Grundy County is headed back to the TSSAA state baseball tournament, although the players on the current roster would be hard-pressed to remember the last time. The Yellow Jackets are Spring Fling-bound for the first time since 2004 after defeating Signal Mountain 5-3 in a Class AA state sectional Friday night at Signal Mountain.
Addy Keylon had a good week Wednesday afternoon at Ooltewah High School.
Baylor's Lady Red Raiders will try next week to earn a fourth consecutive softball state championship. They swept their best-of-three home series Tuesday, defeating St. Agnes 16-0 in four innings and 21-0 in three.
Chattanooga Christian made three errors in the top of the first inning - two on the same play - in Tuesday's first game in its TSSAA Division II-A state quarterfinal softball best-of-three series. And it couldn't have played much better defensively after that.
If the first three innings of Monday's Region 3-AAA high school softball semifinal at Ooltewah are any indication, the Lady Owls aren't just talking about being focused this postseason. They look it.
Lookout Valley's high school softball program expects a smooth transition as assistant coach Eric Johnson succeeds David Dinger, who resigned from the head coaching position. The two made the announcement to the team Wednesday.
Ansley Blevins hit her second high school varsity home run Tuesday. She doesn't remember what team the first one was against, but that won't be the case this time.
Perhaps it was his words of encouragement. Perhaps it was his mere prescence. Or maybe Sale Creek's Lady Panthers just deserve all the credit themselves.
The No. 3-seeded team defeating the No. 2-seeded team in a high school softball tournament usually isn't a complete surprise. That is, unless it's something like what East Ridge's Lady Pioneers did.
Chattanooga Christian got outhit in both of its high school baseball games Friday but didn't get outscored in either.
