Lassiter baseball team to play for state title at Truist Park

The Georgia High School Association has scheduled some of its baseball championship series for Truist Park next week, and there’s going to be a Cobb County presence with Lassiter High School. Lassiter baseball team

The Trojans (32-6) will meet Houston County in a best-of-three doubleheader for the Class 6A title starting at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, followed by Game 2 of that series the same night.

Should the series go to a decisive third game, it would take place on Thursday at 12 p.m.

Lassiter defeated East Cobb rival Pope in the semifinals this week to reach the state title series for the first time in 11 years.

Lassiter won state titles in 1999 and 2006.

Tickets are $15 and will be available for purchase online at https://gofan.co/app/school/GHSA. Parking for the championship games at Truist Park (755 Battery Ave.) is free in the Red Deck for three hours

For more information on the games as well as the GHSA, please visit www.ghsa.net.

Other GHSA state title series are being played at Coolray Field in Gwinnett and in Savannah. Here’s the schedule for the games at Truist Park, as released by the Atlanta Braves:

Monday, May 24

7A – Parkview High School vs North Paulding High School: First Pitch 5 p.m. with Game 2 set to start 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.

Tuesday, May 25:

7A – Parkview High School vs North Paulding High School: First Pitch 12 p.m. (If needed)
5A – Loganville High School vs Starr’s Mill High School: First Pitch 5 p.m. with Game 2 set to start 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.

Wednesday, May 26:

5A – Loganville High School vs Starr’s Mill High School: First Pitch 12 p.m. (If needed)
6A – Lassiter High School vs Houston County High School: First Pitch 5 p.m. with Game 2 set to start 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.

Thursday, May 27: