GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Only the 1988 Berrien County Rebels could fully enjoy Monday's baseball doubleheader split between Ringgold and Gainesville.
RINGGOLD, Ga. -- Of all the numbers being examined before today's GHSA Class AAA semifinal baseball series between Ringgold and Gainesville, the most notable might be the 31-0 record for Gainesville's nationally ranked Red Elephants.
Having watched his team get shut out in a game that barely took an hour and a half, Brentwood Academy baseball coach Buddy Alexander decided patience was a virtue his team needed to learn quickly.
CALHOUN, Ga. -- Sometimes in sports the feel-good stories just don't work out. For six innings Wednesday, Corey Greeson was on the brink of the kind of story that becomes legend in small towns.
RINGGOLD, Ga. -- As his teammates celebrated and chased their coach with a water bucket, Corey Kafka allowed himself a small celebration Wednesday at Bill Womack Field.
CALHOUN, Ga. — As his team walked to the dugout following a doubleheader split in its GHSA Class AA quarterfinal baseball series, Calhoun coach Chip Henderson resisted the urge to say, "Told you so," to his somewhat frustrated players.
Pitching may have been the name of the game in Georgia high school baseball when the season started, but as hitters have grown accustomed to the less-powerful BBCOR bats, offenses have started to take off.
CALHOUN, Ga. — Chip Henderson couldn't recall the last time -- or any time -- one of his Calhoun High School baseball teams pounded out 13 hits and none of them went for extra bases. That's just what the Yellow Jackets did Wednesday in game one of their GHSA Class AA second-round series against Cook County, rolling to a 10-0 five-inning win in workmanlike style.
At least the decision was an easy one for Clayton Parker. The Boyd-Buchanan senior pitcher had struggled most of the game to put his curveball where he wanted it, so with the District 5-A championship on the line Tuesday, the right-hander went with old reliable.
As the Red Raiders began practice in pads last week, the focus was on finding replacements up front. Only one starter returns to the offensive line, and all three defensive line starters are gone. That lone returning O-line starter is tackle Derrick Green (6-foot-1, 315), and two candidates to start next to him are Ben Pettway (6-3, 240) and Trey Foshee (5-9, 210).
RINGGOLD, Ga. -- The fans filling the visiting bleachers at Bill Womack Field rose to their feet as one, cheering their team on late in game two of the GHSA Class AAA first-round baseball playoff doubleheader Friday.2
RINGGOLD, Ga. -- Heritage High School championship wrestling coach Kenny Hill has resigned his coaching duties, principal Ronnie Bradford confirmed Thursday.
Trey Silmon doesn't want to say out loud that divine intervention is in play here, but the Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe junior catcher won't deny it, either.
The Gordon Lee High School wrestling team received its state duals championship trophy in a ceremony at the school Wednesday.
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. — It may sound contradictory, but the Gordon Lee baseball Trojans take pride in being patiently aggressive. That style of play was on full display Monday as the Trojans swept a Class A preliminary state playoff doubleheader from Athens Christian Academy, 10-0 and 11-6.
Joe Baron wasn't sure what to expect as he approached what was left of Ringgold High School in early May of 2011. Baron, the co-owner of Warner's Athletic Construction, was answering a call for help from a community that was down and nearly out.
Moments after the final out was recorded at Richard Bell Field, a chant of “Region champs” rang out across the venerable stadium.
If there is a down side to the heights reached by the first-year Coahulla Creek baseball team, it's that coach Michael Bolen admits he is spoiled by the early success.
Sometimes the old standard just doesn't fit. Try as he might, Ringgold High School baseball coach Brent Tucker couldn't bring himself to call tonight's Region 7-AAA first-place showdown at Cartersville just another game.
With spring football practice closing in, two northwest Georgia high schools have filled their head coaching vacancies.
It was a sign of respect Clate Schmidt will show few high school baseball teams this year. The Allatoona star senior pitcher refused to give in to any Ringgold batters in the seventh inning Friday night, and his caution was rewarded with a crucial 5-3 win.
Mike Dunfee saw the big, athletic boy making plays on the football field and immediately envisioned how what he was seeing could translate into the sport he coaches, baseball.
With his team locked in a scoreless tie with District 5-AAA rival Ooltewah, Soddy-Daisy High School softball coach Clifford Kirk was showing no frustration despite seeing a couple of scoring opportunities go awry.
With nine wins in 14 games coming into Tuesday's crucial Region 7 game at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe, the Coahulla Creek Colts obviously had not played like a first-year program very often this season.
Andy Mocahbee picked himself up after holding onto the ball following the play at home plate, saw the umpire make the out call to end the inning and promptly spiked the baseball. The Ringgold High School senior catcher then drove a spike into rival Heritage’s heart.
Someday soon, Matthew Crownover will shed for good the protective brace that covers his left elbow. In a few months the Ringgold High School senior again be throwing a baseball, and, if history prevails, the nationally ranked left-handed pitcher will return to the mound sometime as a Clemson University freshman, better than ever.
Some would consider LaFayette’s 2-1 weather-shortened Region 7-AAA baseball win Thursday night against visiting Allatoona a little flukey. Ramblers coach Dan Torrenti won’t be one of those, and he won’t let his players hear any of it.
Nash Nance crisscrossed the Eastern Seabord in search of a new football program the past few months, and the former Calhoun High School and University of Tennessee quarterback called his choice "a perfect fit."
There is a week in every baseball season when a team either puts up or shuts up. This is that kind of week for the LaFayette Ramblers.
TRION, Ga. — Part of Mike Dunfee just wanted his baseball team to survive the week. The more ambitious part of the Gordon Lee coach wanted much more.
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. — Kevin McElhaney is putting his coaching career on hold to spend more time with his family. The Gordon Lee High School football coach resigned his post this week after six years and 28 wins.
There have been few chances over the years for Chip Henderson to get a real gauge of the mental makeup of his Calhoun High School baseball team.
DALTON, Ga. -- Technically, David Crane woke up Monday morning still the head football coach at Southeast Whitfield High School. By night's end, the fourth-year coach also knew that would no longer be the case.
Saturday’s Region 7-AAA baseball showdown at Heritage High School was far from decided after the first inning, but that initial frame more than set the tone for an 8-2 Cartersville win.
The mandatory use of the BBCOR bat in high school baseball has no doubt affected the way the game is played and coached. It also affected a few bank accounts.
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. -- Three months after the fact, the Gordon Lee High School wrestling team finally was able to celebrate a state championship. It came by a vote Monday of the GHSA executive committee.
DALTON, Ga. -- Edgar Rodriguez wasn't sure what to expect of his first Southeast Whitfield-Dalton soccer game, but it's a certainty he won't forget it.
Of the many obstacles facing Michael Bolen as he mapped out his strategy for the inaugural baseball season at Coahulla Creek High School, a big one was how to overcome the stigma attached to new programs.
First-year LaFayette High School baseball coach Daniel Torrenti was clearly relieved following Thursday night's 8-3 Region 7-AAA win over Walker County rival Ridgeland.
Dalton High School junior Taylor Dale bettered his United States Olympic qualifying time in the 100-meter butterfly in a prestigious national swim meet at Ohio State University last weekend.
The christening of the "new" Bill Womack Field Friday night was nearly perfect for the Ringgold Tigers. They let out almost a year's worth of emotional buildup in a 10-run first inning and cruised to a 12-1 win over Gilmer County in their Region 7-AAA opener.
The high school career of ace Ringgold pitcher Matthew Crownover is likely over after an MRI taken earlier this week revealed a tear in the left-hander's elbow, according to his father, David Crownover.
March is considered the start of the growing season. We're not talking vegetables, roses or weeds. This is about baseball, and March is when aspiring high school playoff teams either grow or wilt.
It could have been the last basketball game Sydney Roach ever played in, though if her coach has his way, there are still many to be played.
The high school baseball season is not yet a week old, but Eric Beagles is already thinking ahead. In Georgia's Region 7-AAA, the early part of a schedule had better be productive, and Beagles' Heritage Generals are aiming high this year.
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. — For a moment in the second half of Tuesday's Class A girls' state second-round playoff game, the Gordon Lee Lady Trojans weren't just thinking about upsetting the state's top-ranked team. They were in full belief it was going to happen.
Glen Hicks knew it would take a combination of hard work and good fortune for his basketball team to survive the first round of the Georgia Class AA playoffs Saturday night.
There may have been a few nervous folks inside the Gordon Lee High School gym Friday night with eight seconds to play in a tied Class A first-round playoff game.
If the LaFayette Ramblers had to pick a current Class AAA top-10 basketball team to play in the first round of the GHSA playoffs tonight, it likely would be Walnut Grove, the team they are playing.
As a rule, No. 4 seeds rarely survive to play beyond the first weekend of the Georgia state basketball tournament. But there are always exceptions to the rule, and if there is to be one in the Class AA girls' bracket this season, it's likely to be Dade County.
