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4/18 - TCCAA Week 8 Preview

Volunteer at Jackson:

Walters at Cleveland:

Mike Policastro/Cleveland - "We host Walters State in our final home series this weekend. We come off a series with a very good Columbia State team where we did not play well enough to win.  This weekend will be no different. Coach Shelton and his staff have the Senators peaking going into the post season. We will need to limit free bases as Walters State offense can take two walks and one swing and put up runs quickly. Offensively we are inconsistent and have not had our lineup one through nine going at the same time. It may not get any better this weekend against a quality pitching staff. We will need to get the be able to get timely hitting throughout the series and play good defense."

Mike Corn/Walters - "And here they come around the last bend heading down the home stretch…it’s a three horse sprint to the finish line…David’s Dark Intentions leading by a nose with Greg’s Gold and Diamond Desi’s Dollars neck and neck on the rail.  Ladies and gentlemen it could be a photo finish.  The funny thing is that I just created a visual of those three skippers in that little jockey outfit looking at each other out of minion goggles.  If anyone can make that video happen with one of those fancy phone apps, I will buy you dinner.  Now…goodness…on to the task at hand…the Fighting Policastro’s! The Coug Crew is coming off a tough weekend in Mule Town which leaves an open door for a major bounce back so we better be ready to strap on our big boy pants.  The Senators swing the stick, but we are pitchable and that’s exactly what Aaron and his staff do…they can really pitch it.  Cleveland is leading the conference with league play punch outs by a wide margin…this means they have the ability to get locked in and put hitters away with quality swing and miss out pitches.  Just as Benjamin Cleveland, Old Roundabout,  led his 200 Wilkes County militiamen up against British Major Patrick Ferguson in the Battle of Kings Mountain, I suspect the weekend to be nip and tuck with both sides needing to take advantages when a hole opens up in the line.  With the forecast calling for a damp weekend, I am anxious to see who emerges from the fog and mist riding the white stallion."

Chattanooga at Southwest:

Greg Dennis/Chattanooga - "We go across the state this weekend to play an always competitive SW Tennessee club.  Erik has them starting to get post-season ready as they are starting to really play well.  Much like ourselves, they are a young team that is really starting to find their way.  We are going to need to play well in all 3 areas and hopefully deal with the challenges that an always difficult Saluqi team presents!! "

Erik Schoenrock/Southwest - "We were able to bounce back with 2 close victories to take the series in Gallatin after a disappointing showing in game 1. We now sit in 6^th place heading into our last home weekend of the season… it has flown by this year. After our midweek DH against a solid Three Rivers club, we host the Tigers of Chatt State for week 8 of conference play. Coach Dennis and his talented club are making the trip to Millington receiving votes in most of the national polls and playing well! We will need to be sharp on the mound and defensively in order to keep their offense in check. This was about the time last year where the Tigers got hot and went on a run to win the league, so we know that they know how to finish the regular season strongly. Two big weekends left figure out seeding in a very congested 4^th place though 8^th place in the standings."

Roane at Dyersburg:

Tyler Brown/Dburg - "DSCC is coming off of a big series sweep this past weekend to move up in the conference standings a few spots.  This upcoming weekend vs Roane State is going to be a huge make or break weekend.  Eagles need to play extremely well in order to stay in the top 6." 

Motlow at Columbia:

Desi Ammons/Columbia - "Every conference weekend is a tough task and this weekend is no exception. The Bucks handled us in the fall and I have no doubts that confidence will roll into Muletown this weekend. Their top end arms will present a tough task as we near the end of the season. They are good enough to beat anyone at anytime. We’ll need to hang in there and have a good plan at the plate. Motlow’s bats can get hot quickly as well so we will look to limit free bases and defend. Dan and John Reese will have those Bucks ready to go. I fully expect a very competitive series."

Dan McShea/Motlow - "It’s always an exciting series when we play the Chargers and I expect nothing less this weekend.  Columbia has been playing really well.  They are consistent and don’t beat themselves.  We have to eliminate the big inning and find a way to kickstart our offense this weekend"

4/15- Welcome to the newest baseball coach in TCCAA at Pellissippi State CC in Knoxville... Shawn Hughes hired at PSCC ... TCCAA Wrap UP for week 7...

FRIDAY

Vol welcomed SW to Gallatin on Friday and won the opener 12-2. After the Saluqi's started off with a run in the top of the first, the Pioneers put up 8 runs in the first two at bats to take command and cruise to the win... Kanon Lewis led the Vol O going 2-4 w 2rbi. Landon Lutterman and Alex Falsone also drove in a pair of runs apiece... in Columbia, the Chargers jumped out to a 10-2 lead after 3 but had to fight off multiple comebacks to win 15-14... Charlie Davis homered in his first two at bats and went 3-5  6rbi including a grand slam for Columbia...

SATURDAY

Southwest swept a DH to win the series on Satuday (7-2, 5-4). A four run fourth in the nightcap gave the Saluqi's the victory margin as Sammy Chapman's 3 run blast was enought to hold off the Pioneers... Columbia earned a 3 game sweep winning 4-3 and 12-4 ... the Chargers took advantage of wild pitches to score 3 runs in the fifth and supply the winning cushion... Walters swept Roane 9-4 and 13-2 on Saturday. Zion Tayler had a double, triple and 4 rbi and Nate Conner, Walker Morgan and Carson Cabbage homered in the 13-2 run rule game... Dyersburg swept Motlow 6-3, 9-4. Enrique Alverez Jr's homer was the big blow in a 3 run 4th in Dburgs 6-3 win... Chatt swept Jackson 9-1,5-3... Cade Chamlee's grand slam and Ryan Well's solid pitching led the Tigers to a 9-1 win...

SUNDAY

Walters, Chatt and Dyersburg all finished off 3 game sweeps on Sunday. Walters used a 4 run 7th highlighted by a Nate Conner double and rbi and Jack Vogele's 2 rbi single. Matt Smith ended the scoring with an rbi single as the Sen's won 5-2... Dyersburg won 10-4 putting up all 10 in the 2nd-4th innings... the Eagles were lead by Jake Santos's 3-4 3 rbi day... the Tigers survived a shoot out with the Greenjays 9-8. Bryson Jenkins went 2-5 with 4 rbi for Chatt...

STANDINGS - Walters 18-3, Columbia 16-4 and Chattanooga 16-5 all remain in contention for the title after 7 weeks...

4/11 - TCCAA Week 7 Preview

Jackson at Chattanooga

Michael Winders/Jackson: "The Greenjays will travel to Chattanooga this weekend to take on the Tigers. Hopefully the weather will be much better in East Tn this weekend, than what this week has brought to West TN. With the 3 weeks left of conference play the jays will need their defense and pitching to be more consistent this weekend to put themselves in a position to win some games. Its always challenging to play Coach Dennis’s Tigers because they execute the game at high level, consistently over of the course of a 3 game series. They seem to always take advantage of your mistakes while doing great job of limiting your opportunities offensively. We know in order to compete in this conference we are going to have to be able to play the game at an high level and this weekend will give us another test."

Greg Dennis/Chattanooga: "This week breaks with rain all over us here in the Scenic City and we are hoping to ward it off as best possible and get ready for the GreenJays to arrive from Jackson.  Coach Winders has them playing really well so far this spring and with a bunch of Sophomore returners, it isn’t a surprise.  We saw them this past fall and they swung it well and pitched at times very solidly.  We are happy to have escaped Cleveland with a hard-fought pair of wins and are hoping to try and continue with the momentum of those wins and try and get off to a better start against Jackson.  Should be a good weekend….if this doggone rain will ever stop!!"

Southwest at Volunteer

Erik Schoenrock/Southwest: "We had another close, hard fought series loss at home last weekend against Columbia. We found a way to rally and win in 10 innings in game 1 but failed to capitalize in either game on the doubleheader day, losing both. We have to give credit to the Chargers’ pitching staff. They threw strikes and mixed really well on Saturday and they were very solid in offensive situations. We just couldn’t come up with a big hit with runners in scoring position, but if you are relying on 2 out hitting for all of your runs – that’s a tough plan to execute. This weekend, we are back on the road in Gallatin against Vol State. They have played very well the last 2 weekends against Dyersburg & Walters, so we will need to be ready for a battle. Coach McGuire always gets the most out of his guys and I have the upmost respect for him and their program. There is 1 game separating 5^th-8^th place right now between us, Roane, Jackson, and Dyersburg… so this weekend is huge for us all to try and finish as strong as possible in order to stay in the top 6 heading into the tournament in May."

Motlow at Dyersburg

Tyler Brown/Motlow: "Dyersburg is coming off another tough weekend on the road.  Looking forward to being back at home.  Need to play hard and clean against a tough Motlow State team."

Cleveland at Columbia

Desi Ammons/Columbia: "We are now into the meat and potatoes of conference play. I expect quite a bit of movement in the standings in the next few weeks and who knows where everyone will finish! We play host to a Cleveland State ball club that has talent all over the field. Pitching that will make it extremely tough on us to even sniff home plate and an offense that can score and score quickly. Coach Policastro, along with Aaron and Grant always have their guys ready to play. Aaron does a great job with his pitchers and as always Poli/Grant have assembled another very good line up. They always do the little things correctly, we will need to try and match that. Our offense will have our hands full with every guy they roll out there. We will need to do a better job this weekend with RISP to have a chance at home. As always, we will need to lean on our pitching and defense to keep us in the game. I expect 3 extremely competitive games this weekend in Muletown."

Mike Policastro/Cleveland: "We travel to  Columbia to face a very talented Columbia State team that has played well all season. Coach Amons has the Chargers playing at a high level. We come off a hard fought series with Chattanooga State. For us to compete this weekend we will need to be better on the mound, minimize free bases, control the running game, play good defense and be able to make a pitch to get out of an inning. Offensively, we need  to do a better job scoring runs when given opportunities. Columbia will throw really good arms at us  so scoring opportunities will be scarce, we will need to cash in when we have a chance."

Walters at Roane

Mike Corn/Walters: "In 1972, when Roane State cranked up their baseball program, Don Vito Corleone gave us words to live by, “There is no greater natural advantage in life than having an enemy overestimate your faults...”  That will not happen this weekend.  You don’t need to work at the ORNL to know that the Raiders’ chemistry has been atomically improved so far this season.  Coach Pete is up there with a baseball field in his front yard and a lake loaded with spawning smallmouth in the back yard smiling from above at the job that Cam and Garrett are doing with the Roane State program. The Senators will need to find a way to produce runs without the long ball if we are to be successful. Caney Creek is on the rise from all the precipitation this week so it looks like the series will be bumped back to Saturday-Sunday giving both squads an extra day of rest for this pivotal series.  Hopefully Larry Works will come out and say hello as this TCCAA series has the makings of good one."

Cam Hamsley/Roane: "The Sensei's and The Grasshoppers! Coach Shelton and Coach Corn are definitely the Sensei's for us! Coach Dalton and I spend much time talking about the help and guidance those two have given us in our young coaching career. I'm hoping we can get a picture of all us before the series begins because the duo's look eerily similar. No need to compete on who's more strikingly handsome there, we'll just keep it on the field.During my interim season, we were inside COVID policies and were limited on who we could play and it meant we played Walters St. 10 times in one season. The first game we had them beat 7-4, 2 outs, last inning and Alberto Osuna hit a towering Walk-off Grand Slam to win it. In those moments, I remember thinking this doesn't seem right. It is just one game in the grand scheme of things but I remember thinking that we (really I) had not earned that opportunity to win that and I remember praying on what the Lord needed me to go through to be the best coach I could be for my guys and our program......I look back now thinking how grateful I've been to go through all the challenges, for it to have taken some time instead of just instant success. There is a long way to go, continued growth and journey ahead but I believe this series this year does give me more to pray about. This weekend, I would like to see our guys stay consistent and outlast our opponents. It is so hard to stay off the results and just keep at it. I love seeing the guys have joy and intensity in these moments of competing and I do not look to limit those moments but I do want to help our guys manage those moments and emotions.Baseball owes us nothing and there is always someone itching to get in the game, play hard and be out there. Getting the most out of a team is something I've been thinking on alot. Any team, anybody, can have success for one season. It is about more than that...We're thankful to be able to try and build something at Roane State that is consistent and lasts. Every weekend and every game matters these are just a little more exciting to talk about because of what the core of this game truly comes down to....RELATIONSHIPS--- Senators vs Raiders"

4/7 - TCCAA Week 6 Wrapup

Friday: Southwest came back to beat Columbia in 10 innings 8-7. Brayden Stewart led the Saluqi offense going 2-5 with 3 rbi and getting the walkoff bingle in the 10th... Walters State beat Vol on a bottom of the 7th grand slam by Deniel Ortiz and Luke Ferguson's close out from the mound...  Cleveland jumped out 4-0 on Chattanooga and won 10-5. Bryson Trammel went 2-4 with 2 HR and 4 rbi... Roane got all 3 runs in the fourth to beat Motlow 3-1. Chase Denton's 2 run bomb was all the Raiders needed. Cason Sharp dodged 6 hits and 5 walks to throw the 9 inning CG win for Roane, allowing only 1 run... Jackson had their bats smoking hot on Friday putting up 13 runs on 14 hits and 9 walks... Jacob Bryant went 2-3 with a HR and 4 rbi and Drake Blackwood was 2-3 with 3 rbi for the Jays...  Cory Francis closed out the win throwing 2 scoreless innings and striking out 4 batters...

Saturday: Columbia rebounded to win two and take the series  from SW with 3-1 and 6-1 wins... the Chargers got strong outings from Grayson King (7ip 9K 1R) and Cole O'Brien (5ip 6K 1R) to claim the series... Walters completed a sweep of Vol with 9-4 and 12-3 wins... Logen Sutton had a grand slam and 5 rbi in G2 while Nate Conner went 2-2 with a HR and 3 rbi in game 3... Chattanooga also rebounded to win their series with Cleveland with 7-4 and 7-6 wins on Saturday... in game 2 the Tigers jumped out 7-1 and held off a Cougar rally for the win. Nick Iezzi homered for Chatt... in game 3 and down 4-0, the Tigers rallied for 6 5th inning runs to take the lead only to see Cleveland tie it back up with 2 of their own in the bottom half... Cade Chamlee's 2 out single scored C Trevison J  with the game winner in the top of the 6th... CJ Morro (3-4, double 3 rbi) led the Tiger offense... Bryson Jenkins added 2 rbi...  Motlow evened the series, but the Raiders won game 3 7-5. Myles Denton went 2-3 3rbi including 2 in the 6th to take the lead and Johno Pierce drove in the game winner in the top of the 7th. Carter Oliff tossed a complete game to pick up the victory... Jackson took the series with a 6-4 game 2 win over Dyersburg... the Greenjays used a 4 run fourth inning with rbi hits from Titus Suggs and Cade Spaulding... Suggs drove in another in the sixth with a double to left to seal the win... the Eagles salvaged a win in game 3 of the series with a 10-0 blanking of the Greenjays... the Eagles put up 4 runs in the first and the route was on... Enrique Alverez, Parker Patterson, Jake Santos and Amir Streeter all drove in runs in the inning... Patterson had 3 rbi to lead the Eagle offense and Jacob Sitton tossed a 5 inning complete game shutout allowing just 2 hits and striking out 4 batters...

STANDINGS - Walters 15-3, Columbia 14-4, Chattanooga 13-5, Cleveland 10-8, Roane 8-10 round out the top 5 in conference play...

4/4 - TCCAA Week 6 Preview

Dyersburg at Jackson

Tyler Brown/Dyersburg: "Looking forward to this upcoming weekend playing right down the road at Jackson State. No midweek game this week so everyone should be fresh and ready to go. Hopefully will be a good weekend for the Eagles." 

Michael Winders/Jackson: "The Greenjays will host Dyersburg State this weekend, and look to get back to on track after being swept the last two weekends. The jays need to figure out how to stay away from the big innings as that has hurt them in the two weekend series. The pitching staff needs to come out and attack the zone and the defense needs to catch it. Those two things have led to being swept the last two weekends."

Roane at Motlow

Dan McShea/Motlow:

Volunteer at Walters

Jim McGuire/Volunteer: "The Pioneers are coming off of their first conference series win vs Dyersburg State. After a 13-3 win in game 1, Vol state fell behind 5-0 in game two but scored 4 in the 6^th and 3 in the 7^th to complete the comeback and win 7-6. In game 3 the Pioneers fell behind 8-0 but scored 5 in the seventh and had the tying run at the plate before falling short in an 8-5 defeat. Timely hitting was the key in the series along with a quality start from Caleb Pica in game one and a clutch two out save from Noah Eatman in game two. Overall played much better and hope to continue to build momentum leading into the weekend. Vol St will travel to league leader, Walters State this weekend. Coach Shelton and the Senators are putting together another great season. They have one of the top offenses in the country, hitting .350 with 62 HR. They will be tough to slow down, need to prevent the big inning to allow us to keep the games close. Their pitching staff has been just as good as their offense, with a 3.52 ERA and .202 batting average against. Tough match up all the way around. We will need to play our best to have a chance to win."

Mike Corn/Walters: “Difficult to comprehend that we are beyond the half-way point here in another TCCAA baseball campaign. Goodness…the days and years just keep melting away.  By definition, time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparent-ly irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future.  I believe we only truly grasp this concept as we arrive closer and closer to the perceived terminus of our journey.  Getting these young men to buy in to the concept that every single pitch, at-bat, inning and opportunity truly matter may be the most challenging opportunity that us coaches face.  The truth that one never stands in the same water twice is so very accurate. A lost opportunity is exactly that, lost.  You may very well “do better” next time but you never really make up for moments missed.  Let’s hope our Senators can grasp a little bit of the idea and be ready for each open door this weekend.  Jim and the ‘Neers are coming off a series win against a tough Dyersburg squad and that scares me a little.  When you have a young team, sometimes it takes them a little bit to reach a competitive homeostasis getting accustomed to the nerves and elevated speed of the game. I anticipate us to be in a dog fight all weekend as it seems things may be starting to click for the boys from Long Hollow.  Looking forward to seeing our old friend and strapping up for JUCO baseball at Ken Campbell Field!!!”

Columbia at Southwest

Desi Ammons/Columbia: "Can’t believe we are now in week 6 of conference play. Thus far our conference seems as challenging as ever, and this week will be no exception. We travel to Millington to take on a dangerous Saluki team. Erik has put together another very good club that has shown they can beat anyone. They play well at home and road conference games are always tough. We will need to lean on our pitching and defense to give us a chance this weekend. Our offense will need to continue to find ways to get on base and hopefully push some runs across. Their running game will be challenging to defend and their offense can strike fast. Keys for us will be having a mature approach at the plate, play catch, and throw strikes. Team energy will need to be sharp and play with passion."

Erik Schoenrock/Southwest: "We had a very up & down weekend against Walters in Millington. After battling back and finding a way to win in game 1, we failed to close out the series with 2 big losses in the doubleheader day. Credit to them… they showed us why they are a nationally ranked program each year in their response to the series opener. This weekend… we are back at home again against the 1^st place Chargers. Columbia State comes in red-hot with a 12 game win streak. They have played the toughest schedule in our conference and have handled it very well. Desi and his staff have done a great job with this group, they don’t have any glaring weaknesses and will be a very tough match-up for us. If we don’t play good, quality baseball… this could be a long weekend for us. It’s not very often that you get a chance to host the 1^st place teams in the league in back to back weekends during a season, so we need to try and take advantage of being in the comfy confines of USA Stadium before we finish with 2 of the last 3 weekends on the road to finish the regular season."

Chattanooga at Cleveland

Greg Dennis/Chattanooga: "As we get over the hump in conference schedules it always seems like it picks up steam heading home!!  We go up the road to Cleveland to play Coach Poli and his crew and this is always a tough task for us.  They are playing very, very well so far and have shown that they have a top-tier pitching staff for sure!  All 3 starters have had excellent years so far and their bullpen is regularly one of the best in the conference.  They always present problems for us offensively and will always bring a solid defense to the yard daily.  We are going to need to really be at the top of our game this weekend and find ways to work to generate offense and keep the Cougars offense quiet.  Never an easy task at Cougar Field!!"

Mike Policastro/Cleveland: "This week we host a very talented Chattanooga State team. As always coach Dennis and his staff have the Tigers playing well heading into the postseason. We managed to win the series last week with Motlow in three competitive games. This week we will need to be competitive by keeping the ball in the park against a solid lineup that is able to put up a three spot with one swing. Minimize free bases and make a pitch to get out of an inning. Offensively we will need to be much better than we were last week. Motlow's arms pitched really well. Our approaches will need to be better against a very good pitching staff. We will need to capitalize on any scoring chances that we get."

4/2 - FIRST 2024 CLASS POLLS ARE POSTED UP - THE FIRST ALL CLASS POLL WILL BE OUT NEXT WEEK...

4/1 - FIRST HIGH SCHOOL POLLS FOR 2024 WILL BE POSTED ON TUESDAY APRIL 2, 2024...

TCCAA Week 5 Wrap Up:

Evan Ashe tripled and scored on a wild pitch to give Southwest a 7-6 win in game one of the series with Walters... the Senators responded with two huge offensive games to win 16-3 and 11-0 to take the series... First baseman Walker Morgan went 5-8 with a double, HR and 8 rbi for Walters... Chattanooga swept Roane as Ryan Wells tossed a 6 hit shutout in game one (4-0). The Raiders gave a valiant effort but could not get a win as they lost 8-5 and 3-2 on Saturday... a four run second gave the Tigers an insurmountable lead in game 2 as Brody Ballou's double scored two runs in the inning... Ballou had a pair of two baggers and 3 rbi for the game... Roane was 2 outs away from a win in game 3, but the Tigers had a different idea. Bryson Jenkins' one out single score CJ Morro and Cade Chamlee to win the game... a devastating loss for the Raiders... Volunteer has had a rough year so far. Their offense had been virtually non existent for most of the conference season... that changed Friday as the Pioneers beat Dyersburg 13-3. Making the most of Eagle mistakes, the Pioneers used timely hits to build a 10-0 lead in the seventh inning and with 2 outs and no one on base the Pioneer pitching staff walked 4 consecutive batters to allow the game to go longer... in the end, no harm done... Kanon Lewis went 2-3 with 4 rbi for the Pioneers to lead the offense. Zach Zimmerle and Stephen Bell added 2 rbi each as well in game one of the series... Dyersburg jumped out to a 5-0 lead in game 2 after 5 innings... the Eagles used a pair of Amir Streeter rbi's to get the lead only to see Vol drop 4 runs in the bottom of the fifth and make a new game of it... Alexander Falsone's double got things started and Stephen Bell's 2 rbi single was the big hit in the inning... Vol answered again in the 6th with 3 runs... Falsone got things started again and Riley Cooper's double scored a run and he finished the inning with the game winner by scoring on a wild pitch(7-6)... the Eagles responded with a game 3 win, jumping out to a 8-0 lead before allowing the Pioneers to put up 5 in the bottom of the 7th and leave runners stranded at 2nd and 3rd base... Cleveland won the series with Motlow two games to one with a 7-3 and 4-3 wins... the Cougars second baseman Will Webb had a nice weekend going 4-7 with 4 walks and scoring 4 runs and stealing 4 bases... Webb was instrumental in the 4-3 series win as he walked to lead off the 7th and scored the winning run on Riley Orr's single... Motlow took game 2 as John Hale led off the 6th with a solo shot and Kaleb Gupton had a 3 run blast to give the Bucks all they needed in the 5-3 win... Columbia rode the arms of Dylan Kazee (10K/4 hits/0 runs) and Grayson King (4K/5 hits/1 run) to 11-1 and 13-1 wins over Jackson... they completed the sweep with a 9-4 win in game three... Braxton Baird went 4-6 with 5 walks, scored 6 runs and drove in a pair for the Chargers... Columbia jumped out to a 9-1 lead and coasted to the 9-4 win in game three...  after 5 weeks of play Walters and Columbia are tied at 12-3 for first place and Chattanooga is a game behind at 11-4... Cleveland (9-6) is the only other team over .500 in the conference race and is in 4th... series of interest for week 6 has to be Cleveland v Chattanooga, big rivalry, big meaning in the standings!

3/28 - TCCAA Week 5 Preview:

Walters at Southwest: This series started today - Southwest grabbed a game 1 win, 7-6.

Erik Schoenrock/SW - "We played a QUICK series at Dyersburg and outscored them 12-11 overall, but lost the series 2-1. Both teams pitched it very well and if you blinked, you missed a couple of innings it seemed. This weekend, we have the Senators making the trip down to Millington. Obviously, they always present a challenge with the amount of talent & depth that they have on their roster each year. Coach Shelton & Coach Corn & their staff do a great job molding that talent into a winning product and they seem to be firing on all cylinders headed down here (winners of 12 straight). We will need to be ready to play & defend home turf the next 2 weekends against the current top 2 teams in the standings."

Roane at Chattanooga:

Greg Dennis/Chattanooga - "After kinda “righting the ship” some last weekend and playing a little more like we are capable of playing, we get to finally host someone again this weekend.  The Raiders come in off of a tough “almost won 3” weekend and are surely hungry to “right their ship” against us.  I know Cam will have them tuned up and they are playing much sounder fundamental ball and doing many things right.  They always give us fits and hopefully our guys will continue down the path we did this past weekend and not wander astray."

Jackson at Columbia:

Michael Winders/Jackson - "Coach Winders and the Green Jays will be plenty ready for the Chargers. They are battle tested and looking to get back on track, I know they will give us all we want and some. Limiting free bases will be important as their offense can hit as good as any Jackson team in past years. As we continue to progress as a club, situational hitting will once again be a focal point for the Warhorses. Playing catch and throwing catch will be crucial. Looking forward to a Friday/Saturday series finally and exceptional weather!"

Desi Ammons/Columbia - "The Greenjays are traveling to Columbia this weekend, to take on the Chargers. We know that Columbia has been really good baseball and have beaten some quality teams this year. We are looking for our guys to clean up some mistakes this weekend that has put us in some bad situation lately. If we can figure these things out we know we can put ourselves in a situation to win games. If we don’t it  could be along weekend against the Chargers."

Dyersburg at Volunteer:

Tyler Brown/Dyersburg - "Eagles are coming off a big series win vs Southwest Tennessee CC.  Looking to stay on track as we travel to Vol State.  Always a tough place to play on the road vs a tough team.  Coach McGuire always does a great job having his team ready to go."

Motlow at Cleveland:

Dan McShea/Motlow - "Cleveland State has been playing really good baseball.  We have a lot of things we need to do better to compete this weekend.  With the way they have been pitching, it is imperative that we limit the big inning and defensively."

Mike Policastro/Cleveland - "As we head into week five of TCCAA play we host a dangerous Motlow State team. For years this series has been difficult for us. This weekend will be no different. Motlow has arms that are capable of shutting down our offense as well as a line-up that is dangerous and capable of putting up runs quickly. We are coming off a hard fought series last week at Roane State, we were fortunate to come out on top.We will need to continue to get solid starting pitching as well as get competitive outs from our bullpen. Offensively, we will need to put quality at bats together and capitalize on any scoring opportunities that we have. It will be a competitive series."

3/26 - NAIA UpDate... Tennessee Wesleyan continues to climb back to the top after a rough start... the Bulldogs are 12-6 in AAC play (3rd place) while Milligan sits in 4th at 10-5... Bryan's Bryson Lofton leads the league in hitting at .455 with 12HR and 38 rbi on the season... his 38 rbi tie him for first with Marco Martinez from TWU... Lofton, Martinez and Braxton Turner (TWU) lead the league with 12 HR... in the MidSouth, Freed Hardeman (23-8) sits in 2nd at 4-2... Bethel is 21-7 on the year... New NAIA Poll on Wed 3/25 ...

3/25 - TCCAA Weekend Wrap-up

Roane had risen to second place after last week but had a tough weekend with 5-3, 4-3 and 14-9 losses to Cleveland... The Cougars game one rally of 4 consecutive innings with a run to come back and win 5-3 hurt, but the Cannon Stafford solo shot in the 7th inning of game 2 was a dagger to the heart... Dyersburg opened with a 7-5 win, holding on as the Saluqui's rallied for 3 in the top of the ninth... the Eagles took game 2 in the series with a 3-2 win. Jake Santos had a triple and 2 rbi for Dyersburg. Southwest took game 3 by a score of 5-1, thanks to a 4 run fourth... Sammy Chapman, Ryan Welch and Stephen Hayden drove in the runs for the Saluqui's... Walters swept Jackson 15-6, 5-2 and 12-2... Senators continue to be the Senators... Deniel Ortiz had a big weekend going 6-11 with 3 doubles, a triple, a homer and 5 rbi... Keaton Ray had a monster game one going 5-6 with 2 doubles and a homer and 6 rbi... Chattanooga took a double header sweep at Motlow on Saturday, winning 5-3 and 12-2. The Tigers finished off the weekend with a 23-5 win on Sunday... WOW! CJ Morro (3-5 4rbi), Cade Chamlee (3-6 5 rbi) and Tyler Jones (2-5 3 rbi) led the Tiger offense on Sunday... The Tigers had come from behind to take game one, down 3-0 in the third, by scoring 4 runs in the 3rd and 4th innings. With it came series momentum which they capitalized on the rest of the weekend... Columbia used a 3-0 opening win on Saturday to gain momentum for their sweep of Volunteer State... Grayson King tossed a strong 6 innings, allowing only 4 hits and walking 3 batters. The Chargers stiffened up every time the Pioneers threatened... Jackson Reidling had a pair of rbi to lead Columbia... in game 2 the Chargers broke open a close game by scoring 9 runs in the third and fourth innings in the 11-0 victory... Cole O'Brien gave up 2 hits and struck out 8 Pioneers as Jaxson Diamond homered, tripled and drove in 4 runs on three hits... Columbia finished the sweep on Sunday with a 16-3 win. Gattis Henley had 4 rbi on a homer and two hits, Diamond had another HR and 2 rbi. Blake Merwin, Abner Rodriguez and Bo Culver all added 2 rbi... after week 4 Walters is on top at 10-2, Columbia in 2nd at 9-3 and Chattanooga is in 3rd at 8-4...

3/21 - TCCAA Week 4 Preview

Columbia at Voluteer:

Chattanooga at Motlow:

Dan McShea/Motlow - "We have the Tigers coming to town this weekend for a pivotal conference series.  They have been nationally ranked for most of the season so we will have to play clean baseball and take advantage of our opportunities offensively.  We have shown an ability to pitch well at times and we need to improve upon that."

Greg Dennnis/Chatt - "Coming off of an abysmal past weekend we are going to Lynchburg really licking our wounds.  We will have no time to feel sorry for ourselves as Coach McShea and his Bucks squad will be ready to get after us equally well.  We are going to need to get better in all facets of the game and hopefully finish this 3-week gauntlet on the road and try and re-gain some equilibrium."

Southwest at Dyersburg:

Walters at Jackson:

Michael Winders/Jackson - "The Greenjays will host Senators this weekend in a TCCAA matchup. It appears the Senators are starting to hit on all cylinders as they travel to Jackson this weekend. We look forward to measuring ourselves against one of the best programs in the country. We know that they can score runs in bunches and will have to figure out how to match their offense against a very talented Walters State pitching staff. I know Coach Shelton will have his guys ready to play."

Mike Corn/Walters - "Week four is upon us.  I can hear June and Johnny singing now.   Senators will be heading west out of the great Tennessee River Valley, across the Cumberland Plateau, Central Basin and down off the Highland Rim to the wonderful city of Jackson, TN located on the Gulf Coastal Plain of our great state. Incidentally, home to one of the best places to eat in our conference, Casey Jones Old Country Store.  It’s becoming more and more difficult to find a good buffet these days but the folks at Casey Jones can really take care of your appetite.  Don’t forget to visit Miss Annes’s Shop for some old school candy and delicious Blue Bell ice cream.   I doubt they have any Cherry Garcia but you can thank The Grateful Dead for the 1970 Ballad of Casey Jones keeping the great engineer’s name in the spotlight.  Just as Casey needed to watch his speed down in Vaughn, MS, the Senators will need to slow their roll and take care of business coming off a big series win last week.  Looks as if Coach Winders has put together the best Green Jay team we have seen in recent years.  They are marking double digits runs in over half their games.  Michael has them running the bases and playing well.  Hopefully we can get some quality starts to take a little pressure off the bullpen.  Both squads are capable of scoring a few runs so we should be in for an exciting series."

Cleveland at Roane:

Mike Policastro/Cleveland - "This week we travel to a very hot Roane State team. Coach Hamsley and his staff have done a great job putting the Raiders in a position to be successful. We came off a disappointing game three with Jackson State losing after leading until the ninth inning. We are still a work in progress, we take two steps ahead and one step back. Our offense has been getting better as the season progresses and will need to continue to improve. Our starting pitching has been consistent for most of the year and needs to continue to give us solid outings. We need to shore up our bullpen which has had some lapses the last few weeks. Overall we will need to be at the top of our game this weekend against Roane to have a chance to win the series."

3/18 - TCCAA Week 3 Wrapup

Motlow traveled to Memphis and won the series vs Southwest with 12-0 and 5-4 wins... SW salvaged a game with a great pitching performance by Peyton Charles and Wes Butler who gave up just one hit in the victory... Caden Alvey tossed a 2 hitter in the Bucks 12-0 win on Friday, striking out 9 and walking just one hitter... Walters jumped on Chattanooga Saturday winning 10-0 and 7-1 to take the series quickly... Sunday's matchup was an absolute cruise as the Senators won 18-0... I did NOT see this coming... Roane swept Volunteer on Saturday as well with 2-1 and 9-1 wins... the Pioneers have not recovered well after close/tough losses and game two was no exception... Luke Lowery's 2 run 4th inning homer was all the offense the Raiders needed in game one as the Pioneers could not generate much offense on the day, stranding 2 runners in the 5th and 6th and the tying run at third base in the 7th... The Raiders finished the sweep of Vol with a 14-4 win on Sunday... Roane scored 9 runs in the first three innings and coasted to the win and are now second at 6-3 in conference play... Cooper Casteel's no hitter led the Cleveland Cougars to a 2-0 opening win in their series with Jackson. Evan Goins and Dylan Owens each had a SAC fly for Cleveland... game 2 was the complete opposite as the Cougars escaped with a 13-12 win... Jackson tied the game up at 12-12 in the top of the 7th as the old free pass reared its ugly head again... a Jacob Bryant sac fly with one out did the trick... the Cougars responded in the bottom of the 8th with a bases loaded walk off single by Riley Orr... Will Webb, who led off the inning with a single scored the winning run... Orr was 4-5 with 4 rbi... Drake Blackwood and Titus Suggs had HR's for the Jays... the Sunday matchup was more of the same as the Jays scored 5 runs in the top of the ninth to erase a 10-6 deficit and win the series... 4 of the 5 runs came with 2 outs... Columbia used a 9 run third to mash Dyersburg 17-3... Hutson Miles, Abner Rodriguez, Brady Hendrix, Blake Merwin, Jaxon Diamond, Jackson Reidling, Gattis Henly and Braxton Baird all had rbi in the inning... the Chargers finished off the Eagles with a Sunday Sweep... Gattis Henley's walk off HBP with one out gave the green nine a 4-3 win and in the third game of the series Dyersburg didn't recover from the loss in game two. Columbia ran away with a 14-1 win and the sweep... After 3 weeks Walters sits on top at 7-3 while Columbia and Roane are tied for the second spot at 6-3...

3/14 - TCCAA Week 3 Preview:

Southwest v Motlow -

Roane v Volunteer -

Cleveland v Jackson -

Mike Policastro/Cleveland: "We host  a Jackson State team this weekend after dropping our first two series. Jackson will bring a hot team that swings the bat really well and is capable of putting up big innings. Our offense has been inconsistent at best. We will need to be able to get the big hit when we have the chance. Our pitching staff has done a great job giving us a chance in most games."

Michael Winders/Jackson: "The Greenjays  will travel to Cleveland this weekend to take on the cougars of Cleveland State. We know that we are going to have to be very good at the plate this weekend to produce runs against some very talented arms. The Jays will have to limit mistakes on the mound and defensively to stay away from giving up big innings that cost them last weekend. We know that this weekend will be tough to go into Cleveland and win series, but hopefully we can keep the momentum going from the first two weekends of conference play."

Columbia v Dyersburg -

Desi Ammons/Columbia: "What a difference a week makes…just when you think you are figuring some things out, the game will bring you back down. Pleased with our pitching and defense last week, but we must do a better job at the plate. A zillion runners left on base will prove detrimental to the Green team if that trend continues this weekend. Coach Brown will be bringing a very good pitching staff and a talented team to Muletown. We will need to be better at the dish and continue play in the other two phases. Only week 3 of conference play and every game matters but this series is lining up to be a pivotal series for both the Chargers and Eagles. I would expect the entire weekend to be a battle."

Tyler Brown/Dyersburg: "Great job by the guys bouncing back last weekend and getting the series win. Looking forward to keeping the momentum going, but going to be a tough weekend ahead at Columbia State. "

Walters v Chattanooga -

Gregg Dennis/Chatt: "We head up the road to Morristown to take on Walters and, as usual, we have our hands full as they are outstanding in all areas of the game, again, this year.  Dave has the offense running smoothly and the pitching staff is working at the usual steady clip.  We will need to keep some momentum going from this past weekend and hopefully put together some quality starts and multi-run innings in order to stay with the Senators!!  "

Mike Corn/Walters: "Looks as if weather will again play a factor in this week’s schedule.  A Saturday – Sunday set will most likely be the play.  Even though each conference game counts about 3.7% or so of your schedule, there seems to be a little buzz about the Senator – Tiger match-up here in week three.  Players come and go each year but when one program ends the season of another, there’s always a little edge to the next spring’s series. Not many TCCAA weekends that I can remember, probably never at Ken Campbell Field,  where Walters State enters as the underdog. Well…never say never because that’s exactly how it will unfold on Saturday.  Greg and his staff have their tenacious 16^th ranked Tigers off to a blistering start.  Their ability to get on base and resiliency is always what makes them special.  If there’s such a thing as a key to victory, the Senators will need to find a way to run up pitch counts and limit the impact of their sparkplugs.  I might just sit up in the stands, take notes and watch these two legendary TCCAA head coaches move their pawns.  The marbles aren’t on the table until May, but goodness, week three could certainly be an indication of who wants to take the wheel here early in 2024."

3/11 TCCAA Monday Review - League play for week 2 ended today - only one series got started on the traditional Friday and Walters swept Motlow 11-2 and 10-4. They finished the series sweep off with an 11-1 thumping of the Bucks and did so in a dominating fashion, scoring 32 runs and allowing only 7 in the three game set... 2b Logan Sutton went 5-10 with 2 doubles a homer and 5 rbi; leadoff hitter Nate Conner went 7-12; Jack Vogele went 5-9 and the offense was rolling. The Sen's got six strong innings from Karson Bonaparte in Friday's first contest and a great close from Aiden Robertson... meanwhile in Memphis, Southwest and Jackson split identical 13-4 contests on Saturday... The Bluejays won the series on Sunday with a 7-3 win... In other Sunday series openers, Cleveland knocked off Dyersburg in the series opener 6-4 with a 3 run top of the ninth... free passses kill and they did in Dyersburg as the Coug's used a HBP and 3 walks to score the first ninth inning run and added a Dylan Owens bingle and another walk to De'Yon Cannon to force the third and final run of the inning...  Roane shocked Columbia 4-2 and Chattanooga won a couple of close ones on the road at Volunteer 8-6 and 5-4... The Tigers, down 4-3 in the 7th, scored twice to come back and win over the Pioneeers. Taking advantage of an HBP and walk and an error the Tigers tied the game and Brody Ballou scored the eventual game winner on a wild pitch... The Pioneers never recovered from the loss as Chatt smacked Vol around on Monday to win 15-0... Roane won its series with a game two, 2-0, shutout of Columbia. The Chargers were able to take game three 7-1... meanwhile in Dyersburg, the Eagles swept a pair to win their series with Cleveland with scores of 8-6 and 5-4... The Eagles countered a K Collins 3 run bomb (Cleveland) in the top of the 7th with 2 of their own in the win... 1 out singles by Amir Streeter and Chris Alverez and the Eagles walked it off... Chatt sits atop the standings at 5-1 and will travel to Morristown on Friday to take on Walters (4-2)...  Jackson is also tied with Walters at 4-2 in league play...

3/7 - TCCAA Week 2 Preview:

Columbia at Roane -

Desi Amons/Columbia: "After having a decent weekend, the Chargers get to travel to Harriman to take on an energized and hungry Raider ball club. Cam and his guys ended our season last year in Gallatin and I have no doubts that win will give them confidence this coming series. We will need to be sharp in all phases to have any success this weekend. We need to continue our competitive attitude at the plate and have thoughtful approaches entering at bats. Our starting pitching will need to be much better than this past weekend to give us a chance. Roane always plays well against us and I don’t expect anything less as we enter week 2 of conference play."

Motlow at Walters -

Dan McShea/Motlow: "Traveling to Walters is always going to be a tough trip, even more so on short rest.  We had some areas where I was really pleased with our performance as a team but we will need to be much more consistent in our play to have success on the road against a very good Walters State team."

Mike Corn/Walters: "Dan “The Man” McShea brings the well prepared Bucks around Monteagle Mountain and up the I-75 corridor this week for a big TCCAA match-up.  The Bucks have played a tough schedule to open the season so they already have seen anything we might be able to throw their way.  Motlow will be running out some excellent starting pitching backed up by a bullpen with plenty of arm talent.  Seeing them in the fall, we thought they would have a chance to compete at the very top of the league in 2024.  After following their early season progress, I do not think we were mistaken.  That Buck line-up is racking up the freebies thus far so we will need to resist rutting for strikeouts and be a little more contact focused.  As with any contest, we need to take care of our own business first before you can worry about the team the other dugout.  If I could pick on one thing that we are missing up to this point it would be the ability to finish.  Finish hitters with two strikes.  Close innings on defense.  Increase competitive at-bats with runners in scoring position.  Taking advantage of opportunities to expand leads when your opponent opens that door.  Luckily it’s not how your start, it’s how you finish that counts.  Hopefully Motlow will sport those canary uni’s at least one day this weekend.  I always catch myself looking for Stargell, Candelaria and Parker to run out of the tunnel when Dano rocks the yellows.  Come on out to Ken Campbell Field this weekend and catch a sure to be exciting series…Senators-Bucks should be entertaining."

Cleveland at Dyersburg -

Tyler Brown/Dyersburg: "Excited to see my guys get after it again after a hard fought series at Chattanooga State.  Cleveland State is well coached and they play extremely hard.  Should be a great series here in Dyersburg."

Chattanooga at Volunteer -

Greg Dennis/Chattanooga: "We got the first series in with Dyersburg and it was tremendously hard-fought.  They played a highly-competitive series and I felt we answered that for the most part and did some things well.  This weekend we travel to Gallatin to take on Vol State and that is always a difficult task.  Coach Mags always has them competing at a high level.  This begins our 3-week “on the road” stretch and what a tough place to start it.  Hopefully our pitching will do a better job of staying out of the big inning and our hitting will continue to be opportunistic.  Should be a great series and always good to see our conference’s “TV celebrity” Coach McGuire!! "

Jackson at Southwest -

Michael Winders/Jackson: "The Jays will travel to Millington this weekend to take on the Salquis in a TCCAA matchup. We know Coach Shoenrock will have his team ready to play, and will need to make some adjustments at the plate this weekend against a tough pitching staff. On the mound the Jays will need to do a better job in the early innings to give themselves a chance to win a game late. We know that every weekend will be battle in this conference and will need to play the game at high level to leave Millington with a series win."

Erik Schoenrock/Southwest: "We got off to a good start in conference play, taking 2 of 3 from Cleveland on the road. We were fortunate to win both games on the doubleheader day, but we pitched it well enough at the right times to secure a series W on the road. This week, we have Jackson State at home. They are off to a good start this year and also took home a series W in their opening conference weekend as well. Coach Winders has done a good job with this group & they have a strong veteran presence on their roster. We will need to be sharp on the mound and defensively against this team - they average 8+ runs / game and are basically 1:1 in their walks / strikeouts as a team. Should be a fun series as we kick off a 10 game homestand."

3/6 - MIDWEEK ROUNDUP: Milligan continues to shine near the top of the AAC standings at 5-1 in conference and 15-4 overall... the Buffs will host #23 Reinhardt on Thursday and Friday... the entire lineup is hittng better than .300 with Sr C Caleb Berry (.410), Gr OF Ryan Molinari (.400), Braden Spano (.385) and RSo IF Gaven Jones (.373) leading the way #GoBuffs ... in the MidSouth Conference Bethel (17-2) and Freed Hardeman (17-3) have come out of the gates on fire... Cumberland, after a miserable start, has won 9 straight games to climb up to 12-7 under 2nd year skipper Ryan Hunt... conference play begins on March 15... over in the ASun, Austin Peay has had a terrific start at 10-2 under another 2nd  year skip, Roland Fanning... congratulations goes out to VU skipper, Tim Corbin, who recently won is 1000th game as a HC... Corbin wins 1000 ... VU has averaged 40.6 wins per season since Corbin arrived in Nashville...

3/4 - MONDAY ROUNDUP:

TCCAA:  Out of the first week of conference action Chatt, Columbia, Jackson and Southwest all won their series 2-1. The Tigers won 8-5, 7-6 and lost the broom match 6-4...  Chatt won the decisive game on a 1 out bases loaded walk in the bottom of the 7th... Columbia knocked off Walters 8-7, 12-11 and lost 8-1 in the final contest... The Chargers used an 8th inning 2 out single by Michael McClellan to win 8-7 game one and McClellan walked it off in game 2 with an extra inning with another 2 out bingle to win 12-11... McClellan went 6-14 with 6 rbi in the series... Jackson sandwiched wins of 13-10 and 5-3 around a 5-3 loss... Garrett Taylor went 4-6 with 2rbi in the game one victory... in the Raiders lone victory, Jacob Pointer, Daryn Glapa and Tanner Park gave up 6 hits and a run in a masterful game on the mound for Roane... Southwest went to Cleveland and won 11-9, 3-2 and lost 8-0 in the last game of the series... SW used a 2 out walk and a Hayden Collins HR to win game one at Cleveland... in game 2 Logan Luckett lead off the 5th with a single and scored the eventual winning run on a wild pitch... Cleveland's Andrew Kribbs tossed a 3 hitter while striking out 11 and walking no batters to shut out SW 8-0 in the final game of the series - definitely the best mound performance in the league on opening weekend... Motlow and Vol split and didn't get the third game in... Logan Molnar (3-5/HR/5rbi) and Kanon Lewis (3-4/HR/4rbi) had big day at the plate in Vol's 14-10 win in game two... the third game was cancelled after 4 innings due to darkness with the game tied at 6...

2/29 - TCCAA WEEK 1 Preview: For those of you who missed the whit and humor of Mike Corn's weekly comments.... HE"S BACK... I so missed this!

Dyersburg at Chattanooga:

Greg Dennis/Chattanooga - "We have started off pretty well and are doing some things better than expected.  Our offense has been on point so far and we have shown decent ability on the mound but feel like we can be better.  Hopefully, we will begin the process of really putting it together with a very good Dyersburg team coming in here.  I know that Tyler is busy putting his stamp on this well-known and well-decorated program.  We will have our hands full and hopefully can put together a solid weekend!!"

Tyler Brown/Dyersburg - "Currently, we are 9-6 on the year.  Began the season with a slower start, but played some tough opponents so far.  Looking forward to heading over to Chattanooga for our first conference weekend series at the end of this week.  Coach Dennis does a fantastic job with his team getting them prepared.  Should be a great series between the Eagles and a much respected Tigers team."

Roane at Jackson:

Southwest at Cleveland:  

Erik Schoenrock/Southwest - "Our season has been up and down so far, we lost about 80% of the production from our 44 win team last year... so we have a bunch of new guys still trying to find their way at this level. We have played a good schedule so far & roles on the mound and in our lineup have started to finally take shape after this first third of our schedule. We are at Cleveland State to open conference play this weekend. Coach Policastro and staff always do a great job getting their guys to play the right way & are tough to beat at their place. We will need to be mentally tough in the box against their good arms and will also need to take care of the ball defensively in order to get conference play started off strong on the road. "

Mike Policastro/Cleveland -  "As we begin TCCAA conference play this weekend hosting  a very good Southwest Tennessee team on Saturday and Sunday because of the rain forecast for Friday. We have played well the past month in our non conference schedule and hopefully it has prepared us for the always challenging conference schedule. As we face Southwest this weekend coach Shoenrock will have his club ready to go. We anticipate seeing a talented Southwest pitching staff as well as a line-up that is capable of putting a lot of runs on the scoreboard. Our pitching staff has done a really good job so far this year and will need to continue to give us a chance to win. Our offense will need to continue to make improvements and be able to take advantage of opportunities. It should be a good series."

Volunnteer at Motlow:

Jim McGuire/Volunteer - "

Dan McShea/Motlow - "It’s an exciting time in Tennessee with conference play starting this weekend.  We have had to deal with some cancellations but so has Vol so we both would like to have played more games at this point.  We are still trying to figure some things out with the lineup and with our bullpen.  I feel like we have some depth at a lot of positions so that will be good for us.  We just need to play more games.  Vol State will be very well coached and talented throughout so we will have our work cut out for us."

Walters at Columbia:  

Mike Corn/Asst Walters - "The season within the season has arrived.  Opening conference weekend is always exciting and 2024 will be no different.  Senators on the road heading down to Mule Town, USA to take on the scrappy Chargers in a Saturday-Sunday series.  A trip to Columbia, TN might take on an entirely different look if not for the tiny Snail Darter, Percina Tanasi.   In 1973, the Snail Darter was the center of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) put forth by a controversial Supreme Court ruling.  This ruling basically blocked the TVA from constructing a hydroelectric facility on the Duck River.  By 1984, this little ray-finned fish had made a remarkable comeback and was down listed from endangered to threatened.  Luckily, there is nothing endangered on this weekend’s series but certain both squads are certainly threatened as not wanting to leave the three game set with an upstream swim ahead of them.  The Chargers and Senators have both played a competitive early season schedule and should be ready to get after each other.  Coach Ammons will have those War Horses’ pencil sharpened and no doubt prepared to play.  We will need to get out of our own way and play situational baseball much better than we have done up to this point.  The keys to success in every game is always the same…throw strikes, put the ball in play, make the routine outs, run the bases smartly and have a good consistent emotional approach in the dugout.  Looking forward to a stimulating and competitive start to the TCCAA."

Desi Ammons/ Columbia - "The Chargers season thus far has been up and down. Timely hitting has evaded us at times, but pleased with this team’s fight. Sitting at .500 (6-6) early on this season with the beast in the east coming to town. Dave and his exceptional staff will have the Senators poised to start off conference play on a great note. They have played some of the best teams that junior college baseball has to offer and have stood tall in those contests. They are riding a win streak headed into Muletown, we will look slow that train just a bit, but it will be a big test for us. We will need to execute pitches on the mound, play conservative defense, and find ways to push runs across."

2/26 - WEEKEND UPDATE: Dyersburg has won 9 of its last 11 after an 0-3 start. The Eagles have won in a variety of ways during this successful period of time... Chattanooga has won 15 of 18 games and have scored 199 runs (11.06/game)... Cleveland is 10-4, winning 4 straight and playing solid baseball right now... Walters is 11-6, with 4 consecutive victories as well... the Sen's bats go they are tough to beat... Roane is 8-6, up and down some, but appear to have more offense than last year, averaging 8.42 runs per game at this point... Milligan has jumped out to a 13-3 overall record and lead the AAC at 3-0... the Buffs have reeled of 7 wins in a row as they head into a tough series with Bryan this coming weekend... in the Mid South, Freed Hardeman (14-1) and Bethel (14-2), have both jumped out to great early season success. The Lions of Henderson have averaged a little over 9 runs a game as well as 2 HR's a game as the offense has been very good so far while the pitching staff has recorded 3 shutouts and have only given up 3.33 runs per contest... over in nearby McKenzie, the Wildcats have averaged 9.56 runs per game with far less power than FHU. The Bethel pitching staff and defense have given up a measly 3.8 runs per game so far... Lee's Jack Nedrow (Siegel HS) is off to a great start at 4-0 with a 2.78 era this season... in Harrogate, LMU has gotten off to a great start at 11-3 and 5-1 in conference... Carson Boles ( .540 4 18) and Cameron Bowen (.391 5 22) have lit it up to start the season... Trevecca got a gem when Haven Mangrum transferred in from Louisville, Mangrum is hitting .486 with a 1.278 OPS to open this season... the return of Matt Bragga as head coach at Tennessee Tech is already paying divedends as the Eagles have started out 6-1... Sr RHP Peyton Calitri has jumped out to a 2-0 record and a 0.00 era for the Eagles... in Knoxville, the Vols have jumped out to a 7-1 start...

2/22 - Remember early season updates are on Twitter / X feed to the right of this page -

TCCAA starts first weekend in March with these match ups on Friday March 1:

2/7 - Add  Volunteer State to the mix - TCCAA Team Previews... keep an eye on the Twitter/X feed for updates on game scores - this early in season very few teams post stories til days after contest -

1/31 - Add Columbia State to the mix... TCCAA Team Previews...

1/29 - Chattanooga, Southwest, Cleveland, Roane and Walters are checked in with their '24 Team Previews... Check X for early season updates on game scores, I will repost game scores that are posted by schools so check the feed for easy viewing...

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Sept 29 - UPdates to High School Record Book, TN HS baseball history - adding 1943-1945 today -

June 18 - TBR All State Teams are posted. This year we did a first, second and third team and a list of honorable mentions... using our mathematical formula to determine what team each player would be on... a very long and tedious process for sure.  2023 Nomination List

June 14 - TBR All 2 Way Team posted... updated Coaches W-L career records - if you or someone you know belongs on this list - let me know so I can add it...

June 13 - Super Sophomore and Super Freshman Teams

June 12 - TBR All Region Teams and updated stat leaders...

June 8 - Statewide Offensive Stats are posted!

June 7 - Final Polls and Statewide Pitching Stats are posted today

June 6 - Out of touch here, but updating on Twitter feed alot ->>>

Spending a lot of time organizing and trying to round up nominations -

Check Twitter feed for schools still out -