Today’s Region Championships
BaseballRegion 3-AAABradley Central at Rhea County, 7Region 3-ASilverdale Baptist at Boyd-Buchanan, 5:30Region 2-AMeigs County at Knox Grace Christian, 5SoftballRegion 3-AAASoddy-Daisy at Ooltewah, 6Region 3-AARed Bank at Central, 5Region 3-AMarion County at Silverdale Baptist Academy, 5Region 2-AMidway at Meigs County, 6
Rhea County and Red Bank appeared early to be teams going nowhere but quick exits from their respective district baseball and softball tournaments.
“We were a team that hadn’t been picked to do so well. We’d graduated seven seniors and had just two on this year’s team,” Rhea County baseball coach Rusty Ray recalled.
His Eagles, though, are playing tonight for the Region 3-AAA title, having already tucked away the school’s first district baseball championship. They will be hosting Bradley Central.
Red Bank’s Lady Lions, meanwhile, were seeded third in the District 6-AA softball tournament yet reached the tournament finals with a winners-bracket-final win over Central. That’s the team they play again today at 5 p.m.