Greenwaves Preparing to Play Fierce Spring Break Schedule

By Brian Hamilton, Sports Correspondent

The Gordo baseball team currently sits at 13-0 after a solid week of wins, beating Northside 18-5, Winfield 5-0, and Fayette County 15-2 last week. The Greenwave also held a doubleheader Saturday against South Lamar and Starkville, MS (results to come in next week’s edition of the Pickens County Herald).

“We have a huge week next week,” Gordo head coach Jonathan Pate said. “If we get everything in next week and can avoid the weather, we will play nine varsity ball games and there’s a potential we could play 10. It just all depends on the weather.”

Following Saturday’s home doubleheader, the Greenwave will travel to New Hope, MS on Tuesday, followed by a home triple header on Thursday and a home doubleheader on Friday. Gordo will then host Caledonia, MS at home on Saturday to wrap up a busy week on the diamond.

Pate said while his team is undefeated, he looks for his team to get some valuable experience against several quality opponents this week.

“Starkville and New Hope will have really good baseball teams,” Pate said. “We’re hoping that next week we can throw all of our pitchers and be able to really tell what we’ve got. We want to see our pitchers have to pitch and our defense have to make plays and be in some ballgames where we’re forced to have to score some runs. It’ll help us see where we’re at right now.”