JASPER, Tenn. — In a community where football remains king, Marion County’s baseball team put together an impressive string under coach Steven Roberts.
The Warriors won four straight District 6-AA championships. They earned trips to the 2007 and ’08 state tournaments. They reached the sectional last year. Now they’re in District 6-A, where Lookout Valley has had its way more often than not.
“It’s going to be a whole lot more competitive,” Lookout Valley coach David Dinger said. “We always played Marion, although they’re a bigger school with probably twice as many students as we have. But now when you get into a (postseason) tournament, they probably will have a big advantage in depth.”
Lookout Valley has won three straight district championships. The Yellow Jackets won district and region titles in 2009 and had to beat newcomer Signal Mountain for each title.