MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — If East Hamilton in Class AA or Grace Academy or Silverdale Baptist in Class A is going to win a TSSAA state softball championship, it will have to come all the way through their losers bracket.
The Chattanooga Christian soccer team was unable to repeat its district and region championships from a season ago.
Many high school softball teams are fortunate if they have enough power hitters to fill the Nos. 3 through 5 spots in the batting order. In Baylor's case, the heart of its order extends through No. 7.
It certainly wasn't easy, but good things rarely come easily, and now the East Hamilton softball team has made history and has the chance to do even more next week.
East Hamilton senior Taylor Harris shouted, "We're going to Chili's," after the Lady Hurricanes won the Region 3-AA championship.
The single was mightier than the home run Tuesday, at least in the late stages of the Region 3-AA high school softball semifinal at East Hamilton.
East Hamilton defeated East Ridge 8-4 on Thursday in the championship game of the District 6-AA high school softball tournament at Warner Park.
East Hamilton's soccer Hurricanes missed about eight shots well over the crossbar Tuesday afternoon. They fired about four shots wide left and about five that were headed either over the crossbar or wide.
Although their team finished atop District 6-AA baseball standings, East Hamilton's Hurricanes have never known home-field advantage.
During their district semifinal tennis match Friday, Hixson's Whitney Clack and Michelle Phillips got a big dose of reality from coach Raul Fernandez.
Brook Womack's stolen base on the second pitch of Monday's District 6-AA high school softball game at East Hamilton was equally as important to Central's message as her single on the first pitch.
It’s always good when athletes feel they have an opportunity to win a tournament. Four area girls’ high school tennis teams enter today with that feeling.
East Hamilton was geared up to stop Signal Mountain's touted counter play, but Zack Bowman scored two touchdowns straight up the middle behind center John Evans and Signal Mountain rolled to a season-opening 34-13 home win over the Hurricanes.
In coach Ted Gatewood's mind, East Hamilton's first two football seasons were about imparting philosophies and establishing internal expectations in blending students from 13 schools.
East Hamilton High School and one of its boys' basketball players have been cleared of any wrongdoing following an incident in the stands two weeks ago.
