Warriors drop region opener

The White County junior varsity baseball team is off to a 2-4 start this season, picking up wins over Cherokee Bluff and Lumpkin County. The Warriors take on Dawson County on Saturday in Cleveland, with the first pitch set for 11 a.m. Members of the JV team are Wes Jones, Lane Bray, Garrett Wilson, Matthew Holcomb, Cade Hunt, Weaver Bartlett, Branson Padgett, Gunner Martin, Ben Greene, Aaron Payne, Wes Summers, Parker Shobert and Jonah Cash. Jonah Cash delivers a pitch. JENNIFER KNIGHT/SPECIAL
The White County junior varsity baseball team is off to a 2-4 start this season, picking up wins over Cherokee Bluff and Lumpkin County. The Warriors take on Dawson County on Saturday in Cleveland, with the first pitch set for 11 a.m. Members of the JV team are Wes Jones, Lane Bray, Garrett Wilson, Matthew Holcomb, Cade Hunt, Weaver Bartlett, Branson Padgett, Gunner Martin, Ben Greene, Aaron Payne, Wes Summers, Parker Shobert and Jonah Cash. Jonah Cash delivers a pitch. JENNIFER KNIGHT/SPECIAL

by Mark Turner

For three innings, the Region 6-AAA opener went well for the White County High School baseball team, the No. 1 Pickens Dragons broke things open in the fourth and fifth innings to take a…