MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The comeback kids' weeks-long fling with Cinderella hit a bump Tuesday and then coasted to an out-of-gas halt Wednesday.
For years Steve Henry has repeatedly rejected the idea of someone putting his name on what he calls the Soddy-Daisy wrestling arena.
LEBANON, Tenn. -- Gene Etter stopped short of calling this year's Baylor team overachieving, although the Red Raiders had to fight through some injuries and deal with external doubts.
Steve Henry, wrestling coach at Soddy-Daisy since 1983, has resigned. He met with the team this morning to inform them of his decision.
LEBANON, Tenn. -- John Tipton threw a four-hit shutout and he and his Baylor teammates picked on four Christian Brothers pitchers for 15 hits as the Red Raiders advanced to the winners-bracket final with a 10-0 victory.
Chris Richardson is moving out of the dugout and into an administrative chair. McCallie's baseball coach for the past 12 years, Richardson has been named assistant athletic director for the school.
The miles more than the hours finally caught up with East Ridge football coach Mike Martin, who turned in his resignation Monday.
John Champagne may never have thought about his last name, but the Signal Mountain school bus driver lives up to it.
East Ridge football coach Mike Martin has resigned effective at the end of the school year.
Brentwood Academy jumped to a five-run lead, but Eagles baseball coach Buddy Alexander didn't think that was enough with his team playing Baylor at Baylor.
A month ago the Red Bank High School baseball team was one of the many also-rans simply playing out the string.
In earning its spot Friday in this week's state baseball tournament in Murfreesboro, South Pittsburg returned to 2010-11 form by scoring 12 runs in a shutout victory.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Matthew Simmons wasn't really hoping for an at-bat in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Red Bank baseball's impossible dream has been significantly downgraded.
Demetrius "Bucky" Johnson is coming back to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling program after all.
The Red Bank baseball team mounted yet another comeback and will play again at home tonight.
In what would be his final high school baseball game, Whitwell pitcher Chris Cox came prepared. The senior limited Boyd-Buchanan to four hits and struck out seven.
Ooltewah waited out the rain and played through the fog in its Region 3-AAA baseball game Monday. The Owls, though, could not play through a series of untimely miscues -- mental and physical -- and paid the season-ending price in a nine-inning, 4-3 loss to visiting Warren County, the District 6-AAA runner-up.
In describing his team's five-inning loss to Sequoyah last week, Polk County baseball coach Michael Carter said, "We felt like the bug rather than the windshield."
It took more almost six hours and 15 innings but Red Bank finally secured its third straight District 6-AA baseball championship.
DUNLAP, Tenn. — Notre Dame missed District 7-AA's baseball championship by two runs, losing out to Signal Mountain on run differential, but the Irish got their second straight 7-AA postseason title Tuesday with a 6-3 victory over the Eagles.
The Red Bank High School baseball team has found itself. After a month of floundering -- in the throes of a 14-game losing streak -- the two-time defending District 6-AA tournament champions have won twice to reach Monday's winners-bracket final opposite regular-season winner East Hamilton.
Baylor baseball coach Gene Etter got his 800th career win Saturday, but in his mind the milestone took a back seat to the Red Raiders winning the Division II East/Middle Region at Battle Ground Academy.
Although their team finished atop District 6-AA baseball standings, East Hamilton's Hurricanes have never known home-field advantage.
Reese Phillips has never flinched under center in a football game, but baseball is a different story -- or at least it was once.
Trey Hicks is going to realize a lifelong dream, even if it's only as a flash in the pan.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Ooltewah left to celebrate. Soddy-Daisy left to practice.
Unless there are enforcement issues, the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association couldn't care less about district baseball tournaments. Its simple bottom line is to have a No. 1 and a No. 2 from each district for the region tournaments.
When Baylor School holds its postseason baseball banquet, a unique career will come to a close. Spencer Craig will receive his 12th varsity letter — four each in football, wrestling and baseball.
Signal Mountain's hitting has gotten better as high school baseball teams move toward next week's postseason play, and the Eagles had their third double-digit hit performance in four games Tuesday.
Former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestler Jon Sioredas is coming home.
John Tipton entered this past week known more for his hitting prowess in baseball. The Baylor senior had pitched exactly two innings with no decisions. As he enters the new week, he has a 2-0 record and 16 innings pitched.
Collierville found out earlier in the week that it was the state's top-ranked Class AAA baseball team, and then Thursday it lost its first game since becoming No. 1.
The coaching staff didn't know if Matt Allen would be at his best. For that matter, South Pittsburg's coaching staff didn't know how well Jacob Toney could play or how long.
Tyner is fighting to keep its head above water, but it is a delightful difference for those who have watched Rams baseball over the last decade or so.
They didn't overwhelm Chattanooga Christian, but Polk County's baseball Wildcats returned to winning ways Thursday with a 3-1 victory over the visiting Chargers.
A pair of solid recruits have committed to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling program and are expected to sign their national letters of intent today.
East Hamilton's hitters were perplexed but relieved after Monday's 4-3 baseball win over Red Bank. They were still puzzled after getting just four hits Tuesday but left Red Bank feeling pretty good after adding a 7-1 victory over the Lions.
Signal Mountain broke out new jerseys Monday afternoon, but coach Bumper Reese may be tempted to send them back.
Tommy John surgery takes about an hour on the operating table. What follows is at least 364 days of rehabilitation. Cost of the surgery, according to a Gainesville (Ga.) Times story that cited the Georgia Sports Orthopedic Specialists center, is more than $15,000, and that doesn't include rehab.
Zach Thompson has become the second Ooltewah High School baseball player to commit to Tennessee Tech for next year, joining center fielder Drew Toth.
Sequatchie County baseball pitcher Dakota Hudson has more college offers than wins.
It's possible that a split in Division I wrestling, recognizing AAA and A/AA state champions, could become a Tennessee high school reality by the 2013-14 school year.
For the third straight weekend rain is playing havoc with Chattanooga area baseball tournaments. Central’s Pounder Classic is the latest, joining four tournaments the first weekend Tennessee teams could officially play and last weekend’s Ooltewah Invitational.
It was less than 11 months ago that Cory Gearrin got the call for which he'd spent much of his life preparing. Atlanta Braves general manager Frank Wren wanted to know if he owned a suit, adding that major leaguers' travel apparel was suit-and-tie.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Bumper-to-bumper traffic through Atlanta or no, Walker Valley baseball coach Joe Shamblin probably didn't let it interfere with his mindset Tuesday. It was brightened for the team's trip to a Charleston, S.C., tournament by a two-game sweep of rival Cleveland.
The postgame confab in front of the Baylor dugout was brief. Red Raiders baseball coach Gene Etter had said most all he wanted to say in a pregame chat.
Jefferson County wasn't listed among Tennessee's top 10 high school baseball teams in the early rankings, but the Patriots are off to a 3-1 start with a veteran team that intends to change that.
The pinging sound that had become so familiar from college to youth baseball fields is slowly disappearing. Although aluminum bats are the norm, new bats are sounding more like their wood predecessors still used by the pros.
Four of his batters went without a hit and only two drove in runs, but Ooltewah High School baseball coach Brian Hitchcox saw as close to a complete game as he has seen from his Owls.
