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Effingham County grinds Coffee in sweep
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Effingham County's Jerid Stokes gestures while celebrating in front of teammate Zach Wilson (5) during the third inning of Thursday's first game. He and Wilson scored on a ball hit by Perry Fulcher. Jordan Rahn (1) is behind Stokes. - photo by Mark Lastinger/staff
SPRINGFIELD -- The steady hand of comeback experience helped the Effingham County Rebels overcome a shaky start Thursday in the opening round of the Class AAAAAA playoffs. The Rebels, who mounted several game-winning rallies during their 21-9 regular season dumped Coffee 5-4 in eight innings of the opener and then won 5-3 to sweep the best-of-three series. It took extra work to win the opener as JR Lonon, who drew a two-out walk, scored on an outfield error on a ball hit by Jordan Rahn.
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