The Sprayberry Yellow Jackets will start another season of high school sports as East Cobb softball teams swing into action this week.
The Yellow Jackets are playing at home tonight at 7 against Sequoyah, following a JV game between the two schools at 5:30 p.m.
Sprayberry is coming off a 10-15 season in 2017 and will have a new coach. He is Clay Ardeeser, a former baseball assistant coach at North Springs High School, and his appointment was announced July 22.
After several away games over the next week, Sprayberry returns home Aug. 14 to play Osborne.
On Wednesday, the Pope Greyhounds also open their season at home at Harrison at 5:30 p.m.
Pope, a longtime state powerhouse, is coming off a 30-6 record, which was its best winning percentage for a season in school history, and earned a trip to the Class 6-A finals in Columbus. But the Greyhounds lost several standout players to graduation.
They do have four players who were named to the 7-AAAAAA All-Region team: third baseman Zoe Laneaux, pitchers Hallie Adams and Trinity Pizzutti and shortstop Gracie Kittrell.
Laneaux and Adams were both named 1st team All-State in 2017 by the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association and Adams was named Cobb County Pitcher of the Year.
This is the 12th season for Pope coach Chris Turco, who is 241-125-2.
The other East Cobb teams will either start their seasons or play their home openers next week.
Kell plays at home next Monday against Hiram.
Lassiter is home to Brookwood on Tuesday, Aug. 14, and Walton is home against Norcross the same day.
Wheeler’s home opener is next Wednesday, Aug. 15, against Riverwood.
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