SOFTBALL REGION SEMIFINALSMonday (all times EDT)• 3-AAA: 7-Cookeville at Soddy-Daisy; 8-Ooltewah at Coffee County• 4-AA: 7-Bledsoe County at Upperman; DeKalb County at Sequatchie County• 3-AA: 5:30-Polk County at Central; 6-East Hamilton at Meigs County• 3-A: 4-South Pittsburg at Grace Academy; 6-Silverdale Baptist at Marion County
The Meigs County softball team entered last year’s Region 3-AA high school tournament having never won a region game. The Lady Tigers got that accomplished, but now they want that elusive first region title.
Region play is set to begin Monday for 12 Chattanooga-area teams. District 5 champion Meigs County (24-10) is scheduled to host District 6 runner-up and second-year program East Hamilton (14-17) in a semifinal at 6 p.m.
The game at Decatur is a rematch from a pool-play game in Soddy-Daisy’s Lady Trojan Invitational in which the Lady Tigers and Lady Hurricanes were tied at 5 in the latter stages before Meigs won 10-6. Coach Jeff Davis said he likes his team’s chances again, as long as the freshmen who moved into the roster spots vacated by last year’s graduating class remain distracted.
“We know we can hang with them,” Davis said. “That doesn’t mean that we will. I don’t think this bunch knows it’s a big game. That could be a good thing.”