REGION CHAMPS

Gatewood baseball wins 4th straight region championship
  • Gatewood’s Ben Brannen gets set to deliver a pitch during a recent game. TREY NORRIS/Staff
    Gatewood’s Ben Brannen gets set to deliver a pitch during a recent game. TREY NORRIS/Staff
  • Gatewood slugger Connor Mitchem rounds the bases during a recent game. TREY NORRIS/Staff
    Gatewood slugger Connor Mitchem rounds the bases during a recent game. TREY NORRIS/Staff

    Gatewood’s baseball team swept its way through region play this season on the way to a fourth consecutive region title.

    The Gators (14-6, 4-0) defeated the Windsor Academy Knights 12-8 in Macon last Tuesday and 15-3 last Friday in Eatonton. Gatewood did suffer one mid-week loss, however, falling 12-10 on Thursday at Athens Christian Academy.

    The next day, the Gators celebrated senior night with thei…