🔥Extraordinary 15 season run🔥
•5 State Titles
•9 title game appearances
•11 Final 4s
•13 Elite 8s
•Hosted 42 playoff series
•Won 38/42 home playoff series
•105 playoff wins
•8 region championships
•1 or 2 seed 13 times
#UncommonlyCONSISTENT
#HembreeRoadUnrivaled
#GDN
An incredible season comes to an end. Incredibly proud of what this team has accomplished. Thank you seniors for all that you have done for Pope Baseball and the legacy that you have left.
#GDN
Congrats to
@CarsonKerce
for being named Region 7-AAAAAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR!
In region play this year Kerce put up these amazing numbers:
.491 avg
.554 OBP
3 2B
6 3B
3 HR
24 RBI
6 SB
3 SV
All this as well as stalwart defense from the SS position!
#HembreeRoadGrown
#GDN
Down to the last strike of the season and Will Lantis singles to score the tying and winning runs!! The second round of the playoffs will be next Thursday at “The Jeff”. Times TBD.
#GDN
Congrats Coach Rowland (
@rowdawg18
) on your Pope High Hall of Fame induction!
Well deserved honor for a great man and great coach!
Totally transformed our program into one of the best in the state!
#GDN
THURSDAY Pope will try to win their 5th state championship!
This will be Pope's 5th trip to the finals in the last 6 seasons.
Come support the Hounds at Truist Park!
#GDN
Just wrapped up an AMAZING season! Our LEGENDARY senior class will be missed....but they will always be REMEMBERED!!!
Accomplishments:
- 31 Wins
- back to back 30 win seasons
- Back to back State Finals
- 6th state finals in last 7 seasons
- seniors secured 93 career wins
#GDN
Pope Baseball's 1st player off the board for class of 2023 is
@CarsonKerce
🌟 STAR player
🌟STAR PERSON
🌟STAR leader!
And he's just scratching the surface of his potential!
@GTBaseball
is getting a GREAT one!
#GDN
#GoJackets
🚨RECORDS ALERT🚨
With his 1st inning TRIPLE tonight
@CarsonKerce
breaks the school record for triples becoming the only Greyhound ever to notch 10 triples in a career!
#HembreeRoadGrown
#GDN
For the 9th consecutive season, Pope Baseball will compete in the
#FINAL4
after last night's sweep!
Pope will take on Houston County at Jeff Rowland Field on Saturday!
Game times TBD!
#GDN
#BetonBLUE
🚨RECORDS ALERT🚨
With his stolen base during today's game
@CarsonKerce
becomes Pope Baseballs all time Stolen Base Leader with 44 career stolen bases!
#GDN
#HembreeRoadGrown
Pope finishes the 2024 season as state runner up & caps a 27-15 season
Thank u to our fans, alumni, & supporters as you were amazing as usual!
Most importantly THANK you to our boys for putting on a great show for the Pope community!
Congrats class of 2024. You'll be missed!
A HUGE thank you to our fans last night. You were loud and made a huge difference in the ballgame. We are not done yet though and need you again next Thursday vs Dacula. Please come out, be loud, and continue to support the team.
#PopeFamily
#ParadiseCity
@PopeAthletics
Tomorrow (5/18) the Hounds make an attempt to capture their 6th state title in Lawrenceville Georgia at
@GoStripers
baseball - Coolray Field.
All details for the 6A championship can be found at this link.
#GDN
🚨RECORDS ALERT 🚨
A 28 YEAR OLD program record fell tonight as sophomore
@JStuetzer
(John Stuetzer) has set the single season record for stolen bases in a season with 25!
#HembreeRoadGrown
#GDN
Thank you to all of our fans that came out and supported us all year! A special thank you to those that traveled to Rome and supported us in the State Championship. Y’all are amazing and we truly have the best fans in the state.
#PopeFamily
#ParadiseCity
We are super excited to wish
@CoachLotz10
a Happy Birthday today & congratulate him on his GREAT NEWS! Kenny will officially be joining the Cobb Co. School district as an elementary school physical education teacher at Mt. Bethel Elementary this school year!
#GDN
#HBD
Cool night for the baseball program & Pope community as we celebrated our 5th program state championship!
Thank you to the Pope community, all our fans, supporters, & families for the special 2022 season!
The work begins for 2023!
#GDN
#ParadisecityUSA
#HembreeRoadGrown
On the road to Evans.
Happy Mothers Day to our AMAZING moms! We ❤️ you!
To oir fans: Thank you for our amazing send off. We have the best support group!
#GDN
Pope Baseball is excited to announce the addition of Coach Will Harrison (
@WHarrisonOHS
) to the varsity baseball staff!
Coach Harrison is a valuable addition to the Pope Baseball Family & we are excited to welcome he & wife Tori to
#Paradisecityusa
as coaches & teachers!
#GDN
Another 2025 Hound has found his future home! FSU is getting a superbly talented ATHLETE that can play MINF, OF & even pitch! John is also a 1 man offense who handles the bat well and is deadly on the bases!
#GDN
#HembreeRoadGrown
The Hounds kick off the 2022 season today at “The Jeff” with a scrimmage game against Hillgrove. First pitch is at 5:30. It’s going to be great baseball weather so come on out and support the boys as we get the seasons started!
#GDN
Another c/o 2022 Greyhound finds his future home!
Congrats to RHP
@jackbutler21
for his verbal to
@GaStateBaseball
GSU is getting a strike throwing machine with great work ethic who always keeps his team in the fight!
Can't wait to see Jack in the
#ATL
#GDN
#GoPanthers
🎫TICKET PUNCHED 🎫
For the 7th time in 8 seasons & 3rd consecutive yr, the Greyhounds are headed back to the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP series!
Games 1 & 2 start at 5PM Saturday 5/18 & game 3 will be 5PM Monday 5/20
Games will be played at
@GoStripers
- Coolray Field
#GDN
#BetonBLUE
"It's so hard to get emotionally invested in some teams because of the business aspect... Outside of good players we've got good people."
Nathaniel Lowe is forever etched in
@Rangers
history as a part of their first World Series Championship team.
@Ken_Rosenthal
has more.