Silverdale Baptist players congratulate pitcher Reid Clements (6) after winning their game against Trousdale County Friday at Silverdale Baptist Academy in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Silverdale Baptist pitcher Spencer Mossburg steps up to the plate during their district 5-A championship baseball game against Boyd-Buchanan Thursday at Boyd-Buchanan High School in Chattanooga, Tenn.There was neither glitz nor glamor to the Silverdale Baptist Academy baseball team in mid-March, and there still isn’t two months later.
On the eve of the Seahawks’ inaugural state tournament baseball game, coach Jonathan Adcock contended that nothing had changed despite this team becoming the school’s first to win boys’ district, regional and sectional championship bling.
“We’re not really flashy,” Adcock said Monday afternoon. “We have a few guys that can hit home runs, but [the offense] is mostly singles and line drives. Of course, we have good pitching and the defense. I guess a lot [of the team’s success] is the little things we do well — and so few errors. That’s been huge.”
SBA opens against Rockwood (25-7) at 5 p.m. EDT today at Middle Tennessee Christian. The Seahawks are 26-2-1 with 25 wins in their last 26 games. They’ve had 11 shutout wins and 20 games in which they gave up two or fewer runs.
“We played a very competitive schedule including a number of triple-A teams, and I think those [Silverdale] guys could play with anybody that was on our schedule,” East Hamilton coach Steve Garland said.