COLUMBUS — All season, it has been Buford and East Coweta trading No. 1 and No. 2 Class 6A rankings and its fitting that the Wolves and Indians had to play three games in Columbus before the championship of the state’s highest class was awarded.
And after falling to the Wolves 1-0 in the first game of the championship series, forcing a do-or-die ‘if game’, East Coweta won its fourth state championship after defeating two-time defending champion Buford 4-3.
East Coweta bet Hillgrove 7-0, Buford 2-0 and Mill Creek 3-1 to earn the championship series berth. Buford beat North Gwinnett 11-0, North Cobb 7-0 and Mill Creek 14-1 in the loser’s bracket to earn the title berth.
The Indians won Class 7A championships in 2017, 2018 and 2020 while Buford was trying for its 13th championship after winning 10 consecutive titles from 2007 to 2016 and in each of the past two seasons in Class 7A.
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It took a two-game series for Creekview to upend Lassiter in the Class 5A bracket 8-5 and 8-0 to secure the Grizzlies’ second title and first since winning in 2017. Creekview beat South Effingham 10-1 in the first round and River Ridge 4-1 in the second round before losing to Lassiter 6-4. In the loser’s bracket, the Grizzlies beat River Ridge 3-1 to earn the championship series berth.