Week 8 Baseball Standings and Outlook
Several teams are swinging for the fences to finish the season in first place with only two weeks left. Who are they? Effingham County (21-3) leads the way this week. The Rebels are ranked No. 7 in GHSA Class 5A and are on a six-game winning streak. Effingham will clinch the region title with one more win over region opponent Brunswick.
Calvary Day School (16-7) is also ranked No. 7 in the GHSA Class 3A Coaches Box Week 7 poll. The Cavaliers hold a strong lead in their region and face Islands High School in a three-game series this week.
OUTLOOK
Richmond Hill (16-9/8-4) will battle Colquitt County (11-12/8-4) this week with second place in the region on the line.
Benedictine (12-12/5-4) plays Ware County (20-2/9-0), the No. 1 team in their region, in a key matchup for the Cadets' playoff seeding.
Savannah Christian is in third place because the Raiders dropped two of three games to region-leading Toombs County. They'll face Swainsboro next week in a battle for second place in the region.
Other local teams that received votes in the Coaches Box poll include Richmond Hill and South Effingham.
Week 8 Standings
Georgia High School, Georgia Independent, Georgia Association of Private and Parochial Schools Standings
| GHSA 6A Region 1 Standings | ||||
| Region | Overall | |||
| TEAM | W-L | PCT | W-L | PCT |
| Lowndes | 10-2 | 0.833 | 15-9 | 0.625 |
| Colquitt County | 8-4 | 0.667 | 11-12 | 0.478 |
| Richmond Hill | 8-4 | 0.667 | 16-9 | 0.64 |
| Tift County | 7-5 | 0.583 | 17-8 | 0.68 |
| Valdosta | 3-9 | 0.250 | 10-14 | 0.417 |
| Camden County | 0-12 | 0.000 | 4-20 | 0.167 |
| GHSA 5A Region 1 Standings | ||||
| Region | Overall | |||
| TEAM | W-L | PCT | W-L | PCT |
| Effingham County | 10-1 | 0.909 | 23-3 | 0.885 |
| Glynn Academy | 9-3 | 0.750 | 17-8 | 0.68 |
| Brunswick | 9-3 | 0.750 | 16-8 | 0.667 |
| Greenbrier | 7-4 | 0.636 | 11-10 | 0.524 |
| South Effingham | 7-6 | 0.538 | 13-10 | 0.565 |
| Evans | 4-5 | 0.444 | 8-13 | 0.381 |
| Statesboro | 4-10 | 0.286 | 9-15 | 0.375 |
| Lakeside | 1-8 | 0.111 | 5-15 | 0.25 |
| Bradwell Institute | 0-11 | 0.000 | 4-15 | 0.211 |
| GHSA 4A Region 3 Standings | ||||
| Region | Overall | |||
| TEAM | W-L | PCT | W-L | PCT |
| Ware County | 9-0 | 1.000 | 20-2 | 0.909 |
| Wayne County | 8-1 | 0.889 | 20-4 | 0.833 |
| Benedictine | 5-4 | 0.556 | 12-12 | 0.5 |
| Warner Robins | 4-5 | 0.444 | 9-7 | 0.562 |
| Perry | 1-8 | 0.111 | 4-12 | 0.25 |
| New Hampstead | 0-9 | 0.000 | 5-10 | 0.333 |
| GHSA 3A Region 3 Standings | ||||
| Sub-Region A | Region | Overall | ||
| TEAM | W-L | PCT | W-L | PCT |
| Calvary Day | 8-1 | 0.889 | 16-7 | 0.696 |
| Long County | 7-5 | 0.583 | 13-9 | 0.591 |
| Southeast Bulloch | 4-5 | 0.444 | 10-11 | 0.476 |
| Islands | 4-5 | 0.444 | 9-13 | 0.409 |
| Liberty County | 1-8 | 0.111 | 10-11 | 0.476 |
| Region | Overall | |||
| Sub-Region B | W-L | PCT | W-L | PCT |
| Jenkins | 6-0 | 1.000 | 13-5 | 0.722 |
| Groves | 2-2 | 0.500 | 6-5 | 0.545 |
| Beach | 0-2 | 0.000 | 0-3 | 0.000 |
| Johnson | 0-4 | 0.000 | 0-5 | 0.000 |
| GHSA A DI Region 3 Standings | ||||
| Region | Overall | |||
| TEAM | W-L | PCT | W-L | PCT |
| Toombs County | 5-1 | 0.833 | 13-8 | 0.619 |
| Swainsboro | 5-1 | 0.833 | 18-3 | 0.857 |
| Savannah Christian | 6-3 | 0.667 | 13-10 | 0.565 |
| Vidalia | 2-4 | 0.333 | 9-11 | 0.45 |
| Savannah Country Day | 0-9 | 0.000 | 4-17 | 0.19 |
| GHSA A DII Region 3 Standings | ||||
| Region | Overall | |||
| TEAM | W-L | PCT | W-L | PCT |
| Emanuel County Institute | 13-1 | 0.929 | 17-5 | 0.773 |
| Screven County | 11-3 | 0.786 | 15-7 | 0.682 |
| Metter | 11-3 | 0.786 | 11-11 | 0.5 |
| Bryan County | 9-5 | 0.643 | 12-11 | 0.522 |
| Portal | 6-8 | 0.429 | 9-9 | 0.5 |
| McIntosh County Academy | 5-7 | 0.417 | 6-15 | 0.286 |
| Jenkins County | 3-9 | 0.250 | 5-14 | 0.263 |
| Claxton | 2-12 | 0.143 | 2-15 | 0.118 |
| Savannah | 0-12 | 0.000 | 0-12 | 0.000 |
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GIAA AAAA/AAA District 2 Standings |
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| Region | Overall | |||
| TEAM | W-L | PCT | W-L | PCT |
| Pinewood Christian | 8-1 | 0.889 | 11-2 | 0.846 |
| Frederica Academy | 3-3 | 0.500 | 11-5 | 0.688 |
| Westminster Schools of Augusta | 2-2 | 0.500 | 6-6 | 0.5 |
| Bulloch Academy | 2-3 | 0.400 | 12-6 | 0.667 |
| St. Andrew's | 0-6 | 0.000 | 1-11 | 0.083 |
| GAPPS 1-A Region 6 Standings | ||||
| Region | Overall | |||
| TEAM | W-L | PCT | W-L | PCT |
| Central Georgia Arts | 3-0 | 1.000 | 11-10 | 0.524 |
| Community Christian Academy | 1-2 | 0.333 | 1-5 | 0.167 |
| The Habersham School | 1-3 | 0.250 | 2-10 | 0.167 |
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