Friday's TSSAA Division II-AA East/Middle Region softball game between Baylor and GPS was an uncharacteristic one, considering at least one of the schools has played in the state final every year since 2003. But it was every bit as competitive as usual.
Red Bank's softball team has long had some offensive woes when facing fellow District 6-AA competitor Central in recent years. But the Lionettes broke out of that in a big way Thursday.
Silverdale Baptist Academy accomplished its first goal of the 2018 high school baseball season Tuesday. It's not even mid-April, but the Seahawks already know they'll be top-seeded when the Division II-A East District tournament comes around at the end of the season.
Sequatchie County High School has hired Mark Wattenbarger as its new football coach.
Bradley Central baseball coach Travis Adams said after Tuesday's home game that earlier in the season his team's offense struggled at times but the pitching staff kept the Bears in games. But against Ooltewah, it was his team's defense that made the big difference.
Soddy-Daisy right-hander Dylan Perry made a minor adjustment in Monday's District 5-AAA high school baseball game against Cleveland, and it paid off in a major way.
Recent history repeated itself over the weekend in the 28th Soddy-Daisy Lady Trojan Invitational high school softball tournament.
"Ella is very fast," Somerville said. "She's a good ballplayer and a good kid. She's also very passionate about the game. That's a hard thing to coach. She just comes with that."
If Ooltewah's softball team would've been the Lady Fish on Tuesday, it could be written that they wriggled off the hook. If they were the Lady Cats, they'd now be down to eight lives.
Lookout Valley got some early runs and had two pitchers combine on a three-hitter Monday, and the Yellow Jackets defeated Arts & Sciences 4-1 in a District 4-A high school baseball game at CSAS.
