1A Finals Begin Today at 4:00 at Patterson Field
May 16, 2018
AHSAA 1A State Finals: Spring Garden (26-9) vs. Sweet Water (27-9)
Game 1: Wednesday, May 16 4:00 PM Patterson Field
Game 2: Thursday, May 17 10:00 AM Riverwalk Stadium (Game 3 would follow if needed)
Head Coaches:
Spring Garden- Barrett Ragsdale
Sweet Water- John Gluschick
How they got here:
Spring Garden: Beat Coosa Christian 12-6, 15-5
Beat Marion County 7-5, 9-8
Beat Athens Bible 3-5, 7-5, 12-2
Beat South Lamar 6-1, 1-5, 13-3
Sweet Water: Beat Highland Home 10-0, 5-3
Beat Kinston 21-0, 8-3
Beat Ragland 4-2, 7-5
Beat Millry 4-1, 8-5
Previous State Championships:
Spring Garden- none
Sweet Water- 9, the first was in 1979 and the last was in 2017
Other Notes: Sweet Water won three consecutive state championships from 1988-1990. Key players for Spring Garden are Sr. LF Riley Austin, Jr. CF Luke Ivey, Soph. SS/RHP Colby Slayton and Sr. 3B/RHP Austin Slayton. Sweet Water is led by Sr. SS/RHP Jonah Smith (a UAB signee), Soph. CF/RHP Sasha Smith, Soph. 1B JT Etheridge and Jr. 3B Chance Broussard.