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South Effingham Wins Region 1-5A South Subregion Softball Title
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South Effingham’s Justin Nevels tags out a Glynn Academy baserunner during the Mustangs’ 7-6 win to capture the Region 1-5A South subregion softball title. (Courtesy of Brunswick News)

 BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Junior Danni Lynn provided South Effingham’s softball team with a golden moment in the Golden Isles on Thursday night. Lynn’s second home run of the game – a three-run shot in the seventh inning – rallied the Mustangs past host Glynn Academy 7-6 to win the Region 1-5A South subregion title in a showdown of top-10 ranked teams.

“(Lynn) is a great hitter and she obviously came up huge for us,” SEHS coach Adam Newland said. “That’s the characteristic of this group. They keep fighting.”

Lead changes, late drama
The game featured four lead changes and took a Mustang turn for the worse in the sixth inning when Glynn struck for three runs to regain the lead, 6-4. A half-inning earlier, South built a 4-3 lead on freshman Cadi Hendry’s pinch-hit, two-run double – Hendry’s first varsity at-bat.

The Mustangs (14-2, 11-1), ranked fourth in Class 5A, needed more heroics in the seventh after falling behind. Sophomore Sydney Ragsdale led off the inning with a single, and Sydney Minshall walked, setting the stage for Lynn’s go-ahead homer.

Cheniyah Jackson pitched six innings, allowing just two earned runs, and earned the win. Jackson also contributed three hits at the plate.

Back-and-forth battle
Lynn opened the scoring with a first-inning home run to give South a 2-0 lead. Glynn fought back with two runs in the second to tie the game and added a run in the fourth to take a 3-2 lead before the game see-sawed during the final two innings.

This week has been a wild run for the Mustangs, who experienced dramatic extra-inning wins last season against Greenbrier and Effingham County in the region Final Four to secure their third straight region title. SEHS breezed through its subregion last season but faced a big challenge from Glynn Academy, ranked No. 8 in ScoreAtlanta’s Class 5A top-10 ranking.

The Red Terrors (19-5, 10-2) won the first game of the three-game series with the Mustangs 5-0 last Monday. SEHS evened the series with a sixth-inning rally to break a deadlock and capture a 5-1 victory in Guyton on Tuesday.

South Effingham has a non-region game Saturday at Wayne County before beginning region tournament play with a best-of-three series against visiting Evans on Tuesday. If the Mustangs win that series, they will host the single-elimination region tournament Final Four on Oct. 4.