Last Friday Lambert, the No. 1 ranked team in the nation and defending state champs, fell to Kennesaw Mountain 3-0. Mustang pitcher and Clemson-signee Ryley Gillam hurled a one-hit complete game shutout as Kennesaw Mountain picked up another signature victory and remained undefeated. Gillam struck out 11 batters in the dominant
performance against Class AAAAAA's team to beat. The Mustangs are loaded with talent and are poised to make a deep run this season. Zach Goodman (Clemson), Tyler Stephenson (Georgia Tech), Cole Buffington (The Citadel) and Reggie Pruitt (Vanderbilt) all are division-one signees. Elsewhere in 6A, Archer has rolled along to start the season at 7-0 while allowing just seven runs.
The defending Class AAAAA champions Houston County have struggled out of the gate starting just 3-5. The Bears lost seven games all season a year ago and are in jeopardy of matching that mark not even halfway through the season. Their latest defeat came to rival Veterans, 7-4. Rome, who finished 20-8 last season, has started the season with a bang going 4-0 and outscoring its opponents 46-3. The Wolves scored 11 runs in the first inning on Friday as they downed Armuchee 15-0. Dylan Beasley, Connor Reed and Zach Cook all knocked in runs in the lopsided win.
Heritage-Coosa defeated defending AAAA state champion Carrollton 10-4 on Saturday. Dylan Bice limited the Trojans to three runs (two earned) in six innings of work while Logan Haga knocked home two runs with a double and Isaac Miller collected one RBI with his two hits. Hephzibah, just a seven win team a season ago, has already won five games and is undefeated. The Rebels have powered past opponents in dominating fashion, scoring 62 runs and allowing just two. Senior Darryl Hammond has yet to allow an earned run in his 12 innings of work and has struck out 29 batters while surrendering just two hits. He has also mashed at the plate hitting .562 with seven RBIs. Teammate Stephen Justice leads the team with nine RBIs and is also hitting .562.
In AAA, Pierce County suffered its first loss of the season last Tuesday at the hands of Berrien, 7-6 and now sit at 5-1 overall. The Buford Wolves finished a four game set at the LaGrange Toyota Invitational Tournament winning three of their four games. The Wolves placed third in the tournament and had Jake Higginbotham, Kevin Coulter, and Joey Bart selected to the All-Tournament team. St. Pius shutout Blessed Trinity 1-0.
Wesleyan advanced to 7-1 after beating Darlington 9-4. Jake McCleskey went 2-3 with 3 RBIs and Andrew Sauer also went 2-3 while driving in two runs.
Class A saw former big leaguer Mike Cameron get his jersey retired at LaGrange, but his son Dazmon soured the night for Granger fans going 2-4 with a 2-run homer. In the end, LaGrange pulled out a 4-3 victory after a Ben Anderson walk off single.
victories from Suzanne Zenoni, Johanna Keeline and Anna Leigh Nielsen in singles in addition to successful doubles performances by Jessica Cramer and Sophia Guldberg and by Kristen O'Brien and Sheena Mookerji. Walton's previous defeat of Cherokee came with a slightly different lineup, as that effort was joined by Bella Kuse in singles and by Emily Gaskins and Grace Gaskins in doubles. 
