The spring season is starting to rev up, and while there will be plenty of good rivalries across the spectrum, possibly the most interesting will be in Region 2-AAAAA baseball.

Using the same formula that the basketball teams employed, Evans, Greenbrier, Grovetown and Lakeside will play each other three times in the regular season.

Region play began Friday night with Grovetown and Evans sporting 5-0 records, Lakeside at 5-1 and Greenbrier, which has been plagued by rainouts, at 2-1.

In what promises to be a highly competitive baseball region, the Lakeside Panthers struck the first blow Friday night at Evans.

The Panthers scored twice in the first inning, and right-hander Hunter Hubbard made the lead stand up as the Panthers went on to the 4-1 win.

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Grovetown High School junior Darius Watkins has had success since he began running track his freshman year in Oklahoma, but he’s had to overcome some growing pains along the way.

That included having his appendix removed after moving to Georgia right before the track season began last year. He came out late and head coach Rodney Tyson wasn’t sure what type of an athlete he had at first.