Parkview Leads Gwinnett Playoff Winners

It was a big night for sports Tuesday in Lilburn.

Parkview High School won its home matchups in both baseball and girls soccer to advance in the Georgia High School Association playoffs.

See also:

• GHSA Soccer Homepage
• GHSA Baseball Homepage
• Parkview coverage on Lilburn-Mountain Park Patch

The baseball team swept Colquitt County 16-11 and 7-3 to reach the Class AAAAAA semifinals. The girls soccer team beat South Forsyth 2-1 to reach this weekend's Class AAAAAA championship game.

Parkview will host Milton next week in the baseball semifinals, and face Harrison Saturday in the girls soccer final, to be played at Kennesaw State.

Greater Atlanta Christian was the only other Gwinnett team to advance Tuesday. The Spartans' girls soccer team beat Wesleyan 7-0 to reach the Class AA final this weekend against Westminster.

In other action involving Gwinnett teams:

Wesleyan's baseball team split a double-header at Benedictine in the Class AA quarterfinals, winning the first game 7-3, but losing the second 9-0. The series-deciding game is Wednesday at Benedictine at 1:30 p.m.

In girls soccer, Brookwood lost at Harrison in overtime on penalty kicks in Class AAAAAA, and Buford lost 7-3 to St. Pius in Class AAA.