The Carrollton High School junior-varsity baseball team swept Central on Saturday, winning the first game, 3-0, and taking the second contest, 10-0, in five innings.
In the opener, Ty Fowlkes tossed a complete-game, three-hit shutout for the Trojans, allowing just one walk and fanning six.
Offensively, Parker Tuggle went 1-for-3 with a run scored and Austin Collins also went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
In the second game, AJ Barge and Kevin Frazier combined on a one-hitter for Carrollton.
Jason Fuqua led the way offensively, going 2-for-4 with two RBI.
In other baseball action:
Carrollton Junior High 13-1, Rockmart 3-2: The junior high squad now enters postseason play as the No. 1 seed after splitting a pair of games against Rockmart on Friday, marking the first loss on the season for the Trojans (9-1).
In the opener, Carrollton pounded out 12 hits, as Joshua Barge, Justin Schurfield, Riley Criswell and Zach Gordon all had two hits apiece.
Dylan Ross was the winning pitcher, allowing two earned runs in the complete-game victory.
In the tough, one-run loss in the second game, Christopher Hicks, Nick Wallace and Ross had the lone hits for the Trojans. Gordon tossed a four-hitter as the tough-luck loser.
The Trojans begin their season-ending tournament on Wednesday at Barry Carroll Field.
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