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As you start preparing for the 2027 high school baseball season, we hope you will consider playing in our events at USA Baseball Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.  Below you will find the dates of the events we will be hosting.

Thursday-Saturday, March 18-20 30th Annual Buster Kelso USA High School Classic
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In 2026 we hosted over 100 different high school programs from 20 States from across the U.S.

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2026 All Class Poll

2ND POLL: APRIL 20, 2026
Rank School W L Class
1 SIEGEL 30 3 AAAA
2 BAYLOR 17 4 D2AA
3 FARRAGUT 23 6 AAAA
4 OAK RIDGE 25 6 AAAA
5 GREENEVILLE 28 7 AAA
6 GRACE - KNOXVILLE 25 3 D2A
7 RAVENWOOD 23 5 AAAA
8 LIPSCOMB ACADEMY 16 8 D2AA
9 CROCKETT COUNTY 26 2 AAA
10 PIGEON FORGE 22 2 AA

 

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4/27 TCCAA/REGION 7 TOURNAMENT PREVIEW

This is the initial year of the new tournament set up which gives the regular season champion, Walters, a bye into a 6-team double elimination tournament at Columbia State.... this is just like the old NCAA Regional bracket before they went to 64 teams...

Jackson (11) at Columbia (2):

Desi Ammons/Columbia - "Post Season baseball is here! The Chargers welcome the Green Jays to Columbia for a best 2 of 3 series. Coach Winders’ offense will put together good at bats and put pressure on a defense. We’ll need to match their offensive prowess and limit free passes on the pitching side. When these two faced off earlier in March, it was a very hard fought series. I expect a very similar series this time around as well."

Charles Winders/Jackson - "The Greenjays will travel to Columbia on Wednesday to take on the chargers. Coach Ammons has Columbia playing at a high level. There offense will be a problem for our pitching staff this week, as they have been one of the hottest hitting teams in the conference. Their arms and defense will be a challenge for us, as we will have to score runs to keep up with them. Looking forward to the challenge this week."

 

Motlow (10) at Cleveland (3):

Aaron Bryant/Cleveland - "Motlow is a tough opponent, especially in the playoffs.  Look forward to a competitive series."

 

Roane (9) at Southwest (4):

Erik Schoenrock/SW - "We finished the season with a tough weekend in Knoxville vs. Pellissippi, but still did enough to earn the #4 seed for this year’s postseason. Should be an exciting week of games for the whole league with the new format… we have Roane coming to our place. This is always a tricky matchup for us and Cam has his guys playing well, winning 2 of their last 3 series to wrap up the regular season (both on the road). We will need to make sure we are playing well in all areas to have a chance to move on to the next round in Columbia."

Cam Hamsley/Roane - "Wow, what a tough opponent we’ve drawn for our 3 game playoff series. Southwest has been just as dominant as anyone and could have easily been 1st overall. The pitching staff they have has been so consistent and Brignole doesn’t lose. He always puts them in a great position. Offensively, the bats are unrelenting. They keep coming at you and catch so many barrels. When game planning, it is hard to pitch to them 1-9. Brady Cooper is just special. He finds so many ways to beat you and it’s going to be tough for us to defend him and the rest of their guys. Erik and his deep staff have used a lot of knowledge and preparation to get their group firing consistently most of the season. 
As we begin playoff time, I’ve enjoyed this 2026 group of Raiders immensely! They have grown and learned so much about this game and themselves. I’m more grateful to coach them than they’ll ever know and blessed to be doing this everyday with my guy Coach Dalton! Win or Go Home Time!"

Volunteer (8) at Chattanooga (5):

Greg Dennis/Chatt - "We begin post season and will welcome in the team that we began our conference season against….Vol State. We have a long and challenging post season history with Vol State since 2004 and it is rich with many stories of unbelievable games and moments!!  I fully expect Coach McGuire’s guys to be prepared and determined as they come in here playing for the chance to move on to Columbia. We will need to gather ourselves after a rollercoaster ride in Lynchburg. Our pitching is scrambling and our defense has been iffy at times. These things need to improve dramatically if we are to contend well with Vol’s fine pitching and hitting. Hoping for the best but looking forward to seeing Coach McGuire and a good series either way!!"

Jim McGuire/Vol - "Pioneers will travel to Chattanooga State for the playoff series.We were swept there in week one where they totally shut us down offensively. Chatt has had another good year and are playing well.Very solid in all areas.We were better this past weekend offensively and hope we can bring some momentum into the playoff. Injuries to the pitching staff are still a concern. Going to have to find a way to match up on the mound to be able to have any success. It will be a very tough series."

Dyersburg (7) at Pellissippi (6):

Cooper Goen/Dyersburg - "Tough end to the regular season for the Eagles. Big props to Cam and his group at Roane. They play hard and fearless. Going to be a tough trip back out to Pellissippi. Shawn has a good team coming off a great weekend. Will be a tall task for us."

 

Shawn Hughes/Pellissippi - "Pellissippi State is looking to continue it's good play from last week vs Southwest where they took 2 of 3.  The panthers are getting more guys healthy after what has been a very tough injury riddled year.  "The goal has always been to be playing your best baseball by the end of April", said head coach Shawn Hughes who is finishing his second year with the program.  Dyersburg state was here just a few weeks ago for a conference series, and played us very tough. 
Continuing to be hot at the plate has been catcher Trace Simmons, and Centerfielder Donovan Mitchell.  Pellissippi will rely on the 3 starting arms that have carried the load for them this year.  Nathan Reed, Cooper Jones, and Nick Osmun.  Pellissippi has been very tough at home with a 22-6 record, and are hoping that trend continues this week."

 

 

 

4/22 -TCCAA Final Regular Season Series Preview

All Series start on Thursday April 23

Walters at Cleveland

Aaron Bryant/Cleveland: "Walters is a tough opponent. Looking forward to a competitive series"

Jackson at Volunteer

Jim McGuire/Vol: "Pioneers are coming off of a tough weekend at Walters State. We had no answers for the Senators' offense and could not put together enough to stay in the games. It will have to be better this weekend with Jackson State coming to Gallatin. They are another very good offensive club, and we are going have to find a way to slow them down. We will have a couple of guys back from injury and hope that will help. Need to play better this weekend to try to gain some momentum going into the playoff series next week."

Charles Winder/Jackson: "Jays will face a pitching staff that strikeout a lot of guys, we will need to have a good at bats to give ourselves a chance this weekend. We will need to limit the free bases, which has been a problem all year."

Chattanooga at Motlow

Greg Dennis/Chattanooga: "We are finishing up at Motlow State and Dan’s team seems to be starting to hit on all cylinders right now and will be extremely difficult at their place.  We will need to be on the top of our game and play complimentary baseball in order to get out of there with anything positive.  Hope our guys are ready for the challenge as post season is right around the corner!!"

Southwest at Pellissippi

Shawn Hughes/Pellissippi: "Pellissippi is starting to get some guys back healthy this weekend.  They have spent most of the year with multiple starters on the IL at the same time.  They are looking forward to being back at home where they have a 20-5 record.  The panthers will roll out Cooper Jones, Nathan Reed, and Nick Osmun on the mound this weekend.   They will be needing these guys to get deep into the game to give them a chance to win.  The bullpen depth has also been depleted by injuries.  Trace Simmons is starting to heat up after a hamstring injury mid season had slowed him his production at the plate.  Donovan Mitchell has also impressed in the back half of the season.  Pellissippi needs to win one game to secure a home series for the first round of the playoffs starting next Wednesday April 29th."

Erik Schoenrock/SW: "We had another good weekend at home vs. Jackson State and earned another sweep. We are on a 9 game winning streak headed into Knoxville / Pellissippi this weekend to wrap up the regular season. We are hoping to finish on a high note before we head into our playoff series at home the following week. Shawn and his guys have really had our number in our 3 previous matchups from last year so we know it will be a big challenge for us. "

Roane at Dyersburg

Cooper Goen/Dyersburg: "Really proud of our guys for getting one against Cleveland this past weekend. Aaron has built a complete team who plays hard and you can tell has a ton of belief in themselves. Still a lot to play for this weekend as we welcome Roane State. Cam's group has a lot on the line as well this weekend. Should be a great series to wrap up the year. Excited to honor our sophomores on Friday."

 

4/20 - New High School Polls out now!! All Class poll is above

4/19 TCCAA Wk 10 Recap

Walters swept Vol to get into a first place tie with Cleveland at 21-6 in league play. The Senators will travel to Cleveland to finish TCCAA play this weekend.  Walters has beaten Cleveland 5x in non conference mid week action this spring... The Cougars took two of three from Dyersburg to stay in the top spot... Columbia has finished league play at 23-7 and will finish in second place in some configuration with either Cleveland or Walters or possibly by themselves if either get swept... Southwest sits at 19-7 after sweeping Jackson (15-6, 11-4 and 11-1)... these four teams have been very consistent all year... The Saluqis will travel east to Pellissippi to finish the season... the Panthers need a couple of wins to keep a hold of the #6 seed... Chattanooga will travel to Motlow and will finish league play as the #5 seed regardless of the results in Tullahoma... Motlow took two of three from Roane (9-8, 10-0 and losing 4-2)... Dyersburg hosts Roane, Volunteer hosts Jackson in the other two final matchups for 2026... in 2025 only 1 player had 20+ HR's (Tyler Myatt), this season we have 6 players with 20 plus - Nolan Sergeant/Cleve 20, Drew Blalock/Walters 20, Holden Warmath/Col 21, Hayden Blair/Walters 21, Mykel Murrah/Motlow 24 and the leader is Andrew Fulmer/Motlow with 25... there are also 14 .400+ hitters in '26 as compared to four in '25... so offense is definitely up this year... let's see how this plays out as we head toward April 29 and the play-in series and the league tourney in Columbia beginning on May 5...

 

 

4/16 TCCAA Wk 10 Preview

Pellissippi at Columbia

Desi Ammons/Columbia: "Chargers will be first to finish their conference season this weekend. Thankful we are getting to play back at Home! Excited to see Dave Hall Field again in a game atmosphere! Pellissippi comes to town playing really good baseball, Shawn and his staff are top notch and will be well prepared. I know our guys are excited to play back at home and finish the regular season strong!"
 

 

Cleveland at Dyersburg

Cooper Goen/Dyersburg: "It will be good for the Eagles to be back at home after a tough east TN trip last week. Pellissippi has some really nice offensive pieces and Coach Hughes has done a great job there in a short time. Excited about bringing the top team in the conference in to town for the weekend. They are a complete ball club and are at the top for a reason. Well balanced on offense with some really talented arms.We will need to play way better defense than we did last weekend. Getting our SS back last week helped, but the defense around him needs to be better. Wyatt Diffee and Bennett Stutts continue to give us a chance on the mound when they start. Brady Byars, Duke Samples and Conner Vaughn are really swinging the bat well right now, along with Jordan Williamson and Holden Strain who have had success all year." 

Aaron Bryant/Cleveland: "Dyersburg is always tough to play, especially at their place, and it looks like Coach Goen has them moving in the right direction.  Look forward to a competitive series."

 

Jackson at Southwest

Erik Schoenrock/SW: "We had another solid TCCAA weekend in our sweep over Chatt State. Sweeps are never easy and we don’t take them for granted, especially against a quality opponent with a storied tradition. This weekend, we have the Green Jays headed to Millington for our last regular season home games. We played them earlier this spring in midweek game and know their lineup will be tough to deal with. I have a lot of respect for Coach Winders and Coach Gant and have a strong inclination that they will finish the season strong. We will need to be sharp & with only being 2 games out of 1st Place, we have a ton to play for in these last couple of weeks."

 

Volunteer at Walters

James McGuire/Volunteer: "Pioneers travel to Morristown this weekend to take on Walters St. The Senators are fighting for the regular season championship and will be a tough match up for us. We were very inconsistent last weekend against Roane. Going to have to clean things up to have success this weekend. Injuries are still an issue, hoping to get a few guys back before the playoff series." 

 

Motlow at Roane

Cam Hamsley/Roane: "Motlow's offense has been on absolute fire. They can leave the ballpark 1-9 and are such a threat at all times. Our pitching staff will have our hands full all weekend. We will pls to limit free bases to not allow bigger innings and keep our offense in it."

 

 

4/12 - TCCAA Wk  9 Recap

As we wind down to the final couple weeks of the regular season Cleveland (19-5) holds a one game lead on Walters (18-6) and is up two games on Columbia (20-7).  Southwest is next at 17-7 in league play... Pellissippi swept Dyersburg (5-3, 15-4, 10-5) at home to improve to 12-12 in league play...  Roane took two of three at Vol, winning 13-3 and 4-1. The Pioneers salvaged game three 8-6. Easton Denning had a pair of homers in the game and now has 14 on the season... Hayden Short went 3-6 with a HR and 4 rbi in the game one win... Roane's Hayden Davis, Ryker Daniel and Carter Davis combined to allow just 3 hits and a run in game two... while Cleveland was on the bye week, Walters kept pace by sweeping Jackson 17-7, 13-4 and 11-1... Friday's game was the first under the Senators new addition of stadium lighting...

Columbia took two of three from Motlow on the road... Friday's game was a 24-23 Charger win while they split on Saturday 14-1, 9-12... there were 13 home runs and eight doubles hit in the 24-23 game... Columbia's Nick Bolton (1ip) and Anthony Serrano (2ip) were the only pitchers not to allow a run... in the final series of the week Southwest swept Chattanooga 4-3, 16-5 and 9-6...

 

4/8 - TCCAA Wk 9 Preview

Dyersburg at Pellissippi

Cooper Goen/Dyersburg: "Big weekend ahead for the Eagles as we head to Knoxville to play Pellissippi. Major TCCAA implications as both teams are tied for 6th and trying to stay in the top half of the league. We will have our SS Darrion Richards back this weekend which will give us a much needed boost. Cy Maness gave us a big boost hopping into the weekend rotation last weekend with 5 innings of 1 run and no free passes. Brady Byars and Duke Samples has gotten hot for us and really helped lengthen our lineup. Pellissippi is a really good team and it will take our best baseball to beat them Looking forward to a great weekend!

 

Roane at Volunteer

Cam Hamsley/Roane: "Vol state has been playing really good baseball lately. The arms are being super competitive and bats have been on a tear. It is always tough playing in Gallatin."

Jim McGuire/Volunteer: "Pioneers are coming off of their first road series win at Motlow last weekend and have Roane coming to Gallatin this weekend. Both teams are trying to figure out a way to climb in the standings. Matching up on the mound is always the key for us. Timely hitting last weekend made the difference in the series and will need to continue to have success. Injuries have also been an issue but hope to get a few guys back for this series."

 

Jackson at Walters

Charles Winders/Jackson: "The Greenjays travel to Morristown, TN this weekend and look to take on the senators.  The pitching staff is looking forward to challenge this week with one of the best lineups in the country. Offensively we know that we will have to score a lot of runs to have a chance this weekend. "

 

Chattanooga at Southwest

Greg Dennis/Chatt: "We head across the state to take on the Saluqis of SW Tennessee and know we will have our hands full as Erik’s squad is putting together another really nice season and has shown themselves to be a very difficult squad to be successful against.  We will really need to swing the bats better this weekend and put together solid outings on the mound in order to stay in games in a tough environment."

Erik Schoenrock/SW: "We were fortunate to win 2 of 3 in Dyersburg last weekend. That was our program's first series win there in about 15 years... Cooper is doing a good job there, his guys play hard. This week, we are back at home for the first time in 3 weeks to take on Chatt State. Greg is a Hall of Famer for a reason, and his teams always present a challenge. They will not beat themselves and we will need to play clean baseball in order to have a chance against the Tigers."

 

Columbia at Motlow

Desi Ammons/Columbia: "Down to the home stretch in conference play! Chargers travel to Motlow Friday/Saturday. Road conference series are always tough, Bucks play well at home. This will we hard fought series!"

 

Dan McShea/Motlow: "We host a Columbia team that is playing really well right now.  They have been putting up a lot of runs, so we must limit the big inning if we want to compete this weekend.  This is always an exciting weekend, and I expect this year to be no different.  We have to be prepared to fight to win every pitch and stay in that mode for the entirety of the weekend."  

 

 

4/6 - First 2026 HS polls out today -

4/5 TCCAA Wk 8 Recap

Southwest took two of three from Dyersburg on the road... winning 5-2 and 7-2 on Thursday, the Saluqis solidified their 5th spot and put them 1 game back of the 4 seed Chattanooga, who lost their series with Cleveland 2-1... Southwest hosts Chatt next weekend in a huge series for both clubs... the Saluqis got great starting pitching from Paul Brignole (7-1) and Tyler Wilson (3-0) in their two victories... the Tigers split two games on Friday with first place Cleveland, winning 5-4 and losing 4-3 in two very tight games... Ty Newton's 3 run bomb was the game winner in the bottom of the fifth of the win for Chatt... the Cougars trailed 4-3 in the second game but got a fifth inning rbi single from Nelson McKnight and Nolan Sergeant scored on a bases loaded two out wild pitch in the seventh which was the game winner for Cleveland... the Cougars have the bye next weekend...

Pellissippi took two of three at Jackson, winning the Friday DH games 18-10 and 10-3 while the Greenjays bounced back to salvage game three 6-5... the Panthers had 14 hits and 18 runs off 6 Jackson pitchers and continued on in the second win... 'Sippi hit 7 hr on the day, Carson Hoffmeister had two and Cooper Jones scattered 8 hits, giving up 2 earned runs to get the game two win... Volunteer St also took the DH sweep on Friday from Motlow, winning 12-11 and 11-6. The Pioneers 7 run fourth was big enough to hold on for the win... Gabe Eddington had 2 HR and 7 rbi for Vol... in game two's 11-6 win, Eddington homered again and had 2 more rbi... the Bucks bounced back to win game three 11-4... Vol will host Roane next weekend...

in the big matchup between #2 and #3, Columbia won the high scoring series 2-1... the Chargers won game one of the DH 10-9 in 9 innings and the Senators rebounded for a 17-5 shellacking of Columbia in game two. Saturday was crazy as Columbia put up 10 fourth inning runs and ended it with 7 in the eighth to win 23-10... as the bottom of the fourth began it was 5-4 Walters and it appeared they'd probably go back and forth like that the rest of the way... but 4 Columbia homers in the inning pretty much ended that. Cary Burke 2x, Ashton Kemp, and John Carter all hit bombs and the Chargers were on their way to the win... Holden Warmath's grand slam ended the game in the 8th... Burke was 4-5 with a double, 2 HR and 7 rbi in the game... Warmath was 3-6 with 2 HR and 5 rbi... in the extra inning game one of the series on Friday Walters put up 2 in the top of the ninth and Columbia answered with a Jordan Akins rib double and a Burke 2 rbi single for the win... Columbia is at Motlow and Walters hosts Jackson...

 

4/3 TCCAA Wk 8 Preview

Southwest at Dyersburg (Thur/Fri)

Erik Schoenrock/SW - "We played a tough / back & forth weekend in Cleveland, and we came home with a 1-2 record. We need to move on quickly, as we have our 3rd weekend in a row on the road upcoming in Dyersburg. Cooper is doing a good job is year 1 there! We have a ton of rain in the forecast, but thankfully - we are able to now able to split some of these series' into non-consecutive days in order to find the 2 best days to play. We are playing the DH on Thursday and are still TBD for Game 3. Should be another competitive weekend!"

Cooper Goen/Dyersburg - "Huge weekend series. 5 vs 6 in the league. 
We are good at home, they are bad on the road. We are without 2 of our best players, will take a complete team effort to win this series. Hope to get a couple of our hitters going this week."
 

 

Walters at Columbia (Fri/Sat at Belmont)

Desi Ammons/Columbia - "Construction to start soon at Dave Hall Field to repair outfield wall and other items! Our “home” series against the Senators will be played at Belmont University Fri/Saturday. Dave has his club rolling winning their last 12 contests. Should be a competitive series! With Top 4 teams playing each other this weekend, this is an important standings weekend."

David Shelton/Walters - "We’ve got a really good test in front of us this weekend with Columbia State. They’re a well-coached team that’s been playing solid baseball in conference, and we know we’re going to have to be at our best. I like where our group is right now. We’ve done some good things at times this season, especially with our pitching depth and overall balance. Our guys have competed well recently, and we’ve found different ways to win games, which is what you want to see at this point in the year.

That being said, this weekend is going to challenge us. Columbia State does a great job of staying in games. They don’t give away a lot, and they’ll make you earn everything. They’ve been winning close games in conference, so we know they’re comfortable in tight situations. For us, it starts on the mound like it always does. If we can throw strikes, control the tempo, and play clean defense behind it, we’ll put ourselves in a good position. Offensively, we just need to stay consistent—have good at-bats, don’t try to do too much, and take advantage of opportunities when they come. The biggest thing for our group this weekend is staying disciplined and playing our style of baseball. If we do that, I like our chances. But we know this is going to be a competitive series, and we’re going to have to earn it."

 

Cleveland at Chattanooga

Aaron Bryant/Cleveland - "Chattanooga is always tough to play especially at their place. Look forward to a competitive series."

Greg Dennis/Chatt - "Hosting Cleveland this weekend and they have been electric this year. Aaron has them hitting on all cylinders and we are going to have our hands full. We will find out more about ourselves this weekend."

 

Pellissippi at Jackson

Charles Winders/Jackson - "The Greenjays will host a very talented Pellissippi team on Thursday and Friday. The Jays are looking to get things going this weekend and put all phase of the game together and be consistent for 3 games. We will need to do that to give ourselves a chance to win a series."

Shawn Hughes/Pellissippi - "Pellissippi State should be getting some players back off the IL this weekend at Jackson State.  This season has been littered with injuries and has made it tough to get a consistent lineup.  The Panthers are looking to climb back towards .500 in conference.  With only 4 conference series left, this weekend could go a long way in determining the fate of their postseason path.  The top 4 in the lineup have continued to shine: Caden Black (SS), Donovan Mitchell (CF), Trace Simmons (C), and Caden Channell (LF).  Unsigned sophomore Caden Channell continues to be one of the top hitters in all of the NJCAA."

Volunteer at Motlow

Jim McGuire/Vol - "The Pioneers are coming off of the bye week having won the series verses Olney Central last weekend. Nick Godsey had a great pitching performance in game one throwing a complete game 3 hit shutout while striking out 15! He was the TCCAA Pitcher of the week. Easton Denning hit 3 home runs and had 9 RBI on the weekend to lead the offense. We travel to Motlow St this weekend. The Bucks are having another good year offensively and are always good at home. Matching up on the mound is always the key. It will be another tough weekend."

Dan McShea/Motlow - "This is another big weekend for both teams looking to jump up in the standings.  Vol State has been good on the mound and strike out a lot of hitters.  We need to be a tough out all weekend and make their pitchers work.  We are hoping to get some guys back from injury but are missing a few key players this weekend so we will need guys to step up with opportunities that are presented."

 

 

3/29 TCCAA Wk 7 Recap

Walters swept Dyersburg 9-1, 14-4 and 16-5 - The Senators offense overpowered the Eagles in all three contests. Holden Pantier had 5 hits, four of which were HR's and 9 rbi; Miles Shore went 7-11 with 3 doubles and 5 rbi and Kenny Cox had 6 hits and 5 rbi to lead the Senators offense... Cleveland took two of three from Southwest in a highly competitive and tight series - losing 10-9 and winning 13-10 and 6-4. Jon Jon Read had 7 hits and 5 rbi; Nolan Sergeant had 3 hits and 7 rbi; Nelson McKnight 6 hits, 3 HR and 6 rbi and Kwade Carver had 5 hits, HR and 3 rbi to lead the Cougar offense... Columbia swept Roane 8-1, 10-4 and 13-11... the Chargers were led by Holden Warmath w/ 6 hits a double, triple and HR and 3 rbi, Jax Nichols went 4-8, all doubles and 4 rbi in 2 games... Motlow took two of three from Jackson, winning 11-0, 10-5 and losing the rubber game 12-2... Ethan Olson led the Greenjays offense in their win going 2-3 with a HR and 4 rbi... in the final series, Chattanooga swept Pellissippi 12-4, 16-12 and 12-7... no stats were available for this series as of Sunday at 9pm/time of recap posting...

 

3/25 TCCAA Wk 7 Preview

Dyersburg at Walters  - Series starts Thursday at 6pm

Cooper Goen/Dyersburg - "Big weekend for us coming off a sweep and now going back across the state for a series with Walters. 
Our offense finally woke up a little bit in game 3 against Jackson State. Hope to carry that over this week. We will obviously need to play well against the Senators to have a chance this weekend, especially with them coming off a great weekend.  

 

Southwest at Cleveland

Aaron Bryant/Cleveland - "Southwest is playing like one of the best teams in the country and is always tough to play.  Look forward to a competitive series."

Erik Schoenrock/SW - "We had a good weekend up Harriman, finding a way to win all 3 against the Raiders. It is always tough to win on the road in our league... and that will be true again this weekend against the 1st place Cougars. Aaron and his guys are very talented + experienced & present a tough challenge for us. Should be an exciting weekend!"

 

Columbia at Roane

Desi Ammons/Columbia -"The Green team heads East to Harriman this weekend for a match-up with the Raiders! Cam and Garrett have an extremely competitive team, this will no doubt be a hard fought series."

 

Motlow at Jackson

Dan McShea/Motlow - "We will play at Jackson this weekend.  Right now we are a team like Jekyll and Hyde.  We have shown the ability to do things at a high level in every phase, but we have not been consistent at doing things in all phases and putting together a solid weekend.  We need to find a way to do this if we want to be successful. Jackson can score runs in bunches and that is something we will have to limit as much as possible."

Charles Winders/Jackson - "The Greenjays look forward to hosting Motlow this weekend, we know Motlow will have some arms that can shut your offense down and we will need to be locked in at the plate to give our pitching and defense a chance to win a game."

 

Pellissippi at Chattanooga

Greg Dennis/Chatt - "We are hosting Pellissippi this weekend and am sure that Shawn is going to bring in a good team that is fundamentally sound.  His group really announced their presence last year by year’s end and I know they are readying themselves for the April run to get ready for post season!!  We are going to need to pitch it better than last weekend in Columbia and continue to get better at the plate."

 

3/22 TCCAA Wk 6 Recap

Cleveland takes two on Saturday to win series with Volunteer State...  the Pioneers won game one as Easton Denning and Tucker Smith doubled and drove in three runs and Noah Rice finished the 6th inning off with a 2 run HR to put Vol up 5-2, a lead they didn't relinquish in the 7-4 victory... on Saturday the Cougars took game 2, 9-5. Cleveland took the lead for good in the fifth as Evan Leonard tripled in a run and Nelson McKnight and Hank Adams added rbi safeties to make it 6-3... in the rubber game the Cougars used a 6 run second inning to coast to the 10-0 win... Nate Severance, Nolan Sergeant, Leonard, McKnight, Jon Jon Reed and Samuel Formby all had rbi's in the inning...

Southwest swept Roane on the road 12-3, 10-6 and 12-4. SW has been able to score runs all year and this weekend was no exception. The Saluqis scored 8 runs in the final three innings of game 1 to run away from the Raiders. Jonathan Walsh (2-5, 3rbi), Tylan Graves (2 rbi) and Brady Cooper (HR, 3 rbi) led the offense... in game two SW jumped out to a 5-0 lead and matched the Raiders response the rest of the way to win... Dylan Walters went 3-4 with a HR and 4 rbi to lead the way... Owen Roether went 2-3 with a HR and 3 rbi to lead the win in the finale...

Pellissippi swept Motlow 13-9, 4-2 and 11-0. The Panthers down 6-3 in game one, tied it in the 6th and put up 6 more in the 7th to take the win. Trace Simmons 3 run double was the big blow in the seventh. Simmons was 3-5, 3rbi and Caden Channell went 2-4 with 4 rbi to lead the "O"... game two was a pitching duel other than Pellissippi's 2nd at bat... the Panthers scored 4 in the inning which was enough to get the win. Cameron Vessels had a 2 run HR in the 4th to cut the lead to 2... Nathan Reed went all 7 allowing 3 hits and 2 runs while striking out 8 Buck batters... the Panthers closed out the series with a 7 run sixth inning to blank Motlow. Caden Channell homered and Carson Hoffmeister had a 3 run bomb as well...

Dyersburg swept Jackson at home 6-2, 5-3 and 9-4. Jordan Williamson went 2-4 with a HR and 3 rbi to lead the Eagle offense in game one... the Eagles used a 4 run fourth to propel themselves to the game 2 win... Wyatt Diffee, Darrion Richards, Brady Byars and Brayden Turner all had rbi's in the win... the Eagles, down 4-0 heading into the bottom of the 6th exploded for 9 runs in the last two at bats to win 9-4... Jordan Williamson and Conner Vaughn had a pair of HR, Turner, Diffee, and Byars all had homers as well...

In the final conference series, Chattanooga outscored Columbia 46-34 and won one of three... on Friday the Tigers lost 14-4, but Saturday's games were 13-12 Chatt and 19-18 Charger wins... wow, an offensive outburst by both teams... Holden Warmath was on the warpath Friday... he went 5-5 with two HR and 4 rbi... Isaac Schafer and John Carter added bombs... in a 13-12 Chatt win in game two Ty Newton went 2-5 with a HR and 5 rbi and Chandler Jones was 3-5, HR, 3 rbi... in game 3, a 19-18 Columbia win, Jordan Akins had 2 HR and 5 rbi, Cary Burke homered and had 4 rbi to lead the offense...

 

 

3/19 TCCAA Wk 6 Preview

Jackson at Dyersburg

Charles Winders/Jackson: "The Greenjays will travel to Dyersburg this weekend to take on the eagles. Dyersburg has really been playing well lately, and the jays  will need to put a complete game together in all phases to have a chance the weekend."

Cooper Goen/Dyersburg: "We are excited to be back at home after back to back weeks on the road. After a disappointing showing, we need to get back on track this weekend. The series between Dyersburg and Jackson is always intense, with a lot of familiarity between the two teams. Our starting pitching continues to be good and give us a chance week in and week out, we are dying for consistent bullpen help behind Sam Barnes. Jackson has some really talented offensive players and we will need to do a good job of limiting their at bats with runners on base."

 

Volunteer at Cleveland

Jim McGuire/Volunteer: "The Pioneers won their first conference series last weekend against Pellissippi. Timely hitting and solid pitching were the difference for us. Nick Godsey had a good start in game one, and Brayden Baker was the highlight on the offense side. Played more consistent throughout the weekend, hoping it continues. Traveling this weekend to league leading Cleveland State. They are in first place for a reason. Their starting pitching has been very consistent and is one of the top rotations in the conference. It will be a difficult match up for us. Obviously  we will have to match up on the mound but also take advantage of opportunities when we get them."

Aaron Bryant/Cleveland: "Volunteer State is always a tough challenge for us.  Look forward to a competitive weekend."

 

Chattanooga at Columbia  (at Columbia Central HS)

Greg Dennis/Chatt: "Heading to Columbia this weekend and it is always such a challenge playing the Chargers anywhere but playing them at home is even tougher!!  Desi and his staff do a super job of preparing them and motivating them and we know we will have our hands full each and every pitch!!  Hopefully, the guys are adequately prepared mentally and physically and we can play up to our expectations!!"

Desi Ammons/Columbia: "After a small tornado damaged Dave Hall Field, the Chargers and Tigers will now play their series at Columbia Central HS. Greg is the epitome of sustained success.. once again has his club playing great baseball. This is set up to be a “knock down drag out” series within our conference. The team that limits mistakes and takes advantage of breaks will win this series."

 

Southwest at Roane

Erik Schoenrock/SW: "We had a tough week, going 1-4 against Rock Valley & Columbia State. We got off to a good start in the Columbia series, but ran into 2 really quality arms in the doubleheader day and were shut down offensively for most of the day. We really struggled on the mound all week, and will need to be significantly better this week with the 5 games we have on our schedule. College of DuPage will be a good test in the midweek and then we head to Roane on the weekend. Cam has his guys playing better as of late and we will need to be ready for a battle in Harriman!"

 

Motlow at Pellissippi

Dan McShea/Motlow: "We will travel to Knoxville this weekend to take on Pellissippi.  They have a very talented squad and are well coached.  We will need to do a better job of playing a complete game this weekend to build on our successes and learn from out mistakes."
 

 

 

3/15 TCCAA Wk 5 Recap

Walters took 2 of 3 from Roane winning 8-5 and 10-0. The Raiders wong game two 16-7. Kenny Fox's SAC fly in the 6th was the game winner for the Senators in game one's 8-5 win. Cox and Holden Pantier led the offense with 2 rbi and Justin Bell added a 2 run HR as well. In the Raiders win Jackson Groves had 4 hits and scored 4 times and Carson Hoard had a 3 run HR and Preston Brooks had a grand slam to lead the offensive explosion... The Sen's responded with 10-0 win in game three.

 

Chattanooga swept Dyersburg 10-3, 8-2 and 4-2. Logan Wallace, Coleman Neas and Luke Swiney all had 2 ribs in G1. A late rally in game 3 made it close in a Tiger 4-2 win. Chandler Jones went 2-3 and drove in 2 runs for Chatt.

 

Cleveland swept Jackson on the road 13-2, 6-3 and 14-2. Nolan Sergeant and Evan Leonard both had a homer and 2 rbi and Owen Phillips had 2 hits and 2 rbi for the Cougars in the game one victory... Nelson McKnight provided the fireworks in the second game, homering twice and driving in 3 runs... The Cougars jumped up quick in game three and ran away with a big win. Leonard homered in back to back AB's and drove in 4 runs. Nate Severance had a 2 run single in the fifth for Cleveland.

 

Volunteer took two of three from Pellissippi winning 11-1 and 10-5. The Panthers won game two 6-5. Pellissippi rallied with 4 6th inning runs to beat the Pioneers. Vol has had issues giving up late inning rallies all  year and it happened again. 'Sip got 4 consecutive hits before Vol could get an out in the inning. The Pioneers responded in game three with a big 10-5 win. VSCC put up 6 first inning runs and responded to every Panther score the rest of the game. It got as close as 6-4 but the 'Neers but an Easton Denning rbi single in the fifth and back to back homers buy Noah Rice and Bradley Pippin put the game out of reach.

 

Columbia rallied with 2 wins on Saturday to take the series on the road at Southwest. The Saluqis won a 19-9 slugfest on Friday. Tylan Graves had 2 HR and 8 rbi for Southwest... four others had 2 rbi each for SW... the Chargers set the tone on Saturday winning game two 8-0. Tate Riggs gave up 3 hits in 6 innings and Anthony Serrano allowed one in his one inning of relief. Great pitching to get the shutout of a high powered Saluqi offense. Holden Warmath and Isaac  Schafer homered for Columbia... in game three the Chargers jumped out to a 9-0 lead and SW rallied for 7 runs in the final two innings to make it a 12-7 loss. Warmath had three hits including a HR and 6 rbi to lead Columbia. Cameron Baker doubled and homered with 3 rbi to lead the Saluqis.

 

3/11 TCCAA Wk 5 Preview

Dyersburg at Chattanooga

Greg Dennis/Chatt: "We are preparing to host a red-hot Eagles program that is under new direction and obviously flying in the right direction!!  We are needing to again find better starting and finishing pitching and be really opportunistic at the plate.  Hopefully we will get all components put together for this weekend and try and slow down the Dyersburg train!!"

Pellissippi at Volunteer

Jim McGuire/Vol: "The Pioneers were swept by Dyersburg last weekend despite leading in all three games. We were just never able to take control of any of the games. Have to continue to work to be more consistent in all areas. Pellissippi comes to Gallatin this weekend. They are swinging the bats well, and we will have to pitch well to slow them down. It will be another tough weekend. Hope to play more consistent to start to turn things around."

Columbia at Southwest

Desi Ammons/Col: "The Green Jays gave us all we wanted during our previous series. Our offense did a good job, but our pitching will need to improve in certain areas this week.  Erik continues to do a great job putting together very good baseball teams in Millington! We will need to be sharp in all phases this series for it to be competitive weekend!"

Erik Schoenrock/SW: "We had a solid weekend at home, finding a way to win the series against Walters after getting blown out in game 1. The doubleheader featured two very competitive games that we were fortunate to win, especially being behind in both of those games early. This week, we have a talented Rock Valley team coming in for a Tuesday doubleheader and then Columbia State. We will need to continue to sustain focus that we had last weekend with the Chargers coming into town. They have been playing well here as of late. Desi always has their guys ready for TCCAA play by scheduling a tough non-conference schedule each year. We are on track to stay with our original Friday/Schedule plan, we are expecting some more beautiful weather here in Millington! "

Cleveland at Jackson

Aaron Bryant/Cleve: "Jackson is a tough club especially at their place. Look forward to a competitive series."

Charles Winders/Jackson: "The Greenjays will host Cleveland state this weekend, and will have our hands full with one of the hottest teams in the conference. Our pitching staff will have to slow down an dynamic offense that has put everyone in the conference on notice this year. As usual Cleveland has some of the best arms in the league this year and we will have to take advantage of every opportunity given to give ourselves a chance this weeked." 

 

 

Roane at Walters

 

 

3/8 TCCAA Wk 4 Wrap Up

Cleveland stays hot and takes the lead in the conference by taking two of three with Motlow. The Cougars won 9-7 and 21-5 and dropped a 6-5 decision in game two... Nolan Sergeant went 3-4 with a HR and 2 rbi to lead the offense in G1 and Evan Leonard and Hank Adams added bombs as well... The Bucks took the second contest, scoring 5 in the 6th and walking it off with a run in the bottom of the 7th... Andrew Fulmer's 3 run blast started it off. Hunter Vaughn had an rbi single with 2 outs and Mykell Murrah also had a 2 out bingle... Fulmer walked it off with a 1 out solo shot... Cleveland exploded for 15 runs in the first two innings of game three and coasted to the big 21-5 win... Sergeant 2-3 4 rbi, Leonard 2-4 4 rbi, Nelson McKnight 2-3 3 rbi, Kwade Carver 3-4 3 rbi led the outburst...

Southwest took the series vs Walters and jumped into the number 2 spot in the conference... The Senators pounced on the Saluqis in game one, winning 14-2 but the SW nine responded on Friday with a DH sweep to win the series... in game 2 SW put up 7 in the 4th and held off a Sen's late game rally. Cameron Baker, Tylan Graves and Christopher Smith all had 2 rbi to lead SW... in the finale, SW scored all their runs in the fourth and fifth innings and held off a seventh inning rally by Walters. Graves, Tripp Ray and Dylin Walters had 2 rbi apiece to lead the Saluqi offense. Liam Cruickshank came in with one out in the 7th and gave up and unearned run but struck out Drew Blalock to end the game...

Columbia had their bats rolling, scoring 45 runs in the series vs Jackson. The Greenjays weren't bad either, scoring 30 runs... however, the Chargers swept the series and moved into a tie for 3rd place with Walters at 9-3... in G1, Sam Smith had 2 HR and 6 rbi and Jordan Akins Isaac Schafer, Owen Hutcheson added solo bombs... the Chargers scored 5 runs in the top of the 7th of game 2 to win 18-15... Julian Richards had 2 bombs and 6 rbi, Holden Warmath added another HR for Columbia. The Chargers won game three 13-3 in 5 innings to finish off the series. Akins went 2-4 with a HR and 4 rbi to lead the "O".

Chatt took two of three from Roane - Roane won game one 9-8 and Chatt swept the Friday DH 13-1 and 8-5... no info available on games as of Sunday at 2pm

In the final seris from Week 4, Dyersburg swept Volunteer 11-9, 6-5 and 9-4... two very close tough losses for the Pioneers who have been snake bit in closing out games... the Eagles rallied in the top of the ninth with 5 runs in game one and held off a Vol St 3 run burst to win 11-9... Wyatt Diffee and Brady Byars had 3 rbi each to lead the Eagle offense... Easton Denning and AJ Armstrong homered for Vol...  game 2 was a replay of game one as the Eagles put up 2 in the top of the 7th and gave up a run to win 6-5... the Pioneers jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead but could not hold on... Conner Vaughn and Darrion Richards had 2 rbi each... Dyersburg blew open a 2-2 game with 4 in the 6th and three in the 7th to win 9-4... Holden Strain, Brayden Turner, Diffee and Byars all had 2 rbi to lead the Eagle offense. Denning and Hudson Blank added homers for the Pioneers...

 

 

3/4 TCCAA Wk 4 Preview

Roane at Chattanooga

Cam Hamsley/Roane - "Raiders got in the win column last weekend in conference now we play one of the most fundamentally sound and consistent teams year in and year out in Chatt State. They have a lot of talent and had a great weekend last weekend. We have to play clean baseball and limit freebies or it’ll get nasty. Can win a series but it’ll be close games. Only way is to not give them the freebies."

Greg Dennis/Chattanooga - "We are preparing ourselves for a Thursday-Friday series with Roane State here.  We struggled mightily with them last year and are expecting them to be a potential “thorn in our side” again this year unless we play solid, fundamental ball this week.  They always swing it well and are competitive on the mound also.  We need to be better with men on base hitting and take a more active approach at times on the mound.  If we do, then we put ourselves in position to be successful in this series."

 

Walters at Southwest

Dave Shelton/Walters - "We are coming off a tough series with Chattanooga where we had a bunch of deficiencies exposed. A big part of being a good team is recognizing your deficiencies and working hard to eliminate them. As simple as that may seem, it can sometimes be a very challenging task. Hopefully our team is able to make strides in fixing those weaknesses. This weekend doesn’t get any easier as we travel across the earth (only across the state of Tennessee, but not much difference), to face Erik and the Saluqis of  Southwest Tennessee at USA Stadium in Millington. They have one of, if not the top, offenses in the league this year. Trying to keep them from scoring runs in bunches will be a tall task. Going to be a great weekend of baseball in some outstanding weather in West Tennessee."

Erik Schoenrock/Southwest - "We went 4-2 in our bye week, with 2 losses coming against 2 nationally ranked teams. What we saw on Saturday & Sunday was good for us to get prepared for who is rolling into town this week. Walters is obviously the top team in our league and have been for a long time now. Coach Shelton and his staff do a great job each year with their program and it will be a great challenge for us to contain their offense and try to match up with their pitching staff. We are playing Thursday & Friday in some 75-80 degree weather here in Millington, so it should be a great couple days for baseball!"

 

Cleveland at Motlow

Aaron Bryant/Cleveland - "Motlow is always tough for us at their place. Look forward to a competitive series."

Dan McShea/Motlow - "We host a hot Cleveland State team this weekend.  Games have been moved up to adjust for the weather and we will be without some pitching due to the change.  This means that even more we have to be efficient on the mound and limit big innings.  We need to build on our improvements defensively and come out swinging the bats against a very talented Cleveland State team.  "

 

Columbia at Jackson

Desi Ammons/Columbia - "The road show continues. This will be games 12, 13, 14 on the road for the Chargers. Only 6 home games thus far for us so we are well versed on road baseball. As most know, the road team has to have a little more than the home team to succeed. Must “win it” on the road. Coach Winders club plays well at home and will be ready to go as we roll into town Thursday/Friday."

Charles Winders/Jackson - "The Greenjays host Columbia state this Thursday and Friday, due to the rain. The Chargers have played a tough schedule to start and we know they have some guys in the lineup that are starting to heat up, we will have to limit the  walks and errors to stay away from the big innings.  Hopefully we can get the offense going early to give ourselves a chance to win a game. We know they have capable arms so we will have our hands full  in all 3 games."

 

 

Dyersburg at Volunteer

Cooper Goen/Dyersburg - "The Eagles are looking to build off a good weekend series win against Motlow State. Started the week off well with a Monday win against College of Dupage. Tough Wednesday matchup down at East Central in Mississippi. We know that Vol State can pitch it, gonna take really good at bats to beat them. When our weekend starters throw strikes, we've been good. Wyatt Diffee, Kayden Hartunian and Bennett Stutts keep having good outings for us, with Sam Barnes and Guillermo Collazo Cruz anchoring the bullpen. Holden Strain and Jordan Williamson are the leaders of our offense, with Conner Vaughn starting to heat up as well."

 

Jim McGuire/Volunteer - "The Pioneers played another tough series at Columbia State. After losing the first 2 games the bats finally came alive, and we were able to salvage one game of the three-game series. Owen Boswell had a good start in Game 3 and Easton Denning hit two HR's on the weekend. Dyersburg State is coming to Gallatin this weekend. We have moved our series to Thursday (2:00 1-9) and Friday (12:00 DH). They are coming off of a big series win over Motlow last weekend and will be looking to ride that momentum into our series. Both team are trying to fight their way up into the standings."  Rotation: G1 Nick Godsey; G2 Owen Boswell; G3 Ean McCord

 

 

3/1 TCCAA Wk 3 Wrap - up

Roane swept Jackson 11-9; 9-5 and 11-6. Preston Brooks went 3-4, 3b and 3 rbi; Brady Leroy was 1-2 with a 2 run HR in game 1... Cory Hoard led the charge in game two with 2 hits including a HR and 4 rbi... the Raiders completed the sweep as Hayden Short went 2-3 with a grand slam...

Columbia took 2 of 3 vs Volunteer State - The Chargers won game one 12-7 by scoring 5 in the 6th and 3 more in the 7th... Holden Warmath went 3-5 with 4 rbi... Isaac Schafer and Ashton Kemp had a pair of rbi apiece to lead Columbia to the series win, 6-1, in game 2... the Pioneers salvage game three with a 13-3 win... Hudson Blank had a triple and 4 rbi to lead the Pioneer offense...

Dyersburg took 2 of 3 from Motlow thanks to a big 6-5 win in game three of the series... the Eagles held off a furious rally, giving up 4 7th inning runs before closing the game out... Connor Vaughn was 2-2 with a HR and 2 rbi and Wyatt Diffee had 3 rbi to add to the offense... Sam Belt recorded the final out to pick up a save in relief of Bennett Stutts.

In the most contested series of the weekend, Cleveland held off Pellissippi with wins of 11-10, 5-4 and 10-9... Jaxon Humble went 3-4 with 3 rbi to lead the Cougars in game one as Cleveland held off a furious late game rally by the Panthers... in game two the Cougars scored 3 in the bottom of the 7th to walk it off as Evan Leonard reached first on an error and Jon Jon Read scored the game winner. Read and Nolan Sergeant had driven in a run each with singles earlier in the inning... game three was another barnburner as the Cougars escaped with the sweep by scoring 3 runs in the 6th and 7th innings to get the win... Jaxon Humble singled in a pair of runs and Nolan McKnight walked in the game winner...

Walters took two of three from Chattanooga 12-11; 3-6 and ... the Senators scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th... Holden Pantier's sac fly brought home L Graham with the game winner... the Tigers took game two 6-3. Ty Newton threw 5 innings allowing just 2 runs and 6 hits to get his third win of the season... the big blow was Ben Morgan's second inning grand slam... the Senators rebounded in game 3 to win 9-4. Drew Blalock, Miles Shore and Braeden Trajkovski all homered for Walters in the win...

2/26 TCCAA WK 3 PREVIEW

Pellissippi at Cleveland:

Shawn Hughes/Pellissippi - "Pellissippi is looking to continue the momentum of last weeks conference sweep into this weekend.  On the mound for the series will be Cade McKay in Game 1, Cooper Jones in Game 2, and Nathan Reed in Game 3.  Pellissippi hopes the bats   remain hot, as they put up 21 hits in their midweek series vs Georgia Highlands.  It should be a fun competitive weekend of baseball."

Aaron Bryant/Cleveland - "Shawn has done an outstanding job at Pellissippi. They will be a tough opponent. Look forward to a competitive weekend."

 

Chattanooga at Walters:

David Shelton/Walters - "Last weekend was a little bit of a rough one for our pitching staff, with Motlow putting up 21 runs on us in 3 games. We will have our work cut out for us again this weekend trying to slow down Chattanooga and their offense, as they come in averaging almost 9.5 runs per game on the year. They also come here with the 2nd lowest ERA in our league, so trying to score runs will be a tall task. This weekend will be our first home games of the year after playing the first 16 on the road, so we are excited to finally get to play in Morristown. Should be a great weekend of baseball. "

Greg Dennis/Chattanooga - "We head to Morristown to play another really good Senators team and need to see about cleaning some things up in order to be competitive.  Our pitching was good last weekend in Jackson……..until it wasn’t!!  Our hitting was much the same as that and we aren’t going to be able to play weekends where we take pitches, AB’s, innings, etc….off.  This weekend will be a test and hopefully we are up to the challenge!!"

Jackson at Roane:

Cam Hamsley/Roane - "Jackson has it tough starting with the bye but was able to show up and get a win this past weekend. We are going to have our hands full with their lineup as they stay very disciplined in plus counts. Their staff has attacked well and seems to be figuring it out more as season goes on. We will need to be much better at home this weekend as we try to find our first TCCAA Conference win of the season."

Charles Winders/Jackson - "The Green Jays will head to Harriman, this weekend for our first road weekend in the TCCAA conference. Coach Hamsley does a great job of getting his teams to play hard and compete until the last out. We know Roane will be looking to get things going this weekend, and we will need to get some consistency out of guys on the mound and to a better job of catching the baseball behind those guys. The jays will need to do a better job at the plate early in games to help their pitching staff, to many games have gotten away from us early."

Volunteer at Columbia:

Jim McGuire/Volunteer - "Pioneers had a tough series with Southwest last weekend. Competitive games in all three and had the opportunity to win the series. Game one highlight was from starting pitcher Ean McCord. He carried a no hitter (7 inning game) for 6 2/3 before losing it on a double, ending in a 6-1 win. Game two and three were both tight games eventually falling 3-1 and13-7. Still inconsistent in our play but starting to show improvement. Vol State travels to Columbia this weekend. Chargers are always a tough opponent, especially at home. They are playing well in the league (4-2) and have a solid team in all phases."
 
Starting rotation:
Game 1 Nick Godsey     Game 2 Ean McCord      Game 3 Jake Truitt

 

Motlow at Dyersburg:

Coooper Goen/Dyersburg - "Dyersburg is looking to build off a good non-conference weekend down at East Mississippi where we won 3 out of 4 games. Pitching and defense was the best it's been all year. Kayden Hartunian, Bennett Stutts and Wyatt Diffee combined for 19 IP and 3 runs allowed in their 3 starts. CF Holden Strain continues to be one of the best players in the league and rides a 6 game hitting streak into tomorrows midweek at Northwest Shoals. We are excited to play our first home games of the year against Motlow. We know they can swing it and we will have to pitch well again to beat them."

Dan McShea/Motlow - "We travel to Dyersburg to play the Eagles in a pivotal weekend series.  Our keys for this week are to get healthy.  Dyersburg has played a tough schedule to start the season and is coming off a successful weekend.  Coach Goen has his team playing well right now so we will have to play clean baseball.  We have been able to score some runs, but have not been able to be consistent over the weekend defensively.  This will be crucial for our success.  It looks to be a good weekend for baseball with 2 teams looking to make a move in the standings." 

 

Southwest -  Erik Schoenrock: "We had another 4-1 week last week, winning 2 nonconference midweek games vs. Jackson & Dyersburg at home before heading to Gallatin for week 2 of TCCAA play. We were nearly no-hit in game 1 at Vol State by a great pitching performance by Ean McCord of Vol, but bounced back to win the last 2 games of the series with some late inning heroics in each of those 2 games. With those being our first road games, I think it was great for our guys to get outside of their comfort zones and battle against a competitive TCCAA squad. This week, we have our bye week. We are playing in the 2026 Prep Baseball JUCO Invitational at home - in a pool play format. Hopefully the opponents are as good as they are on paper this weekend so that they will get us prepared for the rest of our always tough TCCAA schedule."

 

 

2/21 TCCAA WK 2 RECAP

Cleveland beats Columbia 2-1: Gm 1 was a 10 inning barnburner, Nate Severance ended it with a 1 out, bottom of the 10th solo HR... Severance, Jon Jon Read, Hank Adams and Jaxon Humble all had 2 hits for the Cougars. Kwade Carver singled and scored on an error and Adams homered to win 3-2 in game two. The Chargers salvaged game 3 with a 6-5 comeback win. Trailing 5-1 after seven innings Columbia rallied with 2 runs in the 8th and 9th to tie the game and send it to extra innings. Cary Burke homered and Ashton Kemp scored on an error in the eighth while Isaac Schafer tripled in 2 runs in the ninth with 1 out. Schafer drove in Holden Warmath with the eventual game winner.

Walters swept Motlow 15-9, 15-2 and 21-10. The Senators after two weeks appear to be a potential a juggernaut. In game one, Holden Pantier went 3-5 with 2 doubles and a HR with 6 rbi.  The Sen's hit 5 HR in game two. Kole Fenton, Pantier, Hayden Blair (2), and Drew Blalock all homered. In game 3, Fenton was 4-5, Pantier 3-5;4 rbi, Blalock 4-5 6rbi; Kenny Cox 2-5; 5rbi and Brady Dalton 3-5; 2rbi all had big games for Walters.

Pellissippi swept Roane 15-6; 8-5 and 17-5. Donovan Mitchell went 4-5 with 2 doubles a triple and 5 rbi. The Panthers used a 6 run third inning to run away with game two. Caden Black had a big game 3 going 3-5 with a double, triple and HR with 4 rbi to lead the Panther offense.

Southwest overcame a 6-3 deficit in game three to win the series with Volunteer State 13-7. Pictures are available for viewing on Facebook and over 150 for sale (cheap) on my photo website - https://johndecker.pixieset.com/ - The Pioneers won game 1, 6-1 as Brayden Baker and Tucker Smith homered. Ean McCord held SW to a hit and a run to get the win. In game two, SW scored 2 runs in the top of the seventh to break a 1-1 tie and get the 3-1 win... Chris Henson's two out double got the win for the Saluqis... Tyler Wilson picked up the save.

Chattanooga beat Jackson 18-6 and 8-3 and the Green Jays salvaged game three with a 10-3 win - no box scores available at press time...

 

 

 

2/19 - TCCAA WEEK 2 PREVIEW

Roane at Pellissippi               Thur/Fri

Cam Hamsley/Roane: "Raiders were swept last weekend by Cleveland. They are a very solid team that is further along on their journey with so many games played already. We made too many mistakes to earn a win. As we move to this weekend,  we have our first conference road series with Pellissippi. Our young squad is gaining experience with every new situation this year and I’ve already enjoyed the expensive experiences impacting us. I really like this group and this weekend I just want to see us play some cleaner baseball and limit the freebies. We will see how close we can get to playing our game. Pellissippi just like Cleveland has been extremely battle tested so far, starting out the year with 2 ranked squads. They’ll get going and be another top team in the TCCAA again I have no doubt. Shaun does a great job and his staff is very good at coaching the details. Excited for our series at Ridley Helton this coming weekend! "

Shawn Hughes/Pellissippi: "Pellissippi Panthers are looking to bounce back this week after getting swept by Walters State.  They take on Roane state this Thursday and Friday.  Weather has caused the series to be moved up.  Pellissippi has played better as the weather has warmed up.  This will also be the first week the starting pitching will not be held to low pitch counts.  Sophomores Caden Channell and Trace Simmons have carried the team offensively, and the Panthers are hoping for continued quality starts from Sophomores Cooper Jones and Nathan Reed, who will both throw on Thursday.  Freshman Cade McKay from Memphis will get the start on the mound on Friday. "

 

Columbia at Cleveland           Thur/Fri

Desmond Ammons/Columbia: "The Chargers are loading back up and headed back down I-24, rolling over Monteagle, through Chattanooga and into Cleveland for a big(they all are big) conference weekend. Coach Bryant has his club firing on all cylinders - as he always seems to - and they’ll be ready for us. For us, it’s going to come down to the details. The little things. The routine plays, the execution in big moments, the focus in every pitch and every at bat. If we want to find any success this weekend  we have got to tighten up those small areas and play are brand of baseball from pitch 1 to the last. "

Aaron Bryant/Cleveland: "Columbia is always coached well and will be a tough opponent."

Walters at Motlow                 Thur/Fri

Dan McShea/Motlow: "We host the Senators of Walters State this weekend.  We have had spurts of really good baseball this year and shown the ability to compete at a high level.  We have also had our struggles.  This weekend, we must do better at being consistent.  They have a talented team that will take advantage of every opportunity.  Our focus has to be to limit free baserunners and stop the big inning.  We have had several injuries recently, so we will have to have guys step up and get the job done with their opportunities. "

David Shelton/Walters: "Crazy week last week in the TCCAA. I don’t recall ever seeing a weekend where there were 5 sweeps in conference series. I would be willing to bet that in the majority of those, the winning team was the one who was fortunate enough to be on the field the most during this early season due to field conditions and weather.  If history tells us anything, this league will balance back out over the course of the season once everyone can play and practice consistently. We head to Tullahoma this weekend to face Motlow, knowing they are coming off at tough weekend at Southwest. That’s probably the worst time to face a team, with them coming back home after a road loss knowing they are hungry to right the ship. The Driver Complex is never an easy place for opponents to play, as Dan and the Bucks always play us well there. Hopefully our guys will realize what they are up against and show up ready to compete."

 

Southwest at Volunteer            Fri/Sat

Erik Schoenrock/SW: "We had a good week at home, splitting a DH with Paris (TX) and then sweeping Motlow in the TCCAA opening series. After these 2 games we have on Tuesday of this week, we will have played our first 11 games of the year at home. For week 2 of TCCAA play, we head up to Gallatin to take on Vol State in our first road games this spring. Vol State has always traditionally been a tough place for us to play, and this year will be no different. Coach McGuire and staff do a great job with their guys and we will need to pitch at a higher level than we have the first 9 games. Our offense has been great but we need to prove that we can win some low scoring games too as the season goes on."

Jim McGuire/Volunteer: "The Pioneers struggled last week at Chattanooga State, dropping all three games. The bats were silent the whole weekend with very few bright spots. On the pitching side,  Ean McCord had a good start in game 1 allowing 1 run in 4 innings of work and Gabe Eddington pitched the final 2 innings without giving up a run. Vol State fell behind in the final 2 games and never recovered. Southwest comes to Gallatin this weekend. They are off to a good start after sweeping Motlow last weekend. It will be a very tough challenge against a well balanced team. The Pioneer offense was a little better in the mid-week game and will need to continue to improve to have success this weekend."
Starting pitchers vs Southwest TN
Gm 1 Ean McCord
Gm 2 Nick Godsey
Gm 3 Jake Truitt
 
We will play Friday DH at 2:00 and Saturday 1-9 at 12:00 or 1:00 (TBA)

 

Chattanooga at Jackson           Fri/Sat

Greg Dennis/Chatt: "We are heading over to Jackson for our series with Jackson State.  We anticipate a tough series as it is always difficult playing them at their place.  We have struggled with timely hitting and pitching and will need to clean that up some if we want to get out of West Tennessee with a potential series win.  I know they will be chomping at the bits to get their TCCAA opening series underway!!"

Charles Winders/Jackson: "The Green Jays are coming off their bye week and was able to finally get on a field to play after almost 10 days of snow and ice.  We played 7 games in 4 days, and are hopeful that we can get some things going as a team as we open up TCCAA play this weekend with the tigers of Chattanooga. As the season progresses we are looking to get some guys on the mound that can give us a chance to compete in the TCCAA conference. We know the tigers are always one of the top teams in the conference and we will have our hands full with there lineup and pitching staff this weekend. The Jays will need to score some runs early in games to give their pitchers a chance to settle in and get some outs. We are looking forward to getting TCCAA play started this weekend.

 

 

2/14 - Week 1 TCCAA Wrap-up...

Cleveland sweeps Roane: 15-1; 5-3; 12-7 - In game one, the Cougars used an 8 run third to break the game open... Nelson McKnight had the big day going 3-3 with a double, HR and 6 ribbies... in game 2 Cleveland took advantage of walks and wild pitches to put up 3 in the first and coasted to the 5-3 win... Nolan Sergeant, Jon Jon Read and Nate Severance all had two hits for the Cougars... in game 3 the Cougs broke open a close 4-2 game with a 5 run fifth inning. Once again Cleveland capitalized on walks and hit batsmen to aid in their big inning. Jaxon Humble had the only knock of the inning, a 2 run single...

Walters sweeps Pelissippi: 2-1; 11-4; 12-6 - The Senators won a very tight game one by rallying from 6th inning 1-0 deficit, scoring one in the 6th and the game winner in the 7th. Drew Blalock opened the 7th with a single and then after two consecutive walks, Jackson Berry who pinch ran for Blalock scored on a wild pitch to put the Senators up 2-1. In the 6th Walters took advantage of an error as Holden Pantier tripled to drive in the first Senator run. Lane Sharp closed the door on PSCC in the bottom of the 7th... in game two the Sen's scored in the first four innings to jump out 9-0 and coasted to the win... Luke Graham, Justin Bell and Jaxon Walker homered for Walters. In game three, Walters trailed 3-1 entering the fourth inning. The Sen's put up 5 runs to take control of the game... Pantier and Bell had 3 hits each for Walters.

Columbia sweeps Dyersburg 12-4; 5-2; 11-4 - The Chargers came out of the gates hot with 4 first inning runs as I Schafer, H Warmath and O Hutcheson all had rbi... the Eagles tied things up in the third at 4, but Columbia put up 4 in the sixth and three more in the 8th to win 12-4... John Carter homered for the Chargers... in game 2, Columbia scattered single runs in the first, second and sixth innings and put up a pair in the fifth coast on to the win... Julian Richards had 3 hits in the leadoff spot for the Chargers. The offense ran wild in game three, scoring in every inning but one. Jordan Akins went 4-4 with two doubles, a HR and 4 rbi. Grant Armour homered and had 4 rbi as well...

Southwest sweeps Motlow 17-7; 12-9; 9-3 - A 6 run second and a 7 run fourth propelled the Saluqis to a big opening win... Jonathan Walsh went 2-4 with a HR and 4 ribs; Christopher Smith was 3-4 with a double, triple and 4 ribs; Matthew Bright had a 3 run double as well... in game two the SW bunch rallied from a 7-2 deficit scoring 10 runs in their last 3 at bats to win 12-9... Bright 2-4, triple, 5 rbi; Josh Caudill 3-4, double and 2 rbi. Ben Smith, Cameron Baker and Brady Cooper all had 2 hits in the win. The Saluqis took over a back and forth game three with 3 third inning runs on their way to a 9-3 win. Tylan Graves, Tripp Ray, Dylin Walters and Ben Smith all homered for Southwest.

Chattanooga - Volunteer 1-0; 7-1; 9-1 - Tyler Huskey scored the only run for the Tigers in the third inning in a pitchers duel. Vol gave up 5 hits and Chatt gave up only 4... the Tigers put game two away early, scoring all 7 runs in the first two innings... Baylor Osborne homered and Tyler Schaefer had a two run double. Ty Newton added two hits and two walks for Chattanooga. Game 3 on Saturday, the Tigers ran away with a 9-1 win to make opening series all have sweeps for the first time I can ever remember.

 

Jan 31 - Motlow State has checked in and we every preview up now!

Jan 27 - Columbia State has checked in for 2026... All 600 articles have been added to the history section - now working on updating the 1960's - I have well over 1000 articles and am re-doing by year - got 1960 done last night...

Jan 26 - Jackson and Cleveland have checked in for 2026... we are also in the process of adding 601 newspaper articles from the 1930's...

Jan 20 - The Pioneers have checked in for 2026! We'll be there for opening day in Gallatin...

Jan 17 - Got 3 more TCCAA previews for you! Chattanooga, Dyersburg and Walters checked in for 2026!! A late Saturday addition from Roane!

Jan 15 - Our first two TCCAA team previews are up - Pelissippi and Southwest have checked in!! Look for more in the next few days...

 

2025

July 13 - 2025 MLB Draft - see our MLB Draft history - every player ever drafted from a Tennessee school or from Tennessee...

June 10 - The All 2 Way Team is posted - i did this as a pdf file - by region and the Top 20 are designated with an asterisk (*) by their school name on the right side of the line... Thursday we will announce our Ultimate 9 Team and this year we will have Player/Pitcher of the Year by division (A, 2A, 3A, 4A, D2A and D2AA) and also by grade (9, 10, 11, 12)

June 9 - Super Freshman/Sophomore Teams are posted...

June 8 - Updates done on statewide stat leaders - continue to send info if you fit within the numbers posted - 2025 TBR All Region Teams are posted - the number of players on each region are based on number of nominations recieved - some regions sent in a whole lot more... look for Super Freshman and Sophomore teams on Tuesday... Thursday we will announce our Ultimate 9 team -  9 best statistical performances by position in the state of TN...

June 3 - Offensive Stat Leaderboard is complete - if you have nominations I will take them until Friday - 6/6 and thats the final deadline...

MAY 28 - GET YOUR NOMINATIONS IN - ASAP - LIST OF ALL SCHOOLS IN IS ON OUR X FEED - FINAL HIGH SCHOOL POLLS ARE POSTED - 2025 POLLS

 

 

 

 

 




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MLB Draft History Part 1: The 60's


The MLB Draft started in 1965. Twenty teams drafted players and there were 10 rounds of the draft. Of the first 5 years of the draft, this draft had the most players reach the major leagues and play at least part of one year. 68 of 200 draftee's made the big leagues at some point of their career. 13 of the first round picks played in the show.  In '66, 51 of 200 players made it. In '67 only 43 players made the MLB, while in '68 the number bounced back up to a second overall with 57 players eventually playing major league baseball. The fifth year of the draft, 1969, saw 51 players make the MLB. Below is a breakdown by round of the players who played big league ball at some point in their career for at least part of a year.  These are statistics from the June Regular draft. In the beginning of the draft MLB had 4 drafts - January Regular, January Secondary, June Regular and June Secondary. The numbers reflect the players who signed when drafted. The player is credited in the year in which they signed to play - if they were drafted more than once, which some were - we didn't count the player twice. Also, the draft actually went more than 50 rounds, but I cut my research off at 50.  After the first round, the chances of becoming a MLB player fall off significantly... as I reveal the 70's, 80's, and 90's you will see the overwhelming evidence of this...

Year/Round18" width="125"> 1967 1968 1969 60's Total % MLB by Rd
  # of Players who made the MLB for at least a cup of coffee/Total # Drafted  
1 10 11 12 9 16 65/104 62.5 - 1:1.6
2 6 5 7 7 8 37/104 35.5 - 1:2.8
3 4 2 4 5 10 33/104 31.7
4 7 3 4 3 5 30/108 27.7
5 4 6 5 5 5 30/108 27.7
6 5 2 2 2 7 23/108 21.3
7 3 2 0 7 3 17/108 15.7 - 1:6.4
8 1 2 0 3 4 14/108 13.0 - 1:7.7
9 2 2 1 3 1* 14/108 13.0
10 4 1 1 4 2 17/108 15.7
1-10 total 46/200 36/200 36/200 48/228 51/238 280/1068 1:3.8
1-10 % 23% 18% 18% 21.1% 21.4% 26.2%  
11 2 2 3 5 1 13  
12 1** 2 0 1 2 6  
13 0 1 1 0 0 2  
14 0 1 0 3 1 5  
15 3 1 2 0 1 7  
16 2 2 0 2 3 9  
17 1 2 0 0 1 4  
18 3 3 0 3 1 10  
19 0 0 0 1 2 3  
20 3 2 3 0 2 10  
11-20 Total 15/200 16/199 9/200 15/237 14/240 69/1076 1:15.6
11-20 % 7.5% 8% 4.5% 6.3% 5.8% 6.4%  
21 3 0 0 1 2 6  
22 2 1 0 2 1 6  
23 0 0 0 1 0 1  
1 0 1 0 1 3  
25 1 1 0 1 1 4  
26 0 0 1 2^ 0 3  
27 1 1 0 0 1*** 3  
28 1 0 1 0 0 2  
29 0 0 1 0 1 2  
30 1 0 0 0 0 1  
21-30 Total 10/176 3/191 3/183 7/220 7/234 31/1004 1:32.4
21-30 % 5.7% 1.6% 1.6% 3.2% 3.0% 3.1%  
31-40 5/129 3.9% 8/142 4% 5/160^^ 3.1% 4/144 2.8% 6/175 3.4% 28/750 3.7% 1:26.8
41-50 4/64 6.3% 2/66 3% 4/124 3.2% 0/60 0% 3/87 3.4% 13/407 3.2% 1:31.3
Totals 80/739 80/808 57/867 74/889 81/974 421/4305  
Overall % 10.8% 9.9% 6.7% 8.3% 8.3% 9.8%  
Notable draft picks from 60's

*- Bucky Dent **-Nolan Ryan ***-Ken Griffey ^- Bob Forsch ^^ Mike Marshall 37th round












In 1965 TN had 14 players drafted that were either from TN or played at a TN school. Of these, only one, Clyde Wright made the big leagues. Wright, who played at Carson-Newman College, was drafted in the 6th round, 107th overall. Wright pitched in 9 seasons of MLB, mainly for the California Angels.
TN only had 5 draftee's in 1966, none of which ever played MLB.
In '67, 18 players were drafted from TN schools. Two players, 2nd round pick David Sells of Sullivan South HS. Sells played parts of 5 seasons with California and the LA Dodgers. That same year, Sam Ewing of Overton HS was picked in the 45th round. Ewing played parts of 4 seasons with the Chicago White Sox and Toronto. Ewing was the lowest TN pick in the 60's to ever make the big leagues. Ewing left for pro ball in '71 when he was drafted in the January Secondary.
1968 saw three TN draft picks find big league diamonds. Wayne Garland (Cohn HS/5th round), Ross Grimsley (Frayser HS/8th) and Mike Willis (Hillsboro HS/25th round). TN also had a June Secondary draftee, Ed Goodson of ETSU, drafted as the third pick of the draft who played big league ball. Garland and Grimsley did not sign in '68. Both were drafted again in 1969 and signed.
In '69, other than Garland and Grimsley, TN had 19 players drafted total. None of these guys ever played an inning. Among the drafted was future Motlow State skipper, Don Rhoton.  The lowest ever draft pick to play in the big leagues from the 60's was drafted in 1969 - 75th round/1026 overall - Al Cowens... Cowens played 13 seasons with KC Royals, Detroit, California and Seattle. Interestingly enough, Nashville native, Butch Stinson was drafted from Cohn HS in the 75th round but did not sign.

 

   MLB Draft Part II: The 70's

Year/Round 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 70's Total % MLB by Rd
# of Players who made it to the MLB for at least a cup of coffee / # Drafted total
1 10 15 14 15 17 12 14 14 14 15 140/246 56.9
2 8 10 9 7 13 8 9* 11 11 11 95/246 38.6
3 5 9 8 13 7 9 8 8 11 13 91/246 37.0
4 4 4 7 1 7 6^ 7 9 10 8 63/246 25.6
5 6 7 5 8 6 8 8# 10 7 7 72/246 29.3
6 6 3 7 5 4& 7 6 6 8 5 57/246 23.2
7 4 9 3 3 9 3 7 6 5 7 56/246 22.8
8 6** 3 4 7 5 2 5 4 5 2 43/246 17.5
9 4 3 5 3 3 6 5 5 3 5 42/246 17.1
10 5 3 5 3 6 5 1 4 3 6 41/246 16.7
1-10 total 58/240 66/240 54/240 65/240 77/240 66/240 72/240 77/135/260 77/260 86/260 698/2460  
1-10 % 24.2% 27.5% 22.5% 27.1% 32.1% 27.5% 30.0% 29.6% 29.6% 33.1% 28.4%  
11 4 4 4 1 1 3 5 5 8 5 40/246 16.3
12 2 4 5 2 5 4 7 3 3 4 39/246 15.8
13 2 3 3 4 2 1 3 2 1 4 25/246 10.2
14 4 2 4 1 4 4 3 5 6 1 19/246 7.7
15 3 1 4 2 3 2! 3 4 4 3 29/246 11.8
16 0 0 4 1 3 4 4 1 6 5 28/246 11.4
17 2 2 4 2 0 2 4@ 5 4^^^ 4 29/246 11.8
18 4 0 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 1 28/246 11.4
19 2 3 2 1 4 4 1 3 3 1 24/246 9.8
20 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 4 19/246 7.7
11-20 Total 25/240 19/240 33/240 18/240 27/240 28/240 34/240 36/260 41/260 32/260 293/2460 0
11-20 % 10.4% 7.9% 13.8% 7.5% 11.3% 11.7% 14.2% 13.8% 15.7% 12.3% 11.9% 0
21 2 1 2 4 0 4 3 1 4 0 21/246 8.5
22 2 1 3 1 2 5 2 5 1 1 23/246 9.3
23 2 4 1 2 1 4 2 4 2 4 26/246 10.6
24 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 2 4 1 15/246 6.1
25 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 3 14/246 5.7
26 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 3 14/246 5.7
27 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 15/246 6.1
28 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 10/246 4.1
29 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 4 15/246 6.1
30 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 10/246 4.1
21-30 Total 16/240 11/240 17/240 13/240 12/240 18/240 15/240 19/260 21/260 25/260 167/2460 0
21-30 % 6.7% 4.6% 7.1% 5.4% 5.0% 7.7% 6.3% 7.3% 8.1% 9.6% 6.9% 3.1%
31-40 4/135 2.9% 7/101 6.9% 4/98 4.1% 3/61 4.9% 5/70 7.1% 3/30 10% 5/53 9.4% 3/63 4.8% 3/69 4.3% 8/107 7.5% 45/787 5.7
41-50 0/53 0% 1/23 4.3% 0/19 0% 2/25 8% 0/2 0% 0/0 0/0 0/2 0% 1/15 7% 1/11 9.1% 5/150 3.3
Totals 103/908 104/844 108/837 101/806 121/792 115/750 126/773 135/845 143/864 152/898 1208/8317  
Overall % 11.3 % 12.3% 12.9% 12.5% 15.3% 15.3% 16.3% 16% 16.6% 16.9% 14.5  
TN MLB/Drafted 2/13 5/22 1/21 0/22 4/19 3/23 2/20 3/16 2/13 2/17 24/186 12.9
Top TN Pick by Year
1970 - Eddie Sherlin/Gallatin HS  4th Rd/#85
1971 - Larry Herndon/Douglas HS (Memphis) 3rd Rd/#54 (MLB)
1972 - Bobby Goodman/Bishop Byrne HS (Memphis) 1st Rd/#5
1973 - Butch Stinson/Lipscomb U 7th Rd/#143
1974 - Ted Shipley/Vanderbilt U 1st Rd/#14
1975 - Bo McLaughlin/Lipscomb U 1st Rd/#14 (MLB)
1976 - Dom Chiti/Raliegh Egypt HS (Memphis) 2nd Rd/#27
1977 - Scott Sanderson/Vanderbilt U 3rd Rd/#54
1978 - Michael Taylor/Columbia State CC 3rd Rd/#62
1979 - Atlee Hammaker/ETSU 1st Rd/#21  (MLB)
 
Other Notable Draftee's
Charlie Lea drafted 4 times - 1975 June Reg 15/342, 1976 June Sec 2/37, 1977 Jan Sec 4/61, 1978 June Reg 3/62*
* - 1976 2nd Round: #27 Dom Chiti RHP Raliegh Egypt HS  (Memphis, TN)
^-1975 4th Round: #93 Mike Wright SS Father Ryan HS  (Nashville, TN)
#- 1976 5th Round: # 118 Mike Smithson RHP UT(Hickman Co. HS)
&- 1974 6th Round: #131 Eddie (Ed) Whitson RHP Unicoi Co. HS  (Erwin, TN)
**- 1970 8th Round: # 171 Phil Garner IF  UT (Bearden HS) (Knoxville, TN)
!- 1975 15th Round: #342 Charlie Lea LHP  Kingsbury HS (Memphis, TN)
@- 1976 17th Round: #405 Rick Honeycutt UT (Chattanooga, TN)
^^^- 1978 17th Round: #431 Mark Smith David Lipscomb HS (Nashville, TN)
 
 
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