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sixth and another in the seventh to take a 7-3 lead.

Effingham picked up one more run in the bottom of that final inning, but VRD took the win, 7-4. vs. Emanuel Co. Championship That put Vidalia into the Championship Game against Emanuel County. This was another one-run battle, this time going to extra innings.

Emanuel again took the early lead on Vidalia with three runs in the top of the first inning. They added another in the third to push that lead to 4-0. But Vidalia plated three runs in the bottom of the third to close the lead to 4-3, and then in the fourth Deloach drove in two runs as Vidalia took a 5-4 lead.

In the top of the sixth inning, Emanuel took the lead back with two more runs to make it 6-5. In the bottom of the sixth inning, VRD loaded the bases, and a walk to Gavin Reynolds brought in the tying run, 6-6. Vidalia wasn't able to get anything else out of that, though. Neither team scored in the seventh inning, sending the game to extra innings tied at 6-6. In the top of the eighth, Vidalia held, and in the bottom of the inning McDonald came through with a game-winning single as VRD came out on top, 7-6, to take the District Championship.

Vidalia will be back in Effingham County for the State Tournament next week. They will play their first game on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. against the winner of the Effingham County vs. Wayne County game.