Gwinnett Daily Post

SNELLVILLE - South Gwinnett won the Copper Division of the Diamond Classic on Saturday with wins over Monroe Area and Chamblee.

South Gwinnett fell to Southwest Dekalb 11-6 but beat Monroe Area 9-1. Chamblee beat Monroe Area 10-7 and Southwest Dekalb 8-5. Southwest Dekalb took a 14-1 win over Monroe Area and South Gwinnett shutout Chamblee 10-0.

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Peachtree Ridge wins five

SUWANEE - Peachtree Ridge beat Forsyth Central 2-0, Jefferson 5-2, Union Grove 3-0, Forsyth Central 8-0 and North Gwinnett 4-1 at the Diamond Classic.

In the first game, Krysten Connelly struck out nine batters and gave up three hits in seven innings.

Gabby Bedard was 1-for-4 with a stolen base and a run and Sade Johnson was 1-for-3 with a stolen base and a run. Callie Fernandez went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI for Peachtree Ridge.

Connelly threw a complete game in the second game and struck out five batters.

Johnson was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a home run and Fernandez was 3-for-3 with a triple, double and an RBI. Chandler Frisbee went 2-for-4 and Connelly was 2-for-3 for Peachtree Ridge.

In the third game Connelly struck out seven batters and pitched a complete game for Peachtree Ridge.

Fernandez was 1-for-3 with a triple and Emily Osterhaus was 2-for-3.

Connelly pitched a complete game shut out in the fourth game and gave up four hits and struck out four batters.

Fernandez was 2-for-2 with three RBIs and a double, while Frisbee went 1-for-2 with an RBI and a double. Megan McWilliams was 1-for-3.

Osterhaus struck out four batters and gave up an earned run while pitching the final game on Saturday.

Ali Smith was 1-for-3 with an RBI and Bedard was 2-for-2 with two stolen bases. Johnson was 1-for-2, Frisbee was 1-for-3 with an RBI and Fernandez went 1-for-3 for Peachtree Ridge (5-0).

North wins two, falls to Peachtree Ridge

SUWANEE - North Gwinnett took a 5-3 win over Forsyth Central and shutout Union Grove 8-0, but fell to Peachtree Ridge 4-1 at the Diamond Classic on Saturday.

In the first game, Jennifer Gray pitched five scoreless innings and gave up three hits and struck out five batters.

Kristen O'Niell had a double and scored a run on a sac fly and Kaitlyn Smith went 2-for-4 with two singles. Sammie Rao scored two RBIs on a double and Kacey Martin and Chloe Babcock each scored a single for North.

Alex McDavid threw a complete game and gave up three hits and five strikeouts.

At the plate McDavid was 2-for-3 with two singles and Lexi Anderson was 3-for-4 with a single and a double.

Smith scored a double and Martin, Kristen Hall and Brianna Shallis each scored a single for North.

In the final game, Kali Shimmin pitched five scoreless innings for North.

Brittany Broome hit a double and Martin was 3-for-4 with two singles and a double. Rao and Smith each had a single and Anderson hit a single with an RBI for North (3-1-1).

Shiloh wins 1, loses 2

SNELLVILLE - Shiloh shut out Woodward Academy 11-0, but fell to North Gate 6-2 and Jefferson 10-1 on Saturday.

Amber Johnson got the win against Woodward. Monet Daly was 2-for-3 with a triple, single and two RBIs and Lauren Lynn was 2-for-3 with a double, single and three RBIs. Hannah Piatt was 2-for-2 with a hit, double and three RBIs for Shiloh (2-3) against Woodward.

Providence goes 5-1

GAINESVILLE - Providence beat Flowery Branch 7-1, lost to Hebron 1-0, shut out White County 1-0 and beat Flowery Branch 10-1 at the Lake Lanier Invitational.

Briana Cannady (2-0) got both wins against Flowery Branch.

Kylie Kleinschmidt threw a no hitter against Hebron and struck out 11, but the Lions took a 1-0 win over Providence after scoring on a fielders choice in the eight inning.

Kleinschmidt (3-0) struck out 14 against White County.

Over the weekend Kendal White had five hits, seven RBIs, a double and a grand slam against Flowery Branch in the last game. Rachel Reiswig had 10 hits and seven RBIs and Kleinschmidt finished with six hits, a home run and a triple. Morgan Johnston had five hits for Providence.

- Compiled by Kate Awtrey

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