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Flowery Branch's Hughes eager to take next step playing baseball at Georgia Tech

Senior right-hander signed letter of intent last week with Yellow Jackets

Flowery Branch senior pitcher Jonathan Hughes, second from right, has signed to play baseball at Georgia Tech. Pictured with him, from left, are sister Kaitlyn Hughes, mother Deanna Hughes and father Danny Hughes. - photo by For The Times

1118FBsigningHughes — Flowery Branch senior pitcher Jonathan Hughes, second from right, has signed to play baseball at Georgia Tech. Pictured with him, from left, are sister Kaitlyn Hughes, mother Deanna Hughes and father Danny Hughes. - photo by For The Times

He’s pitched under the sunny skies of Long Beach, Calif., and the intense atmosphere of urban Venezuela, but Jonathan Hughes decided Atlanta would be the best choice to continue his storied baseball career. Three months after pitching in front of major league scouts on the West Coast, the Flowery Branch senior right-hander signed his letter of intent last week to play for Georgia Tech after high school. “It felt more like a home than anything else,” Hughes said.

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