The GMC Prep varsity baseball team dominated senior night Mar. 27, with a 15-0 shutout of Wilkinson County. The Thursday-night victory improved the Bulldogs to 11-10 overall, ranking them third in Georgia 1A D2 Region 5.
GMC Prep quickly turned up the heat on the Warriors, scoring five runs in the bottom of the first inning. The matchup concluded in the bottom of the fourth inning after GMC scored its 15th unanswered point.
“I challenged the guys to come out and start from the very beginning and jump on them early, and that’s exactly what they did,” Bulldogs head coach Kyle Redmond said. “So, I’m very proud of them for doing what they should do.”
GMC continued its rally throughout the game, scoring one run in the second inning and six in the third. They later scored three final runs in the fourth inning to seal an outstanding performance.
According to Redmond, the Bulldogs faced some “really tough competition” at the beginning of the season. With the win over Wilkinson, they now have a five-game winning streak.
“We got off to a little bit of a slow start, but since about halfway through the season, we’ve turned it on,” Redmond said. “We’re playing probably our best ball right now.”
GMC’s rout of the Warriors featured several game leaders, including junior Eli Griffith with a pair of doubles and three runs, and junior Noah Goddard with a .667 batting average and a double. Junior Ayden Hamm, the Bulldogs’ starting pitcher on Thursday night, showed out with 65 total pitches thrown and two RBIs at the plate.
Redmond said Hamm’s performance has significantly improved during the 2025 season and credited the pitcher for progressing Thursday night.
“From time to time [Hamm] had trouble throwing strikes — and consistently — so I challenged him tonight to just go at the hitters, go at them and throw strikes,” Redmond said. “In the second, third, and fourth innings, he attacked the zone and had a small pitch count, which is good, so that was an improvement for him.”
Overall, with the 2025 regular season nearing its conclusion, Redmond believes his defense’s improvement has helped gain the trust of the pitchers, and the offense “has become more aggressive.”
“Our pitchers are now trusting the guys behind them to make the plays, which takes the pressure off them,” Redmond said. “We were going up to the plate early in the season, very passive and, you know, not going at the pitches and waiting for our perfect pitch. Now we’re going out there, and we’re getting [after] anything. So, you know, I’m proud of them for that.”
The Bulldogs return to action the week of Apr. 7 with multiple matchups during GMC Prep’s spring break. They will begin the series Apr. 9 with a 4 p.m. start against Westminster Christian Academy at Saint Simon’s Island.