Ringgold’s Coach Brent TuckerRINGGOLD, Ga. — Of all the numbers being examined before today’s GHSA Class AAA semifinal baseball series between Ringgold and Gainesville, the most notable might be the 31-0 record for Gainesville’s nationally ranked Red Elephants.
Undefeated teams at this time of the season are rare in Georgia. Calhoun entered the Class AA finals in 2010 with a perfect record before suffering a loss in the title-winning series at Cook County.
Gainesville has the lone perfect record in the state heading into the 2012 semis and hopes to join the 1988 Berrien County team as the only undefeated champions in GHSA history.
Ringgold coach Brent Tucker hopes that goal might turn out to be an advantage for his visiting Tigers in today’s doubleheader starting at 4 p.m. A third game, if needed, would be at 1:30 Tuesday.
“I’m glad they’re undefeated,” Tucker said. “They’re a solid team, ranked as high as third nationally in one poll, so we’ve got our work cut out for us.”