The 2010 Milton Eagles baseball team has surprised everyone this year. After a dismal 2009 season when they went, 7-18 and lost nine of their last 10, not much was expected out of them. This week they are ranked No. 2 in the Class 5A coaches poll (gasports.com). They had been ranked No. 8 for the majority of the season.
In four games last week, the Eagles outscored their opponents, 42-12. They beat three region opponents, Walton, Alpharetta and Campbell to solidify their lead in Region 6, Class 5A. In the only other scheduled game last week, they defeated Fayette County, 17-5. Read more >

Milton had a tough task at hand when they faced Roswell ace Andrew Smith last week. When the Eagles entered the fifth inning, they trailed 4-0 and it didn’t look like they were going to score, having stranded four runners in the previous four innings. However, in that inning, the team was able to put together base runners with a walk, a HBP, and a fielder’s choice and scored their first run. After the Eagles score their second run the bases were loaded and Scott Slappey hit a single to make it 4-4. When all was said and done, 11 players had come to bat and seven runs were scored in the inning to give Milton a 7-4 lead. Read more >

Roswell started this season as the team to beat and so far they have shown that they can live up to expectations. The Hornets have won their first nine games and owe much of that success to their all-state senior pitcher Andrew Smith. Coming into the year, many scouts predicted that he will be drafted in the June MLB draft. Read more >

In this issue: Roswell’s Andrew Smith is our boys’ Player of the Week this week. Check out how he and the Hornet baseball squad are coming along this spring. Also, several Fulton schools made the final winter Director’s Cup standings. Find out which boys and girls teams made the cut!