Patriots Sweep Hornets On The Diamond 9-2, 8-4

The Paulding County Patriots righted the ship in the region with a much-needed sweep of the Hiram Hornets last week in region 7 5A action. The victories were almost must win in the region as the Patriots were off to a rough start at 0-4, but now they have 2 victories against 4 losses in the region with 1/3 of the season in the books. The Hornets are struggling to find their way as they dropped to 1-5 in the season. The Hornets can swing the bats for sure though as they outhit Paulding in game 2 of the series as they had 11 hits to Paulding's 9. The Patriots play a home and home this week against East Paulding and the Hornets face Kell in a home and home series.

Patriot Senior Jathan Thomason threw 5 scoreless innings against the Hornets in the 8-4 victory. Thomason scattered 3 hits and got the win.Hornet Trent Parker collected 3 hits at the dish and 2 RBI for Hiram. The bats were not an issue for the Hornets as they collected 11 hits on the night. NOWHERE TO RUN! Hiram's Trent Parker is out of room as Paulding's Jacob Harper waits to apply the tag.