The Pope Greyhounds won’t have to venture too far from home in their bid to claim the Georgia High School Association Class 6A baseball championship this week.
The GHSA announced that the Class 6A and Class 7A series will be played at Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves.
In a best-of-three series starting Thursday, Pope (31-7) will face fellow Cobb high school Allatoona starting at 5 p.m.
It’s a doubleheader, in fact, to be followed by the second game, which starts 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.
If a decisive third game is needed, it would be played on Friday starting at 12 p.m.
Tickets are $15 and will be available for purchase online by clicking here. Parking is free in the Red Deck for four hours.
In Class 7A, it’s an all-Cherokee series featuring Etowah vs. Woodstock, with a doubleheader on Friday and a third game Saturday if needed.
Pope defeated Allatoona for the 2018 title and is aiming for its fifth state championship. The previous four were earned under now-retired coach Jeff Rowland.
His former assistant, Chris Turco, is in his first year as the head coach, and he led the Pope softball team to four state championships, the latest in 2018.
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