Highlanders fall to Georgia Highlands

The McLennan Highlanders fell to the Georgia Highlands Chargers 5-1 in the opening game of the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado.
 
Georgia Highlands' Ryan Wideman began the scoring with a lead-off home run in the bottom of the fourth.
 
McLennan responded with a lead-off homer by Sam Flores in the top of the fifth to tie the game.
 
The Chargers took the lead with a run in the bottom of the fifth as Ali Banks walked and scored on a double by Luke Orfi.
 
Another Georgia Highlands run scored in the sixth. Wideman reached on an error and stole second. Will Cawthon walked, and Wideman was out at third on a fielder's choice by Barrett Eldridge. Ryan Martin then singled to score Cawthon.
 
The Chargers added two runs in the eighth. Wideman le off with a single and stole second. Cawthon singled and Eldridge walked to load the bases. Grayson Godbee also walked, scoring Wideman. Banks then singled to score Cawthon.
 
Georgia Highlands 5, McLennan 1
McLennan 000 010 000 – 1 3 2
Georgia Highlands 000 111 02x – 5 7 0
Clayton Freshcorn, Jonah Conradt (6), Nick Greaney (7) and Deiten Lachance. Trip Dovale, Andrew Arnold (9) and Will Cawthon. WP: Dovale; LP: Freshcorn. Leading hitters – McLennan: Sam Flores (1-3, HR, RBI) and Landon Underhill (1-3, 2B); Georgia Highlands: Luke Orfi (2-4, 2B, RBI), Ryan Wideman (2-4, HR, RBI), Grayson Godbee (1-3, RBI) and Ali Banks (1-2, RBI. Record: McLennan 43-18 (23-9).