A day after having to go 11 innings to win a region game, the Calhoun High School baseball crossed state lines Wednesday afternoon to defeat Notre Dame 7-1 in Chattanooga.
The Yellow Jackets (16-6), 1-0 winners over Woodland-Bartow late Tuesday, continued to get great pitching against the Fighting Irish (5-9), with Jake Slaughter going 4 2/3 innings in relief to get the win after allowing one run and four hits.
Parker Lester was 2-for-3 and gave Calhoun a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning with an RBI single. John Andrew Cash broke the game open in the next inning with a three-run homer, with Braden Saunders adding two more runs in the seventh with a double. Bob Deitch drove in Notre Dame's run, with Braylon Hammond getting two hits.
Calhoun returns to GHSA Region 7-AAAAA play Friday with a doubleheader against Woodland to conclude its league season. The Jackets currently sit third in the region standings, a game behind Cartersville for second and two games in the loss column behind Blessed Trinity. Calhoun lost two of three games to each of those teams and so would need help to move up in the standings before the GHSA postseason begins in two weeks.
Gordon Lee 6, Armuchee 0: The Trojans (22-2, 10-0 Region 6-A public) won a makeup game as Blake Rodgers allowed a hit and struck out four in five innings. Kade Cowan was 2-for-4 with an RBI and Griff Collins was 2-for-3, while Nate Dunfee and Cody Thomas drove in two runs each and Brody Cobb and Cade Peterson added two hits apiece.
Heritage 11, Central-Carroll 5: The Generals (18-5, 11-2 Region 7-AAAA) maintained control of first place in the league standings Tuesday night as Landon Skeen led an 11-hit attack with three while driving in a run. Cannon Stafford was 2-for-5 with three RBIs, Alex Mixon had two doubles and an RBI, Cade Kiniry had two hits, an RBI and two runs and Caden Snyder added two hits for Heritage.
Dade County 12, Fannin County 2: Kaden Moore was 3-for-3 with two RBIs as the Wolverines (12-10, 10-3 Region 7-AA) remained in third place with a little more than a week to go in the regular season. Nolan Heath and Brett Kay had two hits and two RBIs each, with Colton Emmett and Eli Kimball adding a pair of hits each for Dade.
Hixson 17, Central 1: Bradley Dossett threw a no-hitter, striking out 10 batters in six innings while throwing 60 of his 95 pitches for strikes. Manny Velazquez had a pair of hits and scored three runs while driving in a pair. Cam Butler also drove in four runs for the Wildcats.
Grundy County 13, South Pittsburg 3: Dalyn Pickett had four RBIs for the Yellow Jackets, who scored five runs in the second and fifth innings to win at home. Ryan Cagle went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI for South Pittsburg.
McCallie 10, Knoxville Catholic 9: Hudson Calhoun doubled twice and drove in two runs, along with Gray Glover (2-for-3) and Frankie Zahrobsky. Javen Johnson and Nolan Sergeant each had a pair of hits and runs for the Blue Tornado as well. Austin Breedlove picked up the win with four strikeouts in two perfect innings, and Hudson Calhoun earned the save by striking out the side.
Marion County 10, Bledsoe County 0: Alec Barton allowed one hit over five innings and tripled twice for Marion County, while Austin Anderson also had a pair of triples and had three hits, along with Aiden Jolly.
Sequatchie County 4, Monterey 3: Sergio Camp drove in Tyler Lynn for the winning run in the top of the eighth on a line-drive single to right field. Logan Potts had three hits, and Camp and Lynn had two each for the Indians, who received strong pitching performances by Barron Cribbs and Bodie Terry.
Bradley Central 11, Walker Valley 1: The Bears scored eight runs in the bottom of the fifth to break things open on a night when Dakota Peace went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and two runs scored. Aiden McClarry went 2-for-2, scoring a pair of runs and driving in one, while Ashton Simmons was the winning pitcher, striking out eight in five innings.
Grace Academy 10, Berean 0: Kade Fontana went 3-for-3 with a trio of RBIs and doubled, along with Pierce Smith, who went 2-for-3 and scored twice. Noah Bastian struck out eight and allowed one hit in five innings while helping his pitching cause with a pair of hits and RBIs.
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Whitwell 10, South Pittsburg 0: The Lady Tigers clinched the regular-season district championship as Ava Layne and Addison Beason each had three hits and combined for five RBIs. Mallory O'Neal also had two hits, while Maria Basham picked up the win.
Signal Mountain 22, East Ridge 4
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Baylor 3, Knoxville Catholic 1: Gui Gragnano scored twice off assists from Ethan Nunes, and Riley Shankle provided a cushion on the scoreboard with his goal in the 59th minute off a cross from Anthony Weekley.
Cookeville 3, Soddy-Daisy 2: Chandler Hartman and Jose Enriquez scored for the Trojans, who were outshot 13-10 in their first loss of the season. Caleb Pope had 10 saves for Soddy-Daisy.
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Veteran Georgia coach Andy Scott will take over the program at LaFayette, the high school announced Wednesday. Scott, who previously was head coach at Perry and Kennesaw Mountain, replaces Paul Ellis, who resigned after three seasons.
Ellis led the Ramblers to a 12-19 record in his tenure and capped his stint by taking the program to the playoffs last season for the first time in 27 years, ending the longest drought in the state.
Scott, a native of McMinnville, Tennessee, played collegiately at Memphis State and Middle Tennessee State. After resigning from Kennesaw Mountain - a program that was winless the year before he took over - after six years as a head coach, Scott coached at Hiram last year as the team's defensive coordinator.
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