NOTE: This is the start of a weekly Thursday notebook on Tennessee high school baseball.
Some of his gray hair may have gone white last weekend, but if drama is what it takes to get the job done, Chattanooga Christian baseball coach John Visser can endure it.
The Chargers got their first tournament championship since 2003 – the last year they reached the state tournament – last weekend in South Pittsburg, capturing the Homerun Club Classic. And they did so with youth and late-inning finishes.
CCS was down 4-0 in the semifinal against Grundy County and trailed 5-0 and 7-5 in the championship game with White County. The Chargers previously had a tying homer in the top of the seventh from Garrett Woody to force an eight-inning tie with Silverdale.
Jared Miller hit a bases-loaded single to win the Grundy game and Lance Carter singled home a runner from second against White County. Both hits came with two out in the seventh inning.