Final Softball Rankings

Buford (6A), Creekview (5A), Eastside (4A), Heritage-Catoosa (3A), Sonoraville (2A), Bremen (A-Division I), Lanier County (A-Division II) and Wesleyan (Private) came away with titles as the GHSA State Fast Pitch Softball State Championship closed Saturday in Columbus.

Creekview, Heritage-Catoosa and Wesleyan defended last year’s titles. Sonoraville and Bremen won the program’s first championships.

In Class 6A, Buford is a 13-time champion after beating North Cobb 8-0, Brookwood 7-0, East Coweta 10-0 and East Coweta again in the championships series 16-1 to win the title. Creekview won its third title and beat Effingham County 7-0, Veterans 12-0, South Effingham 6-2 and South Effingham 11-3 again in the Class 5A championship series to do it.

Eastside – which hadn’t won a title since back-to-back in 1998-99 -- had to go the long route to win the Class 4A title. After losing to Kell 3-2 in the final of the winner’s bracket, Eastside beat defending champion Harris County 6-5 in the loser’s bracket before winning 5-3 and 9-6 against Kell to secure the title.

Heritage-Catoosa secured the program’s sixth title since 2018 after beating Cherokee Bluff 2-1 in the championship series. Sonoraville outlasted defending champion Morgan County 6-2 to secure the team’s first-ever title. Bremen secured the program’s first-ever title by beating defending champion Gordon Lee 7-1 Thru the bracket, the Blue Devils beat Banks County 4-0, Gordon Lee 8-0 and Armuchee 2-1.

Lanier County won the program’s second title (2023) after moving past defending-champion Emanuel County Institute 10-7 in the Class A-Division II title series. Wesleyan won the program’s seventh title after going undefeated in the bracket. The Wolves beat Whitefield Academy 7-0, Prince Avenue Christian 4-2 and Hebron 2-0 before defeated Hebron 9-1 to win the title.

See the final softball rankings below

Class 6A

1. Buford

2. East Coweta

3. Brookwood

4. North Cobb

5. Richmond Hill

6. North Paulding

7. Archer

8. Walton

9. Carrollton

10. Tift County

Class 5A

1. Creekview

2. South Effingham

3. Veterans

4. Jackson County

5. Loganville

6. Lassiter

7. Houston County

8. Effingham County

9. Northgate

10. Seckinger

Class 4A

1. Eastside

2. Kell

3. Harris County

4. Central-Carroll

5. Wayne County

6. Cartersville

7. Pace Academy

8. Union Grove

9. Marist

10. Walnut Grove

Class 3A

1. Heritage-Catoosa

2. Cherokee Bluff

3. West Laurens

4. LaFayette

5. Monroe Area

6. Pickens

7. North Hall

8. Southeast Bulloch

9. Harlem

10. Jefferson

Class 2A

1. Sonoraville

2. Morgan County

3. Appling County

4. Pierce County

5. Pike County

6. Cook

7. Callaway

8. Crisp County

9. Rockmart

10. Shaw

Class A-Division I

1. Bremen

2. Gordon Lee

3. Armuchee

4. Dade County

5. Banks County

6. Thomasville

7. Bacon County

8. Toombs County

9. Lamar County

10. Vidalia

Class A-Division II

1. Lanier County

2. Emanuel County Institute

3. Taylor County

4. Irwin County

5. Trion

6. Wilcox County

7. Wheeler County

8. Baconton Charter

9. Screven County

10. Telfair County

Private

1. Wesleyan

2. Hebron Christian

3. Prince Avenue Christian

4. North Cobb Christian

5. Mount Vernon

6. Providence Christian

7. Whitefield Academy

8. Holy Innocents’

9. Mount Paran

10. Christian Heritage

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