Indians to meet tough Blue Devils in second round

It is said that the second round of a tournament becomes more difficult than the first and the third is touggher than the second.
The East Coweta Indians will find out Wednesday as they do battle in the second round of the AAAAAA state baseball playoffs as they host the Marietta Blue Devils in Sharpsburg.
Meanwhile, the Newnan Cougars will look to extend the coaching tenure of Kenny Morris when they face either Tift County or McEachern on Thursday.
Tift County and McEachern are meeting on Tuesday due to the rain in the Atlanta area with the former travelling to Coweta County and the latter hosting a series on Thursday.
The Indians (26-2) are coming off a first round sweep of Rockdale County in which they outscored the Bulldogs 29-0 in eight innings and allowed all of two hits.
In the sweep over the Bulldogs, senior Zack McCurry continued his path to an undefeated season as he pitched the first four innings of game one and Austin Bellamy combined with Brandon Ruston to quickly retire Rockdale batters.
In game one, the Indians scored five runs and four in the second to set the tone for the contest.
Bryce Gemmel was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a stolen base while Cole Amtmann each had two hits with four runs scored and four RBIs.
The script was the same as the first game with the Indians scoring four runs in the top of the first inning then adding six in the top of the second inning as the Bulldogs committed a pair of errors.
The Indians added six more to end the game in three innings and end the doubleheader in less than three hours.
Gemmel, Jonathan Banks, Geremy Walton, Austin Jones and Tim Manning combined to go 10-for-12 at the plate with 10 runs scored and 10 RBIs.
Marietta, in their first playoff in eight years, comes in 21-7 after having the same level of success last Friday as they swept Camden County by scores of 2-0 and 10-0 with Eric Henderson pitching a no-hitter in the finale after Gabe Friese tossed a one-hitter in the opener.
Henderson helped his own cause at the plate in the game as he was 2-for-2 with a run scored and an RBI.
The senior had support at the plate by Trent and Travis Wildermuth who were a combined 4-for-6 with a double, four runs scored and two RBIs.
The series sweep gave the Blue Devils a four-game winning streak and a 7-3 record in their last 10 games.
In the current winning streak, the Blue Devils have outscored the opposition 34-0 and for the season they have outscored the opponents by a combined score of 206-61.