Monday Games
Region 3-AAACookeville (27-10) at Bradley Central (26-6), 7Ooltewah (23-15) at Rhea County (21-13), 7Region 4-AACentral Magnet (25-14) at Signal Mountain (26-10), 7Chattanooga Christian (15-8) at Upperman, 7Region 3-AALoudon at Hixson (25-10), 6:30East Ridge (9-12) at Sequoyah (18-14), 7Region 3-AMarion County (28-8) at Boyd-Buchanan (21-4), 5:30Silverdale Baptist (16-10) at South Pittsburg (22-9), 7Region 2-AMeigs County (21-9) at Coalfiield, 5
In his first three games Cooper Hodge was called for catcher’s interference three times.
In his first game he was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
The Boyd-Buchanan senior not only was behind the plate for the first time but also was playing baseball for the first time since middle school.
“I thought it would be fun to do it again,” said Hodge, who had been a starter in football as a linebacker for the better part of three seasons and as a quarterback and linebacker his last two and for two years as a shooting guard and small forward in basketball.