Braves 4-2 in a hard-fought contest that didn’t see the Cougars on the scoreboard until a three-run rally in the bottom half of the sixth inning.
Senior Katelyn Jiles led the way with four strong innings on the mound and catcher Mackenzie White provided the biggest spark offensively with a lead-off solo homer in the top half of the second.
Senior Tori Caldwell and junior Beth Taylor also had hits in the inning and a bases-loaded walk to Jiles brought home the games second run. Senior Caroline Jones battled hard in her two innings of work on the hill and sophomore Brianna Hill closed out the game with a solid inning of work in the seventh.

Sophomore pitcher Brianna Hill on the mound during Friday’s scrimmage at UWG