Clay Brown is the Sports Editor for the Houston Home Journal. His career started as a freelance journalist for the Cairo Messenger in his hometown of Cairo, Georgia before moving to Valdosta and freelancing for the Valdosta Daily Times. He moved to Warner Robins with his wife, Miranda, and two cats Olive and Willow in 2023 to become Sports Editor for the HHJ. When not out covering games and events Clay enjoys reading books and comics, watching movies and cooking.
Houston County (2-2) is coming off of their second bye week looking to snap a two-game skid, and Tift County (3-2, 0-1 Region 2-6A) is in their sights for the region opener.
Tuesday’s region rivalry game between Veterans (15-8, 10-3 Region 2-6A) and Houston County (15-9, 11-5 Region) was going to be won by whoever could eke out a couple of late runs.
After Friday night, Veterans (4-1, 1-0 Region 2-6A) is on their longest winning streak since 2020, and are one win away from tying their best record since 2022.
Veterans (14-8, 9-3 Region 2-6A) softball freshman Kendra Levi contributed her fair share and then some during a doubleheader sweep of Tift County (3-16, 1-13 Region) on Thursday.