Mike Brown, sports correspondent.

It was just what the doctor ordered. Bryan County’s softball team was coming off a stinging 16-4 loss at Bulloch Academy just a week after beating the Gators, 8-5, and was in bad need of redeeming itself.

Fortunately for the Redskins next up on the schedule was the winless Jenkins Warriors and Bryan County, especially junior catcher Peyton Scott, made the most of the opportunity.

Despite sizzling heat which required three-minute breaks between innings, Scott and Bryan County powered their way to an 18-1 road win over the Warriors Monday evening. Bryan County (2-1) opened Region 3AA play Tuesday at unbeaten Screven County (3-0).

The Gamecocks are favored to win the region which, based on early results, shows Bryan County as the only other team with a winning record. The Redskins will be at home on Thursday against St. Vincent’s Academy (1-2) and will face Statesboro at home in a non-region game next Tuesday.

Coach Jessica Schroeder-Cooper unfortunately missed the win over the Warriors due to a family emergency. She was, however, expected to be back in the dugout in the game at Screven.

Scott had a game to make her missing coach feel better and show why she is one of the top players in the region.

An all-region performer last year she had a perfect game at the plate as she hammered a three-run homer and had a pair of doubles, one good for two RBI, while walking in her other at bat. In addition to her five RBI Scott also scored four runs.

Winning pitcher Lila Hannah scattered four hits and struck out six in the game shortened to four innings due to the mercy rule. Hannah also had a three-hit game as she had a double to go with a pair of singles good for three RBI.

The loss was Jenkins’ seventh of the season and it was outscored 104-12. The Warriors scored 10 of those runs against Savannah Christian, also a Region 3AA team, in an 18-10 loss.

Bryan County scored in every inning and assured itself of an early escape from the oppressive heat when it sent 13 batters to the plate in the fourth inning to score eight runs.

Scott had a double and scored on Hannah’s single in a two-run first and her two-run double highlighted a four-run outburst in the second inning. The Redskins made it 8-0 in the third with Hannah getting a two-run double following a sacrifice fly by Emily Johnson and Scott’s bases-loaded walk.

Scott’s three-run shot to left center capped the fourth inning outburst which saw the Redskins draw five walks along with two hit batters wrapped around a double by Abby Robider and Julie Koskela’s single.

Jenkins avoided the shutout when junior third baseman Mia Ramos doubled leading off the inning and then scored on an error before Hannah struck out the next three batters to mercifully end it.