CLEVELAND — Austin Sargent and Braxton Nicholson helped the Chestatee baseball team finally make history on Friday.
The pair of senior hurlers pitched complete games as the War Eagles swept a doubleheader from White County 9-1 and 4-1 on the road.
It was the Region 7-AAAA season finale for the War Eagles and the wins pushed Chestatee (11-16, 4-8 in Region 7-AAAA) into third place in the standings. The wins also gauranteed the War Eagles their first-ever state playoff berth in program history.
Chestatee will close out its season next week with a trio of non-region games, starting with a road game at East Jackson on Tuesday. The War Eagles will play host to Lakeview Academy on Wednesday and then entertain Heritage, Conyers on Friday in their season finale.
No other game details were made available.
