Drawing by Mark Wiedmer / Chattanooga Christian School’s Henry HorneFor the vast, vast majority of its existence, the corrugated steel storage building behind the Chattanooga Christian School tennis courts has housed the Chargers’ tennis equipment. Nothing more, nothing less.
Not this spring, however. At least not always. Each time CCS has had a varsity baseball game on the same day it has had a varsity tennis match, that storage building has become to senior Henry Horne what the phone booth was to Clark Kent during his changeover to Superman.
On his way into the structure – assuming the tennis team has played first that day – Horne is the Chargers’ No. 1 player in both singles and doubles, just as he has been since at least the start of his sophomore year.
But on his way out he morphs into CCS’s catcher and the team’s No. 1 hitter.
“He also leads us in doubles and stolen bases,” said Chargers baseball coach Ben Wharton. “And this is the first time Henry’s played baseball since the eighth grade. I can’t imagine where we’d be without him.”