Red Level blistered by Georgiana in the first round of the AHSAA Class 1A state playoffs with a two-game sweep of the Panthers on Saturday in Red Level.

 

Jarren Williams got the start on the hill of the Tigers, and was dominant from beginning to end.

 

After allowing a quick base runner in the top of the first, Williams bared down getting out of the inning with a ground out and two strikeouts.

 

The Tigers broke through quickly in the bottom of the first inning with a three-spot to gain an early advantage over the Panthers.

 

Jack Dorman got the Tigers started with a one-out single, and Williams followed with rip to left field that was misplayed allowing, Michael Kyser to take third and Williams took second.

 

Dylan Jordan loaded the bases after drawing a walk, and Jeffery Perdue put the Tigers up 1-0 when he scorched a liner to the Panthers shortstop for a fielder’s choice.

 

Will Windham then belted a two-run double that plated Williams from third, and Perdue came around to score from first to put the Tigers up 3-0.

 

Williams continued to assert his dominance on the Panthers in the top of the second, shutting down the Panthers in order, including two more strikeouts.

 

The Tigers went up 4-0 in the bottom of the second inning after back-to-back, two-out singles set up Perdue who laced a single into the outfield that scored Kyser from third.

 

In the top of the third, Williams picked up his fifth strikeout of the game, and continued to keep the Panthers’ batters so off balance they couldn’t get anything going.

 

Ethan Jordan drew a walk to start the bottom of the third, and moved up to third on a single from Dameyune Scott before scoring on a passed ball to put the Tigers up 5-0.

 

In the top of the fourth, Williams picked up his sixth strikeout of the game, and still hadn’t allowed the Panthers to get a hit.

 

The Tigers went up 7-0 on the Panthers in the bottom of the fourth when Ethan Jordan drove in Dylan Jordan on a fielder’s choice to the pitcher. Perdue came around to score moments later off an error by the Panthers.

 

Williams’ standout performance on the mound continued in the top of the fifth as he sat the Panthers down in order, and picked up his seventh and eighth strikeouts of the contest.

 

In the bottom of the fifth, the Tigers went up 9-0 when Williams hammered a one-out, two-run triple that scored Aaron Nicholson and Hunter Carpenter. Williams then ended the game after scoring on a passed ball to defeat the Panthers 10-0 in game one.

 

Williams picked up the win in game one with a no-hit shutout of the Panthers in five innings.

 

In game two, the Tigers jumped out front quickly with four runs in the top of the first inning.

 

Perdue drove in the Tigers’ first two runs with a two-out triple that brought Dorman and Williams around to score.

 

Windham drove in the Tigers’ third run after the Panthers’ first baseman just missed a throw from the shortstop.

 

Kenneth Mancill put the Tigers up 4-0 with a single to center.

 

The Panthers got the scoreboard in the bottom of the first for its first run of the day.

 

Williams got the run right back for the Tigers in the bottom of the second with a sacrifice fly to the Panthers’ first baseman that brought Carpenter around to score from third.

 

The Tigers continued to pile on the runs in the coming innings, and knocked off the Panthers 12-1 in game two to advance to the second round of the state playoffs.

 

In round two, the Tigers will host the J.U. Blacksher on Friday with the first game scheduled for 1:30 p.m. and game two set for 3:30 p.m. with a third game on Saturday at 11 a.m., if necessary.