The restored baseball field of Ringgold High School in Ringgold, Ga., a year after the April 27, 2011 tornadoes damaged the school and devastated the region.IF YOU GOWhat: GHSA Class AAA Baseball championshipWhere: Columbus at Ringgold (2 games)When: Today, 4 p.m.Tickets: $7 at the gate
RINGGOLD, Ga. — The Ringgold Tigers’ baseball team is a walking, talking, moose-antler-waving contradiction.
At any given time the Tigers, who are hosting 31-4 and top-ranked Columbus today at 4 in a double-header to the Georgia Class AAA championship series, are high school baseball’s version of the Texas Rangers. During a big moment in a game, the players are apt to rush to the front of the dugout and raise their hands to make antlers on top of their caps. At other times they’ll break into song or a chant aimed at firing up a batter or rattling an opponent.
One opponent’s fans recently compared them to a softball team for their continual chatter.
They joke, they relentlessly jab at sophomore shortstop Slade Dale (whose only crime is not being one of the team’s eight seniors) and they love their rowdy student supporters.